It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[LesBleuMiserable]

Chelsea are getting right on my fucking norks

Their new owners appear to be dicks with a scattter gun approach and no substance. They are flashing a £50 note in Harrods expecting it to go far. There should be a ban on any more American idiots buying premiere league clubs.

 

[Constantine]

Fuck it, I'll say it. I'd rather Palmer started than Mahrez.

Haven't you heard? Mahrez is going to be here for many years to come ::::::))))))))

Deal with it.

 

[Summerbuzz]

Poker metaphor, I reckon this is the round leading up to the turn card. Not the river! It just feels that way, because there's so much more action at this stage this time around (oh wait remember Laporte and Bernado and others last summer?).

Yep. Don't get you knickers in a twist just yet.

This is Chelsea's bet. We're ..calling? I think. Fine. Plenty left after still us to bet, all with a lot of money in that pot!

 

[teddykgb]

At this point Chelsea are showing complete amateurism and I fully expect this nonsense to continue for weeks. They’re like a shit derivative Barca throwing names out left and right with no concrete plans except to string their fans along

 

[razman]

Not great.

Chelsea acting like real amateurs

 

[Keeper!]

Chelsea acting like real amateurs

Maybe despite reports (from Chelsea) they have not got cash to throw around.

Tolmie mentioned we would be interested in Reece James as part of a deal, that would be brilliant for us, but for Chelsea a disaster to lose him.

 

[Dialog]

Worth asking if Bernardo was at Barca and we were sniffing around what would the price be ? £120m probably.

They wouldn't even entertain us. £1Billion would be their price!

 

[Fordyboy46]

Maybe despite reports (from Chelsea) they have not got cash to throw around.

Tolmie mentioned we would be interested in Reece James as part of a deal, that would be brilliant for us, but for Chelsea a disaster to lose him.

I'm thinking the same, maybe they haven't got hundreds of millions to flash around and all Boehly's money has gone on the takeover. A swap for James would be brilliant, really rate him

 

[handsofstone]

Ake is another player that is not that easy to replace but hopefully we there is a plan (unless Cucuarella is that player in question)

I like Ake, and think he's a really good squad player, but don't understand how you can say he's not that easy to replace especially if we get upwards of £40mil

That Martinez from Ajax is apparently valued at £35mil, that Aguerd fella West Ham signed for £30mil, Botman who Newcastle signed for £35mil....all LCB who are valued less than Ake and all ball-playing CB....arguably all as good as Ake or at least not a massive drop in quality

Or you know...the endless youth talent we have....Harwood-Bellis is a top prospect, as is Mbete

As I said, I like Ake and tbf I'd prefer he stay....but if we get £50mil he's arguably one of the easiest players to replace in this team

 

[BlueDejong]

Really like Anthony Gordon....sign him

 

[Woody135]

Really like Anthony Gordon....sign him

Hes terrible

 

[Blue Llama]

Really like Anthony Gordon....sign him

As what?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I'm thinking the same, maybe they haven't got hundreds of millions to flash around and all Boehly's money has gone on the takeover. A swap for James would be brilliant, really rate him

They will get Sterling, Ake is also defo up for it.

Will be over £100m.

Certainly think Raheem will be sooner rather than later now.

Ake is clearly a back up option but Chelsea are desperate, so can actually see him going for more than Sterling!

 

[Jokithedruid]

They will get Sterling, Ake is also defo up for it.

Will be over £100m.

Certainly think Raheem will be sooner rather than later now.

Ake is clearly a back up option but Chelsea are desperate, so can actually see him going for more than Sterling!

I mean, if they’re ready to pay stupid money for our 4th choice then sure.

Any idea on replacements? Rumours are that we won’t sign a forward, but we will replace Ake. Feels like we just tell them to pay a stupid amount and use it on a release clause.

 

[Keeper!]

I'm thinking the same, maybe they haven't got hundreds of millions to flash around and all Boehly's money has gone on the takeover. A swap for James would be brilliant, really rate him

Many people say Boehly is not the money man, he's just the front for this deal, something is not right about the whole deal, crazy valuation for me, Roman was bank rolling Chelsea from day one, he ran the club very successfully but with a very different business model to our owner.

Anyway if Reece James is part of any deal with Ake/Sterling this summer gets better by the day!

 

[ADegenerate]

I honestly don’t see us signing anyone outside of the la masia lad and I don’t think we’ll sign a CB to replace Ake if he leaves so that’s par for course.

Ironically, I see that as Pep agreeing to sign an extension. We really don’t do ourselves the favors we could do, do we? I’m all for it though.

I think that’s important to keep a short squad.

 

[Jokithedruid]

I honestly don’t see us signing anyone outside of the la masia lad and I don’t think we’ll sign a CB to replace Ake if he leaves so that’s par for course.

Ironically, I see that as Pep agreeing to sign an extension. We really don’t do ourselves the favors we could do, do we? I’m all for it though.

I think that’s important to keep a short squad.

Well, we’ve briefed that we won’t sell until we have a replacement for Ake. So, either he won’t leave or we have replacement ready when he leaves.

I’d say it’s intresting to see what profile we see as a suitable 4th choice, will tell us a little about our future plankning for cb imo.

 

[Withnail]

I honestly don’t see us signing anyone outside of the la masia lad and I don’t think we’ll sign a CB to replace Ake if he leaves so that’s par for course.

Ironically, I see that as Pep agreeing to sign an extension. We really don’t do ourselves the favors we could do, do we? I’m all for it though.

I think that’s important to keep a short squad.

If we sell Ake, I think we need to bring another cb in, it would be risky to go into a new season with just 3 cb's imo. Read a few reports that Ake will be replaced if he leaves, ideally I would prefer he stays.

 

[Jokithedruid]

If we sell Ake, I think we need to bring another cb in, it would be risky to go into a new season with just 3 cb's imo. Read a few reports that Ake will be replaced if he leaves, ideally I would prefer he stays.

I think we will tell Ake that we will try to find a replacement and if we do he can go, otherwise he’ll have to wait a year at least.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I mean, if they’re ready to pay stupid money for our 4th choice then sure.

Any idea on replacements? Rumours are that we won’t sign a forward, but we will replace Ake. Feels like we just tell them to pay a stupid amount and use it on a release clause.

Chelsea doing us a favour as far as I can see.

Nobody else has come forward this summer wanting to take Sterling off our hands, solving an issue we were previously resigned to.

Ake, while a popular member of the squad, is still only a fourth-choice back up, nothing which marks him out as being able to dislodge Laporte or Dias.

Getting £50m plus for him would be excellent business and we have to accept he will be feeling the pressure in a World Cup year and has an affinity for Chelsea.

Understandably, many Blues fear losing decent players eventually means the trophy train will hit the buffers, but we are long past that stage, as a club.

That's what happens when the culture is changed by people like Mancini, Pellegrini and certainly, Pep.

We have seen Vinny, Zabba, Dave, Sergio, Toure and Fern, all degrade and eventually leave us.

We keep on winning. There are new players to be made heroes of.

Selling Sterling and Ake should not be accompanied with a careful what we wish for, but another opportunity for Pep and City to take the team forward again.