The Official Chelsea Thread [Vol 3]

[jammy-git]

We have a great U23s team, so I'm sure he'll fit right in.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

My son is a sports journalist and played in a press tournament at The Bridge last night, on the hallowed turf under the floodlights. Jammy bugger!

But even better than that, look what he brought home. I'd doubted it actually existed in real life!

[GT03ROB]

Flying start to the break...... Hazard has broken his ankle training with Belgium!

[mickk]

GT03ROB said:

Flying start to the break...... Hazard has broken his ankle training with Belgium!

Real Madrid will get a discount then.

[Lance Catamaran]

Thread title still not changed?

[stuartmmcfc]

Lance Catamaran said:

Thread title still not changed?

Leicester are still champions in ph world.

[Lance Catamaran]

stuartmmcfc said:

Lance Catamaran said:

Thread title still not changed?

Leicester are still champions in ph world.

I'm still not convinced that really happened and it wasn't just some sort of collective bizarre fever dream

[Ascayman]

Lance Catamaran said:

Thread title still not changed?

Its Chelsea, no one cares.

[Lance Catamaran]

Ascayman said:

Lance Catamaran said:

Thread title still not changed?

Its Chelsea, no one cares.

they didnt change the title of the Spurs thread when they won......oh, never mind.

[smn159]

Lance Catamaran said:

they didnt change the title of the Spurs thread when they won......oh, never mind.

Bit harsh - didn't Pochetino win Manager of the Month in April?

Maybe they can incorporate that into the spuds thread title.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Please tell me we're not actually going to pay proper money for Lukaku. He's a very average player. Everton is exactly the right club for him. Not good enough for the top clubs and too good for the ones that might go down.

[GT03ROB]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Please tell me we're not actually going to pay proper money for Lukaku. He's a very average player. Everton is exactly the right club for him. Not good enough for the top clubs and too good for the ones that might go down.

Well according to Costa he's gone.....Conte dumped him by text.

[Sparkyhd]

£80m is average nowadays for big clubs.

[jammy-git]

Sparkyhd said:

£80m is average nowadays for big clubs.

Probably why Chelsea have never spent that much money on a player then?!

[Lance Catamaran]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Please tell me we're not actually going to pay proper money for Lukaku. He's a very average player. Everton is exactly the right club for him. Not good enough for the top clubs and too good for the ones that might go down.

I'm not convinced by him either - great on his day, but seems to go missing in the big games

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Lance Catamaran said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Please tell me we're not actually going to pay proper money for Lukaku. He's a very average player. Everton is exactly the right club for him. Not good enough for the top clubs and too good for the ones that might go down.

I'm not convinced by him either - great on his day, but seems to go missing in the big games

We sold him for £28m which I thought was great business by us, and he's improved since then. £35m is the max we should offer. He's worth no more than that.

[BlueFiestaST]

He will do well at Chelsea.
He does well at Everton who have a piss poor attack.

Replace Barkley and Mirallas with Hazard and Pedro and I think he would bag as many goals as he has done for Everton, or more.

[TEKNOPUG]

BlueFiestaST said:

He will do well at Chelsea.
He does well at Everton who have a piss poor attack.

Replace Barkley and Mirallas with Hazard and Pedro and I think he would bag as many goals as he has done for Everton, or more.

Do Chelsea create a lot of chances for a typical centre forward though? They don't play with a lot of width or supply many crosses from wide men. A lot of Costa's goals seem to be him pressuring defenders into mistakes or punishing loose balls. Lukaku seems to be a different player and may not compliment Chelsea's style.

[Sparkyhd]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

We sold him for £28m which I thought was great business by us, and he's improved since then. £35m is the max we should offer. He's worth no more than that.

Thought the same regarding Matic and Luis but proved wrong on both counts.

Think Lukaku is a lazy lump with poor decision make regarding shoot or pass so I need to be proved wrong again.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Sparkyhd said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

We sold him for £28m which I thought was great business by us, and he's improved since then. £35m is the max we should offer. He's worth no more than that.

Thought the same regarding Matic and Luis but proved wrong on both counts.

I was quite happy when we brought those 2 back to the Bridge. I did however think £11m for Frank Lampard was a total waste of money.