The Official Chelsea Thread [Vol 3]

[smn159]

Here we go

[968]

We could be 5-0 up and opponents still have a chance. We have a st team unfortunately.

[smn159]

Generating loads of chances but so brittle at the back

[aeropilot]

[CT05 Nose Cone]

Would have put money on that happening, now for the customary terrible second half performance and another loss, which is a win if you go but XG.

[smn159]

CT05 Nose Cone said:

Would have put money on that happening, now for the customary terrible second half performance and another loss, which is a win if you go but XG.

Yep, loads of chances and losing will cement our place in the top 4

[968]

Another performance to be truly jealous of.

[smn159]

Still not sure what anyone sees in Caicedo.

Why can't we sell him to meet FFP (apart from the fact that no-one would be stupid enough to buy him)?

[Adam.]

smn159 said:

Still not sure what anyone sees in Caicedo.

Why can't we sell him to meet FFP (apart from the fact that no-one would be stupid enough to buy him)?

Was he really £113m ?

[g4ry13]

Mental game.

[smn159]

Yessss

[Wadeski]

You will note how Palmer banged two penalties clinically home.

Why exactly couldn't that happen last weekend when Stirling thought he had dibs?

[NordicCrankShaft]

Get down the tunnel and stop over celebrating.

[TEKNOPUG]

smn159 said:

Still not sure what anyone sees in Caicedo.

Why can't we sell him to meet FFP (apart from the fact that no-one would be stupid enough to buy him)?

Because you signed him last year for £113m on an 8 year contract. If you sold him after 1 year you would still have £99m left of his contract to amortise. So you would have to sell him for £100m to make a £1m profit. In reality you sell him for £50m and make a £49m loss.

That's why you have to sell homegrown players, because the price you sell for is 100% profit.

[ChocolateFrog]

Yeah he's going nowhere.

Bullet dodged.

[57Ford]

Congratulations lads, you had slightly less crap periods than we did.

But I’m not bitter…

(off to cry into my pillow)

[hemidom]

Christ that was an ordeal! Voice completely gone from the last 2 mins of the game and had space to celebrate like a lunatic as the two next to me left early

[SWoll]

TEKNOPUG said:

Because you signed him last year for £113m on an 8 year contract. If you sold him after 1 year you would still have £99m left of his contract to amortise. So you would have to sell him for £100m to make a £1m profit. In reality you sell him for £50m and make a £49m loss.

That's why you have to sell homegrown players, because the price you sell for is 100% profit.

I also don't see Palmer lasting long. With the season he's having, and a potential breakout Euro tournament in the summer, he'll surely be worth considerably more than the £47m that was paid for him and if an offer comes in he's unlikely to be interested in hanging around with no European football or likely trophies on the horizon?

[Sycamore]

SWoll said:

I also don't see Palmer lasting long. With the season he's having, and a potential breakout Euro tournament in the summer, he'll surely be worth considerably more than the £47m that was paid for him and if an offer comes in he's unlikely to be interested in hanging around with no European football or likely trophies on the horizon?

He'll stay when Chelsea offer him a 24 year contract

[monty999]

After calming down from running around like a crazy dick for the last 2 minutes last night, I am now back in the real world and accepting that, yes, we are still really crap and that only papers over some of the cracks. Still stealing 3 points from Utd is so sweet it will do for now !