We risk losing Fabregas, Cahill and Luiz on a free come the end of the season.

That’s a lot of experience and leadership to lose in one go. Throw on top that Luiz and Cesc are two of the best passers in the squad too and it’d be a big blow to lose those three all at once.

I think the club need to seriously reconsider the rule of only offering over 30s twelve month deals. 

I don't remember the outrage on this challenge - so damn glad Nate stepped in & gave us what we all wanted to give Kun

 

19 minutes ago, robdog said:

I don't remember the outrage on this challenge - so damn glad Nate stepped in & gave us what we all wanted to give Kun

 

It's amazing how that c**t got away with that, no suspension or anything, nobody even cared. 

On 24/12/2018 at 14:35, ForeverCarefree said:

We risk losing Fabregas, Cahill and Luiz on a free come the end of the season.

That’s a lot of experience and leadership to lose in one go. Throw on top that Luiz and Cesc are two of the best passers in the squad too and it’d be a big blow to lose those three all at once.

I think the club need to seriously reconsider the rule of only offering over 30s twelve month deals. 

We're not in a good situation are we... 

So that's Fabregas, Cahill and Luiz who can go at any time, then we've got CHO one of our star talents who's likely to leave and we might be forced to sell in January and after that we've got the Hazard situation to deal with when the season finishes. 

13 hours ago, Slojo said:

We're not in a good situation are we... 

So that's Fabregas, Cahill and Luiz who can go at any time, then we've got CHO one of our star talents who's likely to leave and we might be forced to sell in January and after that we've got the Hazard situation to deal with when the season finishes. 

I don't see Luiz going anywhere before the end of the season, he is playing his best football to date IMO. 

13 hours ago, Slojo said:

It's amazing how that c**t got away with that, no suspension or anything, nobody even cared. 

 

He got a straight red.

Watching today I decided I don't think Luiz should be a nailed on starter. He's lost a step defensively and given his already suspect defensive reputation it's going to continue costing us. He's made it clear he isn't interested in signing a new deal so why not give Rudi and Christiansen more playing time together? 

Edited January 5, 20197 yr by TheChelseaBlues

Not sure today is the match to judge him on given we made so many changes,

15 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

Not sure today is the match to judge him on given we made so many changes,

Let's leave it til Tuesday.

2 hours ago, just said:

Let's leave it til Tuesday.

Be patient Just. He, like Cesc, apparently will not accept a 1 year deal so a few more months and he will bother you no more ;)

He doesn't bother me but I don't think he is top quality. Would swap him for Van Dijk in a heartbeat.

He has played alright since the Tottenham debacle when he was shameful so he will have every motivation to have a stormer on Tuesday.

To be fair I think we would swap all our defenders for VVD.

4 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

To be fair I think we would swap all our defenders for VVD.

I’d rather keep Dave & Rudiger thanks. 

37 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

To be fair I think we would swap all our defenders for VVD.

I swear most on here didn't want VVD when we were linked as he was over rated.

7 hours ago, just said:

He doesn't bother me but I don't think he is top quality. Would swap him for Van Dijk in a heartbeat.

He has played alright since the Tottenham debacle when he was shameful so he will have every motivation to have a stormer on Tuesday.

tbf i'd probably swap Willian for Messi too. Whilst we're at it can we swap Morata for Kane?

Interesting stat for Side Show Bob:

Here are the Top 8 in the EPL

 

Well that list can't be right because Jorginho only plays 5 yard sideways passes apparently, hmmmmmm.... 

8 minutes ago, dkw said:

Well that list can't be right because Jorginho only plays 5 yard sideways passes apparently, hmmmmmm.... 

Oh contraire Rodney. The stat doesn't say how far the ball was played. And were they attempted or completed through balls?

If Fabregas had played the same amount of games as Jorginho I'm fairly confident he would be ahead of him in that list. And as for assists..........?

 

I'm probably going to jinx him, but I think he's been one of our best players in recent times. Defensively he has been solid and he's been one of our most creative players too.

2 hours ago, just said:

Oh contraire Rodney. The stat doesn't say how far the ball was played. And were they attempted or completed through balls?

If Fabregas had played the same amount of games as Jorginho I'm fairly confident he would be ahead of him in that list. And as for assists..........?

 

I agree jorginho has been struggling to recent weeks but he should've had at least a couple if assist this season but for poor finishing.

He played Willian in with a good ball over the top in the last game, just after Newcastle equalised, but it was a really poor finish, I'm not really sure how he missed it near post.

this guy isn't going to be easy to replace, not just for his obvious ability on the ball which is vital in how we play but his character and leadership too.

If David and Giroud goofing around with a basketball sounds like your kind of thing...

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/videos/v/2019/01/16/chelsea-v-knicks-12M2wyaDE6bOSermiG_KiIgaY7I52LjC

You're in luck.

6 minutes ago, Charles Ryder said:

If David and Giroud goofing around with a basketball sounds like your kind of thing...

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/videos/v/2019/01/16/chelsea-v-knicks-12M2wyaDE6bOSermiG_KiIgaY7I52LjC

You're in luck.

CFC could probably beat the NY Bricks - they are losing on purpose to get a lottery pick for Zion Williams - tbh that isn't a bad thing - Zion is a Straight Beast!!!

He honestly is one of the greatest ball playing centre half I’ve seen. Not the best defender, but the things he can do with the ball is amazing.