5 minutes ago, Hazard right foot said:

I just feel this is like the transfer of Tidwell & Parker of years gone by. Buying English talent with no regard of if they are good enough.. problem with drinks is that I don' think even he knows if he is a holder or an attacking midfielder

The only difference being this one cost us £35m. 

On 18/01/2018 at 10:22, Hazard right foot said:

I just feel this is like the transfer of Tidwell & Parker of years gone by. Buying English talent with no regard of if they are good enough.. problem with drinks is that I don' think even he knows if he is a holder or an attacking midfielder

I'm surprised Parker wasn't given more of an opportunity here in all honesty, especially under Mourinho. He was a typical Mourinho type player and was better than the likes of Smertin and Jarosik. Parker would have have been a decent squad player if we had kept hold of him.

He had Makalele in front of him though, and we all know how Jose loves his "untouchables".

13 minutes ago, Zeta said:

He had Makalele in front of him though, and we all know how Jose loves his "untouchables".

I think playing Makalele ahead of Parker is hardly an "untouchables" thing, more a "hundreds of times better" thing.

Didn't Parker go on to Spurs where he became a mini-legend in the period where they could not even buy a win against us?

27 minutes ago, dkw said:

I think playing Makalele ahead of Parker is hardly an "untouchables" thing, more a "hundreds of times better" thing.

I'm not denying that. But I feel like he deserved more of a chance under Mourinho than 4 appearances.

37 minutes ago, Zeta said:

I'm not denying that. But I feel like he deserved more of a chance under Mourinho than 4 appearances.

Was he better than makalele? No, he got his chances in cup games because that's the level he was at for us. Why should he play games ahead of a much better player?

Didn't Parker pick up a bad injury though in that season? decent player, but I don't think it was the right move for him coming here. 

I recall Parker being a big crowd favourite here but he got injured and never really got a chance.

The greatest shame is that plonker AVB bought Romeu instead of bringing him back when he was Premier League Player of the Year and available for peanuts.

15 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

Didn't Parker go on to Spurs where he became a mini-legend in the period where they could not even buy a win against us?

Scott Parker was so overated it was laughable, pundits loved his all action style getting stuck in etc but him getting stuck in  was very often him trying to redeem himself after a sh*t touch or crap pass, each generation has these types of players that get lucky but really their ability is lower leagues standard, English football has had Carlton Palmer, Geoff Thomas, Scott Parker and so on, and now that clown Jordan Henderson. Players like Hoddle, le tiss, and Joe Cole were overlooked to different extents, because of your Scott Parker's of this world.

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5 hours ago, Spiller86 said:

I recall Parker being a big crowd favourite here but he got injured and never really got a chance.

The greatest shame is that plonker AVB bought Romeu instead of bringing him back when he was Premier League Player of the Year and available for peanuts.

That award was ridiculous though, he won it "cos he runs around a lot"

5 hours ago, Spiller86 said:

I recall Parker being a big crowd favourite here but he got injured and never really got a chance.

The greatest shame is that plonker AVB bought Romeu instead of bringing him back when he was Premier League Player of the Year and available for peanuts.

That was real? I thought a friend of mine was joking at the time

Edited January 20, 20188 yr by Deino

Stunk up the middle today. Looked slow and lethargic throughout the game. 

No wonder Conte has persevered with Bakayoko. Disappointing display. 

Average player, don't know what the board/conte/whoever  were expecting. 

Would rather ampadu play. 

Disappointed with DD so far but it's early days. BTW didn't Parker want more 1st team football or did Mourinho make that up? Couldn't have, could he?!

Not DD's biggest fan must be said, if anything just for the fee we paid. If we'd just waited until this summer we could have potentially signed Milan Badelj on a free transfer.

Edited January 28, 20188 yr by the special one

Drinkwater wont go past a player, he wont sprint to an empty space and he wont give a pinpoint pass like Cesc can.

His positional awereness is good, he has a good shot but that is about it.

The kind of football we try to play has no space for his balancing style IMO. Bakayoko has bags of potential but still raw in many aspects. Still I think Baka will take the regular spot in time.

He’s never been part of a team that dominates so will take him time to adjust, if he can. He’s a solid B player and has been remarked elsewhere feels like Chalobah could’ve been at his level with regular playing time. 

I’m quite curious as to who really pushes for his signing. Seen it mentioned was Conte in places but it was clear he was a specific target. 

He was easily forgettable in yesterdays match. I forgot he was on the pitch most of the time.

Yeah, he really isn’t anything special. A bang average midfielder, I can’t believe we paid 35m for him. Embarassing

6 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Yeah, he really isn’t anything special. A bang average midfielder, I can’t believe we paid 35m for him. Embarassing

Whoever decided to pay 35 million for Danny Drinkwater deserved to be sacked ten times over.

And wrap your head around this: Danny Drinkwater is top 6 for most expensive player we have ever purchased.

 

 

41 minutes ago, Sindre said:

Whoever decided to pay 35 million for Danny Drinkwater deserved to be sacked ten times over.

And wrap your head around this: Danny Drinkwater is top 6 for most expensive player we have ever purchased.

 

 

Just perhaps he was a good friend of Kante's and keeping the latter here was part of the package, you never know.

Also consider we have recently taken one of the younger Hazards under the Chelsea umbrella when we hardly give our own promising youngsters a chance.

For a club that has featured Makelele, Essien, Lampard and Kante in its midfield during the last decade, Drinkwater is a descent to League two. No pace, no forward play, no passing ability. Thanks Marina, you got us a bargain there for 35m. Add the tosser Giroud to the mix and we might as well be booking tickets to Boston, Barnsley and Preston now

His first few games were very good, now he's been pretty average. I never watched him much at Leicester but I wouldn't be surprised if he was just in a purple patch.

Like I always hope Bakayoko will be able to replicate his Man Utd game consistently in the future, I hope Danny will replicate his best form too.