Ghost of Clough Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 22 hours ago, Coconut's Beard said: Well, not all of us. In Bris' defence he wasn't the only one with those views at the time. That Leeds game was one of the worst debuts I have ever seen. Was it 3 of the 4 goals coming from him not knowing how to head a ball in the box? I can't remember what I said after the game, but it was along the lines of him needing to improve that part of his game, and improve fast. Which to his credit, he did. rynny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: In Bris' defence he wasn't the only one with those views at the time. That Leeds game was one of the worst debuts I have ever seen. Was it 3 of the 4 goals coming from him not knowing how to head a ball in the box? I can't remember what I said after the game, but it was along the lines of him needing to improve that part of his game, and improve fast. Which to his credit, he did. I was going to post similar at the time, but the post would lose its impact as a bit of fun. Equally though a number of people could look past that and see that he clearly had some very obvious qualities and was a classy player waiting to break out. Putting the goals against Leeds down solely as his errors always seemed to be harsh anyway, considering he had the equally if not more unimpressive (in the air, positionally) Max Lowe to his left, Keogh doing his usual job hatchet job of 'organising' his defensive partners to his right. We've also seen now how poor Lampard is at setting out a defence - he was thrown to the lions. I remember quite a few times throughout the season where he'd get accused of losing his man or the ball, but he was clearly being fouled. Opposition players knew they could grab hold of his shirt, stop him jumping and get away with it because he was a kid. I doubt he lets himself get bullied nowadays. Besides that, there's a bit of a difference between pointing out that someone has had a poor game, or a big part of their game to work on and calling them an "proper donkey", which is why it stuck in my head. (This was after he attempted a clearance which sliced into his own net against Millwall) Edited May 26, 2022 by Coconut's Beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) As sad as the context of this pic is, it’s also great to know that Fik has moved on and is now a champion of Italy and an England international. Edited May 27, 2022 by DarkFruitsRam7 Andicis and EtoileSportiveDeDerby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 26 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said: As sad as the context of this pic is, it’s also great to know that Fik has moved on and is now a champion of Italy and an England international. Chelsea need a complete rebuild at the back with Rudiger, Christiansen going, Azpi may be and let him leave for peanuts really. They kept Sarr who looks a liability. How much would it cost to re-sign him?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, EtoileSportiveDeDerby said: Chelsea need a complete rebuild at the back with Rudiger, Christiansen going, Azpi may be and let him leave for peanuts really. They kept Sarr who looks a liability. How much would it cost to re-sign him?? A world record fee for a CB I reckon EtoileSportiveDeDerby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 8 hours ago, EtoileSportiveDeDerby said: Chelsea need a complete rebuild at the back with Rudiger, Christiansen going, Azpi may be and let him leave for peanuts really. They kept Sarr who looks a liability. How much would it cost to re-sign him?? How many gooduns have they let go in recent years? Not just gooduns, but ridiculously world class. De Bruyne, lukaku, abraham is doing well now, I know there are many more. EtoileSportiveDeDerby and Andicis 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, TigerTedd said: How many gooduns have they let go in recent years? Not just gooduns, but ridiculously world class. De Bruyne, lukaku, abraham is doing well now, I know there are many more. Salah TigerTedd and EtoileSportiveDeDerby 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, TigerTedd said: How many gooduns have they let go in recent years? Not just gooduns, but ridiculously world class. De Bruyne, lukaku, abraham is doing well now, I know there are many more. Yeah they've let some gooduns go for sure but tbf to Chelsea, they kept hold of Danny Drinkwater... TigerTedd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 8 hours ago, David said: Salah I knew there was another really big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Andicis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JfR Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 27/05/2022 at 19:04, TigerTedd said: How many gooduns have they let go in recent years? Not just gooduns, but ridiculously world class. De Bruyne, lukaku, abraham is doing well now, I know there are many more. They let Declan Rice go as a 14 year old, and have spent a lot of the last 2 or 3 years trying to re-sign him for a fee in the 9 figure range TigerTedd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 27/05/2022 at 19:04, TigerTedd said: How many gooduns have they let go in recent years? Not just gooduns, but ridiculously world class. De Bruyne, lukaku, abraham is doing well now, I know there are many more. To a (slightly) different degree perhaps we might have been in the similar position of letting good/very good players go because we weren’t able to offer them a route to the first team, were it not for administration/embargoes and all the rest of it. Judging young players with anything other than hindsight is sometimes a tough job given the different rates at which they develop. Perhaps Chelsea fell into the trap of believing their own strategy - the Academy as a source of income rather than a source of first team player. TigerTedd and Adslegend 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Hope Gareth Southgate is sent a copy of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 28/05/2022 at 04:52, TigerTedd said: I knew there was another really big one. Courtois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62533742 He's not coming back, is he? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Just now, IslandExile said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62533742 He's not coming back, is he? ? Well, the price we’ll have to pay has increased a lot shall we say? IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Just read the comments underneath. maxjam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ghost of Clough Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 9 hours ago, maxjam said: Odd decision IMO. Yes, a hand did touch Mount, but Mount wasn't exactly impeded. I think Mount's loose control resulting in him going to ground and having a weak shot made it look like there was more contact than there was. angieram and Rammy03 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Shocking decision. And at our lowly level you can get completely wrestled to ground and it's ignored. There has to be some common sense reapplied to decision making in football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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