What a stupid signing
It'll be frustrating to watch Luiz get taken apart by mediocre strikers and cost us points.
It'll be frustrating to watch Luiz get taken apart by mediocre strikers and cost us points.
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Loving the arm chair expert comments on Luiz. Its as if Conte hasn't a clue about managing.
Not a whole lot of options and you seem to have had difficulties getting a top defender in.
He's not the worst choice and Chelsea do need someone thats for sure.
Good thing we got Bailly done early.
I repeat everyone take down RedCafe because the manager knows best, no discussion should be held. All hail Conte who can do no wrong.
Good managers make mistakes too. Maybe he is well aware that Luiz is mistake prone defender but is ready to risk it to considering there aren't many CBs he can sign.
Many of us said the same when he was signing for PSG that they were idiots for signing him and it turned out to be true. Many also said he is going to be found out for Brazil sooner or later in biggest games and that turned out right too. I guess people just watch him enough to know what kind of a defender he is.
I guess we'll see who's right in a year time.
He's a box office player, it'll be great to have him back in the league.
Just this past weekend.
He is clearly one of the best ball playing cb in the world..just what we miss right now. Perfect partner to Terry Cahill Ivan or Zouma. Conte getting him to play 3-5-2 some games clearly. Kante Matic Oscar or Mikel can really protect him pretty well. You guys are forgetting we won the cl with Luiz and Cahill playing as cbs half fit. I am all for this signing. Love it. He always scores in big games vs Utd and City.
Even the ones who make mistakes from time to time are light years more qualified than your random internet punters with agendas against certain players.
If Conte can coach some Italian defensive know how and positioning sense into him, then maybe he'll be a good signing. I'd be devastated if we signed him however, and can't understand why he would be rated by anyone (even if just for his batsh*t crazy World Cup semi final performance).
Bebe
Djemba Djemba
Ralphe Milne
Danny Wallace
William Prunier
Gary Birtles
Masimo Taibi
Nuff said.
Nuff said my arse. Unless you're managed at a professional level you are not qualified to get inside a manager's mind to figure out what they want out of a player.
So is this actually happening? Nothing on BBC News...
If so, what's the reported fee?
If so, what's the reported fee?
How about we eliminate you from Red Cafe and continue posting as normal.
Who took the jam out of your doughnut?
£32m
when he flops we can rename him Ben Hur, then.
No one. Its just tedious listening to the self-reinforcing group think about certain players.
He did seem to be third or so choice though. Guess Conte was pretty keen on bringing in a CB.
This signing is turning the transfer deadline day into a Sideshow Bob.
Underrated imo. Yes, can make mistakes but nowhere near as bad as he's made out. Not sure if he's what Chelsea needed though.
he's the most expensive defender of all time. He's certainly not underrated.
I'm guessing its just for depth - or possibly Luiz brings some sort of individual characteristic to the squad that Conte is after.
What does this transfer say about PSG?? They have lost some big players in this transfer window. Seems people want to jump ship? Next we will be re-signing Di Maria 
Has there ever been a worse player had so much spent on him not once, not twice but 3 times (granted only by 2 dipshit clubs)
He's very highly rated by people paid to know about football. By some fans? They think he's shite.
What does this transfer say about PSG?? They have lost some big players in this transfer window. Seems people want to jump ship? Next we will be re-signing Di Maria
That's an interesting point, it looks like they've toned down the ambition alright.
Luiz isn't very good at defending, though. And his bad games turn into horror shows. We've all watched him in enough games over the years to form a reasoned opinion.
Personally, I think this is a poor investment and as a United supporter I'm quite pleased. Chelsea are lacking at the back and I don't think they've done a great job at sorting that out.
I said underrated not underpriced. And underrated by fans certainly. This forum is a good example.
I am not sure who said they aren't.
More Ben Haim than Ben Hur.
Sorry Raoul, I just find it annoying when this is a forum and we can discuss anything we like yet when someone comes out with "the manager knows best" we are immediately not allowed to say anything.
Otherwise there wouldn't be a forum to discuss football in the first place, if you get what I mean.
Interesting way of saying he's a mediocre defender who is good is going forward. You cant get rid of "Bad David Luiz" because David Luiz himself isn't great at defending.
I wouldn't say he's underrated at all, and in my eyes if clubs are willing to pay such fees for him it's definitely a correlation to how highly he's rated in general. So far in this thread I've seen people call him one of the world's best ball playing CB's, and a player who can be the 'best defender ever' on his day, and has 19 out of 20 great games, etc.
If anything, he's both overrated and underrated. Or, quite simply divides opinion due to his play-style.
Alonso is a poor signing as well... He who played for Bolton
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