villa4europe Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 49 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: That squad looks massively unbalanced. They have way too many attacking players with no europe. Its going to cause issues in dressing room if they dont balance the squad out. There DMC area looks very weak to me. One injury to enzo and they are screwed They'll end up paying the £100m for caceido but even then they're an injury away from playing a kid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 minute ago, villa4europe said: They'll end up paying the £100m for caceido but even then they're an injury away from playing a kid Id love to see what their net spend is this year if that deal comes off. 100m and i think he is not even all that. I hope they pay it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 12 hours ago, villa4europe said: They've signed the kid from Rennes and shipped him straight out on loan haven't they? About to sign another CB from monaco Tonight they lined up 4-2-3-1 which with thay squad means they have GK - kepa, slonina and bettinelli - that's not good RB - James, gusto and chalobah can cover there - that's OK, James is a great player CB - silva, badiashile, new signing, sarr (will go on loan) Colwill if he stays and then fofana who's out for the season - again it's ok LB - Chilwell and cucurella the 2 most expensive LBs in history - decent DMC - Enzo, sandry, hall, maybe casadei? AM - sterling, angelo, ziyech who will leave, chuk, mudryk, nkunku, Diego moriera, madueke, broja, anjorin Striker - Lukaku and jackson He can't play 2 in the middle as holding midfielders with that squad and if he sells Lukaku then he'll end up playing a wide man up top (should be sterling) They have bags of potential but such a lopsided squad it's mad, a few injuries or depending on what they show in training and they could be lining up with 8 players with less than 20 appearances for them, it's a huge ask Good summary, but one point is that AIUI Chalobah has been told he can leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyM3000 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 James is very injury prone, RB has to be a risk for them. Given they have no euro football, it's a fine squad for them for now. Gallagher, Ziyech, Lukaku seem likely to leave. They have a lot of hybrid type players across the front 4, think their depth is fine, especially with 5 subs a game now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 18 minutes ago, AndyM3000 said: James is very injury prone, RB has to be a risk for them. Given they have no euro football, it's a fine squad for them for now. Gallagher, Ziyech, Lukaku seem likely to leave. They have a lot of hybrid type players across the front 4, think their depth is fine, especially with 5 subs a game now. I disgaree players nees to go and they have far too many attacking players. Impossible to keep them all happy if no more go out. I also think the squad kacks experience and actually looks weaker than the one tuchel had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: I disgaree players nees to go and they have far too many attacking players. Impossible to keep them all happy if no more go out. I also think the squad kacks experience and actually looks weaker than the one tuchel had I said similar in the transfer thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 7 hours ago, Demitri_C said: That squad looks massively unbalanced. They have way too many attacking players with no europe. Its going to cause issues in dressing room if they dont balance the squad out. There DMC area looks very weak to me. One injury to enzo and they are screwed I fancy us to win that midfield battle when we play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 1 hour ago, duke313 said: I fancy us to win that midfield battle when we play them. Yeah i think on paper our cm area looks better and if you think about it cost less than 20m to build. Tielesman and kamara are frees. Mcginn 2m and luiz 17m. JJ came through the ranks as well. Incredible from the club and chelsa have spent how much?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Chelseas 52m nkuku who has looked good in pre season has picked up a knee injury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Chelsea signing Sanchez who didn’t want to be a number 2 at Brighton is now a number 2 at Chelsea, strange as Brighton will be playing more games hence using their back up keeper more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Chelsea signing Sanchez who didn’t want to be a number 2 at Brighton is now a number 2 at Chelsea, strange as Brighton will be playing more games hence using their back up keeper more often. Unless of course he’s actually number 1, and Kepa is number 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 8 minutes ago, duke313 said: Unless of course he’s actually number 1, and Kepa is number 2? Won’t happen, Sanchez is more mistake prone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 I wouldn't be happy with either as no.1 tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 34 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Chelsea signing Sanchez who didn’t want to be a number 2 at Brighton is now a number 2 at Chelsea, strange as Brighton will be playing more games hence using their back up keeper more often. I think he'd actually become no.3 at Brighton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 40 minutes ago, duke313 said: Unless of course he’s actually number 1, and Kepa is number 2? I think he’ll be number one, something must have happened between him and De Zerbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Sanchez isn't that good a keeper. Ia it me or is chelseas buaineas been not all that considering how much thwy have spent? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Surely they can't be FFP immune forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, VillaJ100 said: Surely they can't be FFP immune forever? When it comes to chelsea city and Newcastle they are immune to punishment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 They’ll be fine in regards to FFP. They’ve been selling plenty of players if you haven’t been following. Havertz 65m, Mount 60m, Kovacic 30m, Koulibaly 23m, Pulisic 20m, Mendy 18m, Loftus-Cheek 16m, Ampadu 6m Kante, Azpilicueta, Aubamayeng all off the books. Think they even netted about £15m from the sell-on for that Livramento deal today. They’ve had this game monopolised since Abramovich walked through the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 6 hours ago, gwi1890 said: I think he’ll be number one, something must have happened between him and De Zerbi He was dropped because he wasnt good with his feet. He was Brightons 3rd keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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