Rob B Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 A front four of Nkunku. Jackson. Neto Palmer …..is very very strong. Controversial but I’d keep Sterling. I know he can be frustrating at times and I’m not his biggest fan but 10 goals and 8 assists last season isn’t that bad and I think he will have a renewed motivation now that Southgate has left the England job. As winger 3 in the squad (ie first sub after the two staters) I think he is more than fine. I’d also keep Madueke too, I think he’s slowly but surely improving his overall game. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Blood Is Blue Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 20 minutes ago, Rob B said: A front four of Nkunku. Jackson. Neto Palmer …..is very very strong. Controversial but I’d keep Sterling. I know he can be frustrating at times and I’m not his biggest fan but 10 goals and 8 assists last season isn’t that bad and I think he will have a renewed motivation now that Southgate has left the England job. As winger 3 in the squad (ie first sub after the two staters) I think he is more than fine. I’d also keep Madueke too, I think he’s slowly but surely improving his overall game. As someone who really doesn’t rate Sterling and gets incredibly frustrated by him, I completely agree. If he’s happy to have that role in the squad then I think he’d be well worth keeping around. He has vastly more experience than anyone else in our squad and he can, when in the mood, be very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Rumours of Juve wanting Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Blood Is Blue Posted August 9 Author Share Posted August 9 9 minutes ago, Ham said: Rumours of Juve wanting Sterling I’ve just posted elsewhere that I think he’s worth keeping if he’s happy to be a back up, not because I rate him, I really don’t, but he’s a good experienced head for the squad. That said, if the money is right and it takes away his wages, I wouldn’t cry about him going. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguelito07 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 18 minutes ago, Ham said: Rumours of Juve wanting Sterling Loan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyLB Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Just now, Miguelito07 said: Loan? It’s cute you are asking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Kratos Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 32 minutes ago, DannyLB said: It’s cute you are asking. Imagine the interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud-Blue Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 2 hours ago, Rob B said: A front four of Nkunku. Jackson. Neto Palmer …..is very very strong. Controversial but I’d keep Sterling. I know he can be frustrating at times and I’m not his biggest fan but 10 goals and 8 assists last season isn’t that bad and I think he will have a renewed motivation now that Southgate has left the England job. As winger 3 in the squad (ie first sub after the two staters) I think he is more than fine. I’d also keep Madueke too, I think he’s slowly but surely improving his overall game. I like this very much too, though I'm not sure Maresca would put Nkunku left. He sees him more centrally, which raises many questions about how you put him and Palmer in the same team. I suppose the obvious thing to do is put Nkunku up front and Jackson left. Either way I think Neto is going to prove to be a shrewd signing for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xceleryx Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 5 hours ago, Miguelito07 said: I do like Guehi and probably better than all our defenders but actually don’t think he’s world class Interestingly enough I was looking at this yesterday, largely because of the grief Disasi cops, and was genuinely surprised at there being such a widespread difference between the two. https://ibb.co/FbW54bn Don't think Guehi is all that either, he's reasonable but far from a £60m+ level of defender. Ironically, if we're signing a Palace defender I'd prefer Guehi's partner Joachim Andersen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 3 hours ago, Ham said: Rumours of Juve wanting Sterling Which is kinda odd given they're trying to sell Chiesa who "doesn't fit" Thiago Motta's system. I fail to see how Sterling is any better of a fit, and comes at a higher cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick1977 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Just woke up who are we signing today ???? 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 1 hour ago, Rick1977 said: Just woke up who are we signing today ???? 😆 All outgoings from now I hope. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 7 hours ago, xceleryx said: Interestingly enough I was looking at this yesterday, largely because of the grief Disasi cops, and was genuinely surprised at there being such a widespread difference between the two. https://ibb.co/FbW54bn Don't think Guehi is all that either, he's reasonable but far from a £60m+ level of defender. Ironically, if we're signing a Palace defender I'd prefer Guehi's partner Joachim Andersen. Disasi was nowhere near as bad as some made him out to be last season. Like every other player in our entire squad he has a clean slate and the benefit of the doubt. Let's see what these players can do under a coach that is all about a system and drilling his players on the training pitch as opposed to a guy who wants to be everyone's mate and just tells them to run. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1905 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 11 hours ago, Rob B said: A front four of Nkunku. Jackson. Neto Palmer …..is very very strong. Controversial but I’d keep Sterling. I know he can be frustrating at times and I’m not his biggest fan but 10 goals and 8 assists last season isn’t that bad and I think he will have a renewed motivation now that Southgate has left the England job. As winger 3 in the squad (ie first sub after the two staters) I think he is more than fine. I’d also keep Madueke too, I think he’s slowly but surely improving his overall game. I've been a bit of a lone voice regarding Sterling, he's proven beyond doubt throughout his career he is a top, top level player. World class? Maybe at times, it's certainly debatable. If he's not he's very close. There is no denying how good he can be, in the right system and I think he will have a big role to play. We have some very versatile players. Against some teams I could see us lining up like this, with the ball James Caicedo Neto Palmer Nkunku Sterling Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 20 minutes ago, martin1905 said: I've been a bit of a lone voice regarding Sterling, he's proven beyond doubt throughout his career he is a top, top level player. World class? Maybe at times, it's certainly debatable. If he's not he's very close. There is no denying how good he can be, in the right system and I think he will have a big role to play. We have some very versatile players. Against some teams I could see us lining up like this, with the ball James Caicedo Neto Palmer Nkunku Sterling Jackson I think Lavia has to be in every best 11 based on pre-season. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoblyBobly Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 So Connor has def signed for AM . Very disappointed in that. Glad Spurs didn’t get him though. I remember when they were selling Modric they had an “anyone but Chelsea” policy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xceleryx Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 1 hour ago, martin1905 said: Disasi was nowhere near as bad as some made him out to be last season. Like every other player in our entire squad he has a clean slate and the benefit of the doubt. Let's see what these players can do under a coach that is all about a system and drilling his players on the training pitch as opposed to a guy who wants to be everyone's mate and just tells them to run. Agreed. Disasi has certainly been on the end of some unwarranted criticism. Even though the sample size was rather small, I believe I read somewhere that Disasi and Colwill were our best performing partnership, while facing some of our tougher opposition. Would be interested in seeing those two together again at some point just to see how it fairs in a hopefully better coached system and across a longer period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeping Dave Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 9 minutes ago, xceleryx said: Agreed. Disasi has certainly been on the end of some unwarranted criticism. Even though the sample size was rather small, I believe I read somewhere that Disasi and Colwill were our best performing partnership, while facing some of our tougher opposition. Would be interested in seeing those two together again at some point just to see how it fairs in a hopefully better coached system and across a longer period. Agreed. On paper, given that Chalobah is on his way out, our best pairing should be Disasi and Colwill. However, we won’t play with a flat back four, and I’m not sure I’d feel very Co rodent with Disasi - Colwill - Cucurella as our back three trying to defend against the counter with only Caicedo ahead of them. I don’t think our defenders are very well suited to play Marescas system. The feeing is we will leak a lot of goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick1977 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I would feel more confident of a top 4 place if we just signed an actual great cental defender and a top class keeper. As is I think we are going to struggle but I hope to be wrong. Now I realise this is madness as we have sooooo many players and we still imho need more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Is this treatment specifically reserved for academy players they want to force out? They haven't yet done this to one of the many duds they've signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bison said: Is this treatment specifically reserved for academy players they want to force out? They haven't yet done this to one of the many duds they've signed. "Barred" is probably inaccurate. If someone is definitely being sold, you don't want him training with the first team and then telling his new club precisely what we're cooking. I'm sure it's been explained to him in polite terms. Edited August 10 by Ham 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bison Posted August 10 Popular Post Share Posted August 10 2 minutes ago, Ham said: "Barred" is probably inaccurate. If someone is definitely being sold, you don't want him training with the first team and then telling his new club precisely what we're cooking. I'm sure it's been explained to him in polite terms. "What we're cooking" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_Matt Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 53 minutes ago, Rick1977 said: I would feel more confident of a top 4 place if we just signed an actual great cental defender and a top class keeper. As is I think we are going to struggle but I hope to be wrong. Now I realise this is madness as we have sooooo many players and we still imho need more At least we could survive an injury crisis. 🤣🤣 Meanwhile, Conor’s instagram just says that he plays for England, so his move would appear to be imminent. 😔🩷💀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_Matt Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 23 minutes ago, Ham said: "Barred" is probably inaccurate. If someone is definitely being sold, you don't want him training with the first team and then telling his new club precisely what we're cooking. I'm sure it's been explained to him in polite terms. What Trev has done to be sold is an absolute mystery to me. IMO he’s easily good enough to be a first team regular. 💀😔💯 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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