Can anyone tell me what Chelsea's recruitment strategy is? They can only pick 25 and have 7 loaned? Are they stocking up under 21s that don't count? How are any of them going to increase in value if they're only playing every 4th game?
As a Norwich fan I fear this is going to be a very long and depressing season!!
Waves from Portman Road....
At the arse end of the football league, Bradford took an unexpected 3 points from MK Dons today. Been a very long time since Bradford had an opening day win. Happy days 🙂
1-0 down at halftime to the mighty R’s and I think I heard boos as the players left the pitch. After 45 mins…..
I believe you did. Our fans are so classy - the irony of our song being about keeping right on to the end of the road... 🙂
I went to watch Wrexham v Wycombe yesterday which was entertaining. Next 2 away games are Bolton and Birmingham which will be tough.
I expect City to win the league.
But am more interested in the outcome of their case against the prem lge, and the 115 charges against them.
Incisive comment on 5Live this morning:
Reporter: Wayne Rooney has expressed surprised after his new team got hammered in their opening game....
Host: I wonder how surprised Birmingham fans are....
There seems to be a lot of discussion on which of the 'Golden Generation' who was a great player has made the worst manager... Rooney, Lampard or Gerrard?
I kind of liked Rooney for sticking with Derby and what he achieved given the mess they were in as a club at the time, but him and Lampard were definitely managing way out of their ability levels too soon.
They’re the new Pardew/Bruce/Hughes managerial merry go round. Just waiting for brave John Terry to have a shot at it.
Incisive comment on 5Live this morning:
Reporter: Wayne Rooney has expressed surprised after his new team got hammered in their opening game….
Host: I wonder how surprised Birmingham fans are….
Plymouth are never likely to get the to the Premier league - but appointing Rooney seems that their ambition lies in League One.
Just heard that Keir Starmer is looking at getting Chelsea a transfer ban to help the UK achieve their immigration target!
Plenty of similar memes going about! I’ll give Maresca until November.
Looks like ETH is halfway now to assembling his old Ajax side.
scratchFree Member
Can anyone tell me what Chelsea’s recruitment strategy is? They can only pick 25 and have 7 loaned? Are they stocking up under 21s that don’t count? How are any of them going to increase in value if they’re only playing every 4th game?
It's an absolute shambles. They've let Gallagher go for peanuts*, supposedly are trying to force Chalobah out the door... and are now looking to add Joao Felix to the squad, at great expense. I mean, there's being the team we can all enjoy laughing it, and then there's whatever this is.
*sounds like the deal may be at risk, but they desperately need it go through
I'm just enjoying the novelty of having an owner who's looked at the Glazers totally scattergun recruitment policy over the last ten years and instead of seeing it for the total shambles its been, instead says 'hold my pint...'
wouldn't it be easier to name professional footballers who are not in the chelsea squad?
They now have a squad of over 50 players and they’re trying to sign more, taking their spending to over 1.5 billion since Ted Lasso turned up.
I can’t see how they conceivably be staying within the FFP rules. What’s the wage bill per week for that lot?
Still, I suppose they could maybe improve on last season and finish 5th? Good luck to any manager trying to put a starting line up together with 50 overpaid prima donnas most of whom have never met each other before.
Absolute insanity. It makes our transfer dealings look sane and rational. Quite an achievement.
Looks like Gallagher move has collapsed. Time for Levy to have another half baked try.
I know we don't like twitter links but this has me so excited for the start of the season. And even if you're a Saudi sportswash hater, it's a genius bit of marketing. Can you spot all the ex-players.....
Eddie and Jason is particularly brilliant, as is Murphy waving them off (direct copy of the Southampton sending off incident)
https://twitter.com/NUFC/status/1823253395056042100
binnersFull Member
They now have a squad of over 50 players and they’re trying to sign more, taking their spending to over 1.5 billion since Ted Lasso turned up.
And the fact that they've got a Lidl-version Pep is so perfectly in keeping too.
The only vaguely plausible explanation I've read for their excessive signings is that they've realised a transfer ban is likely for their alleged financial irregularities under Abramovich, and so have bought a huge amount of young talent to carry them through that period.
Either way, Poch clearly knew the chaos that was coming and jumped ship.
Looks like Gallagher is on his way back to London, to club that have told him they don't want him, after a few days in a hotel room in Madrid, Alan Partidge style
Isn't this the point in proceedings where we have an interview with Harry Rednapp, leaning out of the window of a Range Rover?
Peter Odemwingie springs to mind.
Cole Palmer has just signed a contract with Chelsea for 9 years.
Do you reckon players agents are just sending contracts through and they’re just signing them off without reading them?
binnersFull Member
Cole Palmer has just signed a contract with Chelsea for 9 years.Do you reckon players agents are just sending contracts through and they’re just signing them off without reading them?
Pretty much! the hedge fund clowns (not Boehly, the other guys who binned Poch) basically just see the players as assets, so longer contract = greater asset value, in their minds. How tf you get a squad of 55 players into a manageable team is beyond them
Palmer had a brilliant season, but ultimately his 22 PL goals included 9 penalties (so 13 non Pens, 11 assists). As good a player as he is, in recent years we've sadly seen with the likes of Dele (17 non Pens, 8 assists in 16/17) that brilliance at a young age doesn't always continue for a multitude of reasons. Another massive risk by Chelsea.
Who the hell would want that job?
Heres 50 players you don’t know who’ve never met each other before, the league starts on Saturday, but we may buy a few more before then. If you could pick a starting 11 out of that lot and try and keep the rest of them happy, that’d be great
Are we taking bets on the first manager to be sacked?
What is this wet spam kit? Are they trying to convince AWB he's actually signed for Woolwich?
Looking forward to seeing the squad numbers on the Chelsea shirts, have we reached 3 figures yet?
What on earth is the point of the carry on cup? Season is just a week old and a domestic cup has begun.
You know here well @neilnevill. I'm sure she'll have a punt on them and will enthusistically support them through the course of the match.
We've got a few mates coming round for the footy later. Its going to be interesting to see what squad TH puts out. We appear to have a completely borked defence again and no striker 🙁
Spurs have signed a guy from Burnley, Odobert. I know nothing about him so I look forward to seeing how he does.
Still no sign of Gallagher or Eze.. hmm.
Top of the league!*
Mrs Binners is a fiver down and not happy! 😀
* for the only time this season
The Harry Maguire dive was the moment of the match.
No real unexpected results yesterday. Ipswich looked good against Liverpool, first half. Arsenal looked good again too. Saka had an amazing game.
It’s going to be interesting to see what squad Chelsea put out later, given the 7 million players they have available. A nice easy game for the new players to bed in
https://Twitter.com/barney_boy67/status/1823001767547695329?s=46&t=1lK7Dw1b6RqGJyvufO-trQ
Chelsea must be one of biggest employers in London now.
Im on hols in Italy so swapped League One Huddersfield with my sons for some Serie A opener action between Hellas Verona and Napoli. Football was average but the atmosphere was epic due to a combination of enthusiasm and the stadium roof. Verona won 3-0 which puts them top! Plenty pyro, and beer on the terraces.
Ace evening and takes me right back to Sunday afternoons on Channel 4 -
It’s great to have Jamie Vardy back in the Premier League! 😀
https://Twitter.com/afcamden/status/1825634531992346738?s=46&t=1lK7Dw1b6RqGJyvufO-trQ
Not much going on in the world of football or ex-footballers except the rather surprising return of Ilkay Gündoğan back to City.
Apparently Chelsea have signed Jermaine Jenas
Not much going on in the world of football or ex-footballers except the rather surprising return of Ilkay Gündoğan back to City.
He's been an amazing player since his early days at Nuremberg, then Dortmund. He was one of the few good things at Barca last season. He'd be a great addition to any team.
Happy to have Gündoğan back at city, top class intelligent player, a future manager as well IMO, well after we win another treble with Vinnie first.
