So they buy a new 50m striker to replace their 50m striker ?
100m on 2 strikers... Amazing...
100m on 2 strikers... Amazing...
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What are Porto thinking stalling on deal because they want £60m, he isn't worth half that. They should snap Chelsea's hand off at 40m. @ IrishLegend - He'll play on the right wing I should think, so he's a completely different signing to Falcao.
---Mikel- Ramires---
Hulk Mata Hazard
-----Torres----
Not bad at all.....
Hulk Mata Hazard
-----Torres----
Not bad at all.....
Chelsea's transitional period won't be as long as it usually is for other clubs due to the financial power they have. They've already added Mata and Hazard in a short while with more to come this summer I'm sure.
@ IrishLegend - He'll play on the right wing I should think, so he's a completely different signing to Falcao.
What the hell though, There are alot better right wingers and proper ones at that, out there. Avalible for ALOT less than Hulk.
You buy Hulk you play him up front. Falcao could do the same job but better.
Chelsea don't need competition for Torres. Just support
They should sell Mikel while others think He has become a good player.
It won't take long before everyone is again reminded how limited he is.
It won't take long before everyone is again reminded how limited he is.
Mikel isn't limited at all.
Chelsea are building a pretty nice team. Will be interesting to watch them next year.
Will also be interesting to see if they manage to phase Lamps and Terry out in a good way the next years.
Will also be interesting to see if they manage to phase Lamps and Terry out in a good way the next years.
Mata, Hazard and Hulk would be a fantastic front 3, as I may have said before.
He is. and the limitation is quite narrow as well.
He so obviously isn't. It's not even close to debatable. Limited = Hayden Mullins. Mikel is way above that standard.
I doubt that we would sign him for the money we got from Chelsea for him though. Which in the current market isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.
well i was comparing him with players that belong to Top clubs.
Limited as in, he is just normal passer of the ball and most cautious midfielder of the lot.
He is not that great defensively, nor has any offensive contribution to his name in entire Chelsea career.
Doesn't have dribbling as assest, nor has shooting, no vision, no drive.
Isn't that limited.
Romeu has the ability to displace him next season.
That is actually quite scary. Hope they don't sign any defenders.
They will have to sign a right back or a center back(if they intend to move Ivanovic to RB).
Apart from Torres.
This.
I find it amusing that people all of a sudden think Torres will be class again.
News flash: he's been off form for 2.5 years, he started ahead of Drogba last season and had a new exciting Spanish colleague that was going to get the best out of him, how did that work out?
Losing Drogba has severley weakened Chelsea, make no mistake about it, they have lost their best player.
Absolutely. I've been saying this but everyone seems to be start struck with the Hazard/Marin signings and the likes of Hulk (
) touted.Chelsea minus Drogba = a weaker Chelsea, whatever way you look at it.
Although that said, I agree with the poster that said they shouldn't suffer a prolonged transitional period due to their bottomless pit of cash.
This shouldn't ever really be a problem for them or City.
Their enormous wealth makes them contenders every season before a ball is even kicked.
This shouldn't ever really be a problem for them or City.
Their enormous wealth makes them contenders every season before a ball is even kicked.
The only people who think that Drogba was our best player are people who are not Chelsea fans.
The simple fact of the matter is he is now 34 and he scored less league goals than Terry last year.
He also scored pretty much every big goal you needed, without him you'd have finished the season with nothing and no CL for you next season.
You're in denial mate. He made the difference in EVERY big game, and was generally your best player in every game that counted, because of that, he was your best player.
If you don't think losing Drogba has weakened you then you're doing the guy that shoud be a club legend huge disservice.
Whilst that is true, his departure does mean you'll have to play Torres...
That is of course if you forget the goals scored by Ivanovic against Napoli, Meireles against Benfica and Ramires and Torres away at Barcelona.
Our best players are Ramires, Mata, Cech and Cole.
It's funny (and annoying from our popint of view) how fine the lines are when it comes even to long term success.
However you look at it, Chelsea had an incredible amount of luck to come through those last three Champions League matches with the trophy.
Without that trophy, there's no way they'd have Hazard or anybody else who wanted Champions Leaghue football, and everybody would still be talking about them as a club in decline, wondering who they can find to turn around their ageing squad.
Instead, suddenly they are signing the most sought-after player in Europe, and have the momentum to once again be scrapping it out with the Manchester clubs for silverware next season.
However you look at it, Chelsea had an incredible amount of luck to come through those last three Champions League matches with the trophy.
Without that trophy, there's no way they'd have Hazard or anybody else who wanted Champions Leaghue football, and everybody would still be talking about them as a club in decline, wondering who they can find to turn around their ageing squad.
Instead, suddenly they are signing the most sought-after player in Europe, and have the momentum to once again be scrapping it out with the Manchester clubs for silverware next season.
I did say 'pretty much' every big goal, and he was the main man/best player in the biggest games for you.
If you think you'd have won the FA Cup or CL without him then you're deluded. Considering how shite you were all year and what Drogba's big performances did for you when it mattered, there is no doubt for me that he was your best player.
Drogba may not have been Chelski's best performer over the course of the season but Di Matteo made him the main man again and it was strikingly obvious to anyone who has even a passing interest in football how much of a difference he made.
Head and shoulders Chelski's best player, regardless of what the stats say for all of last season. Relying on Torres with Sturridge in reserve is a risky strategy, even with some great supporting players behind him.
Head and shoulders Chelski's best player, regardless of what the stats say for all of last season. Relying on Torres with Sturridge in reserve is a risky strategy, even with some great supporting players behind him.
Which I am not concerned about, we appear for the first time to be taking the need to bring in creative players seriously, there is only so much a striker can do when they have Malouda on one side and Kalou on the other.
Take Mario Gomez for instance, we all saw how wasteful he was in front of goal but the service he is provided by Ribery and Robben allows him to be, how many goals do you think he would have scored at Chelsea over the last couple of years? We have been too reliant on Torres having to be self productive whereas if we have some decent width feeding balls into the box for him then he'll score plenty more.
Team Brian in with the Torres love-in too.
It is based on nothing but 2.5 years of shite.
It is based on nothing but 2.5 years of shite.
Bang on.
And if you think we could have won the FA Cup and Champions League without Ashley Cole making five goal line clearances in the former, Cech saving two penalties in a shootout, one in normal play and some world class saves in the FA Cup run in then we would have got nowhere near winning either.
I don't think you get the concept that it is a team game, many players came through in big moments just as he did, such players as Petr Cech or Ramires who are also far more consistent than Drogba is these days.
Amazing isn't it, how a few goals at the end of the season means he's amazing again despite such a prolonged period of being absolutely shite.
You could stick the greatest attackers and passers in the world around him but if he's fluffing every chance he gets and getting completely outpaced then it's not going to do him much good.
Chelsea need a need striker.
Plastic Club.
Achievements bought with daddy's gold card.
Achievements bought with daddy's gold card.
Think you're doing a club legend a huge disservice imo.
No doubt his team mates chipped in too.
Drogba was your attacking focal point and has been for a long time, to say you're not weaker without him is rediculous.
You need to work on your comprehension skills as being confident in the abilities of Mata, Hazard, Marin, De Bruyne and anyone else who might come in to provide service to our central striker in any given game does not equate to a 'love-in'.
We are weaker without Drogba of two to three years ago, we are not weaker without Drogba of the present.
You're certainly weaker with Torres up front.
Again, I have not said anything to that effect.
Secondly, Drogba has been exactly the same for most of the last two years.
That wasn't necessarily aimed at you to be fair, but I've got that impression from a few posters on here lately.
But as I've already said, Drogba has always been a better player for Chelsea than Torres has, and that means recently as well.