The Chelsea F.C. Thread VI

Question: would you rather Willian departed than Schurrle?

Reply 5661

doobucks

Tough question, problem is our style of play involves a lot of possession retaining against weaker teams, against stronger teams depending on how we are we will play periods of possession retention and we'll also spend periods sitting deep staying compact.

I'd keep Willian instead of Schurrle, but that is a tough question.

Reply 5662

Original post by Mackay

Question: would you rather Willian departed than Schurrle?

I've always been a fan of Willian over Schurrle. I think Willian, despite his lack of end product, is much more consistent than Schurrle and his high workrate means he frequently wins back the ball on the right hand side, especially when Ivanovic goes AWOL.

Schurrle has had a few games where he's been excellent, but (especially this season) he has mostly been mediocre. It's a shame because he was developing well, but his illness seemed to really knock him back (I read that he lost >10kg, but this sounds like way too much to be realistic) and he never fully recovered.

Reply 5663

Mackay

Original post by Nichrome

I've always been a fan of Willian over Schurrle. I think Willian, despite his lack of end product, is much more consistent than Schurrle and his high workrate means he frequently wins back the ball on the right hand side, especially when Ivanovic goes AWOL.

Schurrle has had a few games where he's been excellent, but (especially this season) he has mostly been mediocre. It's a shame because he was developing well, but his illness seemed to really knock him back (I read that he lost >10kg, but this sounds like way too much to be realistic) and he never fully recovered.

You've got to wonder whether it's a mentality thing with the Germans now.

They've won the World Cup - a lot of them must be asking "where do we go from here?". Mertesacker has been vocal about his motivational issues this season, and it could be the same for Schurrle.

Reply 5664

doobucks

Original post by Mackay

You've got to wonder whether it's a mentality thing with the Germans now.

They've won the World Cup - a lot of them must be asking "where do we go from here?". Mertesacker has been vocal about his motivational issues this season, and it could be the same for Schurrle.

Meh they're both playing at CL level clubs so I don't believe that at all, especially when both Schurrle and Mertesacker were bit part players.

Reply 5665

Has the Schurrle deal gone through then or what? :confused:

Reply 5666

Zerforax

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Original post by Nichrome

Has the Schurrle deal gone through then or what? :confused:

Not formally but I think everything is lined up on both deals?

Reply 5667

Original post by Zerforax

Not formally but I think everything is lined up on both deals?

That's what I thought, but BBC is saying the German window closes at 17:00 so I thought we'd have heard something by now.

Reply 5668

Zerforax

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Original post by Nichrome

That's what I thought, but BBC is saying the German window closes at 17:00 so I thought we'd have heard something by now.

They have to have submitted to the current transfer list of the German Football League Association before 17.00, which has already been done:

http://www.bundesliga.com/en/medien/transfers/

They can then formalise the rest afterwards I believe.

Reply 5669

Bubzeh

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Never liked the German. Had such a small rat face.

Cuadrado is a weird one. He's playing alongside quality so he won't flop but if you watch Fiorentina he's boring. Very selfish. Shoots too much. And tbh he won't have the space he has in Serie A. One dimensional. Receives the ball. Has space. Runs into the space. Takes one or two players on. Repeat.

Reply 5670

Original post by Zerforax

They have to have submitted to the current transfer list of the German Football League Association before 17.00, which has already been done:

http://www.bundesliga.com/en/medien/transfers/

They can then formalise the rest afterwards I believe.

Ahhh, thanks for the explanation!

Reply 5671

doobucks

Original post by Bubzeh

Never liked the German. Had such a small rat face.

Cuadrado is a weird one. He's playing alongside quality so he won't flop but if you watch Fiorentina he's boring. Very selfish. Shoots too much. And tbh he won't have the space he has in Serie A. One dimensional. Receives the ball. Has space. Runs into the space. Takes one or two players on. Repeat.

Tbf to Cuadrado he has been playing as a no.10 this season.

Also same thing can be said for Alexis Sanchez wrt Cuadrado's style.

Reply 5672

It's been confirmed now :frown:

It's a shame, but hoping Cuadrado will give us a better option.

Reply 5673

The Shed End

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Original post by Bubzeh

Never liked the German. Had such a small rat face.

Cuadrado is a weird one. He's playing alongside quality so he won't flop but if you watch Fiorentina he's boring. Very selfish. Shoots too much. And tbh he won't have the space he has in Serie A. One dimensional. Receives the ball. Has space. Runs into the space. Takes one or two players on. Repeat.

Don't be bitter.

Reply 5674

Mackay

Goodbye, Schurrle. I'd have taken him at Anfield.

Reply 5675

Enoxial

The first transfer of Mou's second spell leaves :frown:

Still remember his goal which was assisted by Cesc

Reply 5676

mhsc

Always liked Schurrle, sad to see him go but really his style of play doesn't suit ours at all. He will do well in Germany for sure, especially the way Wolfsburg play he will be able to really impress imo. Probably score 20+ goals a season in all comps at least.

Think Cuadrado is much more in the model of our current style of play (and players). He's tricky, can dribble and take a man on, and he's quick. I think he will thrive playing around similar players who he can combine with and be on the same wavelength.

See how it pans out though. Not sure if he'll go straight into the team or be expected to fight it out for a while before really getting a run.

Reply 5677

mhsc