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Kalidou Koulibaly

chelsea_true_blue said:
Sorry don’t rate either player tbh. They’re the very definition of mediocrity. No wonder we are where we are. Battling for 4th spot and bagging the odd cup. 

Why didn’t we give Empadu a chance? He’s better than these two clowns combined imho. 
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Your attempt at spelling Ampadu's name is mediocre

 
Can see Chelsea going for Koulibaly or Skriniar next summer.

We desperately need a leader at the back and we have the money now, lets be honest.

Didn't ADL say that 100m is enough to sign him?

 
JMaher94 said:
Can see Chelsea going for Koulibaly or Skriniar next summer.

We desperately need a leader at the back and we have the money now, lets be honest.

Didn't ADL say that 100m is enough to sign him?
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Now you’re talking. 

Sadly i feel if we don’t make CL next season players of that caliber will be out of our reach. 

 
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mwblue10 said:
By design, doing you a favor and taking the focus off of your crazy opinions of our defenders.
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Not doing yourself a favour though. Making yourself look rather ignorant and foolish. If you have a counter argument make it. If not then don’t waste my time with irrelevant sh*t, pal. If you can’t handle other people’s opinions then forums such as this aren’t for you. 

 
chelsea_true_blue said:
Not doing yourself a favour though. Making yourself look rather ignorant and foolish. If you have a counter argument make it. If not then don’t waste my time with irrelevant sh*t, pal. If you can’t handle other people’s opinions then forums such as this aren’t for you. 
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You literally called our players garbage and then clowns, 2 really good players at that, forgive me that I'd rather point out that you can't spell a player's name correctly (a player on a team that you are a fan of) rather than make a counterpoint.  Not to mention your complaining about competing for top 4 and bagging a cup - do you not like trophies?

 
mwblue10 said:
You literally called our players garbage and then clowns, 2 really good players at that, forgive me that I'd rather point out that you can't spell a player's name correctly (a player on a team that you are a fan of) rather than make a counterpoint.  Not to mention your complaining about competing for top 4 and bagging a cup - do you not like trophies?
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Yes I called Rudiger and Christensen mediocre & clowns because that is my subjective opinion. Neither player is even a nailed on starter for their national teams. I think we can do a lot better. We’ve gone from Terry and Carvalho to those two? Standards have dropped considerably and that shouldn’t be the case for a club like CFC. Forgive me for not sharing your optimism.

As for my little typo, what are you the grammar police??! Why get hung up on such an irrelevant issue? Just makes you look petty. 

And yes winning trophies like the FA cup and Europa league is nice and all but ultimately it’s the premier league and CL triumph where the true measure of success lies. I want to be competing for those titles. We won’t be doing that any time soon with your Rudigers, Christensens and Girouds. Forgive me for showing some ambition. 

 
chelsea_true_blue said:
Yes I called Rudiger and Christensen mediocre & clowns because that is my subjective opinion. Neither player is even a nailed on starter for their national teams. I think we can do a lot better. We’ve gone from Terry and Carvalho to those two? Standards have dropped considerably and that shouldn’t be the case for a club like CFC. Forgive me for not sharing your optimism.

As for my little typo, what are you the grammar police??! Why get hung up on such an irrelevant issue? Just makes you look petty. 

And yes winning trophies like the FA cup and Europa league is nice and all but ultimately it’s the premier league and CL triumph where the true measure of success lies. I want to be competing for those titles. We won’t be doing that any time soon with your Rudigers, Christensens and Girouds. Forgive me for showing some ambition. 
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It took reading just one of your posts to realize you're clearly a troll. Oh well, on ignore you go...

 
chelsea_true_blue said:
Yes I called Rudiger and Christensen mediocre & clowns because that is my subjective opinion. Neither player is even a nailed on starter for their national teams. I think we can do a lot better. We’ve gone from Terry and Carvalho to those two? Standards have dropped considerably and that shouldn’t be the case for a club like CFC. Forgive me for not sharing your optimism.

As for my little typo, what are you the grammar police??! Why get hung up on such an irrelevant issue? Just makes you look petty. 

And yes winning trophies like the FA cup and Europa league is nice and all but ultimately it’s the premier league and CL triumph where the true measure of success lies. I want to be competing for those titles. We won’t be doing that any time soon with your Rudigers, Christensens and Girouds. Forgive me for showing some ambition. 
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And you think Koulibaly isn't a step down from those two? He's 28 years old and he hasn't won a single major trophy in his career, he's not much of a winner is he? You say Christensen and Rudiger are clowns, well at least they have a winning attitude and have actually won major trophies. 

 
Scott Harris said:
And you think Koulibaly isn't a step down from those two? He's 28 years old and he hasn't won a single major trophy in his career, he's not much of a winner is he? You say Christensen and Rudiger are clowns, well at least they have a winning attitude and have actually won major trophies. 
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Koulibaly is currently one of the best defenders in world football. The other two aren’t even among the best in the PL. 

And judging a players ability on what they’ve won is silly. 

 
chelsea_true_blue said:
Koulibaly is currently one of the best defenders in world football. The other two aren’t even among the best in the PL. 

And judging a players ability on what they’ve won is silly. 
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Van Dijk joined Liverpool and instantly turned them into a serious force in Europe. They were good without him, but they went up another level just with him being there, he is what I would call a world class cb. Koulibaly is in a similar position to Tottenham's CB's, nearly men.

And judging a player on what they have won isn't silly at all. The best players win trophies, they find a way to achieve it, Koulibaly hasn't found a way to win anything major in his career so far.

 
Scott Harris said:
Van Dijk joined Liverpool and instantly turned them into a serious force in Europe. They were good without him, but they went up another level just with him being there, he is what I would call a world class cb. Koulibaly is in a similar position to Tottenham's CB's, nearly men.

And judging a player on what they have won isn't silly at all. The best players win trophies, they find a way to achieve it, Koulibaly hasn't found a way to win anything major in his career so far.
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And what had Van Dijk won before joining Liverpool?

There’s no reason why Koulibaly couldn’t achieve similar success here. 

Ultimately though this talk is redundant anyway as we’re currently a million miles away from being able to prize players like Koulibaly to the bridge. 

 
Rudiger + 50m for Koulibaly in a swap deal? 

Would love to see that happen! As much as I love Rudi, he has definitely been a bit suspect 

 
PlayDaYouf said:
Rudiger + 50m for Koulibaly in a swap deal? 

Would love to see that happen! As much as I love Rudi, he has definitely been a bit suspect 
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Swapping Rudiger for Koulibaly doesnt seem like that big an upgrade especially considering Rudiger has been with the team for a couple of years, is settled and entering his prime as a defender. With Koulibaly he will most likely take a season to adapt and by the time we can get him operating at his optimum levels he will be over 30.

If we can get Koulibaly playing alongside Rudiger than that gives us an elite pairing but to swap one for the other will probably not give us the necessary upgrade in quality. Koulibaly for Zouma would give us 4 CB's: Christensen, Rudiger, Koulibaly & Tomori in which case we could shift to 3 at the back and that would immediately rectify our set piece problems. 

 
Imran_CFC said:
Swapping Rudiger for Koulibaly doesnt seem like that big an upgrade especially considering Rudiger has been with the team for a couple of years, is settled and entering his prime as a defender. With Koulibaly he will most likely take a season to adapt and by the time we can get him operating at his optimum levels he will be over 30.

If we can get Koulibaly playing alongside Rudiger than that gives us an elite pairing but to swap one for the other will probably not give us the necessary upgrade in quality. Koulibaly for Zouma would give us 4 CB's: Christensen, Rudiger, Koulibaly & Tomori in which case we could shift to 3 at the back and that would immediately rectify our set piece problems. 
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Fair point, didn't take into account Koulibaly's age! For some reason I thought he was younger than his actual age, but thats probably because when we were first linked with him several years ago, he was actually quite young ?

Im on board with that for sure though, Koulibaly, Rudiger, Christensen, Tomori as our four CB's is fantastic. 

In all honesty actually, I would probably take Romagnoli over Koulibaly, but thats a discussion for a different day.

 
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