18 minutes ago, Bob stark said:

The plan imo was to play Cucu as lcb and kouli as ccb. 

That was another option, true. 

Probably wanted Cucu to allow the flexibility of mixing it up based on opponent. 

19 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Alonso scored

🤣 True

Knee injury. When does it end?

1 minute ago, dansubrosa said:

Knee injury. When does it end?

It doesn't unfortunately.  He is a player who has suffered a serious career defining injury, which will increase muscular imbalances and be prone to other injuries elsewhere. 

 

 

Like clock work hopefully Cucu is fit for at least 20 minutes 

Sell him

I think it's time we moved him on. His performances have been below average for a while when fit, and the "when" part is also a big reason to sell him. I feel for him and Reece, but we need our own Gusto there to take the reigns on this one, Chilwell is even unreliable as a backup at this rate. 

Yeah better sell him while his value is still high.

But then will we use the money onto a replacement or pay off the debt? I don’t know.

Time he was gone 

Better for us if we sold him and Reese at the very first opportunity. As well as other players with recurring injuries. 

I feel strongly about him and Reese because it is obvious they will never have a season devoid of injury and they hold or are meant to hold important places in the team. 

Also not good for morale in a squad with an already fragile morale. 

Chilwell should thank his lucky stars he isn't a horse, or else he'd be halfway to the glue factory by now.

7 hours ago, Victor90 said:

I think it's time we moved him on. His performances have been below average for a while when fit, and the "when" part is also a big reason to sell him. I feel for him and Reece, but we need our own Gusto there to take the reigns on this one, Chilwell is even unreliable as a backup at this rate. 

We'll be saying the same thing about all of them soon. Only a matter of time before the likes of Disasi, Caicedo, Enzo and Jackson pick up an injury that they never recover from.

16 hours ago, Victor90 said:

I think it's time we moved him on. His performances have been below average for a while when fit, and the "when" part is also a big reason to sell him. I feel for him and Reece, but we need our own Gusto there to take the reins on this one, Chilwell is even unreliable as a backup at this rate. 

💯.. I know the club is already putting out fillers that they want to sell Cucurella & take the loss, but Chilwell has to be moved on before him IMO. He was injury prone even while at Leicester, missing an average of 14 league games per season in his 4 season there. It has now gone up to 22 league games per season here. At this point he can only be depended on as a rotation option, but not at his £250k/w wages.

I just don’t think there is any club that his going to touch those wages with that injury record.

Time to sell. Plain and simple. Massive wages and his body is done.

Who would buy such a injury prone player on massive wages? Chilly would probably have to accept a pay cut, and why would he do that. 

1 minute ago, Valerie said:

Who would buy such a injury prone player on massive wages? Chilly would probably have to accept a pay cut, and why would he do that. 

Maybe we could sell him on the "it's just a chelsea thing" plan, and show them how Kovacic, Kante, and the rest of them have been fine since leaving 🤣

Ridiculous we extended his contract last April of all times given everyone was sh*t during that period. 

31 minutes ago, Victor90 said:

Maybe we could sell him on the "it's just a chelsea thing" plan, and show them how Kovacic, Kante, and the rest of them have been fine since leaving 🤣

I think you're on to something 

He's one of our only players who is genuinely good, and the alternative is Cucurella, who is bad at football.

19 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

He's one of our only players who is genuinely good, and the alternative is Cucurella, who is bad at football.

6 good months of form in 4 seasons makes him genuinely good, dont make me laugh. 

 

I really like Ben, but its seriously time to consider a more stable and available long term option (we need a left footed Gusto).  Tough to find a buyer, but it might be time.

17 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

I really like Ben, but its seriously time to consider a more stable and available long term option (we need a left footed Gusto).  Tough to find a buyer, but it might be time.

I'm sure we'll sell Maatsen for profit but if not he should be given a chance. He's impressing after making the step up to Dortmund...

https://bvbbuzz.com/posts/chelsea-loanee-ian-maatsen-continues-to-make-an-argument-for-a-permanent-stay-at-borussia-dortmund-01hr7zjcde9r

I mean Spurs found Udogie. They certainly are available with actual decent scouting. 

If my understanding of PSR rules is correct, then cost of the original transfer fee for a player is spread over 5 years by default. So that would mean for PSR we would still owe mayb e10m on Chilwell. In theory we could make some money for PSR compliance if we sold him for a decent fee. Question would be around which clubs would be interested, especially given his wages and injury history?

On 09/03/2024 at 12:32, jack_super_class said:

6 good months of form in 4 seasons makes him genuinely good, dont make me laugh. 

 

Same can be said for James. May as well just sell them all then. 

I would rather we get to the bottom of these injury issues and give our players a chance to reach their best again, because every time we sell a player, they seem to be perfectly fine at their new club.