7 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

Fair enough @Argo.  Now let Watford and Bournemouth go.  You know it makes sense 

Yes, it'll be Fulham, West Ham and Wolves next season

6 minutes ago, Valerie said:

I'm not defending anybody, I'm repeating ( ad nauseam  ) we don't know what's going on, or what is behind the silence from the club. They may hide they don't have anything to announce, there may be a specific reason to stay silent on something that has been accomplished: we. don't. know.

That's just hypotheticals though.
Conte is still here so clearly Sarri haven't signed anything. And in the end it doesn't really matter even if we've gotten 70 percent further in negotiating with Napoli over the last month and a half when the season is right around the corner. And pre-season starts monday.

Not to mention the squad is filled with deadwood and we needed a huge summer window this year to compete with the best clubs in the league. Still haven't signed a soul.

When does it simply get too late for us to accomplish everything we need to do this summer?

Edited July 6, 20188 yr by Sindre

9 minutes ago, Argo said:

I had one of the best weekends of my life in Bournemouth, im not ready :(

So did I - The Cuban Salsa Congress is there every year 

3 minutes ago, Sindre said:

That's just hypotheticals though.
Conte is still here so clearly Sarri haven't signed anything. And in the end it doesn't really matter even if we've gotten 70 percent further in negotiating with Napoli over the last month and a half when the season is right around the corner. And pre-season starts monday.

Not to mention the squad is filled with deadwood and we needed a huge summer window this year to compete with the best clubs in the league. Still haven't signed a soul.

When does it simply get too late for us to accomplish everything we need to do this summer?

I DON'T KNOW!!

25 minutes ago, Sindre said:

That's just hypotheticals though.
Conte is still here so clearly Sarri haven't signed anything. And in the end it doesn't really matter even if we've gotten 70 percent further in negotiating with Napoli over the last month and a half when the season is right around the corner. And pre-season starts monday.

Not to mention the squad is filled with deadwood and we needed a huge summer window this year to compete with the best clubs in the league. Still haven't signed a soul.

When does it simply get too late for us to accomplish everything we need to do this summer?

Your right. Pre season starts Monday. The players that report back ( who weren’t in the World Cup), won’t see a football for weeks because all they’ll be doing is running.

Im sure there are people at the club able to get players fit. The managerial acumen/ footballing strategy aspect won’t come into play for a while yet.

Panick not.

10 minutes ago, Ewell CFC said:

Your right. Pre season starts Monday. The players that report back ( who weren’t in the World Cup), won’t see a football for weeks because? all they’ll be doing is running.

Not true.
The season itself starts in a matter of weeks, the manager will start drilling them after a day or two.

We should just blame Emenalo and be done with it

13 minutes ago, Brutos said:

We should just blame Emenalo and be done with it

Noooooooooo! Kenyon!

19 minutes ago, Sindre said:

Not true.
The season itself starts in a matter of weeks, the manager will start drilling them after a day or two.

I hear where your coming from but these are seasoned pros, who don’t need to be told how to tie their shoelaces.

Football is a very simple game, made complicated by pundits and pseudo coaches who like to spout technical mumbo jumbo because it makes them sound intelligent.

 

34 minutes ago, Ewell CFC said:

Your right. Pre season starts Monday. The players that report back ( who weren’t in the World Cup), won’t see a football for weeks because all they’ll be doing is running.

Im sure there are people at the club able to get players fit. The managerial acumen/ footballing strategy aspect won’t come into play for a while yet.

Panick not.

I dont think that is true nowadays. 

It will be a day or 2 of general fitness tests, assessments, etc. 

Then most of the fitness work will be done with a ball, and there will be some small sided games, and some lighter sessions for the first week. 

After that it will ramp up, double sessions in the second week. 

Someone at the club could definately take that 1st week training, although it would be beneficial for conte, sarri, or whoever is going to be in charge, to be heavily involved, and give them a chance to look at some of fringe players, and see who should cone away on tour. 

 

21 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Noooooooooo! Kenyon!

It all went downhill with the Mears family...

Edited July 6, 20188 yr by Munkworth

3 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

It all went downhill with the Mears family...

I blame Mourinho for selling De Bru.......

Conte in tomorrow for pre season training, 100%

DAMN YOU EMENALO

You may think Emenalo was the enemy, he was the conduit between the players and the management

2 hours ago, TomCFC85 said:

What's the weather like in the UK?

HOT SZN.. is that how the kids spell now? I'm so h1p and c0ol

43 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

It all went downhill with the Mears family...

Very True. A lot to answer for

22 minutes ago, nelson1 said:

Conte in tomorrow for pre season training, 100%

Oh God don't start another Tomorrow thread

Exactly this , he got blamed for alot but it's strange how it's got progressively worst behind the scenes since he's left, maybe he could see what was coming and didn't want anything to do with it as he would of been getting all the blame right now.

I remember when his credentials were questioned at every opportunity because some claimed he didn't have any football pedigree.

You may think Emenalo was the enemy, he was the conduit between the players and the management

conduit between manager and board maybe. Management deals directly with the players nearly every day.

It seems his role was vastly underestimated

We still made sh*t decisions even when he was around.

We’re f**kin good at f**kin up la la la la la 

De Laurentiis have toyed with Marina this summer. Quite embarrassing really how silly we have looked trying to force Napoli to give us a discount when AdL very clearly have said he doesn't do those. Now we are in a sh*tty situation and are getting desperate. And Chelsea don't do smart things when they are desperate...

Courtois to NOS about his future: “I’ll have to talk to the new manager.” 

“NEW” manager..