João Pedro - Chelsea Agree Deal With Brighton (Ornstein)

[toon25]

The absolute irony is, if the thi k fucks managing them have kept the existing squad and invested in a decent striker and manager, they'd have invested sensibly.

 

Instead they've spunked a load of coin on players that'll be in the reserves in a year or so

[black_n_white]

2 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

The concern for me is that we seem to once again to be failing to do due diligence.  Everyone and his granny seemed to be aware that the lad wanted to be in London except for our transfer team.  Not a good look. 

My feeling is this was a smokescreen to get Chelsea to bite.

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, black_n_white said:

My feeling is this was a smokescreen to get Chelsea to bite.

Makes sense from Brighton’s perspective - not from ours.  We were bidding after the press had clearly been briefed by his reps that he wanted to be in London.  Borderline amateurish to be frank. 

[The Prophet]

Reading some Brighton fans opinions on him, apparently he only really delivers in the ten position.

 

Definitely feels like  change in shape could be on the cards at some point.

[TheBrownBottle]

The quicker we get a good DoF in the better - one who Howe can actually work with.  

[The Prophet]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Makes sense from Brighton’s perspective - not from ours.  We were bidding after the press had clearly been briefed by his reps that he wanted to be in London.  Borderline amateurish to be frank. 

 

When did we bid? 

[Heron]

2 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

When did we bid? 

18:32 but everyone was watching The Chase.

[TheBrownBottle]

4 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

When did we bid? 

Last week

 

https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11668/13390267/joao-pedro-transfer-news-chelsea-agree-deal-to-sign-brighton-striker-with-brazilian-set-to-join-club-world-cup-squad

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

He’s nailed on to score the 94th winner against us in next seasons FA cup final 

[Jagten]

2 hours ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Elanga is 23 with bags of raw potential and all the attributes to be a perfect Howe player. I’d pay £60m in a heartbeat.

He’s a slightly above average premier league winger. 60m is a unhedged full send on his upside. We have money but we cannot afford to miss like that. 

[Nobody]

Most disappointing part about this is how well his name fits to the opening line of La Isla Bonita

[Nobody]

47 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

I though we pulled out to sign Isak, but can't really remember.

Aye, that's what I remember as well 

[r0cafella]

"always wanted Chelsea"

 

What are we doing. 

[huss9]

7 year contract on god knows how much.

[elbee909]

3 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

"always wanted Chelsea"

 

What are we doing. 

 

Following the press too much, mostly.

 

[huss9]

34 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

The quicker we get a good DoF in the better - one who Howe can actually work with.  

we did ok without one.

stavely led the negotiations, mind.

[GallowgatePigeon]

You know what, after seeing Chelsea gave him a 7 year deal, it's clear we never stood a chance if we were even in for him at all and thankfully so if they were the terms he was demanding. Can anyone honestly see this guy being an active contributer to Chelsea in 2032? The cunt will be lucky to still have a squad number by 2027!

 

I'm furious with myself for allowing myself to believe Lee Ryder because he was telling me the news I wanted to hear. He's a renowned charlatan churning out absolute bilge for a decrepid husk of a newspaper, we all should've known better.

 

This is a reminded to us all not to take any bait from shitebags like Ryder, Hope, Waugh and least of all the bald nonce.

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by GallowgatePigeon

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Is it a failure every time a player goes somewhere apart from us? You would imagine good players often have options. 

 

 

Edited 8 hours ago by AyeDubbleYoo

[Nobody]

8 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

"always wanted Chelsea"

 

What are we doing. 

Winning trophies and qualifying for the Champions League. 

[r0cafella]

Just now, Nobody said:

Winning trophies and qualifying for the Champions League. 

* In this transfer window

[OverThere]

46 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

The quicker we get a good DoF in the better - one who Howe can actually work with.  

Hmm wouldn't that be his nephew?

[GallowgatePigeon]

10 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Is it a failure every time a player goes somewhere apart from us? You would imagine good players often have options. 

 

 

 

 

From all the players we had solid links to in the last year:

Huijsen - Went to Real, can't begrudge anyone that

Cunha - Cost a fortune and Man Utd are paying him a fuck load

Mbeumo - Cost a fortune and Man Utd are going to pay him a fuck load

Guehi - Palace demanded far more than what he's worth and player happy to stay, now likely headed to Liverpool, again, can't begrudge that move 

Pedro - Chelsea are paying him more and for longer, terrible footballing move but he's financially squared away for generations now

 

I'm sure there's other examples that I'm missing but the common theme is that we seem to be fishing in the same pond as our competitors except they have a much better fishing rod and tastier bait. We're nowhere near the top of the footballing food chain yet, we need to be getting the guys mentioned above before they get their PL move. We share a league with the Super League 6, snapping up the best, ready made, midtable talent for premium prices is a battle we're never going to win

 

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by GallowgatePigeon

[Jewel]

3 hours ago, Elbel1 said:

Don't forget all the off field staff they have paid Brighton top dollar for. 

Potter is the obvious one but they've also poached coaches, scouts and sporting directors. 

Getting to the point where it would have been cheaper to actually buy the club and just leave Bloom in place to run it fir them. 

If the rules allowed it, I'm pretty sure they would have just done that.

[kingxlnc]

1 minute ago, GallowgatePigeon said:

 

From all the players we had solid links to in the last year:

Huijsen - Went to Real, can't begrudge anyone that

Cunha - Cost a fortune and Man Utd are paying him a fuck load

Mbeumo - Cost a fortune and Man Utd are going to pay him a fuck load

Guehi - Palace demanded far more than what he's worth and player happy to stay, now likely headed to Liverpool, again, can't begrudge that move 

Pedro - Chelsea are paying him more and for longer, terrible footballing move but he's financially squared away for generations now

 

I'm sure there's other examples that I'm missing but the common theme is that we seem to be fishing in the same pond as our competitors except they have a much better fishing rod and tastier bait. We're nowhere near the top of the footballing food chain yet, we need to be getting the guys mentioned above before they get their PL move. We share a league with the Super League 6, snapping up the best, ready made, midtable talent for premium prices is a battle we're never going to win

 

 

 

 

Olise too

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I agree, but we have done that with Isak, Bruno, Tonali, Botman and others. It’s not like we’ve only signed PL players.