Chelsea F.C. Thread IX

I guess if he wins the CL this season, he will get more time and buy-in. Squad is pretty stacked so he can't really complain but the Chelsea board always buy whoever they want rather than who the manager would want.

How did you guys mug off Real Madrid for so much money for Hazard?

How did you guys mug off Real Madrid for so much money for Hazard?

lol you lot sold coutinho for 135M lmao.

Then the Spanish leagues wonder why they're broke

Coutinho's sale was a much much worse mugging off than Hazard.

Hazard is a superb player he just wants to live that life where he eats like a pig an doesnt train at all. Reckon he'll snap back soonish

Although Real/Barca do not seem to buy well, at all.

lol you lot sold coutinho for 135M lmao.

Then the Spanish leagues wonder why they're broke

Coutinho was 25 when he moved and had just signed a 5 year contract the year before. Barcelona had also just lost Neymar for a world record fee so their board needed to sign any big name to try and save face.

Hazard was 28 with a year left on his contract.

Or you could just use your eyes and look at them on the pitch...

Hazard was exceptional, had an aura around him.

Coutinho nothing special, dozens of players like him in Europe.

Or you could just use your eyes and look at them on the pitch...

Hazard was exceptional, had an aura around him.

Coutinho nothing special, dozens of players like him in Europe.

Yeah its as simple as this.

Eye test works. Coutinho could shift his weight and curl in top corner.

Hazard could do that, get past players on the inside and the outside with pace, he could pass, he could control the play.

Dude still manages to be underrated to this day, if Kanté didn't exist, Hazard would be by far the best player to ever play for Chelsea.

But Kanté bossed Madrid twice without having a sip of water or food the entire day.

Mkhitaryan and Mata were better players than Coutinho ever was e.g. Foden already is as good as Coutinho.

Like I've got nothing better to do that watch Chelsea play..

So far I'd say Hazard has been a bigger flop for Madrid than Coutinho for Barca.

coutinho got loaned out lmao

And got a Champions League medal on loan..

Being a fringe player.

Might as well say Lukaku and sturridge have a champions League medal

We're in their heads before the CL finals now. 2 recent dubs.

Tbh Pep threw the game, he wanted to win but it wasn't that serious for him considering the line up he started with and considering that he played with one midfielder for about 60mins. He wanted to try a new formation and see if it worked.

I don't particularly rate City like others do (realistically PSG lost their heads plus Mbappe was out for the second leg and that's why City went through) but it goes to show that if you have a gameplan and your players are mentally focused better you can beat teams if you have the quality of players.

The quality of players in the Chelsea team was never in doubt start of the season, I'm just pleased we don't have Willian starting any more man, that was depressing. I think the defence improving was always going to happen with Silva coming into the team but I'm impressed that people have stepped up in his absence. Zouma(who times his challenges perfectly) and Rudiger(who is great at stepping up with the ball into midfield) especially. It just needed time to gel, and I don't think the money spent on players reflects the fact that we sold Pedro, Willian, loaned out Barkley, and changed nearly half of our starting 11 from last season with our new signings.

The pundits saying Chelsea should go for Aguero if he is free should shoot themselves. Guys done as a player, people hate on Werner's finishing and it's frustrating but this guy's ability to make runs, get into good areas and drag defenders has been vital to us, same thing goes with Havertz. It's brought a new dimension to our play so now we can score in other ways than hold the ball and cross to Giroud(and we still have that option if we do want it).

I think one of Giroud or Abraham is leaving, I'd prefer Giroud to leave but if Abraham goes and that gives space for a top striker ready to do that, if Giroud goes and we get a shrewd signing(not Aguero) I'm happy too. I would say I'd love Kane but his ankles and the subsequent change in our style of play does not fit us. The idea of a rotating front 3 with speed is something that Pep has been doing all season and it's got him to a CL final, we've also done the same, I think people need to get it out of their heads that the sole job of a striker is to score goals.

Liverpool have not used a proper striker for over 4 years. However obviously if we could get Lewandowski or Haaland who can play the counter attack style and link up play too I'm not going to complain.