Chelsea Thread - 2022/23 | Pochettino confirmed as new manager

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wolviedinho said:
What do you expect for £50m? -:)

Good player who unfortunately believed his own hype and tried to hold city to ransom. His importance dwindled when he would not sign a new deal. The club continued to succeed and we started to change how we wanted our wingers to keep hold of the ball and retain possession. His first touch and ability to pick out the right pass started to get exposed. As said by many, he works hard and has a knack for getting into the right position but unfortunately his decision making if not on instinct let’s him down. Saying that he ain’t a wb. His performances on the right for city were decent before he left. Not sure what he is anymore.
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Agree with all of that but his form for the two seasons before he left was very poor. To get £50m for him with only 12 months on his contract was excellent business by the club. I wish the lad well but not sure how long it will be before the Chelsea fans really turn on him and make his life a misery at the club?
 
PPT said:
Agree with all of that but his form for the two seasons before he left was very poor. To get £50m for him with only 12 months on his contract was excellent business by the club. I wish the lad well but not sure how long it will be before the Chelsea fans really turn on him and make his life a misery at the club?
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I and many others got pilloried on here by the Raz fan boys for pointing out his form was regressing and 45m was excellent business. I posted he didn’t look happy at the PL presentation and he didn’t turn out for the parade, said I think he was off, the bitterness of the Sterling fan club was palpable. Looks like he’s pissed on his Chelsea chips. I said at the time I like Raz as a person and wished him well but Chelsea is not a good fit for him.
 
PPT said:
Agree with all of that but his form for the two seasons before he left was very poor. To get £50m for him with only 12 months on his contract was excellent business by the club. I wish the lad well but not sure how long it will be before the Chelsea fans really turn on him and make his life a misery at the club?
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wasnt paying much attention last night at end of game but the chelsea players came to clap fans i asked son wheres sterling oh he's long gone ?
 
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Inter Me Nan said:
If not for a bit of composure it could've been a different result, cracking player you have there!
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Yeah he's very good. He's has, in my opinion, outgrown youth football, so he's reached the same crossroads so many before him have - he needs to either be integrated into the first team or sent out on loan after this season. Personally with Chilwell injured and Kante/Kovacic being injury prone, I would integrate him right now. He's versatile, can play in midfield too, as well as RB and RW.
 
hammocity said:
Just like Callum Hudson Odoi and Billy Gilmour were, you can’t make a judgement on one performance, Hall looked good but so do many youngsters who fail to progress.
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While this is true, we are just commenting on the one game here. I haven't seen anyone make any grand statements about his future.
 
Vialli98 said:
Yeah he's very good. He's has, in my opinion, outgrown youth football, so he's reached the same crossroads so many before him have - he needs to either be integrated into the first team or sent out on loan after this season. Personally with Chilwell injured and Kante/Kovacic being injury prone, I would integrate him right now. He's versatile, can play in midfield too, as well as RB and RW.
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I wish him well liked the look of him.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
I've got all the time in the world for him and hope he gets back to his best (ideally in the next week in time for the world cup), but I do suspect we got his best years out of him.
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I suspect, despite splashing 50m on him, that he'll eventually find himself being a sub for us. We're very close making the Nkunku signing official and we're heavily interested in Leao. If Sterling isn't careful, he could find himself in the exact same situation he was bemoaning at City.
 
waspish said:
Thought that chelsea side midfield was better than the one potter put out at the weekend plus the striker did more last night than abugong..

Can see Newcastle winning or not losing against these Saturday!
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We are not winning that game. Newcastle are at home and they are on fire at the moment. I'd take a draw right now.
 
Vialli98 said:
I suspect, despite splashing 50m on him, that he'll eventually find himself being a sub for us. We're very close making the Nkunku signing official and we're heavily interested in Leao. If Sterling isn't careful, he could find himself in the exact same situation he was bemoaning at City.
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Right. I think his issue is that you need to build a team that gets the best out of him, which both Pep and Southgate had or have done in different ways, and then put an arm round his shoulder and build his confidence. He had that in his early 20s, and it sounds like that was part of Tuchel's pitch to him. But I don't think he's quite consistent enough for a team like Chelsea or City to build around him in that way, nor is he quite as adaptable as Pep and Potter will need him to be.
 
Vialli98 said:
Yeah he's very good. He's has, in my opinion, outgrown youth football, so he's reached the same crossroads so many before him have - he needs to either be integrated into the first team or sent out on loan after this season. Personally with Chilwell injured and Kante/Kovacic being injury prone, I would integrate him right now. He's versatile, can play in midfield too, as well as RB and RW.
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I can’t make my mind up if you played well or we were off it last night. If it hadn’t been for a fantastic night for our goalie the result would have been pretty close. I thought you played far better against us than Arse at the weekend. Did we give you more space?
 
brazilians hurt said:
He can always complete his development with us. We can do a double signing with Jude Soonsup-Bell

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Soonsup-Bell is pretty decent but, in my opinion, has stagnated a bit. Would be sad to see him leave, obviously if City want him, that speaks volumes about his potential. We have loads of talent in the pipeline though, just like City have. Hall is the next man up. Colwill and Vale also hopefully close making the leap to the first team.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
Right. I think his issue is that you need to build a team that gets the best out of him, which both Pep and Southgate had or have done in different ways, and then put an arm round his shoulder and build his confidence. He had that in his early 20s, and it sounds like that was part of Tuchel's pitch to him. But I don't think he's quite consistent enough for a team like Chelsea or City to build around him in that way, nor is he quite as adaptable as Pep and Potter will need him to be.
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You're probably right. I never really paid that much close attention to Sterling until he joined us. Obviously watched a lot of City games, but never really watched him every single week for 90 mins the way I do now. I think he's lost a yard of pace. That burst of speed that used to make him so dangerous isn't really there anymore. Chelsea will never build the team around him.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I can’t make my mind up if you played well or we were off it last night. If it hadn’t been for a fantastic night for our goalie the result would have been pretty close. I thought you played far better against us than Arse at the weekend. Did we give you more space?
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Our midfield was more balanced with Kovacic and Zakaria and the front 3 was more mobile with Pulisic and Broja. I definitely think Arsenal were way more compact in the middle and controlled us better, but of course that was their best team and this was your second string, so hard to compare really. We did play better though. Lots of fans were encouraged by the performance, especially Zakaria and Hall.
 
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Vialli98 said:
Our midfield was more balanced with Kovacic and Zakaria and the front 3 was more mobile with Pulisic and Broja. I definitely Arsenal were way more compact in the middle and controlled us better, but of course that was their best team and this was your second string, so hard to compare really. We did play better though. Lots of fans were encouraged by the performance, especially Zakaria and Hall.
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Interesting. I wouldn’t disagree. I thought you played well. Very fast on the transition at times. Hall looks an excellent prospect. I hope you give Potter time. We were wide open on the flanks and at times you took advantage of that. We are a different proposition with our first choice.
 
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