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Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:14 pm
by balo
Monaco's Bakayoko has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. Next step is for Chelsea to pay Monaco more than anybody else for the midfielder pic.twitter.com/XgbvJKvNPD

— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) March 21, 2017
Can it be true?


http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/ ... oko-report

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:41 pm
by green4life
balo wrote:
Monaco's Bakayoko has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. Next step is for Chelsea to pay Monaco more than anybody else for the midfielder pic.twitter.com/XgbvJKvNPD

— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) March 21, 2017
Can it be true?


http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/ ... oko-report
if true, certainly bye bye Matic.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:47 pm
by balo
green4life wrote:
balo wrote:
Monaco's Bakayoko has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. Next step is for Chelsea to pay Monaco more than anybody else for the midfielder pic.twitter.com/XgbvJKvNPD

— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) March 21, 2017
Can it be true?


http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/ ... oko-report
if true, certainly bye bye Matic.
I hope he is sold. But Chelsea will have more games next season and definitely needs a larger squad. So maybe he will stick around.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:30 pm
by paj
green4life wrote:
balo wrote:
Monaco's Bakayoko has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. Next step is for Chelsea to pay Monaco more than anybody else for the midfielder pic.twitter.com/XgbvJKvNPD

— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) March 21, 2017
Can it be true?


http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/ ... oko-report
if true, certainly bye bye Matic.
352?

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:01 pm
by Bigpokey24
green4life wrote:
balo wrote:
Monaco's Bakayoko has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. Next step is for Chelsea to pay Monaco more than anybody else for the midfielder pic.twitter.com/XgbvJKvNPD

— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) March 21, 2017
Can it be true?


http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/ ... oko-report
if true, certainly bye bye Matic.
:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:02 pm
by Bigpokey24
balo wrote:
green4life wrote:
balo wrote:
Monaco's Bakayoko has agreed personal terms with Chelsea. Next step is for Chelsea to pay Monaco more than anybody else for the midfielder pic.twitter.com/XgbvJKvNPD

— Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague) March 21, 2017
Can it be true?


http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/ ... oko-report
if true, certainly bye bye Matic.
I hope he is sold. But Chelsea will have more games next season and definitely needs a larger squad. So maybe he will stick around.
MAtic should go
worst Chelsea player this season

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:52 pm
by balo

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:55 pm
by balo

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:17 am
by balo

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:19 pm
by muddy
balo wrote:Chelsea needs 7 wins to seal the 2016/17 title.

Doable!!
Actually, 5 wins and a draw should be enough. Tottenham will definitely drop points and Man City is out of contention.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:01 pm
by balo
muddy wrote:
balo wrote:Chelsea needs 7 wins to seal the 2016/17 title.

Doable!!
Actually, 5 wins and a draw should be enough. Tottenham will definitely drop points and Man City is out of contention.

The new road to May starts this weekend. 3 Points against CP will surely help things along nicely.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:51 pm
by balo
Jose: The advocate for youth development
http://www.chelsea-news.co/2017/04/jose ... velopment/



Jose Mourinho takes another shot at Antonio Conte over youth development

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Jose Mourinho has taken the opportunity to snipe at Antonio Conte once again.

The Chelsea boss was quoted in the Metro discussing the development of young players in Premier League first teams, and used Chelsea as an example of why there needs to be a balance between youth and experience at the top level.

The Manchester United manager pointed out that both Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kurt Zouma have played fewer minutes this season than last season. His point is that Antonio Conte has been forced to play older players to win the title, rather than just playing youth, but it’s a fairly disingenuous point to make: Kurt Zouma has been injured for more than half of that time, and Ruben Loftus-Cheek has played a similar amount to last term.

It’s not like Jose threw the title for the sake of young players last term anyway – we had a disastrous season and barely blooded a single player.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:38 pm
by paj
http://www.eurosport.com/football/don-t ... tory.shtml

Chelsea stumbled at Manchester United on Sunday, but as Dan Levene explains, they still hold all the aces in a resurgent title race.




And so the unthinkable happened. Dozy drawing specialists in mediocrity Manchester United took champions elect Chelsea to the cleaners. Hand the title to Tottenham - it's all over. Except that it wasn't unthinkable at all. And it isn't a disaster for the side still four points clear of the chasing pack.

For Antonio Conte, it looked like he'd lost an aunt: so personally does he take each and every defeat, that it is almost appropriate that he enters these press conferences in funereal black. But that period of mourning really was no more grief-stricken than any other he has publicly suffered this season. And Conte knows a thing or two about 'suffering' – he tells us about his teams suffering each and every week.

Conte knew his side was well beaten: he told us they deserved defeat. Moments earlier, his opposite number had explained how he had undone Conte.

Jose Mourinho, sometimes unfairly characterised as a tactical wrecking ball, got this one just right: man mark Eden Hazard and Pedro out of the game, and take the oxygen of space away from the wing-backs. It was a legitimate tactical gambit, and it worked, with the added pace of Marcus Rashford causing merry hell periodically.

Chelsea, truth be told, seemed to start with a form of psychological disadvantage here. Their settled XI is so finely formed that each time one of the band of brothers is absent, there seems to be additional suffering.

Here it was Marcos Alonso, who suffered an overnight illness, and Thibaut Courtois - the precise reasons for whose suffering may end up being a point to generate quite some column inches in coming days. Arguably, you could add Diego Costa to that list: present in physical form, but very little else.

So this was Chelsea going into their toughest remaining game with three men down, and against a manager for whom this was his cup final. If you think that final point is unkind, Mourinho did actually say as much, using the afterglow of one of his new side's best wins to grumble about the injustice of missing out on a walk down Wembley Way against Tottenham next Saturday evening.

But, returning to the initial premise here: this wasn't unthinkable for Chelsea, and it is not disastrous. It would be utterly illogical to suggest this was part of the plan: Conte's demeanour could not be clearer, he wants to win every game. He went to Old Trafford with a plan to win, which sadly for Chelsea, came to nought. But he could afford not to win, something forgotten by those presently awarding the title to Spurs.

So conditioned are we, largely by broadcasters looking to sell a product, that it is all about the run-in; the narrative, the momentum, the soap opera special. But titles are won over 38 games, and Chelsea have put in one hell of a shift already. From six remaining games, Conte's side need 15 points. Or, and this bit is key, they need the points they gain, plus those Tottenham drop, to equal 15. Win it by a point, or 10, and it is still won.

Defeat at Old Trafford is no disaster, but it is a warning: Chelsea's nine lives - or two and a draw to be more accurate - are depleted. There is the breathing space to lose another, and possibly more depending on Tottenham's own run-in – though nobody at Chelsea will want that to happen.

The unthinkable never really was unthinkable. What would be unthinkable now, though, would be to choke.







Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:52 pm
by balo
paj wrote:http://www.eurosport.com/football/don-t ... tory.shtml

Chelsea stumbled at Manchester United on Sunday, but as Dan Levene explains, they still hold all the aces in a resurgent title race.




And so the unthinkable happened. Dozy drawing specialists in mediocrity Manchester United took champions elect Chelsea to the cleaners. Hand the title to Tottenham - it's all over. Except that it wasn't unthinkable at all. And it isn't a disaster for the side still four points clear of the chasing pack.

For Antonio Conte, it looked like he'd lost an aunt: so personally does he take each and every defeat, that it is almost appropriate that he enters these press conferences in funereal black. But that period of mourning really was no more grief-stricken than any other he has publicly suffered this season. And Conte knows a thing or two about 'suffering' – he tells us about his teams suffering each and every week.

Conte knew his side was well beaten: he told us they deserved defeat. Moments earlier, his opposite number had explained how he had undone Conte.

Jose Mourinho, sometimes unfairly characterised as a tactical wrecking ball, got this one just right: man mark Eden Hazard and Pedro out of the game, and take the oxygen of space away from the wing-backs. It was a legitimate tactical gambit, and it worked, with the added pace of Marcus Rashford causing merry hell periodically.

Chelsea, truth be told, seemed to start with a form of psychological disadvantage here. Their settled XI is so finely formed that each time one of the band of brothers is absent, there seems to be additional suffering.

Here it was Marcos Alonso, who suffered an overnight illness, and Thibaut Courtois - the precise reasons for whose suffering may end up being a point to generate quite some column inches in coming days. Arguably, you could add Diego Costa to that list: present in physical form, but very little else.

So this was Chelsea going into their toughest remaining game with three men down, and against a manager for whom this was his cup final. If you think that final point is unkind, Mourinho did actually say as much, using the afterglow of one of his new side's best wins to grumble about the injustice of missing out on a walk down Wembley Way against Tottenham next Saturday evening.

But, returning to the initial premise here: this wasn't unthinkable for Chelsea, and it is not disastrous. It would be utterly illogical to suggest this was part of the plan: Conte's demeanour could not be clearer, he wants to win every game. He went to Old Trafford with a plan to win, which sadly for Chelsea, came to nought. But he could afford not to win, something forgotten by those presently awarding the title to Spurs.

So conditioned are we, largely by broadcasters looking to sell a product, that it is all about the run-in; the narrative, the momentum, the soap opera special. But titles are won over 38 games, and Chelsea have put in one hell of a shift already. From six remaining games, Conte's side need 15 points. Or, and this bit is key, they need the points they gain, plus those Tottenham drop, to equal 15. Win it by a point, or 10, and it is still won.

Defeat at Old Trafford is no disaster, but it is a warning: Chelsea's nine lives - or two and a draw to be more accurate - are depleted. There is the breathing space to lose another, and possibly more depending on Tottenham's own run-in – though nobody at Chelsea will want that to happen.

The unthinkable never really was unthinkable. What would be unthinkable now, though, would be to choke.






So this was Chelsea going into their toughest remaining game with three men down, and against a manager for whom this was his cup final. If you think that final point is unkind, Mourinho did actually say as much, using the afterglow of one of his new side's best wins to grumble about the injustice of missing out on a walk down Wembley Way against Tottenham next Saturday evening.


This is so apt. Costa has been short 1 in recent weeks.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:40 pm
by paj
balo wrote:
paj wrote:http://www.eurosport.com/football/don-t ... tory.shtml

Chelsea stumbled at Manchester United on Sunday, but as Dan Levene explains, they still hold all the aces in a resurgent title race.




And so the unthinkable happened. Dozy drawing specialists in mediocrity Manchester United took champions elect Chelsea to the cleaners. Hand the title to Tottenham - it's all over. Except that it wasn't unthinkable at all. And it isn't a disaster for the side still four points clear of the chasing pack.

For Antonio Conte, it looked like he'd lost an aunt: so personally does he take each and every defeat, that it is almost appropriate that he enters these press conferences in funereal black. But that period of mourning really was no more grief-stricken than any other he has publicly suffered this season. And Conte knows a thing or two about 'suffering' – he tells us about his teams suffering each and every week.

Conte knew his side was well beaten: he told us they deserved defeat. Moments earlier, his opposite number had explained how he had undone Conte.

Jose Mourinho, sometimes unfairly characterised as a tactical wrecking ball, got this one just right: man mark Eden Hazard and Pedro out of the game, and take the oxygen of space away from the wing-backs. It was a legitimate tactical gambit, and it worked, with the added pace of Marcus Rashford causing merry hell periodically.

Chelsea, truth be told, seemed to start with a form of psychological disadvantage here. Their settled XI is so finely formed that each time one of the band of brothers is absent, there seems to be additional suffering.

Here it was Marcos Alonso, who suffered an overnight illness, and Thibaut Courtois - the precise reasons for whose suffering may end up being a point to generate quite some column inches in coming days. Arguably, you could add Diego Costa to that list: present in physical form, but very little else.

So this was Chelsea going into their toughest remaining game with three men down, and against a manager for whom this was his cup final. If you think that final point is unkind, Mourinho did actually say as much, using the afterglow of one of his new side's best wins to grumble about the injustice of missing out on a walk down Wembley Way against Tottenham next Saturday evening.

But, returning to the initial premise here: this wasn't unthinkable for Chelsea, and it is not disastrous. It would be utterly illogical to suggest this was part of the plan: Conte's demeanour could not be clearer, he wants to win every game. He went to Old Trafford with a plan to win, which sadly for Chelsea, came to nought. But he could afford not to win, something forgotten by those presently awarding the title to Spurs.

So conditioned are we, largely by broadcasters looking to sell a product, that it is all about the run-in; the narrative, the momentum, the soap opera special. But titles are won over 38 games, and Chelsea have put in one hell of a shift already. From six remaining games, Conte's side need 15 points. Or, and this bit is key, they need the points they gain, plus those Tottenham drop, to equal 15. Win it by a point, or 10, and it is still won.

Defeat at Old Trafford is no disaster, but it is a warning: Chelsea's nine lives - or two and a draw to be more accurate - are depleted. There is the breathing space to lose another, and possibly more depending on Tottenham's own run-in – though nobody at Chelsea will want that to happen.

The unthinkable never really was unthinkable. What would be unthinkable now, though, would be to choke.






So this was Chelsea going into their toughest remaining game with three men down, and against a manager for whom this was his cup final. If you think that final point is unkind, Mourinho did actually say as much, using the afterglow of one of his new side's best wins to grumble about the injustice of missing out on a walk down Wembley Way against Tottenham next Saturday evening.


This is so apt. Costa has been short 1 in recent weeks.
no be lie....dude's mind is obviously in China....even in the press they're saying all of a sudden him wife no like English muffins again :boo:

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:44 am
by Lager-back
^^
You were comparing him to drogba status not too long ago.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:23 am
by paj
Lager-back wrote:^^
You were comparing him to drogba status not too long ago.
Drogba wasn't offered China money wey confuse am in his prime

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:41 am
by Lager-back
paj wrote:
Lager-back wrote:^^
You were comparing him to drogba status not too long ago.
Drogba wasn't offered China money wey confuse am in his prime
How do you know drogba wasn't offered good money at another club during his primetime.?

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 5:38 pm
by balo
Everton wants 100 Milla for Lukaku. They can keep him.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:49 am
by paj
Lager-back wrote:
paj wrote:
Lager-back wrote:^^
You were comparing him to drogba status not too long ago.
Drogba wasn't offered China money wey confuse am in his prime
How do you know drogba wasn't offered good money at another club during his primetime.?
not China money bruh

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:32 am
by balo
My question is: How long has Costa been down with this virus?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ter-united

Chelsea partly blame virus for off-colour display against Manchester United

• Marco Alonso ruled out of 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford due to illness
• Diego Costa and Victor Moses also felt unwell on eve of match
Image



Chelsea’s uncharacteristically off-colour performance at Manchester United on Sunday has been put down partly to a bug that affected members of Antonio Conte’s squad and ruled Marco Alonso out of the game at Old Trafford.

Alonso was still suffering the effects of the virus on Saturday night and, despite being named in the starting lineup at United, complained of feeling ill after the pre-match warm-up. Chelsea’s medical staff assessed him in the away changing room and the wing-back was withdrawn from the team, with the league leaders going on to lose the match 2-0 to leave their advantage at the top trimmed to four points from Tottenham Hotspur with six games left to play.

Alonso’s late withdrawal forced César Azpilicueta to fill in on the left, with Kurt Zouma drafted in as a right-sided full-back and it clearly affected the balance of Conte’s team. Yet Alonso was not the only Chelsea player still suffering from the virus which had set in within the squad towards the end of last week.

One theory that has been considered by the club is that the bug had spread through the squad at a team bonding meal – one of a number arranged by Conte over the course of the season to strengthen the group – last Thursday evening.

Victor Moses, only just returned from a calf injury, had also been hampered and, having started the game, had to be withdrawn nine minutes into the second half prompting further disruption to the visitors’ approach. Diego Costa is understood to have been unwell and, like Moses and Alonso, had missed training at the back end of last week prior to his side’s trip to the north-west.

The striker declared himself fit but struggled to make much of an impact during the game, embroiled as he was from early on in tussles with Eric Bailly and Marcos Rojo in the hosts’ back-line. Costa, who was eventually booked for a foul on Paul Pogba, has failed to score in five consecutive Premier League games for the first time in his career in English football – his last club goal was at West Ham in the first week of March.While Conte has consistently praised the Spain international’s work rate over recent weeks, he appeared to lack his normal energy levels at times on Sunday.

The hope at Chelsea is the trio will be fit to play in the FA Cup semi-final against Spurs on Saturday, when the league leaders hope to inflict psychological damage on their nearest rivals in the title race. Yet the effects of the bug were still being felt at Cobham even on Tuesday when Gary Cahill reported unwell. Thibaut Courtois, who hurt his ankle while playing basketball at a Chelsea promotional shoot for the NBA last week, is hopeful he will have proved his fitness for the Cup tie at Wembley.

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:00 am
by balo
Dele has scored how many goals against Chelsea?
I hope someone is working behind the curtains to bring him into the fold. :D

Re: BRIDGENEWS: CHELSEA 2016/2017 SEASON NEWS AND RUMOURS

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:06 am
by Lager-back
balo wrote:Dele has scored how many goals against Chelsea?
I hope someone is working behind the curtains to bring him into the fold. :D
He will leave in 2 to 3 seasons just like Bale.