Pretty sure he won't be on the initial 97k for long. Assume he had a good first season, agents be asking for a new contract, and the club will offer some kind of compromise, probably a new 7 years deal. Although I'd rather that than he can't adapt and just sit on 97k for 7 years. There are plenty of risks with the 7 years contract approach, a lot could happen to a player in a couple of seasons. I could see the reason Todd did it, to fast track the squad overhaul while we could, next season we will take a huge loss without CL and have little room for maneuvering. If we play smart to counter Liverpool's high line, Mudryk could have a great debut.

17 hours ago, TimesUpPotter said:

Are you being sarcastic or trolling? or are you Todd himself?

You can make a much more convincing argument we have the worst owners in football rather than the best.

Todd has been a disaster , a whole lot of money thrown around generally to make us worse, on the pitch, in the dugout, in the medical department, negotiating transfers, the high wages we've given to old players particularly Koulibaly and Azpi and even publically with his 4-4-3 and north vs south Allstar game.

He's a bit of a mad dog and I worry for the future of the club now more than ever given what we've seen from Boehly.

 

I assume you'll have this opinion in 2 years time when we have a young settled with a settled manager and play style?

Stop looking so short term.

3 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

I assume you'll have this opinion in 2 years time when we have a young settled with a settled manager and play style?

If that includes challenging for the biggest titles (including the league) I would be a very happy man. If all we got is a young team that's playing decent football but end up finishing 6th every season then no thank you.

 

On 19/01/2023 at 00:23, icecoolguy22 said:

Pretty sure he won't be on the initial 97k for long. Assume he had a good first season, agents be asking for a new contract, and the club will offer some kind of compromise, probably a new 7 years deal. Although I'd rather that than he can't adapt and just sit on 97k for 7 years. There are plenty of risks with the 7 years contract approach, a lot could happen to a player in a couple of seasons. I could see the reason Todd did it, to fast track the squad overhaul while we could, next season we will take a huge loss without CL and have little room for maneuvering. If we play smart to counter Liverpool's high line, Mudryk could have a great debut.

 

Took all of about 5 minutes to see we have a baller here. Not want to overhype him, but it’s clear to see this lad adds something we’ve been seriously lacking 

Astounding the amount of negativity that surrounded this signing from fans. After years of watching Ziyech and Pulisic, his brief appearance was a breath of fresh air. He even made people who have been looking sh*t for awhile look good. 

Looks fun.

This is going to be tasty.

I was against this signing but I think I will have to eat some humble pie.

Edited January 21, 20233 yr by El regreso

Early days but clearly an upgrade on what's already here.

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8 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Astounding the amount of negativity that surrounded this signing from fans. After years of watching Ziyech and Pulisic, his brief appearance was a breath of fresh air. He even made people who have been looking sh*t for awhile look good. 

I don't think people understand just how bad pulisic and Ziyech are. I honestly don't think either start for another team in the entire league 

We saw it with Felix as well as Mudryk today but any decent winger would be a massive breath of fresh air.  Exciting to see actual quality wide players here 

Edited January 21, 20233 yr by TimesUpPotter

Looks like one hell of a player in such a short amount of time. Might have got ourselves a gem here.

All aboard the Mudryk train. 

Looks the business doesn’t he. Feels like Hazard 2.0 - gets people off their seat and terrifies the opposition 

2 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

All aboard the Mudryk train. 

Looks the business doesn’t he. Feels like Hazard 2.0 - gets people off their seat and terrifies the opposition 

Exactly this, i'm actually excited for our next game for the first time in awhile just to see him.

Hot damn. We might have something special cooking here

6 minutes ago, TimesUpPotter said:

I don't think people understand just how bad pulisic and Ziyech are. I honestly don't think either start for another team in the entire league 

We saw it with Felix as well as Mudryk today but any decent winger would be a massive breath of fresh air.  Exciting to see actual quality wide players here 

To be fair, Ziyech is good when he tries. Most of the time he’s more worried about looking cool though.

Cant wait to see Mudryk with Felix, Sterling, and James back in the team.

Looks like the hype is justified.

He's going to be a lot of fun to watch over the coming years.

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Hopefully he tears it up in the champions league. Mudryk Ballon D'or winner 2023, sounds good. Lol 

Very promising debut. Quick, direct, did his defensive duties well. Should make watching Chelsea a lot more fun in future.

8 minutes ago, mwblue10 said:

To be fair, Ziyech is good when he tries. Most of the time he’s more worried about looking cool though.

Cant wait to see Mudryk with Felix, Sterling, and James back in the team.

I'd agree Ziyech is definitely a much better footballer than Pulisic as he's actually good at something.

But his lack of pace, athleticism and upper body strength means he struggles massively to threaten the opposition even when he's got a defender 1 vs 1.

Mudryk, Felix and Noni all look like they'll be able to do a lot more in that regard so we should be a lot more exciting.

 

It was only 35 minutes, but there were little things that stood out. His pace being obvious, but his passing looked crisp and he can spot holes in the oppositions defence. Dribbling in tight spaces was very good and even tracking back and playing a composed pass to get us out of trouble looked good. He already looks like a very exciting player.

Watching Chelsea has become such a chore, his cameo reminded me why we love the game; rose growing in the concrete as of now.

 

…Pulisic keeping his number 10 shirt hostage 

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I think I enjoyed the 2nd video more just because it shows he can definitely handle the physicality of the prem.

 

 

Some flashes of skill and pace which were promising. I would like to have seen him more involved though. Also, couple of times towards the end of the game where liverpool broke and I was expecting him with his pace to get back and help and he was nowhere to be seen. Don't know if he doesn't have the work ethic to track back, which would be a slight concern.

He’s going the frighten the day lights out of defenders but also get kicked a lot. I do hope the refs protect him.