The notion that he is mediocre is pretty misguided.
The Cahill deal is hardly a master stroke.
Oh noes here goes our cover Vida.....like we needed one. who is cahil going to replace? Luiz? Ivanoivic? English Lion?
Who said it was?
£7 million rarely gets you an established PL player these days let alone an England International.
Spurs were interested last summer, but that interest seems to have waned now.By the looks of it, he has managed to beat Tottenham and Liverpool to the signing. They were the two teams that were really interested and genuinely needed him.
Spurs were interested last summer, but that interest seems to have waned now.
King has played (is playing) more games than expected this season, Kaboul has continued to improve, Dawson is now running again and should return in January, we have Gallas and the option in January of recalling young Caulker from his loan spell at Swansea where he's done well.
Overall we've not conceded that many goals so far ... especially if you exclude the 2 opening games, which were somewhat freak results for well-known reasons.
I could be wrong, but I'm not sure there is a strong Spurs interest in Cahill this time around.
Andre Villas-Boas has admitted Chelsea's interest in Gary Cahill but insisted they had yet to make a bid for the Bolton defender.
But you think that is going to stop 'Arry from trying to get him? He loves having extra options, he is cheap and I feel he is better than pretty much all the options you have centrally.
No one but you indicated this signing (as well as his others) show he's not half bad in the market. I would say it shows nothing at all. It's a pretty obvious deal for anyone after a centre half in the Premier League.
What's that got to do with anything? It's widely known he'd be going on the cheap as he's out of contract in the Summer.
I'd suspect Chelsea are simply the biggest club interested.
It wouldn't be a particularly difficult choice for Cahill.
You said it was "hardly a masterstroke" - I was suggesting that while it may not be its a good deal. Relatively low risk and a talented player.
Coyle has confirmed that Chelsea are in talking with Bolton over the sale of Cahill.
*phew*
He was quoted for what 15m in the summer ? 7m for a current PL players ( English ) is a very good price imo.
Chelsea are desperately in need of more defensive cover with Alex maybe also leaving... Good signing for them if true.
I usually make my mind up about players pretty quickly but I really don't know whether Cahill is just another average PL CB or not. I've certainly never seen a stand-out performance from him.
If I was Chelsea, I would try and drive the price down a little more because they are sure to lose Cahill for nothing in the summer. So they will be willing to sell for a little less than £7m. Bolton have no choice unless they can start a bidding war, which does not seem likely.
No point losing out on Cahill over the difference between £6-7 million if we are just going to have to spend £15 million plus in the summer to get someone of equal quality.
I usually make my mind up about players pretty quickly but I really don't know whether Cahill is just another average PL CB or not. I've certainly never seen a stand-out performance from him.
There were many life saving tackles made by him against big teams, I still remember some very good defending against us...
The thing is, he won't become a Vidic but he certainly is no Bramble as he usually is more consistent.
Not that I follow Bolton, but whenever I see him, he's been quite good...
Good enough to be valued at 7m regardless of his contract situation... He's slightly above average - good defender who has a lot of PL experience and is a player that can help Chelsea's current defense crisis as Luiz looks like he needs more time to adapt.
Good enough to be valued at 7m regardless of his contract situation... He's slightly above average - good defender who has a lot of PL experience and is a player that can help Chelsea's current defense crisis as Luiz looks like he needs more time to adapt.
I don't think he'll come here, because there really isn't any need for us to sign him. I can understand that some may feel we're needy at the moment because Vidic is out, but once he's back ,Cahill would be deemed redundant.
Not only would he be behind Ferdinand and Vidic in the pecking order, he would also be behind Smalling, and possibly even Jones. He may be a decent defender, but to be honest, I think that some overhype him to an extent. He's another footballer who receives a lot of praise because he's good on the ball. His defensive ability is okay, but it's nothing so special that would warrant him being linked to nearly all of the top 4 contenders.
I can see him going to Chelsea now. Out of all of the top clubs, they're probably the ones who need a centre back the most. I think that they could get better than Cahill, however he is probably the safest option to take. It says something when you think that Cahill would probably be their best centre back if they were to buy him. Either way, I'm sure he'll leave. Coyle is coming out and blatantly admitting it, but he is hinting at it. Usually, even when a major player at a club leaves, the manager will be insistent in keeping him until the sale itself, or will appear that way. That doesn't seem to be the case in this one. Coyle is certainly hinting that he may be sold, which makes sense considering his contract doesn't have a lot longer left to run.
They should try and play in midfield like how we play Jones. Luiz is too much of a liability sometimes plus he also looks good going forward.
This season he has hardly had a good game at all..
Well that's the media narrative but he didn't actually play very well. Lost Adebayor for the goal, lost him for the offside goal (possibly wasn't offside). Let him have two good shooting chances inside the box one hit with no power, one off Terry's arse a bit luckily.I take it you mean because Terry is going to be out for a while. Because the old lionheart showed yesterday that he is still a great defender, better than Cahill will ever be.
Official Fee officially agreed officially
Now watch Cahill suddenly become first choice CB for England.......just hope it doesn't mean we keep playing Terry because of their partnership and understand at club.
Is that official?
