Chelsea Thread 2014/15

[badenblue]

So courtois, luis, costa and thiago, that is four Atletico Madrid players all joining chelsea in one season. Pity that team could not build on last seasons title win. F u mourinho!

Anyway, no doubt it's a strong squad. They upgraded from last season and many of their young players are more experienced now. Then again their WC players are probably fatigued and psychologically damaged after a long season. It would affect them more than other teams.


Should be a good fight between us for the title. Can't wait.

Thibaut Courtois was a Chelsea player, not a A Madrid player, Chelsea have not brought Tiago, facts are what we need not made up stories.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Mournino says their spending is done. Happy with that not overly worried/scared by their transfer business this summer.

Do you believe him? I think they'll sign a centre back.

 

[Rammyblues]

I always think Chelseas squad looks good on paper, they will always be title contenders and I have no doubt Chelsea fans will probably say the same about us. We won the title last year despite giving them six points if we can reverse that and it was a close run thing in both games I believe it will again go to the wire.

 

[Deleted member 58619]

Who will be Chelsea penalty taker this season?

 

[pudge]

I'm sorry but Diego Costa is as much 25 years old as that Cameroonian "kid" from Lazio is 17

 

[TCIB]

They just bought another lad then loaned him straight out again, how the fuck can they keep doing this.

 

[stony]

They just bought another lad then loaned him straight out again, how the fuck can they keep doing this.

Haven't they got something like 30 players out on loan ? Why is there no mention in the media ? We would be crucified if we did something like this.

 

[Andouble]

Who will be Chelsea penalty taker this season?

Hazard has yet to miss one

 

[I'm With Stupid]

doesnt work like that

No it doesn't. It works by how they work together as a team. And I can't believe that anyone who watched both teams last year can suggest that Chelsea even come close to us as an attacking unit. You can argue player-for-player, but you can't argue with 31 more goals than them. Sure, they had the best defence, but like Liverpool, it's easy to have the best defence/attack if you neglect the other end of the pitch. Combining the two is far more difficult. How will Cahill and Terry cope if the midfielders start being given more licence to go forward?

People say that Chelsea have more talent than us in the attacking midfielder category, but where's the evidence from last season, because they didn't put it in the back of the net as often?

Your strikers scored a total of 45 compared to 19 combined for their's, so I'd say that's where the majority of the difference comes from.

Yeah it is. And one striker isn't going to score 45 goals, I don't care who he is. Even if he scored an unprecedented 30 league goals in his first Premier League season, they'd still need 15 goals from the other strikers. And that's just to catch up with a season where we had our best striker missing for 15 games. But our attacking midfield is also more creative. Look at the stats for how many shots they assisted per 90 minutes on the pitch:
Silva: 4.41
Juan Mata: 3.28 (ironic)
Nasri: 3.05
Hazard: 2.58
Jesus Navas: 2.54

Chelsea don't have any other players on the list, because the table only includes players that assisted more than 25 shots throughout the season. Obviously I expect Fabregas to score highly in both areas, and they'll definitely be much better going forward next season. And obviously if you've got a better striker, then the assists will come easier. But I still think it's far too early to say that they've got a better attack than us.

Incidentally, the above stat shows just how good Silva is compared to anyone else. He assists over a shot per game more than any other player in the league.

 

[Ronuja]

BBC reporting that they've re-signed Drogba.