55 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

I am with you there.

Again though while Werners transfer fee is not a big deal, as I can see us taking 30mill for him whereas no way we will with Rom, he is on 272k a week. Who in their right mind takes that over?

I think we're stuck with rom for another year as then he's loaned to italy

Diego Costa 2.0

11 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Haha and your idea was you want an ex scummer here?

I don’t know what you’re talking about, Broja is out all season with an injury. 

6 hours ago, Munkworth said:

I don’t know what you’re talking about, Broja is out all season with an injury. 

He is the perfect example of what I mean when I said we should have been patient and got the right player instead of desperately throwing £100m away to get Lukaku. There are always new players breaking through, and Broja is doing that at Southampton. He has everything in his locker to become a top player and if we let him go, I will be furious.

I've seen a lot of Broja's finishing and it looks very good yet I don't see him leading the line like Havertz, looks to me like he is a No.10 or in a front two.

Does anyone see this differently?

3 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

I've seen a lot of Broja's finishing and it looks very good yet I don't see him leading the line like Havertz, looks to me like he is a No.10 or in a front two.

Does anyone see this differently?

He works very hard and has good movement and pace. He can lead the line for sure. With Saints he plays in a 2 man front so usually peels off Adam's.

Wonder if he could bring JWP with him, what do you think @Valerie

2 hours ago, strider6004 said:

Does anyone see this differently?

 No but mainly because I refuse to watch him playing in the awful, awful kit.

3 hours ago, axman2526 said:

He works very hard and has good movement and pace. He can lead the line for sure. With Saints he plays in a 2 man front so usually peels off Adam's.

Wonder if he could bring JWP with him, what do you think @Valerie

If RLC leaves, we should have a new hyphenated name. The sculpted hair will fill the void for @Munkworth that Giroud left behind. Oh and he is capable of scoring a goal here and there, but the  - and the hair matter most, obviously.

Good call @axman2526!

2 hours ago, Valerie said:

If RLC leaves, we should have a new hyphenated name. The sculpted hair will fill the void for @Munkworth that Giroud left behind. Oh and he is capable of scoring a goal here and there, but the  - and the hair matter most, obviously.

Good call @axman2526!

Sounds like a plan indeed then. Unless there are any objections we must bring this to the new owners attention!

@Munkworth would you be willing to perform a presentation for him?

Just promote Soonsup-Bell to the first team - we don’t have to taint it with players from sh*t clubs that way. 

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

Just promote Soonsup-Bell to the first team - we don’t have to taint it with players from sh*t clubs that way. 

@axman2526 I read this as a "yes" , don't you agree?

14 hours ago, strider6004 said:

I've seen a lot of Broja's finishing and it looks very good yet I don't see him leading the line like Havertz, looks to me like he is a No.10 or in a front two.

Does anyone see this differently?

Last few games we seem to have been playing Mount in the 10 role with Havertz and Werner up top. I see no reason why that couldn't be Havertz and Broja together. Certainly adds that grit into the front line, both Broja and Kai seem to love getting into the defenders faces.

Somehow I feel we will screw up this striker as well. 

Broja has shown more for Southampton than Lumpkaku has for us, unless you count energetic finger pointing…

5 hours ago, Valerie said:

@axman2526 I read this as a "yes" , don't you agree?

7 hours ago, Munkworth said:

Just promote Soonsup-Bell to the first team - we don’t have to taint it with players from sh*t clubs that way. 

9 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Last few games we seem to have been playing Mount in the 10 role with Havertz and Werner up top. I see no reason why that couldn't be Havertz and Broja together. Certainly adds that grit into the front line, both Broja and Kai seem to love getting into the defenders faces.

I thought we were playing Havertz up top with Werner and Mount either side and then in the 2nd half when it is not working Werner and Havertz go to a two with Mount behind them. 

 

23 hours ago, Ballack & Blu said:

Broja has shown more for Southampton than Lumpkaku has for us, unless you count energetic finger pointing…

Whilst I have high hopes for broja, he's been on a bad run of form for Southampton. 

23 hours ago, evissy said:

Somehow I feel we will screw up this striker as well. 

58 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Whilst I have high hopes for broja, he's been on a bad run of form for Southampton. 

Agreed. He's a young striker who like other youngsters burst onto the scene. Opposing defenders and coaches are now prepared as to what to expect from him. He will come good again but like all players starting out will have dips in form too. I do think we need to temper our expectations of him, it could be he requires a further year on loan to see him fulfill his potential.

The more i look at the strikers available in the market the more i feel like we won't sign better than Broja. His goal return really doesn't showcase how much trouble he caused defences last year. Fast, good feet, low driven shot, good link up. I really want to see him given a chance in pre season. 

Seems like he was good 1st half of the season, but tailed off 2nd half. Maybe needs another loan spell.

Saw articles saying he never settled at Southampton and wasn't happy there. Can't imagine he has that issue at Chelsea having been there for 10 years.

50 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Seems like he was good 1st half of the season, but tailed off 2nd half. Maybe needs another loan spell.

Not necessarily especially when clubs like Napoli are offering to buy him. Salah also had a good 1st half of the season & was average in the 2nd for what it’s worth.

41 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Saw articles saying he never settled at Southampton and wasn't happy there. Can't imagine he has that issue at Chelsea having been there for 10 years.

Hmm could not settle in Southampton? Wonder why?

@Munkworth you have any insights as to why that could possibly be?