On 09/03/2023 at 00:20, RIP Mourinho said:

That doesn't say he was signed to play LCB though, just that its an added bonus he can. Clearly says he was brought in to relieve the pressure on Chilwell at LWB.

I think Tuchel said his profile is similar to Azpi which I agree with. 

Tuchel also said he will be a competition for Chilwell for lb but not as lwb

Edited March 15, 20233 yr by Bob stark

Hmmmmmm

Having a stinker of a season unfortunately. Hopefully he can turn it around.

The sh*te part about this season is that you don't know who's actually sh*t or is just playing sh*t because everyone has been piss poor or at least playing below standard barring Silva and Chilwell. 

4 hours ago, Victor90 said:

Having a stinker of a season unfortunately. Hopefully he can turn it around.

The sh*te part about this season is that you don't know who's actually sh*t or is just playing sh*t because everyone has been piss poor or at least playing below standard barring Silva and Chilwell. 

Nah it is quite obvious who is good and who is not. 

When he is on form he is very good, but this season his form has been very inconsistent. There is definitely a good player in there, but I think it's just lack of confidence throughout the side and not just an individual thing tbh. 

There is a very good player in there, and i've a sneaking suspicion, with his speed of sweeping in and nicking the ball. he would actually make a very good defensive midfielder, sitting in front of a back 2, where if the swoop fails, there's backup. Don't forget it's Tuchel who wanted him, and i think he knows a bit more about things than us. 

I always wondered what he looked like without a beard 😂😂

I do not rate him , and i have concluded he is the worst big money signing so far this season . Over 60 M for a very limited player 

6 hours ago, LongtimerLurker said:

I always wondered what he looked like without a beard 😂😂

Could you Photoshop one of him with a short back and sides?

9 hours ago, just said:

Could you Photoshop one of him with a short back and sides?

....or Cuculisic

....I'll get my coat!

45 minutes ago, Mod said:

....or Cuculisic

....I'll get my coat!

Obviously a slow work day Mod.

This is becoming one scary thread 

What is going on. 😄

This aged so well

3 hours ago, Mod said:

....or Cuculisic

....I'll get my coat!

Might get one good player out of that mix!!

As I said before it is not a good idea to outbid team who has unlimited amount of money. 

 

 

Brighton must be in disbelief with how much we've helped them this last 12 months.

I thought he was really good at Brighton and this was a signing I wanted and was excited for (though not for the price we paid), but he has looked pretty poor so far.

That being said, he is not a CB, and I don't know why we keep playing him there. He should be LB/LWB cover for Ben.

I think he is in the same bracket as many of our players.

That is that he is technically good, is a decent squad/team player - but is never going to be the elite player that will elevate a squad to the next level or drag the team kicking and screaming through a tie.

I put most of our players in this category - with the exception of KK, Azpi and Auba who are either not good enough or simply past their best (or both).

The only players we have who I think have the fighting spirit and the quality are  Kante, Silva and Enzo - and perhaps Fofana.

Sadly, I think the likes of Mount, James, Chilly, Kai are simply not "winners" who are able to consistently influence a game and get us a result when the backs are against the wall. 

For all the slights against the likes of Ramires, Meireles, Bosingwa etc - they could at least dig in and fight.

I will not judge any of ours players until we have a normal couple of seasons because at Chelsea we never have normal seasons and I crave for a normal season.

And I refuse to target or abuse any of our players except ones who do interviews publicly wanting to leave.

Edited April 13, 20233 yr by El regreso

28 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Brighton must be in disbelief with how much we've helped them this last 12 months.

Rumour is they almost have enough money off us alone to rebuild the west pier and build another dozen more.

I still think he's a good player. What he lacks in the attacking phase he makes up for it in the first phase of the build up. That's where he has an edge over Chilwell and I'd argue he'd be a better LB than Chilwell. 

He'd probably start under Enrique, and under Nagelsmann he'd probably shift between a back 4/5 based on Chilwell's availability. 

31 minutes ago, Zeta said:

I thought he was really good at Brighton and this was a signing I wanted and was excited for (though not for the price we paid), but he has looked pretty poor so far.

That being said, he is not a CB, and I don't know why we keep playing him there. He should be LB/LWB cover for Ben.

scariest part is he's looked better at CB than at LB/LWB.

8 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I still think he's a good player. What he lacks in the attacking phase he makes up for it in the first phase of the build up. That's where he has an edge over Chilwell and I'd argue he'd be a better LB than Chilwell. 

He'd probably start under Enrique, and under Nagelsmann he'd probably shift between a back 4/5 based on Chilwell's availability. 

Enrique made a career off of Jordi Alba, who's a lot more similar to Chilwell than he is Cucurella.