get the feeling we are done for the window. We desperately need someone to come in a give the club a lift, but we aren't linked with anyone that could do that. 

I think the club will see Barkley as an alternative for Willian and pedro in 343, or as a creative midfielder in 352. 

Maybe we will replace Batshuayi with another player that isn't good enough, or sign a sub left wing so kenedy can go on loan, but I don't see us improving the 1st 11. 

Really hope Barkley has a massive impact, I'm doubtful, but hopeful. 

If your not moving forward, you are moving backward in football. Even madrid are a shadow of the team that won the champions league last season, because they didn't do enough to improve in the summer. 

Maybe the club will pull mahrez/Sanchez/lemar etc out of the bag and I will gladly eat humble pie, but we have dropped from 2nd to 4th, and I can see us really struggling to stay ahead of Tottenham in the coming weeks when we enter the difficult period coming up in Feb.

I agree. 5th seems likely and I doubt we will do anything bat sign an average forward to replace Batman possibly.

Can't see us signing anyone else, feels like we have shut up shop. Hoping i'm wrong but there seems to be no buzz.  

Morata didnt proved his worth this much , Kante is last to last summer , Bakayoko , zappacosta none has performed much , infact we were forced to bring Kante in a match when he was not fully fit , use some reasoning instead of just blabbering 

Morata hasn't proved his worth...

Hahaha the joker strikes again [emoji12] for someone as 'intelligent' as yourself you don't half come out with some dumb sh*t, he's won us numerous points this season, even if he is struggling for form at the mo I'm sure you'll be singing his praises when he turns it around...

 

And as for kante doesn't matter when he was signed you just used the price tag of £30mil to show that's a mediocre signing to which I asked you if kante constitutes a weak player as he only costs £30mil guessing you'd have wanted us to forget kante and sign pogba for £90mil as the higher the price the better the player in your book...

we should be going for Auba..hardly rocket science.

Have we signed Andy Carroll yet?

Serious question, who have we got at the football club who has enough knowledge about players to side with Antonio when we talk about transfer targets?

I know a lot of people saw Michael Emenalo leaving as a good thing, but who do we have left at the club to back up Antonio that signing Riyad Mahrez is better than signing Andy Carroll for example?

Edited January 14, 20188 yr by 2211

So if all these rumours come true:
United: Sanchez
Liverpool: Van Dijk
Arsenal: Auba
Chelsea: Barkley and Carroll
I'm very worried about the direction the club is going in.
I know we've got a new stadium to pay for but jesus.

3 hours ago, LengmanJedi said:

Morata hasn't proved his worth...

Hahaha the joker strikes again for someone as 'intelligent' as yourself you don't half come out with some dumb sh*t, he's won us numerous points this season, even if he is struggling for form at the mo I'm sure you'll be singing his praises when he turns it around...

 

And as for kante doesn't matter when he was signed you just used the price tag of £30mil to show that's a mediocre signing to which I asked you if kante constitutes a weak player as he only costs £30mil guessing you'd have wanted us to forget kante and sign pogba for £90mil as the higher the price the better the player in your book...

oh the moron is alive , come on someone with this dumb name is here lol , i can prove my point but reasoning with  jedi , lol man why to waste my time when someone cant even read and understand my comment afterall a Jedi , what language you learn? some alien sh*t? Kante was not bought in a inflated market so moron jedi shut the f**k up

Edited January 15, 20188 yr by Alakshendra

7 hours ago, big blue said:

get the feeling we are done for the window. We desperately need someone to come in a give the club a lift, but we aren't linked with anyone that could do that. 

I think the club will see Barkley as an alternative for Willian and pedro in 343, or as a creative midfielder in 352. 

Maybe we will replace Batshuayi with another player that isn't good enough, or sign a sub left wing so kenedy can go on loan, but I don't see us improving the 1st 11. 

Really hope Barkley has a massive impact, I'm doubtful, but hopeful. 

If your not moving forward, you are moving backward in football. Even madrid are a shadow of the team that won the champions league last season, because they didn't do enough to improve in the summer. 

Maybe the club will pull mahrez/Sanchez/lemar etc out of the bag and I will gladly eat humble pie, but we have dropped from 2nd to 4th, and I can see us really struggling to stay ahead of Tottenham in the coming weeks when we enter the difficult period coming up in Feb.

i worry the same specially when Kane ,Ali all are coming in form for them

This transfer window in an image.

15 hours ago, TomCFC85 said:

So if all these rumours come true:
United: Sanchez
Liverpool: Van Dijk
Arsenal: Auba
Chelsea: Barkley and Carroll
I'm very worried about the direction the club is going in.
I know we've got a new stadium to pay for but jesus.

I think we'll be swimming in mediocrity for a while..........until we loose Hazard and a couple of others and then we'll be mid-table fodder and in the wilderness clinging by our fingernails even for a Euro League spot until the stadium is built and paid for....better get used to the new look Chelsea FC...........unless the Board are saving their coffers for the summer and a new manager?  

Surely we have to be making some moves

If Conte is looking to sign a target man, similiar to Diego, then why not sign Giroud. Very underrated player. Record at international and club is very good. Knows the EPL. 

3 hours ago, Famous CFC said:

If Conte is looking to sign a target man, similiar to Diego, then why not sign Giroud. Very underrated player. Record at international and club is very good. Knows the EPL. 

Cause arsenal would not sell us a virus.

We're the Champions of England
It'd be funny if it weren't so sad.

where is the search for a back up lwb? i can't help but worry we are an injury away to alonso for the lack of reinforcements in that position to be exposed. instead of 35m on fecking carroll, we should look at lwb. 

oh the moron is alive , come on someone with this dumb name is here lol , i can prove my point but reasoning with  jedi , lol man why to waste my time when someone cant even read and understand my comment afterall a Jedi , what language you learn? some alien sh*t? Kante was not bought in a inflated market so moron jedi shut the f**k up

Kante wasn't bought during the inflated market lol the markets been inflated for years [emoji848] and again your have nothing of substance to reply with...
Would have expected more from someone that posses your intellect...

The shame part is we are only a couple of world class players away from challenging again, unfortunately it again looks like another window where we add bang average squad players.. throw in the fact that Hazard will probably go Madrid in summer and then we are f**ked

7 hours ago, TomCFC85 said:

We're the Champions of England
It'd be funny if it weren't so sad.

well actually i dont know but might be we spend to much on stadium and hence our board is not having money , if that is the case than we can sacrifice one season and compete for the next , its just my opinion though 

if that is not the case than we should go for some quality ones real quick , summer window will be heavy with real shopping, its a sad fact but we can't match real ,they are the real giants 

10 minutes ago, Boulahrouz9 said:

The shame part is we are only a couple of world class players away from challenging again, unfortunately it again looks like another window where we add bang average squad players.. throw in the fact that Hazard will probably go Madrid in summer and then we are f**ked

Realistically we'd need to get 300 million for hazard to buy the players needed to challenge on all fronts, given that top quality players are going for 80-100 million a pop

I'd say three players and we'd have a world class team. A lb/lwb,  a cm and a rw. This would give us the opportunity to play 3-4-3 or 4-3-3. The cm needs to be a player who has legs but has superb vision (jorginho, koke?) lb I don't know but if Conte had his way then it would be Sandro and for rw could be a good few choices. Elite level you've got Griezmann or Sanchez. Just below that there's Fekir or Mahrez or there are a lot of talents out there Malcom is just one of them. 

In the best case scenario would leave the first team something along the lines of:

Courtouis

Azpilicueta 

Christensen 

Rudiger

Sandro? 

Kante 

Koke

Barkley/Bakayoko/Drinkwater/Fabregas 

Griezmann 

Hazard 

Moratta 

 

I know it's unlikely but I just think that if you put it like that (three players) then all this doom and gloom looks all a bit over the top. 

Yes signing Carroll does seem bizarre but if kept fit he would be a good option to have. I haven't seen many teams who have worked out how to deal with him and let's face it he's never going to be a first choice. 

Final thing I want to point out is that if City weren't having a freak season and running away with it we would be right up there challenging for the title. 

The problem is we can barely afford one really top class player, let alone 3.  Surely if we had money to spend we would be trying to get these world class players.  Instead we're fumbling around trying to get Andy Carroll for 15-20m.

If we can't get the world class players then the tier below would still make the team more rounded. In my opinion if we signed a lb who can play in a four then Kante and two of Drinkwater Barkley Bakayoko or Fabregas with hazard moratta and Willian/Pedro/Musonda/Odoi would still be a very good team. 

Not for a minute do I believe we will but if we win every remaining game we will have 92 points so if four of those wins are loses we'll still have 80 points it's hardly a crisis. 

I thought a while back we should get Charlie Austin, not too expensive and can score a variety of goals.

Now even he is on the treatment table.