The Chelsea F.C. Thread IV

Original post by Nickini

Completely agree.

With van Ginkel out for most of the season I think we have to go for a CM in January unless we start playing Luiz (or perhaps even Oscar/KDB) there. If Ramires gets injured we're kind of screwed given how badly the Lampard/Mikel partnership can be, hopefully Essien can step up if such a situation arises, he looked pretty good against Swindon.

What would you think about a bid for Cabaye? I think he's got great composure on the ball, vision and goal scoring ability and we'll give us another option to Ramires. He's 27 which isn't young but at the same time we can't keep buying young promising players -- we've gotta get some developed ones and Cabaye will be entering his prime. He's not world class but I think he's a very good player -- would do better here than at Newcastle too. And, he wouldn't be cup-tied during the CL.

As long as we go for another DM in the summer I would be fine with that tbh.

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Nickini

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Original post by The Assassin

What would you think about a bid for Cabaye? I think he's got great composure on the ball, vision and goal scoring ability and we'll give us another option to Ramires. He's 27 which isn't young but at the same time we can't keep buying young promising players -- we've gotta get some developed ones and Cabaye will be entering his prime. He's not world class but I think he's a very good player -- would do better here than at Newcastle too. And, he wouldn't be cup-tied during the CL.

As long as we go for another DM in the summer I would be fine with that tbh.

Haven't seen too much of him but from what I have that seems like a decent shout. Would probably be available for the right bid too.

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Original post by The Assassin

What would you think about a bid for Cabaye? I think he's got great composure on the ball, vision and goal scoring ability and we'll give us another option to Ramires. He's 27 which isn't young but at the same time we can't keep buying young promising players -- we've gotta get some developed ones and Cabaye will be entering his prime. He's not world class but I think he's a very good player -- would do better here than at Newcastle too. And, he wouldn't be cup-tied during the CL.

As long as we go for another DM in the summer I would be fine with that tbh.

Fully agree here. Cabaye is a very good player. Surprised United didn't go for him and went for Fellaini,
He'll cost around 15-18 million and if we get him, he should start most games.

There's not much other CM that we can get apart from him for a decent price, unless we pick off Barkley from Everton

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iRush

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8952488/transfer-news-werder-bremen-offer-escape-route-for-chelsea-misfit-kevin-de-bruyne

I'd be lying if I said that I was absolutely not worried about this. A little yes but I know it's just the media writing a piece which looks worse than it is.

I love how when one of our players is left out of a squad, they have instantly been outcast. Mata to Barca and now De Bruyne to Bremen. Lol bet Schurrle back to Leverkusen is next if he's left out of 2 match day squads.

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Enoxial

Torres out for 3 weeks!

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Skkc16

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Original post by Enoxial

Torres out for 3 weeks!

Not too bad. He was going to miss this weekend's game anyway and it's the international break ( :angry:

) soon after . Just hope he doesn't lose this form he currently has

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Hope Eto can finally step up to the plate

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Well at least people can see how well we did to hold off Bayern Munich. I think with Bayern the best way to play is to play on the break (like how we have been playing against Barcelona for the past 10 years) as their centre backs have an error in them. I thought City were trying to play Bayern at their game of keep-ball and they couldn't do it especially as Bayern outnumberd them in the central midfield areas coupled with Pep's pressing style. Had Silva started, it would've definitely given them more composure in the midfield and possibly slightly more possession.

I was having a read thorugh the comments from the Super Cup game against Bayern and people were saying how we "parked the bus". Even if we did, we still had more shots on target and possession than City. Didn't do too bad in the Super Cup now, did we?

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Original post by 9MmBulletz

Well at least people can see how well we did to hold off Bayern Munich. I think with Bayern the best way to play is to play on the break (like how we have been playing against Barcelona for the past 10 years) as their centre backs have an error in them. I thought City were trying to play Bayern at their game of keep-ball and they couldn't do it especially as Bayern outnumberd them in the central midfield areas coupled with Pep's pressing style. Had Silva started, it would've definitely given them more composure in the midfield and possibly slightly more possession.

I was having a read thorugh the comments from the Super Cup game against Bayern and people were saying how we "parked the bus". Even if we did, we still had more shots on target and possession than City. Didn't do too bad in the Super Cup now, did we?

Yeah, very true. However, if you look at various comments on sites and news reports you'll see that no would agree. Lots said we were played off the park the entire game, no English team including Chelsea have looked good against Bayern, etc. etc.

We'll never be appreciate for whatever we do (this goes for other stuff as well not just against Bayern). Such is life eh? :biggrin:

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Original post by The Assassin

Yeah, very true. However, if you look at various comments on sites and news reports you'll see that no would agree. Lots said we were played off the park the entire game, no English team including Chelsea have looked good against Bayern, etc. etc.

We'll never be appreciate for whatever we do (this goes for other stuff as well not just against Bayern). Such is life eh? :biggrin:

I can admit in 2012 we were very lucky in the semi's and final because let's face it we were. Created no clear cut chances in the final against Bayern last year.

This year, we defended resolutely and limited Bayern to mostly outside the area shots plus we countered well. Our final pass was lacking at times (which Mata would have provided) but even still we created the better chances and with a more clinical final ball, we could've beaten Bayern 2-1/3-1 in normal time. The match stats are heavily skewed by the fact that Ramires got sent off and Bayern produced an onslaught in the second half of extra time. Other than that it was a game that Bayern bossed territorially, but we had the better penetration

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Nickini

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Few days old now but what do you guys make of this?

Chiriches joined Spurs this summer from Chelsea's Champions League opponents Steaua Bucharest but reports in Romania suggest the defender does not see his long term future at White Hart Lane.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has reportedly been monitoring Chiriches since he was in charge of Real Madrid and could look to bring the 23-year-old to Stamford Bridge at some point in the future.

Chiriches' agent Victor Becali told Sport.ro: "If he has one or two good seasons at Tottenham, Chelsea will be willing to pay a large sum to buy Chiriches.

"Mourinho says he has been aware of him since he was at Real Madrid."

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/433640/Vlad-Chiriches-sees-Tottenham-move-as-a-stepping-stone-to-Chelsea

Pretty odd move to make, and an even stranger thing to say.

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Enoxial

Original post by Skkc16

Not too bad. He was going to miss this weekend's game anyway and it's the international break ( :angry:

) soon after . Just hope he doesn't lose this form he currently has

Fingers crossed!

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Original post by 9MmBulletz

Well at least people can see how well we did to hold off Bayern Munich. I think with Bayern the best way to play is to play on the break (like how we have been playing against Barcelona for the past 10 years) as their centre backs have an error in them. I thought City were trying to play Bayern at their game of keep-ball and they couldn't do it especially as Bayern outnumberd them in the central midfield areas coupled with Pep's pressing style. Had Silva started, it would've definitely given them more composure in the midfield and possibly slightly more possession.

I was having a read thorugh the comments from the Super Cup game against Bayern and people were saying how we "parked the bus". Even if we did, we still had more shots on target and possession than City. Didn't do too bad in the Super Cup now, did we?

Agree totally.

We're still looking at Mangala from Porto. Apparently he'll be Terry's long term replacement which makes sense considering he shares quite a few traits with him. We've also apparently beaten Milan and Barcelona to another Porto defender -- Otamendi, who's apparently more in the mould of Rio. I don't think 2 new CBs are needed unless ofc we don't use Kalas. Also have to look at a new LB eventually tbh.

(and a new striker, and one or 2 new midfielders)... :redface:

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Original post by The Assassin

Agree totally.

We're still looking at Mangala from Porto. Apparently he'll be Terry's long term replacement which makes sense considering he shares quite a few traits with him. We've also apparently beaten Milan and Barcelona to another Porto defender -- Otamendi, who's apparently more in the mould of Rio. I don't think 2 new CBs are needed unless ofc we don't use Kalas. Also have to look at a new LB eventually tbh.

(and a new striker, and one or 2 new midfielders)... :redface:

New striker? Dunno about that. We have Lukaku and rumour has it that we may be after Benzema (realistic buy seeing as he's been there for 4 years now).
We may need one more centre back at a push. Remember that Ivanovic can play there although he's a bit dopey from time to time.
I tihnk more importantly we need one or two central midfielders. I'm not really concerned about defence as I always beleive if you score enough, you won't have to worry about the defensive side as much (something that Barcelona, Real Madrid and Munich go by) although at the same time, it's always helpful to have a rock solid defense

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