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Del-85

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    Del-85 reacted to Munkunku in That Sterling Incident   
    Ok, what exactly was said then? So far the only ‘evidence’ is a video without sound. 
    I’m not condoning it if it was indeed what’s it’s being said it is but this is Chelsea and there is always a witch hunt out for us whenever racism is concerned. 
    I seem to remember a banana being thrown at a player last week in a 100% racist attack. Funnily enough I’ve heard more about the one today than last weeks. 
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    Del-85 reacted to Gol15 in That Sterling Incident   
    So you just made an account to tell everyone here that you think that a Chelsea fan should get a life ban?
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    Del-85 reacted to chelseablueboy in Chelsea v Man City (PL) Sat 8th Dec 17:30 UK   
    Spot on ... NOT !
    Coming off ??..  We've lost only 2 competitive games in the first half of the season, so where are all these 'many' players that aren't good enough ?
    Where's the 'mess' at Chelsea ??
    We sit in the top 4, unbeaten in all domestic cups, top of our European group, all with a new manager and completely new style of attacking football, and all after just a few months rebuilding !!
    I'm sorry fella but this is one of those completely over the top posts, that you thought would be vindicated after we took a beating from city, well we didn't and your knee jerk post looks rather silly now me thinks.
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    Del-85 got a reaction from EmeraldBlue in Wolves V Chelsea (PL) Wed 5th Dec 19:45 UK   
    poor showing from all players last night, starting to look like Arsenal used to for a few seasons.  All nice passing but no killer final pass / touch.  Although even then we've no one to put it away. Desperate need of a 20+ goal a season striker.  Still hoping Morata can be that.. 
    I think we have a lot of options in the players we have behind the striker, and Sarri needs to adjust his plans for certain games and change tactics / formations to suit, even if it means changing mid way through depending how the games going,  not just stick to 1 formation.  Sometimes a slight change in tactics throws the opponent.   Def think Kante needs to play where he is best, Jorginho is class, but could he not also play beside Kante or further up?
     
    Just my humble Opinion.   
    Still like ''Sarriball'' and Sarri, just needs to adapt, and lose the stubbornness.  Im no expert but you can see when the games crying out for a change.

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    Del-85 reacted to mclovin83 in Sarriball needs a plan a.1   
    He obviously isn't going to "get rid of Jorginho".
    Jorginho is essential to his system, and has been fantastic on the most part this season.
    I do believe we need to show more flexibility however, and be open to switching players around depending on the opposition, and how the game is playing out.
    I don't believe Kante is required in the starting 11 when we are playing a team offering little/no attacking threat. RLC or Fabregas are more likely to unlock a defence.
    Equally, I don't believe Jorginho should be on his own in a holding role when we are going toe to toe with a team as attack minded as Spurs, who were getting the better of our midfield from the off.
    There is a half way house in my opinion, but if you want to  "get rid" of Jorginho then you might as well "get rid" of Sarri as well, as I am certain Sarri is going to bin off his entire philosophy because of his first defeat of the season.
     
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    Del-85 reacted to GarnachoCheese in Eden Hazard - Chelsea Legend   
    Reading this has made me feel physically sick. 
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    Del-85 reacted to EdinburghBlue in Eden Hazard - Chelsea Legend   
    I don’t think that’s even close to similar to the current situation mate, the fact of the matters is Madrid just sold Mr Madrid, they’ve expressed an interest in Hazard plenty, Hazard has said before he’s interested by the thought. Madrid now have mega money to sp**k on a big name player. We are not in the CL. They’ve won it consecutively. 
     
    To ignore those details is daft.
    I don’t think the current circumstances can compare to him having a good game or being in good form.
     
    i don’t think any Chelsea fan wants to see him go but if he doesn’t sign a contract extension, it’s a very real possibility as the club will not want to risk losing him for free.
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    Del-85 reacted to ScrubsLaneCFC in Eden Hazard - Chelsea Legend   
    That's a really sh*t comment 
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    Del-85 reacted to Total-Football in Next Chelsea Manager   
    I can't help but think that Marina is trying as much to prove herself as a woman in a man's world rather then doing what's best for the club. I don't understand her inability to strike a deal without dragging it out over pennies and pissing off the other negotiators. 
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    Del-85 reacted to coco in Willian   
    But we could just as easily end up with another Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Barkely. 
    I say stick. I want to see the next card before i twist.
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    Del-85 reacted to coco in Willian   
    We have way too many crap players to replace before we should consider selling our best players.
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    Del-85 reacted to coco in Willian   
    But your'e assuming that we will spend the Willian money on a better player, when all the recent evidence says we will waste it.
    We need to rebuild the midfield around Kante first before we start selling our proven attacking forwards.
    I would look to replace Pedro and Morata in the attack. Bakayoko and Drinkwater in midfield. Zappacosta and Moses on the wings. Cahill and Luiz in defence.
    When we have done all that, then we can talk about Willian.
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    Del-85 reacted to JM7 in Next Chelsea Manager   
    Unless Morata wants to leave, I don’t think we should get rid of him for a 31 year old Higuian. Whilst he has been disappointing, Morata has shown enough last season to suggest that there is a player in there. Not many players shined last season either with all the negative atmosphere going on. 
    Keep him and give him another season. What’s the point in trading him in for an older striker who is arguably not an improvement ?
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    Del-85 reacted to TomCFC85 in Next Chelsea Manager   
    Made this

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    Del-85 reacted to w1llsy in Next Chelsea Manager   
    I would be crushed if conte was to leave. He’s the man for us but he needs backing and trust from the board just give him the players he wants!!
    ive thought a lot about who we should go for if he left and personally I think Rodgers would be a good fit for us. Very surprising but he’s a Chelsea man and has good work ethic. Would blood some of our exceptional youngsters 
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    Del-85 reacted to Slojo in Alvaro Morata   
    And with Batsuayi that's not the case? But you rate one highly and not the other I don't understand. 
    I rate both but I know for a fact Morata has better holdup play than Batman, Batman is piss poor with his back to goal. 
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    Del-85 reacted to Zeta in Alvaro Morata   
    It's all well and good saying let's sell him if someone offers, but who would we replace him with? We can't expect to get back into the top 4 with Giroud as our leading striker.
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    Del-85 reacted to coco in Worst in 35 years   
    With all due respects, that's tosh. Players are driven by money and trophies, in that order. We have been regularly supplying both over the last 15 years. 
    We have struggled to get the top players, but that's because of the competition, the other clubs with more £ and marquee managers.
     
     
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    Del-85 reacted to Osgoodwasgood in Worst in 35 years   
    Having been a supporter for over 35 years, I have to say Sunday's defeat was possibly the worst ive experienced, and having been brought up in the Fillery, Bumstead years believe me that's going some. It was the manner of the defeat that hurt more than anything, no passion, no desire to win, no effort, a manager setting his side up with damage limitation the main emphasis, and a side full of players sulking because of that set up.
    This Man City is a decent side but in the past few years we've played better sides and at least given it a good go, whereas on Sunday I couldn't really get my head around what I was seeing. 1-0 down and players just stood around watching them piss around with the ball. Totally unacceptable.
    The fans that travelled should be reimbursed if not by the club then by the players, 29% possession, 3 shots and 2 corners and Conte has the cheek to defend such a performance.
    Are we looking at another manager that has "lost the dressing room", if that's the case then we cant keep going on like this, get rid of the players that are instigating this unrest. We here reports that the players are unhappy with his training regime, his Discipline, well im afraid, on in excess of 100k a week ive no sympathy, footballers these days are a joke and command too much power, if we downed tools like they do we would be out of the door in our jobs like a flash.
    I don't only hold the players responsible, the way the club is run is an absolute joke. How can a manager do his job to the best of his ability when we have the transfer policy that we currently have at Chelsea? I would be fascinated to know just how many of this current squad are players that Conte has asked for? The squad he was given at the start of the season to defend the title and contend the CL was an absolute joke, 2 strikers, one of which was untried in the premier league and the other he has made no attempt to disguise that he doesn't rate.
    As for Conte, he seems like a manager that has had his soul destroyed, since Christmas he looks a shadow of the coach we saw last season. Mistakes in abundance and a relationship with Abramovic which is akin to Pier Morgan and Alan Sugar. He either needs to be backed or sacked, but lets not continue with the absolute farce that we currently have.
    For me this season was a write off from a very early stage, but Sunday was something very new for me, a Chelsea team that walked out beaten before a ball was kicked.
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    Del-85 reacted to abramovich in Olivier Giroud to Chelsea   
    But most of those people (except for a couple of idiots) don't expect it each window, as you put it. The fans see the squad regressing in the last few years and the club struggling to sign top tier players. Forget about 3 from top 20 every transfer window, when was the last time we signed a genuine top class player? Maybe Kante? That's one in how many windows?
    If we fail to secure Hazard and Courtois to long term contracts, we're f**ked, pure and simple. And if I were them, I wouldn't be in a hurry to commit my long term future to the club that's clearly going backwards at the moment and showing no ambition in the transfer market. There's only so much you can do when you try to save money on every possible deal. At a certain point you end up with an average squad full of average players. And the results follow.
    But on the bright side, no more fairweather supporters. Totally worth it.
     
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    Del-85 reacted to Van Butsen in Olivier Giroud to Chelsea   
    There's plenty wrong with having your expectations at a level where you can only tolerate  top 20 players, 3 of them, each window.  Especially considering the best teams win leagues, not the best players.

    It's absurd the winging that's going on.  Imagine, IMAGINE, sit there and conjure a thought about the the uproar there would be if we were going after an unknown Spanish right back from Marseille for 9 million pounds right now.  I tell ya what, there would be some quotes for a generation there.

      
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    Del-85 reacted to sonic90 in Olivier Giroud to Chelsea   
    Conte is gagging for a big striker, we haven't signed any players he wanted and I think we owe him this one. Just get a big striker in and let him deploy his tactics, if he is to leave at the end of the season, at least we gave him a fair(er) crack at it.
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    Del-85 reacted to Scott Harris in Andy Carroll - Football has gone mad   
    If that is true then that is f**king embarrassing. All of this money spent on average quality could easily have gone to much better players than this. If our board can't find better for £40m (Bakayoko) £30m (Drinkwater) £25m (Zappacosta) and potentially another £30m (Carroll) then they aren't doing their jobs properly. All of this money made on players sold is being wasted.
    We have been holding back spending on top players because they are too expensive, but seem to be fine with spending obscene amounts on average players......it makes no sense. There is no way we will remain competitive at the top if we continue down this road. We are buying players that are around Everton and Southampton quality, mid table type players, that is where we will end up if we are not careful.
     
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    Del-85 reacted to goncalves229 in Andy Carroll - Football has gone mad   
    Signing Carroll would be a slap in the face to Hazard/Morata. If you're going to go out there and spend money, get some quality and not mess around with mediocre players...
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    Del-85 reacted to Zeta in Andy Carroll - Football has gone mad   
    There's just no win in this situation.
    Either they pay the valuation and prove that the people running the club have absolutely no footballing knowledge, or they haggle it down to a much smaller amount because they know he's not good enough to warrant much of a fee, in which case why the f**k sign him if you know he's not very good. Either way, they show themselves to be completely inept.
     
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