thisisnottaken1
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Fun fact: no Finnish player has ever made an appearance for us. And only one German has ever played for our first team.I was also surpised!
Same, I had to check.
Fun fact: no Finnish player has ever made an appearance for us. And only one German has ever played for our first team.I was also surpised!
Same, I had to check.
Fun fact: no Finnish player has ever made an appearance for us. And only one German has ever played for our first team.
One German is really some stat given how big footballing nation it is. We haven't had many Italians either - Darmian, Macheda and probably couple of others but they didn't make plenty of appearances. Was similar when it comes to Spanish players until De Gea, Mata and Herrera came. We've probably been more about players from France, Netherlands, Portugal (Netherlands and Portugal players and managers), Denmark etc over the years.Fun fact: no Finnish player has ever made an appearance for us. And only one German has ever played for our first team.
Indeed. It really is a surprising stat. About Portugal, the first Portuguese to play for us was Ronaldo.One German is really some stat given how big footballing nation is it. We haven't had many Italians either - Darmian, Macheda and probably couple of others but they didn't make plenty of appearances. Was similar when it comes to Spanish players until De Gea, Mata and Herrera came. We've probably been more about players from France, Netherlands, Portugal (Netherlands and Portugal players and managers), Denmark etc over the years.
Chelsea on the other hand have had plenty of Italians, players and especially managers - Vialli, Ranieri, Ancelotti, di Matteo, Conte, Sarri, Maresca. Solid number of Germans as well.
Yeah it started with Ronaldo and we've had 5 Portuguese players (Ronaldo, Nani, Joel Pereira, Dalot, Bruno) so far. Except for Pereira, other 4 have/had at least 200 appearances for club so obviously significant members of squad.Indeed. It really is a surprising stat. About Portugal, the first Portuguese to play for us was Ronaldo.
An 8 year contract?Alongside Quenda, Chelsea have now confirmed the signing of Dario Essugo from Sporting too. Another questionable career move for yet another young prospect.
In Essugo’s case, he’s coming in to compete with Caicedo, Lavia, Enzo, Dewsbury-Hall and potentially Ugochukwu coming back from his loan.
Serious question - what are Chelsea pitching to these kids to make them think a move to them is the best for their career?
Alongside Quenda, Chelsea have now confirmed the signing of Dario Essugo from Sporting too. Another questionable career move for yet another young prospect.
In Essugo’s case, he’s coming in to compete with Caicedo, Lavia, Enzo, Dewsbury-Hall and potentially Ugochukwu coming back from his loan.
Serious question - what are Chelsea pitching to these kids to make them think a move to them is the best for their career?
Serious question - what are Chelsea pitching to these kids to make them think a move to them is the best for their career?
Oh yeah forgot about him.You forgot Andrey Santos, who has been excellent for Strasbourg.
I get that to an extent but Essugo is hardly lighting up La Liga where he is a starter, so to then think he’s getting any game time next year is delusional.they're in that age when you believe you're going to conquer the world. not making it at Chelsea or any other club isn't an option, otherwise they wouldn't be at this level. plus, $$$ of course.
it's an easy choice, not always the right obviously.
Mikkel Forssell played for Chelsea.Fun fact: no Finnish player has ever made an appearance for us. And only one German has ever played for our first team.
Why don't Chelsea still have a front of shirt sponsor?
Can I please not have Boehly playing 4D chess type answers that don't make sense
Every time I watch them, I ask myself where the money has gone.
A bunch of teenagers who they hope will be good players in 2029.
So a bit like United…Every time I watch them, I ask myself where the money has gone.
That’s just not true is it?
Your two most expensive signings of all time currently play in midfield this game. Mudryk is banned. Lavia is on the bench. Cucurella, Nkunku and Neto all cost 50 million plus.
The money went on this starting eleven.
I would swap every PL keeper for Onana - except any of Chelsea’s keepers (inc Kepa as he’s a complete moron - although even he is a better keeper than Onana).I wonder if we can sell them Onana
They love a clown in goal it seems - even Onana would be a huge improvement for them
Obviously yes? My point was that a huge chunk of the ‘billions’ was spent on random and not so random young players who we have no idea if they’ll ever play for Chelsea.
The overall money spent wouldn’t be as unprecedented if that part of the ‘project’ didn’t exist. Nearly £200m on the two lads from Sporting, Estevao and Paez. If they just focused buying players for the first team, the spending wouldn’t be so grotesque. There’s a laundry list of those type of signings. Those 4 actually very likely to play for Chelsea one day, but there are many more who most likely won’t.
We are a basket case.So a bit like United…
Neto looked ace at Wolves, an attacking player with pace and trickery but he’s a moaning greedy cnut at Chelsea who looks like he’s lost any sort of ability he once had
So are ChelseaWe are a basket case.
Chelsea really don't play with any soul anymore.
No characters and just boring. Sterile.
Exactly what I expected from private equity football club.
Chelsea really don't play with any soul anymore.
No characters and just boring. Sterile.
That was always bullshit. An obvious attempt to drum up interest in a one horse title race.5 wins in 14 since December
a long way from the brief "are they title challengers" after beating Tottenham
15 years is too much; we still had prime Drogba and Anelka in 2010 under Ancelotti. Apart from a motivated Diego Costa-sized blip for a season and a half from 2014 to 2017, the tantalizing what-if that was the first half season of Alvaro Morata, and the steady if unspectacular Giroud you aren't wrong though. Certainly a lot of shit has been thrown at the wall in hopes it'd stick - Pato, Falcao, Higuain, Aubameyang, Felix, etc.It feels like centre forward has been a problem position for Chelsea for about 15 years
What happened to Palmer?
Combination of still being ill plus a minor knock. Apparently he was feeling very poorly against Leicester and was only meant to be used in case of emergency vs Copenhagen (our first half against them absolutely constituted an emergency)What happened to Palmer?
Yeah I remember Costa being a menace….not much has worked since then. Amazing considering the amount spent on midfielders and wide players, you’d think a mere 100M could have been reserved for a decent number 915 years is too much; we still had prime Drogba and Anelka in 2010 under Ancelotti. Apart from a motivated Diego Costa-sized blip for a season and a half from 2014 to 2017, the tantalizing what-if that was the first half season of Alvaro Morata, and the steady if unspectacular Giroud you aren't wrong though. Certainly a lot of shit has been thrown at the wall in hopes it'd stick - Pato, Falcao, Higuain, Aubameyang, Felix, etc.
Yeah I mean as mad as it is to say in retrospect given how his career has gone I do actually think there's a non-zero chance Lukaku could have been a stable long-term option for us if he'd joined before Conte's second season instead of Morata - especially given how Conte really moulded him into a top-level player at Inter subsequently.Yeah I remember Costa being a menace….not much has worked since then. Amazing considering the amount spent on midfielders and wide players, you’d think a mere 100M could have been reserved for a decent number 9