Palmieri

[CFCCAN]

Lets hope he brings something exciting with him....no doubt it will be a few weeks before we see him on the bench let alone get a start.  I guess we'll see. I wish him the best. 

 

[Spiller86]

Not really. Baba didn’t show a lot prior to his injury, where as this guy did last season. Even if baba turns out to be a worldie, he’s still our player.

I thought Baba was naive defensively (he was young so not too many surprises there) but had the attributes to be Alonso's backup. Let's not forget he was keeping Kolasinac out of the Schalke team before his injury. 

Personally i agree wjth chelseayouth's point on Twitter. We have bought a left back every year since Cole left. That speaks to a lack of planning and short term fixes to appease particular managers. How we let Bertrand leave for Luis and then let him go too is quite silly. 

Our investment in role playing left backs could have easily paid for Sandro with Bertrand or DaSilva as rotation.

 

[All Barco no bite]

Interesting point above in regards to Ashley Cole. Since he left we've had:

Bertrand: Free

F. Luis - £18m

Kennedy (?) - £7.2m

Baba - £18m

Emerson - £23m (?)

Total - £66.2m spent on LB's trying to replace Ashley. 

Granted we made some money back on selling Bertrand (£10m) and Luis (£14m) it is still a crazy amount of money to be spending on replacing one player. Instead of trying to find a deal could we not have not spent big on a ready made player, or better yet, use what we already had in Luis/Bertrand.

 

[Zeta]

So which Manchester club do we think Alex Sandro will go to then? I think Utd will go for him.

 

[the special one]

So which Manchester club do we think Alex Sandro will go to then? I think Utd will go for him.

We could still sign him, just not until we've had a look at Emerson, or if Marcos Alonso is tempted by Real Madrid/Barcelona.

 

[evissy]

Interesting point above in regards to Ashley Cole. Since he left we've had:
Bertrand: Free
F. Luis - £18m
Kennedy (?) - £7.2m
Baba - £18m
Emerson - £23m (?)
Total - £66.2m spent on LB's trying to replace Ashley. 
Granted we made some money back on selling Bertrand (£10m) and Luis (£14m) it is still a crazy amount of money to be spending on replacing one player. Instead of trying to find a deal could we not have not spent big on a ready made player, or better yet, use what we already had in Luis/Bertrand.

66 seems a bargain in this climate. And it is not simple or even possible in some extent to replace someone like Ash.

 

[DarkMata]

Interesting point above in regards to Ashley Cole. Since he left we've had:

Bertrand: Free

F. Luis - £18m

Kennedy (?) - £7.2m

Baba - £18m

Emerson - £23m (?)

Total - £66.2m spent on LB's trying to replace Ashley. 

Granted we made some money back on selling Bertrand (£10m) and Luis (£14m) it is still a crazy amount of money to be spending on replacing one player. Instead of trying to find a deal could we not have not spent big on a ready made player, or better yet, use what we already had in Luis/Bertrand.

Add £20ish million for Alonso.

 

[Michael]

Interesting point above in regards to Ashley Cole. Since he left we've had:

Bertrand: Free

F. Luis - £18m

Kennedy (?) - £7.2m

Baba - £18m

Emerson - £23m (?)

Total - £66.2m spent on LB's trying to replace Ashley. 

Granted we made some money back on selling Bertrand (£10m) and Luis (£14m) it is still a crazy amount of money to be spending on replacing one player. Instead of trying to find a deal could we not have not spent big on a ready made player, or better yet, use what we already had in Luis/Bertrand.

The Luis one was the weird one as he simply didn't give him a good enough go.  I think he would have been class for us had we given him an extended run in the team, it's just that Dave was playing at left back and he was a beast there.

 

[DarkMata]

The Luis one was the weird one as he simply didn't give him a good enough go.  I think he would have been class for us had we given him an extended run in the team, it's just that Dave was playing at left back and he was a beast there.

The thing that baffled my most about the whole situation was we played Dave left back and Ivanovic right back (when he'd completely lost it) when we had Luis on the bench.  Then sold him and not Ivanovic.  If we had kept Luis we would have been sorted at left back.

 

[All Barco no bite]

Interesting point above in regards to Ashley Cole. Since he left we've had:
Bertrand: Free
F. Luis - £18m
Kennedy (?) - £7.2m
Baba - £18m
Emerson - £23m (?)
Total - £66.2m spent on LB's trying to replace Ashley. 
Granted we made some money back on selling Bertrand (£10m) and Luis (£14m) it is still a crazy amount of money to be spending on replacing one player. Instead of trying to find a deal could we not have not spent big on a ready made player, or better yet, use what we already had in Luis/Bertrand.

66 seems a bargain in this climate. And it is not simple or even possible in some extent to replace someone like Ash.

Forgot Alonso as someone else mentioned. Make that closer to £90m then. Most of these transfers were also done at a time when £18m was a hell of a lot of money for a full back still. 

 

[big blue]

I thought Baba was naive defensively (he was young so not too many surprises there) but had the attributes to be Alonso's backup. Let's not forget he was keeping Kolasinac out of the Schalke team before his injury. 

Personally i agree wjth chelseayouth's point on Twitter. We have bought a left back every year since Cole left. That speaks to a lack of planning and short term fixes to appease particular managers. How we let Bertrand leave for Luis and then let him go too is quite silly. 

Our investment in role playing left backs could have easily paid for Sandro with Bertrand or DaSilva as rotation.

I agree we've wasted money in the left back position, but baba had lost his starting place before he got injured. Out of the numerous left we've bought since ash left, he is worse. 

 

[DarkMata]

I've just noticed Ash left in 2014!  Less than 4 years ago. 

 

[Warner11]

I feel Alonso is doing a good job. He just needs to be able to be rested subbed if he's not having an effect and someobe after his place when he's not proforming.

I'm still undecided on Zappa on the other side. And Moses can't cross so Dave does it for him ha

 

[Michael]

The thing that baffled my most about the whole situation was we played Dave left back and Ivanovic right back (when he'd completely lost it) when we had Luis on the bench.  Then sold him and not Ivanovic.  If we had kept Luis we would have been sorted at left back.

Exactly.  Dave on the right and Luis on the left would have been an amazing duo in the fullback positions.  They both could have still been playing there to this very day.

 

[evissy]

Forgot Alonso as someone else mentioned. Make that closer to £90m then. Most of these transfers were also done at a time when £18m was a hell of a lot of money for a full back still. 

We've won a bunch of trophies after Cole so the money has not been totally wasted. Cole is the on of the crown jewels of british football so replacing him was always going to be almost impossible. No way in hell we are replacing Frankie either.

 

[Adamrb]

Exactly.  Dave on the right and Luis on the left would have been an amazing duo in the fullback positions.  They both could have still been playing there to this very day.

With kdb alongside hazard in attack

If only...

 

[dkw]

The thing that baffled my most about the whole situation was we played Dave left back and Ivanovic right back (when he'd completely lost it) when we had Luis on the bench.  Then sold him and not Ivanovic.  If we had kept Luis we would have been sorted at left back.

Luis has said he couldnt settle in England and wanted to leave to return to Madrid, nothing to do with playing him or not.

 

[Argo]

Just makes no sense to me why we'll ship Baba off who is coming back from a long injury, but then bring in someone else who is just coming back from a long injury. 

Because one's good and the other's pants.

 

[enigma]

 

[mwblue10]

Well we can basically welcome Emerson, then.