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Aubameyang  and koulibaly   why the hell did we buy them both past there best and zero sell on value 

i would sack anyone who even contemplated  signing  them for chelsea 

 
dellaw said:
Aubameyang  and koulibaly   why the hell did we buy them both past there best and zero sell on value 

i would sack anyone who even contemplated  signing  them for chelsea 
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Auba has been scoring at a good rste for Barca. Cheap option

Kouli could be decent. Give him time. 

Both short term options as we rebuild the club. 

 
I can see Koulibaly finding his feet 100%

Auba for me is the shortest of short term fix (Christmas maybe), might be proved wrong once his face heals up and if he finds a bit of sharpness but I don't see it.

 
bisright1 said:
Silva looked sh*t at this stage two years ago. 

I'll give them all time. Let's see what happens 
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No he didn't, he had one bad debut and has been almost faultless since.

My concerns for Koulibaly is on his physical condition. How easily he is turned should be a concern for all of us. Literally any player with pace he has come up against, he has been a mess. He shows all of the signs that his legs have gone.

 
31 and 33 really isn't that old these days.

Koulibaly was a like for like replacement for Rudiger, really can't think of many other experienced CB's available on the market that we could have bought. Seems to be taking a few games to find his feet but that's as expected in this league. An injury to Silva and our starting CB's would be 21 year old Fofana and 23 year old Chalobah.

We desperately needed an option up top with only Broja as a natural number 9 in our squad. There doesn't seem to be any young upcoming strikers with high potential available. Haaland and Alvarez had obviously already moved to City, Adeyemi had gone to Germany, Leao was being quoted at £100m, which was impossible with Lukaku still technically a contracted player to us. Auba is a reliable goal scorer that was still banging them in at Barca. We've seen him play for all of 60 minutes so ridiculous to call him a flop already.  

This has probably been our best transfer window since 2014 and people are still moaning ffs.

 
Scott Harris said:
No he didn't, he had one bad debut and has been almost faultless since.

My concerns for Koulibaly is on his physical condition. How easily he is turned should be a concern for all of us. Literally any player with pace he has come up against, he has been a mess. He shows all of the signs that his legs have gone.
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Let's see how he develops/adapts his game. No doubt the pace of the PL is a learning curve for him. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
31 and 33 really isn't that old these days.

Koulibaly was a like for like replacement for Rudiger, really can't think of many other experienced CB's available on the market that we could have bought. Seems to be taking a few games to find his feet but that's as expected in this league. An injury to Silva and our starting CB's would be 21 year old Fofana and 23 year old Chalobah.

We desperately needed an option up top with only Broja as a natural number 9 in our squad. There doesn't seem to be any young upcoming strikers with high potential available. Haaland and Alvarez had obviously already moved to City, Adeyemi had gone to Germany, Leao was being quoted at £100m, which was impossible with Lukaku still technically a contracted player to us. Auba is a reliable goal scorer that was still banging them in at Barca. We've seen him play for all of 60 minutes so ridiculous to call him a flop already.  

This has probably been our best transfer window since 2014 and people are still moaning ffs.
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Just look around the PL and the top teams and see if any top teams are signing 30+ players, and there lies your answer. Most players coming in from foreign teams complain about the pace and the amount of running involved in the league. It’s ridiculous carrying a 31yr & a 36yr in your defence in the quickest league in Europe.

 
ducavis said:
Just look around the PL and the top teams and see if any top teams are signing 30+ players, and there lies your answer. Most players coming in from foreign teams complain about the pace and the amount of running involved in the league. It’s ridiculous carrying a 31yr & a 36yr in your defence in the quickest league in Europe.
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I think you’ll find that 36 year old is actually 37 and carrying the entire squad at present. 

 
I was happy when we signed Koulibaly, and not when we signed Auba. KK has been a big disappointment so far, turning circle of a tank and not nearly as physically dominate as I expected. Him being on a 5 year deal I believe will bite us.

Auba I doubt is in the first team squad long, he won't be happy TT has gone.

 
Give Koulibaly a few more weeks to settle in. There's some naivety in his overall play but he is far too experienced to not be able to adapt to his surroundings. 

These first few matches were a reality check for him. Bloke thought he could man mark Brenden Aaronson when in reality he is one of the fastest players in Europe. sh*t like this could fly in Serie A but not in the Prem. Needs to learn to give himself some space when marking these players. 

He'll come good. 

 
Koulibaly was probably the best replacement we could get for Rudiger for his price. Clearly not as good as Rudiger but for 30m it's the best we could do.

Personally I would have rather given Colwill and Ampadu a chance.

 
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Munkworth said:
I think you’ll find that 36 year old is actually 37 and carrying the entire squad at present. 
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No he isn’t. There are actually flaws in his game no one wants to talk about. Granted he has been good, he is still an anomaly not the norm. You just don’t start buying 30+ players because one worked out. Biggest legacy of his reign in a few years might be he left us with an ageing squad.

 
axman2526 said:
I was happy when we signed Koulibaly, and not when we signed Auba. KK has been a big disappointment so far, turning circle of a tank and not nearly as physically dominate as I expected. Him being on a 5 year deal I believe will bite us.

Auba I doubt is in the first team squad long, he won't be happy TT has gone.
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Apparently the owners met with Auba after sacking Tuchel and talked it through with him, and Auba came away from that meeting happy and still ready to play for Chelsea. 

 
drjonesy1994 said:
Apparently the owners met with Auba after sacking Tuchel and talked it through with him, and Auba came away from that meeting happy and still ready to play for Chelsea. 
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Good job that’s sorted, cos he ain’t got many playing options till January 

 
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