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re: Chelsea 16/17 Season Long Thread | Farewell JT Edition
Posted on 7/17/16 at 6:22 pm to jackwoods4
Posted on 7/17/16 at 6:22 pm to jackwoods4
Ivanovic has had a stellar career at Chelsea despite being played out of position nearly his entire career. He gets more of a pass from me but yes his time as a fullback should definitely be over.
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Posted on 7/18/16 at 8:00 am to RandySavage
Costa wants out. Looking to return to Athletico.
This post was edited on 7/18/16 at 8:01 am
Posted on 7/18/16 at 11:21 am to lynxcat
Evening Standard already said that's not true. I don't believe it because that report has come out about 39 times already, and it hasn't been true yet.
Posted on 7/18/16 at 12:15 pm to lynxcat
I'd be fine with that just give us Griezmann in return. We'll throw in Matic or Oscar or both to boot.
Posted on 7/18/16 at 12:15 pm to RandySavage
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Matic on the field is a disaster anywhere.
Pull on the reins there.
He had a down year but don't forget how study he was his first year back. I'd much rather him in the holding mid role than Fab.
Fab brings nothing defensively. He needs to be in an attacking role centrally (ideally). Not sure where that may be with a Conte squad.
Mikel might actually thrive under Conte. He doesn't have much versatility but he's good at what he does. There's a reason he's lasted manager after manager. Wouldn't be surprised if him, Matic and Kante all see lots of minutes
Posted on 7/18/16 at 12:18 pm to RandySavage
I don't think I've ever seen any fan of any team who is ready to bail on players as quickly as you.
Posted on 7/18/16 at 1:59 pm to jackwoods4
You were hating on Ivan 2 years ago and the Ivan of two years ago was 10x better than Matic last year.
If Kante and Matic or Mikel are our two holding mids we won't have near enough quality on the field.
The whole purpose of buying Kante, imo, is to have someone willing to work so hard Cesc won't be asked to do nearly as much defending and can focus on what he does best.
If Kante and Matic or Mikel are our two holding mids we won't have near enough quality on the field.
The whole purpose of buying Kante, imo, is to have someone willing to work so hard Cesc won't be asked to do nearly as much defending and can focus on what he does best.
Posted on 7/18/16 at 3:51 pm to RandySavage
I was hating on him because he's been bad for several years. He got in a really lucky run of goalscoring form/assisting so people started praising him endlessly and forgetting his primary duty is to defend. He's been a train wreck at RB for the last few seasons. He was getting destroyed by guys like Jefferson Montero two years ago and he still is.
Posted on 7/18/16 at 5:35 pm to jackwoods4
Anybody heard anything about Chelsea going after Mahrez
This post was edited on 7/18/16 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 7/18/16 at 7:15 pm to Easye921
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He gets more of a pass from me but yes his time as a fullback should definitely be over.
im down to keep ivanovic. hes a terrible RB at this point but has lots of value as a CB since we have no depth there. hes a fine cover at RB too, but we're screwed if hes still first choice out there.
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Mikel might actually thrive under Conte.
if mikel sees lots of mins we're screwed again. he has no hidden talent to unlock. hes just a body out there that you hope gets in the way of the other team and passes ball to someone else as soon as he gets possession. i thought he played pretty poorly when Guus gave him his run.
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Anybody heard anything about Chelsea going after Mahrez
doubt its true.
This post was edited on 7/18/16 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 7/19/16 at 6:37 am to cigsmcgee
So what is Conte going to roll with? 4 at the back? 3?
Posted on 7/20/16 at 12:57 pm to DBU
Not sure if everyone's aware of this but today's game will be shown on ESPN3 so you won't have to go the illegal stream route.
Read some articles on how impressed Conte is with RLC so it sounds like the kid is putting in work during practice. Hope it shows today, I'd like to see he and Chalobah play together for a bit but that's a pipe dream I'm sure.
Read some articles on how impressed Conte is with RLC so it sounds like the kid is putting in work during practice. Hope it shows today, I'd like to see he and Chalobah play together for a bit but that's a pipe dream I'm sure.
Posted on 7/20/16 at 1:06 pm to Jebboy
Chelsea starting lineup (4-4-2/4-2-4):
Asmir Begovic | Ola Aina, Papy Djilobodji, John Terry (c), Branislav Ivanovic | Victor Moses, Oscar, Nemanja Matic, Willian | Diego Costa, Bertrand Traore
Papy starts again? Branislav at RB again?
le sigh.
At least Aina and Traore get starts.
Asmir Begovic | Ola Aina, Papy Djilobodji, John Terry (c), Branislav Ivanovic | Victor Moses, Oscar, Nemanja Matic, Willian | Diego Costa, Bertrand Traore
Papy starts again? Branislav at RB again?
le sigh.
At least Aina and Traore get starts.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 12:28 am to Jebboy
Didn't get to watch today. Sounded like Conte was impressed with Chalobah, Ola and Ruben 
Posted on 7/21/16 at 7:47 am to jackwoods4
The best part of the game was the announcer having no clue who #23 was and calling him a different name every few minutes.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 9:49 am to RandySavage
I hope RLC shines under Conte. I truly believe he could be a world class midfielder and we just don't recognize it yet. Kid is so young but has all of the tools to be a box to box midfielder. RLC paired with Kante could be an amazing duo.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 11:08 am to lynxcat
They keep playing Ruben behind the striker, but I've always been more impressed with him in a deeper role.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 11:31 am to jackwoods4
Say Chelsea baws, what happens to MiazGOD this year?
Posted on 7/21/16 at 11:52 am to jackwoods4
Completely agree. I prefer him deeper with the ability to make runs forward as long as he is paired with a defensively minded CM. RLC is a really good athlete and is long and rangy so defense is super natural for him. Offensively, I think he will only get better.
Posted on 7/21/16 at 1:14 pm to cwil177
He gets loaned out or plays with the reserves.
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