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In Lampard's first season they qualified for the Champions League, reached the FA Cup Final whilst having the second youngest on-field playing time in the Premier League. Since then they have signed two of Germany's brightest young prospects whilst strengthening their defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Not finding a place for Ampadu aside, why exactly is the club a basket case?
They reportedly want to pay £70m for Declan Rice who was actually on their books a few seasons ago, and he's not even a major upgrade on Ampadu, and who can forget Salah & De Bruyne!! They are a mental club and always have been since the mad Russian took over!Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
So on the basis of them releasing three players 5-7 years ago, one aged 14 they are currently a basket case of a club. All seemingly because they don't favour a player who has represented his country more times than he has played competitive first team league games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Going back to Hudson-Odoi, he now has Pulisic, Ziyech & Mount all competing for his favoured right sided position.
He'll play if he's good enough. He's 19 and has already made more than 30 Premier League appearances for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Well, if it were me I'd be Offski, and he should have asked Giggs to organise him a move to Old Trafford, cos let's face it he's a Manchester United type of player, and he would be an instant hero up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
Yep, they've got so much confidence in him that they brought Ziyech in who plays in his position.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy
I don't think they're a basket case club but it does seem mad to me to spend £70 million on Declan Rice when they've got Ampadu thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
They haven't. They shipped him out to Sheff Utd on a season long loan. I presume if he doesn't get much game time there the usual suspect will start sounding off about WilderballQuote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
Instant hero?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Do you want to talk about managers? :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
I watched "highlights" if you can call them that on YouTube which were really badly edited and gave no content to the game. Were we the better side? Did we deserve the win?
Yep, Man Utd fans love players who get stuck in and show commitment.Quote:
Originally Posted by LeningradCowboy
If they sign Rice, then Ampadu is going to Sheff Utd so that they can increase his transfer value, cos they are very similar players and Ampadu's value will triple if he has a good season.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays
Wait... Is Gluey moaning about Ampadu being at Chelsea with Lampard now? I thought Lampard was going to push his career forward at a "great club" after Sarri personally and single-handedly tried to ruin it.
Then when Ampadu went on loan instead of featuring in Lampard's plans (which Gluey didn't forsee), it was all still part of the bigger picture and he would play lots for Leipzig and improve under Nagelsmann.
3 league games in a season for Leipzig later and he still isn't good enough to play for Chelsea as they have improved their team even further... so Chelsea are now a "basket case" of a club.
He was also critical of Sarri's treatment of Hudson-Odoi and was adamant that he was vindicated (in his own mind) when Chelsea rejected the Bayern bid. He was going to flourish under Lampard too, apparently.
Oh how well this has all turned out for Gluey. He will deny all of this, of course :hehe:
I like Lampard, he's a good manager and I was one of the few people on here who predicted that he would do well at Chelsea, but I just think he doesn't fancy Ampadu as a player who will fit in with his plans. He not the only player either, so it's good that he is being single-minded, as that's one of the attributes of a successful manager.Quote:
Originally Posted by Heisenberg
Regarding being a basket case of a club, who the feck gets rid of Mo Salah and Kevin Dr Bruyne :hehe:
I'm surprised at some of the animosity on here being shown towards a young lad who is doing great things for Wales. When I first saw him play a few seasons ago I could see that he was absolute class for his age. I really think he is going to embarrass a few people during the coming season when they see how good he really is.
animosity?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
He always says things like that when people point out he wasn't correct with his insistence that certain Welsh players were currently as good as he said they were.Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
He seems to think that he was the first poster to spot Ampadu's, Brooks' and other Welsh youngsters' talents and then gets overly defensive about them for no reason.
It's weird.
On a football podcast I was listening to a few years ago they said that it looked like Chelsea had sold the likes of Lukaku and De Bruyne because they were trying to comply with FFP regulations - whereas at the time a bunch of other clubs just flagrantly broke them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales