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Christian Pulisic

abramovich said:
What is 'something different', exactly? Two goals in 24 appearances for Palace last season? Would his name even come up as a topic for discussion if he wasn't Chelsea youth graduate? If RLC was just a Palace player, no-one here would suggest him as a transfer target.

Clearly both Hodgson and Southgate see some serious potential in him, but he really hasn't done anything to date to prove he belongs at the top level.
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To be fair to Loftus-Cheek, those stats would be a lot more impressive if the likes of Benteke would just put away the chances Loftus-Cheek set up for him. I remember many times throughout last season where Loftus-Cheek would play a Palace player in (mainly Benteke) and they would hit an easy chance wide or over the bar. Benteke was worse than Morata was last season with his finishing and that's saying something.

 
Posted earlier but think my post got deleted with the server switch. The article mentions they want CHO as his replacement, says a lot to me. Pulisic has been replaced by an 18 y/o Sancho, who during youth football was half the footballer that CHO was. Trust the youth.

 
but he's new and different and we need to be changing all the time.

 
yorkleyblue said:
but he's new and different and we need to be changing all the time.
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Is this sarcasm?

If so, the two teams that haven’t changed/bought players since last season are Tottenham & United. Tottenham have lost 3 in the league already this season and are about to drop out of their CL group. United signed Fred yes, but they don’t play him. So for argument’s sake let’s say they haven’t changed and they’re what 8th in the league and could still drop out of their group.

If you don’t freshen things up in some way you do pay for it. 

 
rtwelch said:
Is this sarcasm?

If so, the two teams that haven’t changed/bought players since last season are Tottenham & United. Tottenham have lost 3 in the league already this season and are about to drop out of their CL group. United signed Fred yes, but they don’t play him. So for argument’s sake let’s say they haven’t changed and they’re what 8th in the league and could still drop out of their group.

If you don’t freshen things up in some way you do pay for it. 
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Most def......Fergie always did this after a winning season.....it keeps the squad freash and hungry for places.

 
I’m all for bringing in a new winger but don’t understand the attraction of this one.

He’s been marginalised by Sancho this season so unless we’re bringing in someone top level why not develop CHO instead? 

 
ForeverCarefree said:
I’m all for bringing in a new winger but don’t understand the attraction of this one.

He’s been marginalised by Sancho this season so unless we’re bringing in someone top level why not develop CHO instead? 
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The life of a Chels manager simply dont allow that it seems......

 
atomis said:
The life of a Chels manager simply dont allow that it seems......
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Exactly, although Roman is not trigger happy like 5-6 years ago, any Chelsea manager knows he must deliver something in the first season, or else.. Let's say we drop a couple of games in December and back in the dog fight for the 4th spot, suddenly everything Sarri has done so far will be forgotten and he's under pressure. With that much pressure, any manager would go for the high percentage play of playing/buying the proven player, instead of betting his job on a 20 year old from the reserve team. This is not Liverpool or Spurs, Klopp/Poch get 3-4 years of building a team with no expectation of winning anything, of course they could take a few more chances with youth players.

 
I've taken a look through this and I see a talented right sided player with good feet providing assists and goals.

Interestingly at least three assists were for Michy Batshuayai .

With Willian getting older, Hazard rumours and Morata ups and downs this could prove to be an inspired signing. 




 
I'm sure our American posters will have a greater knowledge, but from  what have seen or read, Pulisic looks like managers dream. Hard working, determination, tactically disciplined, he has pace to burn, and he can press well. 

He has the ability to play that killer pass, and he is more of a goal scorer than his Dortmund record suggests. 

At 20 years old he lacks consistency, and his decision making needs to improve, however, he has the sort of work ethic and determination that saw lampard go from good to phenomenal, so I would be happy to see him come in. 

 I think the contract issue has played a part in his reduced role this season, and with sancho taking his chances, im sure Dortmund want to give minutes to players that are fully committed to the club. 

Hopefully this will play into our hands, and we get him for well under £70m bring bandied about last summer.

 
icecoolguy22 said:
Exactly, although Roman is not trigger happy like 5-6 years ago, any Chelsea manager knows he must deliver something in the first season, or else.. Let's say we drop a couple of games in December and back in the dog fight for the 4th spot, suddenly everything Sarri has done so far will be forgotten and he's under pressure. With that much pressure, any manager would go for the high percentage play of playing/buying the proven player, instead of betting his job on a 20 year old from the reserve team. This is not Liverpool or Spurs, Klopp/Poch get 3-4 years of building a team with no expectation of winning anything, of course they could take a few more chances with youth players.
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Of course.....history says so. Its a clear pattern and it wont go away anytime soon.

 
I'd prefer to go for Depay, to be honest.

Not really been following after him since Dortmund are looking good with Reus and Sancho. 

 
What are the odds that the club splashes £50m on him...I'd say none, cheers.

Lets face it, Sarri will try very hard to convince Marina to get Icardi and then his agent will use that to get an even bigger offer from lets say Real Madrid and we will end up having 32 year old Pedro and 31 year old Willian for the next season...

 
Ok maybe I was wrong because the newest rumour is that the club will try to buy him for £70m.

 
Is anyone else of the opinion that we should not sign this guy?  I am.  I don’t think he’s what we need, and if anything, it seems like it would be more of a marketing ploy to gain more fans here in the US.

I’m American and I actually like Pulisic in the US team.  But I don’t want him anywhere near Chelsea and the pressure and rigor of the PL.

Sancho is the Dortmund player I would prefer.  Regardless, I don’t think we will sign either.

 
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