Theyre still desperate to get rid of him, depressing...

25 minutes ago, bluelightening said:

Theyre still desperate to get rid of him, depressing...

Nah not depressing at all, we'll get a decent fee for him and he's not going to bother the starting line up. We need the revenue if we are going to fix the issues in the team.

20 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Nah not depressing at all, we'll get a decent fee for him and he's not going to bother the starting line up. We need the revenue if we are going to fix the issues in the team.

Quite. He's, at best, a decent defender. Put the funds towards someone excellent.

46 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Nah not depressing at all, we'll get a decent fee for him and he's not going to bother the starting line up. We need the revenue if we are going to fix the issues in the team.

22 minutes ago, dermott said:

Quite. He's, at best, a decent defender. Put the funds towards someone excellent.

the priority should be getting the ones who dont play or are permanently injured off the books first. Would free up the funds, squad spaces and allow us to keep decent players who can do a job. Chalobah is currently on England squad duty at the WC and can do a job.

No doubt he'll be sold, the owners want to sadle us with as much debt as possible.

29 minutes ago, dermott said:

Quite. He's, at best, a decent defender. Put the funds towards someone excellent.

I have 0.00% confidence that that will happen, they will use it to buy another average 18 year old.

9 minutes ago, Scott said:

I have 0.00% confidence that that will happen, they will use it to buy another average 18 year old.

We are about to sign Lacroix who is arguably one of the best and most experienced CBs in the league. A great partner for Colwill and a solid back three of Colwill, Lacroix and James.

12 minutes ago, bluelightening said:

the priority should be getting the ones who dont play or are permanently injured off the books first.

Who's to say they aren't a priority?

Chalobah is the best CB we have outside of Colwill so it's no surprise he's the easiest to sell. The others will likely take all summer considering their wage to value is utterly shambolic.

23 minutes ago, Scott said:

I have 0.00% confidence that that will happen, they will use it to buy another average 18 year old.

You will need to do better than that to achieve Nostradamus status, sir. Gawd they are so predictable .

Im hoping Alonso derails this nonsense.

Edited June 25Jun 25 by OTL

Yes I will be interesting to see who comes out on top Xabi or the SD's. If the signings suddenly improve we will know.

1 hour ago, Scott said:

I have 0.00% confidence that that will happen, they will use it to buy another average 18 year old.

But of course. Entirely expected response.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

We are about to sign Lacroix who is arguably one of the best and most experienced CBs in the league. A great partner for Colwill and a solid back three of Colwill, Lacroix and James.

Who's to say they aren't a priority?

Chalobah is the best CB we have outside of Colwill so it's no surprise he's the easiest to sell. The others will likely take all summer considering their wage to value is utterly shambolic.

Best? Most experienced?

8 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Best? Most experienced?

Yes.

10 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Yes.

Come on now...

He's been good but that's insane levels of hyperbole.

1 minute ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Come on now...

He's been good but that's insane levels of hyperbole.

The way you describe Cucurella you'd imagine Sunday league clubs wouldn't be interested let alone Barcelona and Real Madrid. 😂

I genuinely think Laxroix is the best and most experienced CB we could realistically get in this market.

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The way you describe Cucurella you'd imagine Sunday league clubs wouldn't be interested let alone Barcelona and Real Madrid. 😂

I genuinely think Laxroix is the best and most experienced CB we could realistically get in this market.

Cucurella will be on the bench for Cowdenbeath within 2 seasons.

that we can realistically get is a fair analysis. In the league, absolutely not.

6 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Cucurella will be on the bench for Cowdenbeath within 2 seasons.

that we can realistically get is a fair analysis. In the league, absolutely not.

Who’s better?

13 hours ago, bluelightening said:

the priority should be getting the ones who dont play or are permanently injured off the books first. Would free up the funds, squad spaces and allow us to keep decent players who can do a job. Chalobah is currently on England squad duty at the WC and can do a job.

No doubt he'll be sold, the owners want to sadle us with as much debt as possible.

Chelsea are a global football enterprise worth $5bn operating in a transfer window where £400m+ will change hands involving us.

They can handle multiple things at once.

Incidentally it's a lot easier to sell your trash closer to the window closing.

11 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Who’s better?

Who's better and more experienced? Off the top of my head:

Van Dijk

Gabriel

Saliba

Ruben Dias

Gvardiol

Hincapie

Guehi

Van De Ven

Stones

Ake

Colwill

Van Hecke

Senesi

19 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Who's better and more experienced? Off the top of my head:

Van Dijk

Gabriel

Saliba

Ruben Dias

Gvardiol

Hincapie

Guehi

Van De Ven

Stones

Ake

Colwill

Van Hecke

Senesi

+You.

1 minute ago, dermott said:

+You.

Me pre-ACL.

1 minute ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Me pre-ACL.

Bah. You've got another one.

4 hours ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Van Dijk

Gabriel

Saliba

Ruben Dias

Colwill

Literally only agree with these 5. Hence my point.

Edited June 26Jun 26 by Sconnie Blue

I definitely get why people think Chalobah is good, it's because all of our other centre backs were so colossally sh*t that he looked the best of a bad bunch. I really like Trev as a person, but as a player he's just not very good.

21 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Literally only agree with these 5. Hence my point.

So not one of the best and certainly not one of the most experienced then.

1 minute ago, GarnachoCheese said:

So not one of the best and certainly not one of the most experienced then.

5 clear better alternatives in a league with 100 CBs, yes I'd think Lacroix is still among the best.

Some of the names you mentioned you should've kept that sh*t hidden.

Big fan of Trev. We've served him some sh*t hands in recent years and he's never complained, always acted professionally. I'd be sad to see him go, but if he leaves I hope he has every success.