Chelsea 2021-2022: TUCheL our balls, hoes

[MoJames 8244]

 

[ztejas 43411]

4 minutes ago, MoJames said:

 

Probably a good move but he isn't that far down the depth chart. Fingers crossed we don't catch an injury bug in the MF. 

[RichUT 1832]

On 6/26/2021 at 5:17 PM, ztejas said:

Alright so how about this:

Chelsea 2021-2022: TUCheL Strikes Back

Getting there. We could also go with:

Chelsea 2021-2022: Two for TUCheL

[ChickenSandwich 9824]

Chelsea 21-22:  TUChel my balls

[MoJames 8244]

Sarr, Miazga, Clarke-Salter, Baba, Bakayoko, Barkley, Drinkwater, Zappacosta, Kenedy, Batshuayi and Baker have returned back to us today, loan deals expired. I don't really see anyone in the list that is worth keeping.

[MoJames 8244]

Also

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"I have to be careful what I say on Rice, because i've got some information on this that will end up being written at some stage, which I cant really talk about. Chelsea won’t pay £100M but if it gets to £70M it could get interesting” [Matt Law on the London Is Blue Podcast]

I honestly haven't watched Rice much, but is he really worth 70mil?

[C-Man 27183]

Got my shirt.

Man, that’s bad ass. I had Subbuteo as a kid.

[ztejas 43411]

Good catch up for potential transfers 

https://www.si.com/soccer/chelsea/transfer-news/report-four-chelsea-players-can-leave-this-summer

Also title changed not up for debate love it or fuck off I don't care 

Edited July 4, 2021 by ztejas

[Mittens 8251]

 

[MoJames 8244]

 

Chelsea Legend

 

Also, more talking. Who knows.

 

[ztejas 43411]

16 minutes ago, MoJames said:

 

Chelsea Legend

 

Also, more talking. Who knows.

 

So either Haaland comes in or Tammy sticks around?

[morehornsepower 887]

So much respect for Giroud.  Not much more to say there.

 

Please let us get Haaland.  If we can take advantage of just 10% more of our created chances, we'll be damn near unstoppable...

[MoJames 8244]

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ExWHUemployee: Haaland has spoken to Dortmund about leaving for Chelsea, they are also looking for replacements. Also Confirm a bid will come soon.

Tier 2

Some more info: Chelsea have also hold talks with Lukaku, Inter may need to sell more, and the talks have been positive about a return. Zouma also likely to leave, Kounde and Diego Carlos are on the list, but Kounde will probaly cost to much. Also said transfers will speed up now since EURO are finished.

 

Stuff, apparently tier 2.

[ztejas 43411]

On 7/12/2021 at 12:40 PM, MoJames said:

Stuff, apparently tier 2.

Hmmm. Where is Lukaku right now? Inter? 

Obviously I'd prefer Haaland - last update I saw was that he is probably staying. But these things are always a fucking circus (Messi to MC! Lol) so who knows. 

[ztejas 43411]

 

[MoJames 8244]

Tammy Abraham attracting interest from Arsenal as Chelsea look to offload striker (telegraph.co.uk)

[TexArcher 37761]

I don't hate Tammy leaving, but please not to Arsenal.  I'm still not over watching Salah, de Bruyne, and Lukaku go on to become stars for other EPL teams.  Send Tammy to Italy or something, just in case.

Hell, I'm still not over seeing Juan Mata and Nemanja Matic in a Manchester United shirt.

Edited July 20, 2021 by TexArcher

[MoJames 8244]

Lewis Bate to Leeds. One of our best prospects. Wanted first team football. Sad to see him go but completely understand.

[APMP 688]

Lewis Bate to Leeds. One of our best prospects. Wanted first team football. Sad to see him go but completely understand.

Hope we included a sell-on clause.

[MoJames 8244]

https://v.redd.it/3myoolibe6d71

[MoJames 8244]

Another prospect not quite as highly rated leaving. Apparently comparable to RLC.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/07/23/peart-harris-departs?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=orgsoc&utm_campaign=none

[MoJames 8244]

Livramento apparently also looking around. If he leaves that's our top 3 youth prospects out the door.

[MoJames 8244]

 

[MoJames 8244]

Friendly on the official Chelsea app. 20 mins in and just awful effort thus far, 0-0 vs Bournemouth. 

[ztejas 43411]

Won 2-1. Didn't watch any or see who scored. 

Haaland rumors heating back up again. 

[MoJames 8244]

Livramento apparently also looking around. If he leaves that's our top 3 youth prospects out the door.

To Southampton.

[MoJames 8244]

[MoJames 8244]

1-0 https://streamable.com/foglcx (Ziyech)

1-0 https://streamable.com/hllv99 (Werner) - called offside, wasn't

2-0 https://streamable.com/3ru47d (Ziyech)

[MoJames 8244]

[MoJames 8244]

So assuming Lukaku wanders over, what does our starting 11 look like?

Where we ended the season

Puli------------Kai-------Werner

--------Mount------Jorg

---------------Kante

Chill-----Silva-------Rudi------James

Who sits....Werner/Puli?

 

[APMP 688]

Lukaku is apparently done. I would have preferred Haaland for 150m over Lukaku for 115m. And if the reason we didn't get Haaland is really our refusal to go from 130m to 150m, that could end up an all time mistake.

But, Lukaku it is, so let's go Big Rom aka Baby Drogba.

[morehornsepower 887]

49 minutes ago, APMP said:

Lukaku is apparently done. I would have preferred Haaland for 150m over Lukaku for 115m. And if the reason we didn't get Haaland is really our refusal to go from 130m to 150m, that could end up an all time mistake.

But, Lukaku it is, so let's go Big Rom aka Baby Drogba.

agreed.  I like Lukaku...but was really hoping for Haaland. 

[TexArcher 37761]

I also wanted Haaland, obv.  But I'm glad to see Lukaku back.  

[ztejas 43411]

On 8/6/2021 at 11:12 AM, MoJames said:

So assuming Lukaku wanders over, what does our starting 11 look like?

Where we ended the season

Puli------------Kai-------Werner

--------Mount------Jorg

---------------Kante

Chill-----Silva-------Rudi------James

Who sits....Werner/Puli?

 

Puli wasn't starting a lot at the end of the season. Also Ziyech has seemed to be emerging a bit in pre-season. 

This is what we ran out against Tottenham and I imagine we  see something similar formation wise. 

Here we basically have 3 "center" backs and 2 wing backs even though it's listed as a 3-4. 

The pool for the 3 on the last line will be (not in any order necessarily):

James, Andres, Zouma, Rudiger, Silva, Azpi, Chilwell 

For the 2 middle spots:

Kante, Jorg, Kovacic, Billy

Two outside wing spots:

Pulisic, CHO, Alonso (potentially James, Azpi, Chilwell, or Ziyech depending on day)

Two forward mids: Mount, Kai, Ziyech, Werner (potentially Lukaku)

9: Lukaku, Tammy (potentially Werner or Kai, too)

That's mostly off the top of my head so let me know if I'm missing anyone, including anyone that will likely be gone or loaned, or if any of those guys are dead. 

Basically we're fucking loaded. 

Although I could see Tuchel trying to play more of a double 9 with Lukaku and Timo or Lukaku and Kai. 

Edited August 8, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43411]

16 hours ago, APMP said:

Lukaku is apparently done. I would have preferred Haaland for 150m over Lukaku for 115m. And if the reason we didn't get Haaland is really our refusal to go from 130m to 150m, that could end up an all time mistake.

But, Lukaku it is, so let's go Big Rom aka Baby Drogba.

I never heard during this cycle about an unwillingness to offer 150. More likely I think 150 wasn't going to be enough and we weren't wanting to spring closer to 200.

Ultimately it may be a moot point as I think he was kind of wanting to stay anyway. 

I don't hate 115 for Romelu. In no world do I think he's actually worth that but it ain't my money and such are the numbers in today's game. 

All I know is that we're about to kick some serious ass. The depth on our wing and attack is stupid. 

[G650 14229]

I'm intrigued with Lukaku coming back.

[MoJames 8244]

 

Summary - Chelsea are still within FFP rules after signing Lukaku and handing him big wages, the club are looking to do more signings, Kounde and perhaps 1 more addition - Simon J

 

Also @ztejas, great breakdown and I think you are where my head is, granted Billy is on loan, so there is room for someone like RLC to step up and take his spot. Loaded is a great word do describe our squad.

[MoJames 8244]

Moves I still expect.

Sold

Zouma, Bakayoko, Tammy

Loaned

Kepa (I hope), Sarr or Ampadu, Miazga, Baba, Zappa, Barkley, Baker, Drinkwater, Kenedy (inj), Musonda (inj), Bats

Purchased

Kounde

[ztejas 43411]

51 minutes ago, MoJames said:

granted Billy is on loan

I was like 50/50 on that. Thanks for the correction. We might see some interesting formations. Wouldn’t put it past Tuchel to throw Kai, Lukaku and Werner out there together. 

Throw Puli as some danger down one side. Always thought he was an underrated defender anyway.

We gon fuck. Let's get this EPL title.

[Horny Bull 2759]

Tammy to Roma, pending his approval. 

[MoJames 8244]

5 minutes ago, Horny Bull said:

Tammy to Roma, pending his approval. 

Would've preferred Atalanta, but Roma is much better than Arsenal.

[TexArcher 37761]

On 7/19/2021 at 9:48 PM, TexArcher said:

Send Tammy to Italy or something, just in case.

Grazie

 

[ztejas 43411]

Reminder we play the UEFA super-duper cup today at 2 pm central against those Villarreal dirtbags. For those that care about silly trophies (more so because we will at least be rolling out a decent lineup I'd think). 

On paramount+ and TUDN (wev the fuck that is).

I suppose technically this is our last comp from 2021 before we open PL play this weekend. 

Edited August 11, 2021 by ztejas

[ztejas 43411]

On Tammy - I had guessed as much and I know it's been rumored for awhile. There just isn't space with Lukaku arriving. 

Like Mo said - glad we won't have to watch him score like 29 goals for a rival side. 

[morehornsepower 887]

- I like Tammy, and wish him well - but I'm glad he won't be against us in the EPL.

- as a Chelsea and Norwich fan, can't wait to see Gilmour killing it this year.

- I wish Kounde would hurry up and happen.  The longer these pursuits go on, the less luck we seem to have in closing them out...

- /whining Neymar, Messi, and Mbappe on one club doesn't seem fair.

[ztejas 43411]

43 minutes ago, morehornsepower said:

- /whining Neymar, Messi, and Mbappe on one club doesn't seem fair.

Not necessarily directed at you but I'm not sure why people are all of a sudden up in arms about this PSG team seeing as we're only a few years removed from some absurdly stacked Real and Barca teams in the 2010s. 

Real in 2017 was rolling out CR7, Bale, Benzema, Toni Kroos, Marcelo, Modric, James (Rodriguez) plus a few other big name defenders and mids. That was a team that existed.

Barca's 2015 side was just as or only slightly less loaded - with the Messi/Suarez/Neymar trio. 

Not to mention some of the Bayern teams from that period. 

So sure they're stacked but I really don't give a shit who wins L1 and as we've seen time and time again anything can happen in the Champions League. Messi isn't playing forever and for my money's worth Neymar is past his prime. Fucking Tottenham made the CL final the other year. 

[MoJames 8244]

Messi is 34

Neymar is 29

Ramos is 35

Di Maria is 33

I certainly could see them being very good this year, but I could also see one or two of these guys missing significant time secondary to injury.

Time will tell.

[ztejas 43411]

T-minus 2 hours and we kick off real Chelsea football for the first time since May!

Looks like pretty much everyone traveled with the 23 sans Lukaku (including Tammy). 

[morehornsepower 887]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Not necessarily directed at you but I'm not sure why people are all of a sudden up in arms about this PSG team seeing as we're only a few years removed from some absurdly stacked Real and Barca teams in the 2010s. 

Real in 2017 was rolling out CR7, Bale, Benzema, Toni Kroos, Marcelo, Modric, James (Rodriguez) plus a few other big name defenders and mids. That was a team that existed.

Barca's 2015 side was just as or only slightly less loaded - with the Messi/Suarez/Neymar trio. 

Not to mention some of the Bayern teams from that period. 

So sure they're stacked but I really don't give a shit who wins L1 and as we've seen time and time again anything can happen in the Champions League. Messi isn't playing forever and for my money's worth Neymar is past his prime. Fucking Tottenham made the CL final the other year. 

*shrug*  That's probably fair.  I wasn't whining in the sense that I thought this was the greatest stacking in history, or that I was scared of them...more a bit of jealousy and a reflection of the "damnit, why didn't we get Haaland" situation.  If we could get half the attacking results, that those 3 may get this year...   

[ztejas 43411]

2 minutes ago, morehornsepower said:

*shrug*  That's probably fair.  I wasn't whining in the sense that I thought this was the greatest stacking in history, or that I was scared of them...more a bit of jealousy and a reflection of the "damnit, why didn't we get Haaland" situation.  If we could get half the attacking results, that those 3 may get this year...   

The Haaland window ain't closed. I just think he wasn't ready to leave.

And listen, sweetheart, you know who the motherfuckin champions of Europe are right now? Not PSG. And all we did since was let our youngins get in another off-season and sign a big ole #9 whose wallet says bad motherfucker on it. 

I won't start this season with any hand wringing. We can do that when we look past some mid table PL side and blow a horrible road game. Or City racks off like 11 wins in their first 13.