Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Sam Hutchinson is starting for the reserves today. Seriously? That's awesome! I thought he'd retired and starting doing his coaching badges etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie177 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Yeah he did retire, we will have to wait and see if it's a comeback of sorts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Hope so, really liked Hutchinson, such a shame with his injury record. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgekings Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Hutch \0/ . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Team vs Pompey: Turnbull, Ferreira, Ivanovic, Kalas, Ashley Cole, Obi Mikel, Zhirkov, Billy Clifford, Malouda, Torres and Sturridge. I like that front 3, and great to see Billy and Kalas getting a chance to impress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 great news about Hutch Billy Clifford too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 hahaha Ben Haim ridiculous own goal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Oh dear me 1-0 to us, Tal Ben-Haim with a superb header into his own net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie177 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Great goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Should've scored there Torres Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 erm, not a penalty? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Turnbull ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Should've been. Not the best so far, bit scrappy really, they're pressing very well though Oh, and Turnbull is brilliant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Lovely pass there, Danny should've done better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Not the best first half, pretty scrappy. It's all about fitness really anyway... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Yahoo/Eurosport have reported that we have signed Thibaut Courtois for £7.8m from Racing Genk Apparently it's on the Genk website as well, according to Yahoo, here's the link: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/16072011/58/premier-league-chelsea-sign-7-8m-keeper.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattieCoopz Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Confirmed by the Daily Mail too. Reports of confirmation are flooding in! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2015436/Thibaut-Courtois-Andre-Villas-Boass-Chelsea-signing-5m-keeper-joins-Genk.html?ITO=1490 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Its on the Genk website for anyone who knows Dutch this is the translated version from Google Thibaut Courtois is specifically requested by the player immediately transferred to Chelsea. KRC Genk has done what it could to the player and his entourage to convince to stay in Genk, but this failed. By not show up on the appointment of Courtois this morning in preparation for the match against Lyon, Genk has had no other choice than the bid from Chelsea for the club by far the largest bid ever for a player that received in to go. KRC Genk deplores the state of affairs and when a toptransfer gerealisseerd was, this one has a very bad feeling. KRC Genk had already felt Courtois Genk would leave and is now equally at work to to search for a successor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 It's on SSN now too: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_7041514,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Penalty to Portsmouth, Hilario took out Varney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Saved!! Blimey, where did that come from Hilario?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I hope Muller isn't watching this, he might actually explode with rage at Kalou Josh best player on the pitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 It looked to me that Tal Ben-Haim actually ment to head the ball into his own net Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted July 16, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted July 16, 2011 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benoit2 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 So have we given up on Delac then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
el sid Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Villas-Boas said: "I prefer not to comment, but you know what the situation is, it's public. "Spurs have a right to defend their player and property. We just have to wait." "We understand the position that the club (Spurs) has taken, so at the moment we are scanning the market for everything, not just those two players (Modric and Parker). "It is one of the positions we are looking to strengthen. "If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen." When asked whether a deal for Modric was just a matter of time, he retorted: "No, it does not depend on us. "Spurs have a right to defend their player and property. We just have to wait. "We respect whatever position Tottenham takes and the prices we are talking about is an incredible amount of money." As well as a creative midfielder, Villas-Boas admitted that he would like to add a defensive midfielder to the mix after Michael Essien's injury. The Ghana international has been ruled out for six months with a knee injury, which Villas-Boas admits came as a big blow to everybody at the club. "Michael is a fantastic person and a fantastic individual," he said. "He was one of the people I kept in contact with for a long time after I left and I always considered him a friend and it was a pity for him to get another injury like this. "I think it is a big blow because of what he represents and what he represents as a person. "Six months is a lot of time and for sure bearing in mind this was already a sector we were looking to strengthen we might need to move in the market." Can see us signing 1, maybe even 2 midfielders. Pleased as long as one of them is Modric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajw10 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Just offer us £25m for Nasri please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Great to see Hutch back. Sounds like we are seriously considering Scotty again, do you think it'll be a loan or permanent? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcoleman1 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Mentioned it in the spurs thread but im curious. Why are you guys ****ing around with Modric and the bidding process?Historically you identify a player, figure out what the club values him at and bid 5m more. Yet with this you're bidding way below and being pretty underhanded about the whole thing. I know most clubs do it these days, but just seems that AvB would know how important it is to hit the ground running, so if you want him why not pay the amount to get him rather then drag this out and leaving yourselves with an incomplete squad until the end of the window (assuming you get him...). Maybe for the first time in a while we are trying to get a price we want rather than paying completely astronomical figures for players. Maybe we still will but it would be nice to see us play a bit more hard ball in the transfer Market. On the other hand maybe we just want as low as we can Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Great to see Hutch back. Sounds like we are seriously considering Scotty again, do you think it'll be a loan or permanent? Loan. Would be a waste of money if it was permanent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 I thought he was finished, glad to see him back, heard he was really good? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 He looked really good in the few games I saw him in, had a brilliant cross on him too. What's going on with his return? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/transfer-talk-show/blog/2011-07-16/video-ouch-john-terry-boots-luke-varney-face Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Just read an interview with Delač and bothered to translate it. First a shot by Drogba, then Torres, then Lampard...And on the sideline giving you instructions is Petr Cech. That's how last 10 days of young Croatian keeper Matej Delač(18) looked like, which he spent in preparations with his club. - Haha, you can't be unimpressed when you share the pitch with such greats of football. At the begining it looks odd, but you get used to it, realise you are part of it - says Matej. He's been impressed with training under new boss, Portuguese Andre Villas Boas. - He's very strict. He wants discipline, but has a special, different approach, all of the players and staff already adore him. Trainings are great, very interesting, everything is done with the ball, we even run with the ball - says Delač and adds: - My teammates say he's very similar to Mourinho in that regard. One of the Chelsea stories in the last few days is Luka Modrić. - It's nice to see when the papers arrive early in the morning, that my teammates read about Modrić. Branislav Ivanović asks me all the time whether Luka will arrive, all of them are aware what great signing he would be. Besides Ivanović, he spends most of the time with Petr Cech. - He's giving me advices all the time and in the last few days we were together at therapy, because we both injured our quadriceps (few days in therapy and underwater running track did the trick). Matej is currently the youngest keeper at Chelsea squad. He's contracted until summer 2015. - Keeper coach Lollichon says Chelsea count on me. That's why they are looking for a club where I'll be playing. They don't want for the last season in Vitesse to repeat, when I played only for the reserves - he adds. For now he's not worried where he'll end up this season, most important thing currently is U20 WC in Colombia. - There are several clubs that are said to want to loan me, but people at Chelsea said they'll find me a club when I get back. Matej says Croatia can play an important role there: - I'm convinced we'll go through in a group with Nigeria, Guatemala and Saudi Arabia. And in the playoff everything is possible, even winning against Brazil, who we can potentially meet next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Does anyone know who was in the squad for that reserve team match where Sam played? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted July 17, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yeah I went. Taylor, Kane, Hutchinson, Nkumu, Deen-Conteh, Mellis, Mesca, Saville, Nditi, Phillip, Mitrovic (subs Blackman, Davey, Baker, Prosenik, Ashton) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Chalobah impressed me most out of the few youngsters who played yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yeah I went. Taylor, Kane, Hutchinson, Nkumu, Deen-Conteh, Mellis, Mesca, Saville, Nditi, Phillip, Mitrovic (subs Blackman, Davey, Baker, Prosenik, Ashton) Any good performers? Who did they play? What was the score and who scored? I tried looking for a match report on the Chelsea FC website, couldn't find anything. Chalobah impressed me most out of the few youngsters who played yesterday. He looked really calm and impressed me too. I feel that the lack of communication between Hilario and him was mainly Hilario's fault, imo he should've either call it or told Chalobah to get it away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standard liege! Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 He looked really calm and impressed me too. I feel that the lack of communication between Hilario and him was mainly Hilario's fault, imo he should've either call it or told Chalobah to get it away. Hilaro was just awful And then he made that bloody penalty save! You seriously need a half decent back up GK as Turnbull isn't much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Hilaro was just awful And then he made that bloody penalty save! You seriously need a half decent back up GK as Turnbull isn't much better.Tbh I don't exactly know why Hilario is with Chelsea, maybe he's just there because he's a nice person to talk to on the bench. But yeah was a good penalty save think Turnbull is better but not much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Philip Rolfe Posted July 17, 2011 Author Administrators Share Posted July 17, 2011 I'm on my phone atm so going into detail isn't as easy, my report is on TheChels.net though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 For anyone else who wants to read it: http://thechels.net/2011/07/reserves-crawley-town-6-1-chelsea/ Can't believe they got beat 6-1 by Crawley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie177 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 For anyone else who wants to read it: http://thechels.net/2011/07/reserves-crawley-town-6-1-chelsea/Can't believe they got beat 6-1 by Crawley. Crawley are a good team, could probably get promoted again the way they're going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Hilario Turnbull Both so bad, but it wouldn't be wise to keep Delac on the bench either when he could go on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 When we sign Courtois, he either has to stay and play cup games, or go out on loan with the option to recall him at short notice. I really don't want us left in the situation where Hilario or Turnbull are needed to play in the league or European games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oypus Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Neither Courtois nor Delac is home grown, correct? Shouldn't one or both be staying around/loaned to an appropriate team to gain that distinction so as to not later take up one of the very few spots the squad currently has? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bracken Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Courtois is too old to become a home grown I think, not sure about Delac. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Delac is too old as well. Oldest you can be is 3 years from your 18th birthday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattieCoopz Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Believe Delac was purchased in the summer before the beginning of the 2008-2009 season from Zapresic in Croatia/Serbia at 17yo and then loaned out to resolve the 3 year WP issue. Should meet the HG targets just fine, I think. Hope this helps and feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpain16 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Bought on 14.9.2009 when he just turned 17 and was loaned to Inter Zaprešić (Croatia) until he reached 18. Then loaned to Vitesse and at 20.8. he'll turn 19. Still extremely young for a keeper but without proper management he'll be ruined. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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