I thought Drogba was coming back..but clearly not!

I wonder if maka can improve kante even more and in what aspects, imagine having both of them at the same time, the defence could start sun bathing. 

13 hours ago, robdog said:

good point - I will get on that journo for the fake news

 

 

nevermind - he has since updated his list

 

already we are seeing the Fruits of our ex-players returning to the club

Zenden also part of the coaching team.

3 hours ago, GhostOfDembaBa said:

Zenden also part of the coaching team.

What’s he doing?

17 hours ago, Munkworth said:

What’s he doing?

Hopefully not tutoring on how to take corners. 

1 hour ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Hopefully not tutoring on how to take corners. 

It would explain a lot 

On 04/08/2019 at 18:10, Munkworth said:

What’s he doing?

Hair and make-up.

Looks like Rooney is replacing Frank in Derby as a player/coach. Derby seems to value goal scoring abilities from their coach. Fun to see how Rooney handles the job.

3 hours ago, evissy said:

Looks like Rooney is replacing Frank in Derby as a player/coach. Derby seems to value goal scoring abilities from their coach. Fun to see how Rooney handles the job.

Halved the IQ in one fell swoop LOL

4 hours ago, evissy said:

Looks like Rooney is replacing Frank in Derby as a player/coach. Derby seems to value goal scoring abilities from their coach. Fun to see how Rooney handles the job.

Phillip Cocu is their manager, Rooney would just be joining as part of the coaching team. He'll still predominantly be a player for them but it's him making the first steps into coaching when his playing career ends. 

That is right. Cocu should be smart enough. They feel Rooney brings more exposure for the club being a big name.

I tell you what, the wage bill has probably dropped a few quid this season. 

No Hazard, Luiz, Cahill all gone. Drinkwater set to join Burnley and I imagine Bakayoko will be off somewhere on loan too before the month is through. 

Even with the improved contracts we've handed out to the likes of RLC and CHO (next 48 hours) we've surely shaved a few million off the wage bill if only for a year. 

It feels like such a pivotal moment in the clubs history with so many youngsters forming an integral part of not just our squad but our first team, lets hope we are able to have a successful season and our youngsters have a similar impact to the one the United's class of 92 were able to have.

It could go one of 2 ways and it would be really unfortunate if we struggle this season and the club ends up selling/loaning a few of the youngsters and again revert to splashing the cash on quantity as opposed to quality. I hope we start making just 1 or 2 quality additions and have faith with some of the youngsters coming through.

16 minutes ago, Imran_CFC said:

It feels like such a pivotal moment in the clubs history with so many youngsters forming an integral part of not just our squad but our first team, lets hope we are able to have a successful season and our youngsters have a similar impact to the one the United's class of 92 were able to have.

It could go one of 2 ways and it would be really unfortunate if we struggle this season and the club ends up selling/loaning a few of the youngsters and again revert to splashing the cash on quantity as opposed to quality. I hope we start making just 1 or 2 quality additions and have faith with some of the youngsters coming through.

That’s the hopes of many Chelsea fans, we must give lampard a good run and not make rash decisions, most proper Chelsea followers will go with this, whether the board are with us we’ll have to wait and see.

Next summer (or even Jan 2020), the club need to invest really well into the squad. It is looking thin and tired, particularly in the attacking department. I saw a tweet that we’ve raised £130m in player sales alone and that’s with Morata’s money still to come. That needs to be wisely invested. 

I think that’s why it’s crucial that we get champions league next season. 

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

I think that’s why it’s crucial that we get champions league next season. 

I just can't see it happening. I look at the squad in it's current state, and it just doesn't look like a top 4 team. Our rivals haven't improved all that much, but one thing for sure is that we are weaker. Hudson-Odoi and Loftus-Cheek being injured, Rudiger and Kante lacking match fitness after returning from injury, not a single good enough striker in the team, Luiz leaving, and the biggest loss of all, Hazard. Hazard was the difference last season, without him, we would have finished 6th or worse. I just don't feel that the returning loan players are going to be enough for us to get into that top 4.

3 hours ago, JM7 said:

I think that’s why it’s crucial that we get champions league next season. 

The most crucial part in my opinion is to find smarter people to run this club. Whoever thought it was a good idea to fill our squad with mediocre players like Drinkwater, Zappacosta etc, instead of adding 1-2 quality signing each year, should be fired. Just to top it all of they manage to get us banned from strengthening when our best player is sold, our best talents/players are injured and CL would have made us have a much easier time to attract the better players.

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

I just can't see it happening. I look at the squad in it's current state, and it just doesn't look like a top 4 team. Our rivals haven't improved all that much, but one thing for sure is that we are weaker. Hudson-Odoi and Loftus-Cheek being injured, Rudiger and Kante lacking match fitness after returning from injury, not a single good enough striker in the team, Luiz leaving, and the biggest loss of all, Hazard. Hazard was the difference last season, without him, we would have finished 6th or worse. I just don't feel that the returning loan players are going to be enough for us to get into that top 4.

Logically looking at the facts that makes sense but what about the frankie effect and the feel good factor? 

I haven't got a logical reason why we will finish top 4, but I think franks a born winner and born winners find a way, that’s why it’s a bit exciting, can’t have any real expectations could go pear shaped but we could shock everyone and give it a good run.

Either way it’s something different for us and will be interesting to watch, with the morale booster that if it’s not a good season it’s obvious why and we have the cash to buy our way out of bother next season. 

2 minutes ago, WalterWhiteCFC said:

Logically looking at the facts that makes sense but what about the frankie effect and the feel good factor? 

I haven't got a logical reason why we will finish top 4, but I think franks a born winner and born winners find a way, that’s why it’s a bit exciting, can’t have any real expectations could go pear shaped but we could shock everyone and give it a good run.

Either way it’s something different for us and will be interesting to watch, with the morale booster that if it’s not a good season it’s obvious why and we have the cash to buy our way out of bother next season. 

The “feel good factor” only last so long - look at United. OGS won’t last long. It comes down to man management, quality coaching and being tactical aware. Frank seems to have all 3 on the face of it (I couldn’t say to what degree) but he talks a good game at least. I guess time will tell!

2 minutes ago, JM7 said:

The “feel good factor” only last so long - look at United. OGS won’t last long. It comes down to man management, quality coaching and being tactical aware. Frank seems to have all 3 on the face of it (I couldn’t say to what degree) but he talks a good game at least. I guess time will tell!

I think managers like klopp are able to maintain that feelgood factor, of course that comes with winning but he wasn’t winning at first. 

He makes the players believe in themselves and his vision, I’m hoping frank has that quality it seems so but time will tell 

2 minutes ago, JM7 said:

The “feel good factor” only last so long - look at United. OGS won’t last long. It comes down to man management, quality coaching and being tactical aware. Frank seems to have all 3 on the face of it (I couldn’t say to what degree) but he talks a good game at least. I guess time will tell!

I think managers like klopp are able to maintain that feelgood factor, of course that comes with winning but he wasn’t winning at first. 

He makes the players believe in themselves and his vision, I’m hoping frank has that quality it seems so but time will tell 

I see Paddy Power are quoting odds of 50/1 for us to win the PL ... tempting .... 🙂

2 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

I see Paddy Power are quoting odds of 50/1 for us to win the PL ... tempting .... 🙂

I prefer the odds of 12/5 to beat ManU on Sunday