any competent LB/RB should start over Iva, any CB should start over cahill and any CM should start over the shitty 2015-16 version of Matic/Cesc
Good lord Ivan is cooked. Happened fast but it's happened. Hazard anonymous again and Fabregas was just horrendous. Thought Kennedy looked great when he came on but LB?
Fabregas struggling Hazard nowhere to be found We suck. Figured we would come out with some intensity but just nothing.
Concerned if Baba can't get an minutes with this back-line. Good to see Falcao score and I thought Matic was better today than he's been. I really didn't think this would end up like 2007 but the team has looked horrid.
So we've whiffed on our two of our three largest transfer targets and won one of our first 4 league games. Happy Monday?
not a lot to be positive about currently... and it's hard to really see how this gets turned around at the moment
It begins on the right. Ends in our pivot learning how to play again. At least ivanovic is old for a fullback. What is the excuse for cesc/Matic? Hazard looking lethargic but distribution to him has not been great. Same with costa. They need to do more but the pivot and RB need to be fixed I wish we landed top targets but I am also glad we didn't waste money on shit like we did with cuadrado. If our main guy isn't available, use youth/cheap plan B players. i have no idea what our budget actually is but if roman is financing a £500m stadium straight cash, he might need a shitty year this year to convince him to really spread the wealth
Hazard and Matic, the two best players over the full season, have been poor this season. As bad as Ivanovic has been (awful), we need Matic and Hazard to return to form.
What in the fuck did Chelsea do this summer? What a clusterfuck Complacency, a few players losing a step and a complete lack of competition for half of the starters make this year a top 4 year from an expectation standpoint. Hopefully top 3 so we don't need to qualify for champions league If that is the case, I really hope Rahman, zouma, RLC, Kenedy and traore are properly blooded to the premier league and ready to produce next to 2-3 key new signings next year.
We signed some dude named Michael Hector, 23 year old CB from Reading. Loaned him right back to Reading. Weird.
Give him a small raise to keep him happy and 3 years left on contract for negotiating leverage when we sell next year
Rumors that juve accepted a £62m bid from us for pogba but he decided to stay and play another year since they had already lost a lot. I think he leaves next summer and with Euro in France, I doubt he wants that hanging over his head so I expect his status to be resolved early next summer. City, Chelsea, barca, real and PSG will all probably be involved
There was a MEN article a couple days ago about the work put into making a decision on KDB that also talked about Pogba and said Juve set a value of I believe £73 and talks never got past that as City weren't willing to pay that Also said we had Sterling valued higher than what we paid and were willing to go higher
fifa ratings released Eden Hazard - LM - 89 Cesc Fabregas - CM - 87 Diego Costa - ST - 86 Thibaut Courtois - GK - 86 John Terry - CB - 85 Nemanja Matic - CDM - 84 Oscar - CAM - 84 Radamel Falcao - ST - 83 Pedro - LW - 83 Gary Cahill - CB - 83 Willian - RM - 82 Cesar Azpilicueta - LB - 82 Asmir Begovic - GK - 82 Loic Remy - ST - 81 Ramires - CDM - 80 Branislav Ivanovic - RB - 80 Baba Rahman - LB - 78 Papy Djilobodji - CB - 78 John Obi Mikel - CDM - 77 Kurt Zouma - CB - 77 Bertrand Traore - ST - 74 Ruben Loftus-Cheek - CM - 63 Kenedy - ST - 62 Jamal Blackman - GK - 59