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JerseyAddict
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Apparently Conte kicked Cesc out of the team blaming him for defeat.
BerkeleyBernie
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After Batshuayi's gorgeous unstoppable own goal past Courtois to equalize, the Spaniards come back to win it for Chelsea (Alonso goal, Pedro assist).
= gamechanger 
= gamechanger
BerkeleyBernie
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Happened last year, too, when Matic didn't start. Costa is also "Spanish." But yes, the Spaniards have played a large part in Chelsea's success.
AnfieldEd
I am Leg End
I don't get your transfer business Anton.
You replaced Matic with Bakayoko which could possibly be an upgrade but that is not a sure thing. You move out Chalobah and Loftus-Cheek and get in Drinkwater. Waste of money imo as Drinkwater has already reached his peak and those two already on your books would develop and be good back ups for Kante and Bakayoko, so I don't get it.
I don't understand wanting Barkley either as he is you already have superior players in his position. So for me your only good signing was Morata who is a very good striker but again he's not as good as Costa or your preferred target Lukaku.
So are you satisfied (I can't believe you are happy) with the business done?
You replaced Matic with Bakayoko which could possibly be an upgrade but that is not a sure thing. You move out Chalobah and Loftus-Cheek and get in Drinkwater. Waste of money imo as Drinkwater has already reached his peak and those two already on your books would develop and be good back ups for Kante and Bakayoko, so I don't get it.
I don't understand wanting Barkley either as he is you already have superior players in his position. So for me your only good signing was Morata who is a very good striker but again he's not as good as Costa or your preferred target Lukaku.
So are you satisfied (I can't believe you are happy) with the business done?
antonnn
Blue Blooded Aussie
Ask Marina and Emanelo, as Conte has fuck all control over transfers. It's absolutely ridiculous, Chelsea and whoever their manager is at the time get slammed like hell for their dodgy transfer business, but it's the transfer team's fault almost every damn time and they get 0 blame for it. Emanelo has needed to fuck off for a long time, but he's one of Roman's trusted men. I think almost every manager has had problems with Emanelo since he's been put in the position he is rn.
This is why managers struggle sometimes, transfer team just get who they want, if they even want to get any one? Pretty sure they are the ones who wanted Lukaku, Conte was always in for Morata so that's a win, as Lukaku isn't the right guy for our team. But yeah, tbh Bakayoko will be better than Matic in this system imo. Matic wasn't that good last year, he fits Mourinho teams better than Conte, he's not dynamic enough. Sure we dominated last year but Matic still looked a shadow of the guy who played for Mourinho before that horrid season. He's good in a very very particular system but seems to flounder when everything isn't suited to him. The stupid thing was selling him to fucking Mourinho of all people. What are the transfer team doing?
I understand letting certain people go but others are silly, like Chalobah in a way, but then he pushed to leave so we couldn't really stop him at his age, and we've at least put in buyback clauses. He would have been preferred over spending 35m on Drinkwater, that's for sure. A lot of the bad deals just don't smell of Conte at all.
Zappacosta is quite an interesting one, people are already calling him a panic buy but Conte knows him and from what I've read, there's a very reasonable chance he could be an upgrade on Moses. I read only Alex Sandro completed more accurate crosses in Serie A from Jan 16 til now, so with Morata being great at heading, we could be in for a bunch of headed goals.
All in all, I don't think our transfer business is as bad as some want to make out. Moving out good young players was silly, especially for Drinkwater, but at the end of the day the team isn't in bad shape. Is it better than last year? Only time will tell, but Rudiger looks like he can be pretty solid(esp as Cahill really isn't that good, shouldn't even be captain either tbh), Christensen needs to get more time as he's probably one of our 3 best defenders really, talent-wise, Zappacosta could surprise, Morata is good and Drinkwater, well, even though I don't like that he cost so much etc etc, at least he's the type of midfielder we needed, as Kante is better defensively, Bakayoko too but he makes great penetrating runs into opposition territory, which Cesc is useless at anything but playmaking, so having Danny who's more of an all rounder is actually helpful at least. Hopefully Musonda will get a bit of time as he's the immediate backup to Hazard/Pedro/Willian.
I wouldn't say I'm dissatisfied but I'm not really satisfied either. I think we can still win the title but it'll be a rough ride this season. Conte is gonna have to bring his A-game and Hazard will need to step up another level.
This is why managers struggle sometimes, transfer team just get who they want, if they even want to get any one? Pretty sure they are the ones who wanted Lukaku, Conte was always in for Morata so that's a win, as Lukaku isn't the right guy for our team. But yeah, tbh Bakayoko will be better than Matic in this system imo. Matic wasn't that good last year, he fits Mourinho teams better than Conte, he's not dynamic enough. Sure we dominated last year but Matic still looked a shadow of the guy who played for Mourinho before that horrid season. He's good in a very very particular system but seems to flounder when everything isn't suited to him. The stupid thing was selling him to fucking Mourinho of all people. What are the transfer team doing?
I understand letting certain people go but others are silly, like Chalobah in a way, but then he pushed to leave so we couldn't really stop him at his age, and we've at least put in buyback clauses. He would have been preferred over spending 35m on Drinkwater, that's for sure. A lot of the bad deals just don't smell of Conte at all.
Zappacosta is quite an interesting one, people are already calling him a panic buy but Conte knows him and from what I've read, there's a very reasonable chance he could be an upgrade on Moses. I read only Alex Sandro completed more accurate crosses in Serie A from Jan 16 til now, so with Morata being great at heading, we could be in for a bunch of headed goals.
All in all, I don't think our transfer business is as bad as some want to make out. Moving out good young players was silly, especially for Drinkwater, but at the end of the day the team isn't in bad shape. Is it better than last year? Only time will tell, but Rudiger looks like he can be pretty solid(esp as Cahill really isn't that good, shouldn't even be captain either tbh), Christensen needs to get more time as he's probably one of our 3 best defenders really, talent-wise, Zappacosta could surprise, Morata is good and Drinkwater, well, even though I don't like that he cost so much etc etc, at least he's the type of midfielder we needed, as Kante is better defensively, Bakayoko too but he makes great penetrating runs into opposition territory, which Cesc is useless at anything but playmaking, so having Danny who's more of an all rounder is actually helpful at least. Hopefully Musonda will get a bit of time as he's the immediate backup to Hazard/Pedro/Willian.
I wouldn't say I'm dissatisfied but I'm not really satisfied either. I think we can still win the title but it'll be a rough ride this season. Conte is gonna have to bring his A-game and Hazard will need to step up another level.
JerseyAddict
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What are the chances they let Hazard go?
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