We don't have a scoring striker, yet we are so happy to send all those waiting in line on loan. I don't f* understand it, 100M worth of strikers on loan, and this guy didn't even get a kick with the Sarri ball.

5 hours ago, JM7 said:

Spurs apparently trying to get him on loan. We would be daft to help them out. 

Actually we should loan him to Spurs and then have agent Batman put laxatives in their drinking water !!!! 

Still think he could have done a better job than Giroud. 

Looks like he's found his level. 

Looked like he'd found it at Dortmund. 

He could do some damage to Arsenal & Man Utd when he plays agasint them. Fingers crossed!

Looks like he is playing today as Zaha is injured, as Palace seem to play a front two he might actually play well off Townsend.

42 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

Looks like he is playing today as Zaha is injured, as Palace seem to play a front two he might actually play well off Townsend.

Zaha is suspended. I think Michy will add one thing Palace are missing; goals. 

He is on the bench and surprisingly they are going with Benteke and Ayew.

Bats scored a very nice goal vs wet spam today - check it out

 

 

Batshuayi just scored and almost set up a second within five minutes through high pressing #sarriball

Edited March 16, 20197 yr by PloKoon13

39 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Batshuayi just scored and almost set up a second within five minutes through high pressing #sarriball

great but Don Maurizio doesn't rate Bats for whatever reason & doesn't even give him a look - I like Bats, but I am afraid if Don Maurizio is at Chelsea then Bats is on his way out of Chelsea

Bats scored for Belgium - excellent dribble around the GK for the goal

btw that was Thorgan Hazard with the assist

Edited March 24, 20197 yr by robdog

Very real prospect of him being back at Chelsea next season, possibly even as first choice. 

Giroud has been making a lot of noises about leaving in search of regular minutes and the club are apparently not keen on retaining Higuain. 

If the transfer ban is upheld in the summer we could be going into the new season with Michy B and Tammy Abraham as our strikers... 

The weird thing is Bats and Tammy would arguably look better than Higuain and Giroud imo.

4 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

The weird thing is Bats and Tammy would arguably look better than Higuain and Giroud imo.

I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea if we do have the transfer ban upheld... I don't think Higuain or Giroud offer enough pace and mobility and a younger strike force of Michy and Tammy would be an improvement in that respect, though I don't think either is good enough to lead the line for us week in week out. 

There's an irony to turning to the loan army to bail us out of the transfer ban. 

30 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea if we do have the transfer ban upheld... I don't think Higuain or Giroud offer enough pace and mobility and a younger strike force of Michy and Tammy would be an improvement in that respect, though I don't think either is good enough to lead the line for us week in week out. 

There's an irony to turning to the loan army to bail us out of the transfer ban. 

Agreed. However hunger in a young player can often outweigh natural ability. Tammy is a Chelsea lad so will want to give his all and with Bats being shifted out every season surely he's got a point to prove. I wish we could swap our current options for the pair now tbh.

There's an old American football quote that got turned into a punchline. At the time a coach named Buddy Ryan was deriding Cris Carter's overall game as a wide receiver, and he said

"All he does is catch Touchdown Passes"

I think of that when I watch Michy. "All he does is score goals"

I played with a guy like that. I had no trouble facing him in training. He wasn't all that fast, not very big, Didn't possess a hatful of tricks, but by God didn't he score a goal about every single game. My teammate described him as a "Very gifted Cherry Picker"... the positive term for that is "Poacher"

Michy is a terrific finisher. He knows how to make him self available with good movement. 

I haven't been able to watch Tammy as much this year, but his goal record is awfully impressive. 

ironically, I would be much more excited to watch a team of the young players than the old guys we're throwing out there right now. 

Kepa
Dave, Rudiger, Christensen, Emerson
Kante, Jorginho, RLC
Pulisic, Bats, CHO

Subs - Tammy, Zouma, Barkley, Mount, James, Willian, Willy

Very real prospect of him being back at Chelsea next season, possibly even as first choice. 
Giroud has been making a lot of noises about leaving in search of regular minutes and the club are apparently not keen on retaining Higuain. 
If the transfer ban is upheld in the summer we could be going into the new season with Michy B and Tammy Abraham as our strikers... 

I will be happy with that

Feel like Bats could have a field day with the balls that CHO manages to drill into the box. 

20 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Feel like Bats could have a field day with the balls that CHO manages to drill into the box. 

I tend to agree. His hold up play needs a lot of work along with his control but his finishing is up there, and he gets into the right places in the box... no doubt half his goals would be bouncing off his arse as he looked the other way but a goal is a goal

https://theprideoflondon.com/2019/07/17/chelsea-michy-batshuayi-starting-striker-preseason/

Good read, can see Bats being out number 1 striker next season from what he's showing in pre season.

Super Frank issues a warning to Michy

 

Bats just scored after a long ball from Rudiger... keeper came out and clattered him outside the box... Bats got up and chipped him...

 

 

5 hours ago, Skinnedy said:

Bats just scored after a long ball from Rudiger... keeper came out and clattered him outside the box... Bats got up and chipped him...

 

 

I just found a video for you. Lovely bit of skill by both Der Panzer & Bats.

https://streamja.com/wMyo

Edited August 20, 20196 yr by Mod Stark
Added correct link