it must be pretty grim in Drinkwater's situation. forget the money for a moment, what motivates the guy to even get up in the morning? we should get him out somewhere where he can get a game

Making a strong case in 'worst signing in Chelsea's history' debate.

5 hours ago, Blueblur said:

I suppose there isn't much else to do apart from getting c**ted if you know you won't play for Chelsea ever again 

Dunno, personally can think of other things to do

15 minutes ago, The Brit said:

Making a strong case in 'worst signing in Chelsea's history' debate.

He's cost us about £50 million so far, and counting.

Summer of 2017 was such a mess.

Nice burn by Cesc there... 

How long is left on his contract?

Absolute vile example of a human, people who drink drive should be banned for life no exceptions.

Maybe Alonso should have told him why it’s not a good idea to drink and drive?

Banned for 20 months and given 70 hours CS

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/13/chelsea-footballer-danny-drinkwater-admits-drink-driving

 

Idiota

17 minutes ago, Blueblur said:

Banned for 20 months and given 70 hours CS

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/13/chelsea-footballer-danny-drinkwater-admits-drink-driving

 

Idiota

I read that as banned for 20 months from football. Not that it would make any difference to us.

Not strong enough punishment imo.

The severity of any punishment is cushioned by wealth, only the non rich feel the severity of drink drive sentences. Danny can afford the fine, the cost of damages, a £40k chauffeur, and a new Range Rover, and the increased premiums. And on top of all that he still keeps his job and contract.

 

Weird is he can afford the taxi. Pretty easy to call one. No excuses. Hope he finds a new club soon. 

46 minutes ago, evissy said:

Weird is he can afford the taxi. Pretty easy to call one. No excuses. Hope he finds a new club soon. 

This is what is so strange about professional footballers and drink-driving- why on earth is it so commonplace? They can have chauffeurs ffs. 

Madness.

Worse signing since Bogarde.

1 hour ago, coco said:

Not strong enough punishment imo.

The severity of any punishment is cushioned by wealth, only the non rich feel the severity of drink drive sentences. Danny can afford the fine, the cost of damages, a £40k chauffeur, and a new Range Rover, and the increased premiums. And on top of all that he still keeps his job and contract.

 

I know what you mean but the 70 hours community service will make him think.

It stinks really. He's not thinking straight. In all likelihood he is a budding alcoholic who thinks he's above the law. Hopefully he sorts his life out and finds another club. We will probably have to accept a loss on his fee.

1 hour ago, Andy North said:

It stinks really. He's not thinking straight. In all likelihood he is a budding alcoholic who thinks he's above the law. Hopefully he sorts his life out and finds another club. We will probably have to accept a loss on his fee.

Big reach that - I don't think that (as far as we know) going out on the piss once and doing something stupid necessarily means you're an alcoholic. 

 

If it does, God knows what that makes me...

3 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Big reach that - I don't think that (as far as we know) going out on the piss once and doing something stupid necessarily means you're an alcoholic. 

 

If it does, God knows what that makes me...

I didn't say he was an alcoholic. A "budding" alcoholic. I'm not usually so judgemental but the bloke gets paid a fortune and can't get home after a night on the sauce without getting knicked and risking other peoples lives.

Lets just say he has a drink problem if drink is effecting how he leads his life.

 

Barely played in 2 years, unmotivated, unprofessional. I think our £40m man is finished and can't be moved on for the next 3 years...

Edited May 13, 20197 yr by sonic90

I still don't understand why we signed him. 

6 hours ago, zes said:

I still don't understand why we signed him. 

We stupidly left ourselves short by selling or loaning out our midfielders. Matic, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek, they were let go and we were left with Fabregas, Kante and Bakayoko as our only options. Then we got desperate because we couldn't sign junk like Oxlade-Chamberlain so we signed Drinkwater instead.

That transfer window was a farce. If ever we needed proof that we need better people in charge of our transfer activities, it was that transfer window.

16 hours ago, Andy North said:

I didn't say he was an alcoholic. A "budding" alcoholic. I'm not usually so judgemental but the bloke gets paid a fortune and can't get home after a night on the sauce without getting knicked and risking other peoples lives.

Lets just say he has a drink problem if drink is effecting how he leads his life.

 

Or maybe, everywhere he goes he is offered a drink and he simply made a mistake?

We need to sell him for his sake. Please move him on so he can move on with his life instead of rotting in the reserves collecting paychecks.

He is good enough for midtable teams still!

6 hours ago, Zola said:

Or maybe, everywhere he goes he is offered a drink and he simply made a mistake?

That is still a drink problem.

What about if he was offered Heroin?

On 14/05/2019 at 08:47, Zola said:

Or maybe, everywhere he goes he is offered a drink and he simply made a mistake?

TBF, he was 2 and a half times over the limit. Even if you are just offered a drink, you don't get behind the wheel after having that much. What is that, like 5 pints?