I think we need squad fillers and ake in that sense not bad and he will be part of sterling transfer as well in my opinion.But still we will go after two of deligt,bremer,skrniar,kounde,gvardiol or koulibally.
Chelsea 2022/2023 | THIS IS LAST YEARS THREAD YOU NUMPTIES
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
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Klopp and James Milner would disagree with that logic
De ligt, Ake Colwill and Silva is a good bunch of cbs to chose from.
Raph most likely, well, id say he would join, but will wait until barca say yes or no to matching our bid
Surprised Boehly hasn't put a bid in for Kevin Durant 
Should be interesting to see how Chelsea plays this year with no striker and 78 wingers in their first 11
Ake and Raphinha for 95 million would give me confidence we can overhaul Chelsea to be honest, if we get our own house in order. Not good enough for those types of fees.
Fair point. I suppose it depends on what sort of role they envisage for Ake. If they're continuing with three at the back, he may make more sense for them than for City, without really being higher on their depth chart.
I think Ake can be quite impressive in a back 3 with the added support from Chelsea's midfield.
Even without any of new addition for Chelsea you won't overhaul chelsea.Simply because you are lagging in many areas to play as a team.
Your 2nd place finish was equal to our 3rd place finish. You proceeded to have massive internal problems from boardroom to playing staff the following year. Shipping out some bad eggs and hiring a manager with success with a single team isn’t going to fix your problems in a few months.
I am just saying. I am quite happy that Chelsea may spend almost 100 million on those two players.
Sterling and de Ligt would be another story, but I am happy with that sort of business as a rival.
Sterling and de Ligt would be another story, but I am happy with that sort of business as a rival.
Says the supporter of a club who sacked Lampard and hired Tuchel!
I am glad I didn’t send any taunting texts to my Arse friends!
Need to check the various threads, I'm sure at least a couple on here said the liked a good hijacking!
Need to check the various threads, I'm sure at least a couple on here said the liked a good hijacking!
I don’t think I did on a forum, but a little difference from taunting a friend of 20 years… only to have the same thing happening to us. I would be hearing about it in person for the next thirty years.
Need to check the various threads, I'm sure at least a couple on here said the liked a good hijacking!
I definitely posted something like that in the Raphinha thread
Resident Chelsea fans… rate the following window:
In: Sterling, Ake, De Ligt
Out: Lukaku, Ziyech, Werner, Christensen and Rudiger
If Alonso and Azpi go to Barca assume we replace with rotational options
Gallagher and Broja stay with the first team to reinforce the squad
Reece James and Mount sign new deals
Next season we go for Rice and a replacement for Silva and let Jorginho go
In: Sterling, Ake, De Ligt
Out: Lukaku, Ziyech, Werner, Christensen and Rudiger
If Alonso and Azpi go to Barca assume we replace with rotational options
Gallagher and Broja stay with the first team to reinforce the squad
Reece James and Mount sign new deals
Next season we go for Rice and a replacement for Silva and let Jorginho go
No if we let Lukaku Werner ziyech go then need one more winger other than sterling.
I’d rate that a 4 out of 10 and think we’d be struggling mightily to scrape 4th if we go into the season like that.
Losing 3 attackers and replacing them with only Sterling would be catastrophic. We 100% need another reliable source of goals in addition to Sterling.
Neymar it is
Looks like the noobiness of the new owners will help them drop down to Europa next season.
Have they acquired a single player yet?
Have they acquired a single player yet?
"Catastrophic"? Those three were shit last season. Losing them and replacing them with no new players at all at all wouldn't be catastrophic.
Mount, Puli, Cho, Havertz, Broja and Sterling for these attacking spots would be fine with me.
It's not a race and even if it was, the only thing that matters is where place at the end.
For clarity this isn’t my suggestion. I’m just showing what might be a realistic lower end window.
I would certainly hope for more
For me to consider this a great window we need 2 attackers of some sort, whether that be wingers or forwards, 2 CB’s, and some depth to rotate with Reece and Chilly. If reports are to be believed that Azpi and Alonso will follow Christensen over to Barca then we need at least 1 wingback signing coming in.
Just knowing we need so many new players makes it all the more concerning that we haven’t done any business yet. This should’ve been the kind of summer that City or Spurs are having for us. Get the bulk of your business done ASAP so we can hit the ground running when the season starts.
Just knowing we need so many new players makes it all the more concerning that we haven’t done any business yet. This should’ve been the kind of summer that City or Spurs are having for us. Get the bulk of your business done ASAP so we can hit the ground running when the season starts.
Loan players returning and academy players are an option too, you know?
Gallagher, Broja, Colwill are great talents to add to last year’s team. Dujon Sterling is a more than adequate cover for James. Harvey Vale has just had a wonderful U19 Euro’s with England.
I don’t think it’s a disaster if we don’t replace every single out going player with a new signing. The club needs to lean on the academy in situations like this. It seems a bit unrealistic to bring in 8 new signings, but 4, maybe 5, new signings supplemented by talented academy players, who deserve a chance anyway, would be the smart way to handle this off season.
Look at the interest Broja is generating. He absolutely needs to be in the team next season. Let him and Havertz rotate for the striker position and consider the position covered.
Would rather keep Alonso than have to see another minute of Emerson.
Would rather Pulisic left before Werner and Ziyech.
Add CHO to the list of the academy new deals.
Wouldn't be too annoyed other than that although do feel another winger would be ideal.
Gallagher and Broja I can see playing quite significant roles for us this season. Colwill I‘m less convinced. The lad is only 19 and it may be best for him to go out on loan and play every game again. Unless we can somehow get rid of that absolute turd Malang Sarr. With Thiago, Chalobah, and hopefully 2 new CB’s there just won’t be enough minutes to go around if Sarr and Colwill both stay.
I just don’t want a situation like last season where we’re 1 or 2 injuries away from disaster. Imagine if Chilwell re-injures that knee in match week 3 or something and misses significant time. Likewise if Reece gets injured again. The drop off to their current backups is colossal. And both of said backups want to go to Barca. So something has to be done in that area.
I would not be surprised to see Ampadu in the squad this season.
I want to ridicule you for the notion of Chelsea using youth players, but James and Mount kind of demolished that joke by now
Apparently the new Chelsea era is to play their 3-4-3 without a striker while loading their bench with more wingers/attacking players than any team really needs. They already have Havertz, Mount, Ziyech, Hudson-Odoi, Werner and Pulisic fighting for 2 positions, and are apparently also going after Sterling, Neymar and Raphina. But I guess with their current back line that only has one recognizable player in 37 year old Silva, they need to concentrate on scoring more because they are definitely going to concede a lot if they don't make more defensive signings
Good move for them if true.
Broja will (hopefully) be in the squad.
But either way the false 9/wide forwards system is the way football is these days. It's no coincidence the last 3 title winners and 2 of the last 4 UCL winners played with one.
Think they need some major investment because the likes of Spurs/Arsenal (Spurs especially) are closing the "Squad quality" gap already and I would expect United to do the same soon.
Think Tuchel got dealt a rough hand last season and think he's done enough to get the players he wants in.
Think Tuchel got dealt a rough hand last season and think he's done enough to get the players he wants in.
They will buy Rice this summer I think.
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