yes please this. leaves us not as exposed on the right since everybody has started just overloading the right.
just not good enough by anyone hopefully spurs some activity over the next couple of weeks like has been mentioned. Just aren't good enough and don't have enough options on the bench
we need to strengthen the back and midfield. got bullied in the mid field today, we most definitely missed Oscar today
His talking points should blame no one but our players. They need to be called out and new blood needs to come in to at least challenge them. Is there one position in our starting XI that has competition? If RLC isn't good enough go buy someone. If he is good enough, play him
His press conference was basically saying 3-0 wasn't a deserved result which is a crock of shit. Could have been more. Begovic was great. Need more creativity in the attacking midfield Also mourinho apparently threw terry under the bus in a separate interview that didn't air on nbc
yeah rahman is the only move over the next 2 weeks then its time to sound the alarms. Having City game 2 was going to be tough even with a win last week.
If you guys are looking for new CBs might we at the Eveton delegation point you in the direction of Tyius Browning. Good, young, speedy. Will develop into a good CB in the next 5 years.... That's all we have to offer
I'd like to see Zouma play over Cahill. I'd also like to see Ivanovic either be the third CB or provide cover at RB against teams without speed on the wings, or cover at CDM. Move Dave to the right side and if Rahman isn't ready to play immediately on the left, find someone who is. Sell Ramires and Jon Obi Yellowcard, and if Loftus-Cheek can't spell Matic, let Zouma do that and have Iva fill in at CB and find some other cover in the midfield. And for the love of God, get rid of Cuadrado. Find additional cover on the wings. People who will actually play. I'd love to see Traore out there at some point but I don't see that happening. The problem right now is how thin of a squad we have and the sum of our parts seems to be way less than our individual players. You have to think by selling Ramires, Mikel and Cuadrado we should be able to get something back. But we sat idle for so long that may not be possible at this point.
You'd probably get more use out of him than we did last year with the player you loaned us. Players with last names that sounds like a sneeze are not to be trusted.
I want us to enter the transfer market but no cuadrado type signings. If stones is who mourinho feels can replace terry (any Real Madrid have made it clear varane is off the table) then sign him but I don't want us to sign a CM, winger or striker who cannot compete to start. We don't need to 20 million type players who come off the bench, don't so shit and are sold a year or 2 later. Would rather RLC, traore and Moses get minutes unless we sign a real difference maker. Not sure who that is but that is what this team needs to take the next step. Right now, hazard, costa and Oscar are the only ones who score and hazard is the only one of that group who plays more then 50% of the time
i am not sure either get benched but once rahman is ready, ivanovic will be benched unless he gets his form back. same for terry with stones
Seems like Pedro is a done deal. I don't LOVE the signing but that is pretty cheap for a player who should start at RW for us with either Willian or Oscar at #10. Hazard/Oscar/Pedro against some of the lower teams should get is more firepower then we have previously had
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/premier-leaugue-jose-mourinho-eva-carneiro-chelsea Interesting take on the future of our very own special one.
Pedro should be the last nail the Cuadrado coffin. Are there any rumors swirling about anyone other than Stones? I'm so bad at following transfer news.
I would guess that stones becomes the last signing with cuadrado getting shipped out I have seen speculation that traore or Moses could be used as a loan offer to Everton to sweeten the deal for stones After that, I expect us to keep the same lineup. If RLC doesn't prove himself this season to mourinho, I would expect us to go for a big name CM next summer
Also, I wouldn't mind seeing Rahman/Willian on the left side. Willian is great at tracking back and Rahman can fly forward. In that lineup, hazard can play as a #10 and be given a more free role. I would be interested to see how that worked out
We can have 17 non-homegrown players. Since we usually don't have a squad of 25, we really need about 4 homegrown players. U21 players do not count either way. Looking at keeping the non-homegrown to 17 is important. Fabregas, Moses and begovic are foreign nationals but count as homegrown GK courtois DEF ivanovic, azpi, Rahman (I believe zouma doesn't count until next year as he turns 21 in October but will count in the future regardless) Mid matic,mikel,Ramires,traore (doesn't count for now) Willian,Oscar,hazard,Pedro, cuadrado FWD costa,falcao,remy 1 GK, 3 or 4 DEF, 8 MID and 3 FWD so we are at 15 or 16 if you count zouma. Would be 17 once traore counts. With one of falcao/remy most likely gone after this year and with cuadrado most likely gone, we can sign 2-3 more foreign born players and be fine. If we get stones at CB it would certainly help ensure we aren't overpaying for a British forward in the future