4 hours ago, Term_X said:

Well, for one thing, we seem to be signing every young player under the sun at the minute and those guys will need match experience; we’re better off giving those minutes to them.

At 27 years old he should seeking out a career defining move now, rather than be Chelsea YouTube channel Fifa player.

I don't think he ever had the confidence or ambition to do that. 

8 hours ago, Term_X said:

Well, for one thing, we seem to be signing every young player under the sun at the minute and those guys will need match experience; we’re better off giving those minutes to them.

At 27 years old he should seeking out a career defining move now, rather than be Chelsea YouTube channel Fifa player.

Career defining move? You've been listening too much to martin keown.

The guy is playing 30 games a season for Chelsea in Europe and PL, why would playing 30 games a season for crystal palace be more career defining? 

I'd much rather RLC and his consistent 6.5/7/10 performances in multiple positions than gambling on kids. 

Not sure what the weird fifa jab is about. Think our fans need to show our made in Cobham group a bit more respect.

1 hour ago, bisright1 said:

Career defining move? You've been listening too much to martin keown.

The guy is playing 30 games a season for Chelsea in Europe and PL, why would playing 30 games a season for crystal palace be more career defining? 

I'd much rather RLC and his consistent 6.5/7/10 performances in multiple positions than gambling on kids. 

Not sure what the weird fifa jab is about. Think our fans need to show our made in Cobham group a bit more respect.

30 games a season, Christ.. is that the average!, Todd might be onto something with this mass recruitment then. 

We’ve got a nice handful of Cobham boys up and coming and in the squad or on loan, no need to be so precious with them all. Ruben and that reserve keeper are the first names involved in any brand activity or social media stuff, playing fifa, truth or dare games; putting him to use I guess. 

 

 

1 hour ago, Term_X said:

30 games a season, Christ.. is that the average!, Todd might be onto something with this mass recruitment then. 

We’ve got a nice handful of Cobham boys up and coming and in the squad or on loan, no need to be so precious with them all. Ruben and that reserve keeper are the first names involved in any brand activity or social media stuff, playing fifa, truth or dare games; putting him to use I guess. 

You know what you get with Ruben. He turns up, he plays well enough, he doesn't make mistakes. Loses the ball a bit too readily in the final third, might not win you the game but won't lose you it either. 

How many 21 year olds give you that? 

Don't care about the marketing. Someones got to do it, might as well be the best looking man in football. 

5 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Might as well be the best looking man in football. 

I don't think Giroud will sign for us again unfortunately.

Chelsea sacked manager Thomas Tuchel 'for mysterious off-the-field reasons', email from his ex-wife claims - as he seeks injunction to stop her publishing it

11 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Chelsea sacked manager Thomas Tuchel 'for mysterious off-the-field reasons', email from his ex-wife claims - as he seeks injunction to stop her publishing it

Yeah I had read previously that his divorce and turning up with a young woman didn't go down well with the squad and he lost respect because of it .

Which I still find it hard to believe,  I've never been convinced by that story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Yeah I had read previously that his divorce and turning up with a young woman didn't go down well with the squad and he lost respect because of it .

Which I still find it hard to believe,  I've never been convinced by that story.

 

The only way this story is believable is if it involves a woman that is relevant to the squad. An ex or current partner of one of the players or a staff member. 

Rumours going around for a while is he was on the white powder.

32 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Rumours going around for a while is he was on the white powder.

That's why his career took a nosedive then.

🤣🤣🤣

35 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Rumours going around for a while is he was on the white powder.

Todd would never have sacked him for that. A pay raise, if anything.

3 hours ago, Zeta said:

Rumours going around for a while is he was on the white powder.

Heard the same thing a few months back.

Whether we want to admit or not, I think Simon Jordan is more accurate than not on why the club sacked him for off field issues.

On 07/03/2023 at 09:50, Sexyfootball said:

I think it is frustration ... he looks like he has everything in his locker to be a world beater, which raises the level of expectation to heights that Ruben can't deliver.

We can blame Sarri I suppose.

If he hadn't coaxed a double figure goal scoring season out of RLC, we probably wouldn't be expecting him to do so much more than he does !

Can guarantee that Loftus-Cheek has everything in training. Strong, quick, a good first touch, nice dribbling, a crisp passer of the ball, but he's one of those players that almost never brings it into a competitive game. He has no urgency, he plays at the same tempo no matter the situation. He just feels like a nothing player and his career has completely stagnated since he picked up his achilles injury. He doesn't offer enough for me and should be moved on in the summer.

33 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Can guarantee that Loftus-Cheek has everything in training. Strong, quick, a good first touch, nice dribbling, a crisp passer of the ball, but he's one of those players that almost never brings it into a competitive game. He has no urgency, he plays at the same tempo no matter the situation. He just feels like a nothing player and his career has completely stagnated since he picked up his achilles injury. He doesn't offer enough for me and should be moved on in the summer.

I absolutely disagree. A homegrown player who can play multiple position is a fantastic player to have as squad player. 

2 hours ago, Bob stark said:

I absolutely disagree. A homegrown player who can play multiple position is a fantastic player to have as squad player. 

Any player can play in multiple positions doesn't mean they are any good in any of them.  Loftus-Cheek has failed miserably, he seemed to have it all at one time.

6 hours ago, Kev56 said:

Any player can play in multiple positions doesn't mean they are any good in any of them.  Loftus-Cheek has failed miserably, he seemed to have it all at one time.

It turns out Ruben is a pretty decent wb and midifelder after all

On 11/03/2023 at 10:24, Kev56 said:

Any player can play in multiple positions doesn't mean they are any good in any of them.  Loftus-Cheek has failed miserably, he seemed to have it all at one time.

failed miserably? He played 40 games last season and on track to do the same this season. Can't think of a time when he's particularly cost us either. We can't have a 25 man squad full of world class players, having him able to play 6, 8, 10 and even wing back is so incredibly useful. 

17 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

failed miserably? He played 40 games last season and on track to do the same this season. Can't think of a time when he's particularly cost us either. We can't have a 25 man squad full of world class players, having him able to play 6, 8, 10 and even wing back is so incredibly useful. 

Completely agree on that. He may not be one of the "big-name players" of recent purchase but he comes to work every day and works hard. Afraid can't say the same for everyone in the squad. 

It's easy to (as a fan) forget that we need 8 home grown in nation players in our squad (if we want to fill the 25 slots) and 4 of those need to be home grown at club for Europe. 

On 10/03/2023 at 21:20, Zeta said:

Rumours going around for a while is he was on the white powder.

Lol. He went to a retreat in India after leaving us. Maybe he should have gone to Colombia instead ha.

Edited March 13, 20233 yr by enigma

That would be a bit mad if true about the drugs though. 

On 10/03/2023 at 21:20, Zeta said:

Rumours going around for a while is he was on the white powder.

If true and that’s a BIG if then I totally understand the reason for letting him go. Simon Jordan keeps going on about if we knew why he was sacked no one would dispute it. 

todd said few times that tuchel vision about chelsea was different than todd vision and rest of the board but which things they don't like about tuchel ideas? 

I never get a truly explication about this differences between both 

🚨 FIFA Council set to approve the qualifying criteria for enhanced 2025 Club World Cup today. Chelsea and Real Madrid will be guaranteed a place in 32-team tournament as winners of 2021 and 2022 Champions Leagues respectively. (via @TomRoddy_) #CFC #RMCF

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Uefa is considering allowing clubs with the same owner to play in the Champions League simultaneously

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Uefa is considering allowing clubs with the same owner to play in the Champions League simultaneously — a move that could have significant ramifications for the takeover of Manchester United.

Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European football’s governing body, said a rethink of the existing rules was needed and that two options — to keep the ban and prohibit clubs with the same owner playing in the same competition, or to allow them to take part — would be explored.

The two main offers for United have come from owners who have relationships with clubs in France’s top flight. Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos group also owns Nice, while the other bid has been submitted by Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, the chairman of one of Qatar’s biggest banks, raising concerns about links to the Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain

In a wide-ranging interview with Gary Neville’s The Overlap YouTube channel, Ceferin also apologised for last season’s Champions League final turmoil involving Liverpool fans, and revealed that Manchester City and Chelsea had been “hesitant” in joining the European Super League — which he insisted could not exist without English clubs.

Asked about the potential conflict with owning two clubs in the same competition, Ceferin said: “We are not thinking about Manchester United only. We’ve had five or six owners of clubs who want to buy another club. We have to see what to do.

“The options are that it stays like that or that we allow them to play in the same competition. I’m not sure yet.

“We have to speak about these regulations and see what to do about it. There is more and more interest in this multi-club ownership. We shouldn’t just say no for the investments for multi-club ownership, but we have to see what kind of rules we set in that case, because the rules have to be strict.”

Ceferin suggested that two clubs with the same owner could still compete properly in the same competition.

“From one point of view it’s true if you are the owner of two clubs and they play in the same competition you can say to one club to lose because you want the other to win,” he added. “But for you, as a football player, do you think it’s so easy to do that, to tell a coach, lose the match because the other wants to win?”