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Wesley Fofana at Chelsea *Official*

His recent sh*t performances must have even @just thinking perhaps Badiashile isn't so bad after all!!

 
His recent sh*t performances must have even @just thinking perhaps Badiashile isn't so bad after all!!
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Even Disasi looks better than Fofana now and he was as dependable as Paul Furlong's contraception.

 
His recent sh*t performances must have even @just thinking perhaps Badiashile isn't so bad after all!!
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Like everyone else he isn't playing well Nibs. But you could take out Fofana and put prime Bobby Moore, JT or Franco Baresi in his place and they would all struggle in this system with this crazy "retain the ball at the back no matter what" tactic.

 
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Like everyone else he isn't playing well Nibs. But you could take out Fofana and put prime Bobby Moore, JT or Franco Baresi in his place and they would all struggle in this system with this crazy "retain the ball at the back no matter what" tactic.
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I was one who was delighted we bought Fofana. Was very confident he was going to be a top drawer player. However, while I fully agree our strategy to win the 'most passes 25 yards from our own goal trophy' is going to make any defender look like an accident waiting to happen (what we call Ant McPartlin in a Ford Fiesta with a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20') I do think there is more of a fundamental issue with Fofana. He is a lazy defender. Too casual in possession without having the required elite skill to be that cocky and then not willing to bust a gut to put his body on the line if and when we f**k up.

Easy to say we would love a JT now. Of course we would. But you'd always love a JT even if your defence is top class.

With our defence I'd ve happy with a Grahsm Roberts.

 
I was one who was delighted we bought Fofana. Was very confident he was going to be a top drawer player. However, while I fully agree our strategy to win the 'most passes 25 yards from our own goal trophy' is going to make any defender look like an accident waiting to happen (what we call Ant McPartlin in a Ford Fiesta with a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20') I do think there is more of a fundamental issue with Fofana. He is a lazy defender. Too casual in possession without having the required elite skill to be that cocky and then not willing to bust a gut to put his body on the line if and when we f**k up.

Easy to say we would love a JT now. Of course we would. But you'd always love a JT even if your defence is top class.

With our defence I'd ve happy with a Grahsm Roberts.
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Agree Loz. And a Graham Roberts or Vinnie Jones type player is exactly the type of character monster and leader we could do with.

 
I was one who was delighted we bought Fofana. Was very confident he was going to be a top drawer player. However, while I fully agree our strategy to win the 'most passes 25 yards from our own goal trophy' is going to make any defender look like an accident waiting to happen (what we call Ant McPartlin in a Ford Fiesta with a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20') I do think there is more of a fundamental issue with Fofana. He is a lazy defender. Too casual in possession without having the required elite skill to be that cocky and then not willing to bust a gut to put his body on the line if and when we f**k up.

Easy to say we would love a JT now. Of course we would. But you'd always love a JT even if your defence is top class.

With our defence I'd ve happy with a Grahsm Roberts.
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I would also add Loz, that Fofana at Leicester was that defender who would always throw himself in front of everything. He was often too brave for his own good and IMO that was probably why he picked up serious injuries.

 
I would also add Loz, that Fofana at Leicester was that defender who would always throw himself in front of everything. He was often too brave for his own good and IMO that was probably why he picked up serious injuries.
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Exactly how I remember him at Leicester. So maybe that has impacted his approach to the game as he now appears to play in second gear.

 
For the record the horror injury Fofana experienced at Leicester was a broken leg (it was a horror tackle against Villarreal in pre-season, I saw it live). There is no reason to believe that he wouldn't make a 100% recovery from that.

 
Don't think his drop off in form and laziness has anything to do with injury. Think that just comes with "I'm Billy Big bo**ocks playing for Chelsea and I'm on £200k per week no matter how I play".

And of course he's French as well......................

 
Doesnt care about the club, his insistence on jogging back when players go past him is just makes him look worse than usual. Another I'll celebrate and forget about when he leaves...

 
For the record the horror injury Fofana experienced at Leicester was a broken leg (it was a horror tackle against Villarreal in pre-season, I saw it live). There is no reason to believe that he wouldn't make a 100% recovery from that.
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Not to excuse his attitude on and off the pitch, but I also don't think it is a coincidence that his headspace and standards have dropped since the Club effectively promoted Enzo Fernandez after the racism scandal. We are obviously not privy to what has been said in private but the way the club and manager handled that was unbelievably poor and it is not an unusual reaction to having a toxic/abusive person promoted instead of disciplined.

It's okay if he's not okay with it, but if that's the case he should leave and speak out.

 
I was one who was delighted we bought Fofana. Was very confident he was going to be a top drawer player. However, while I fully agree our strategy to win the 'most passes 25 yards from our own goal trophy' is going to make any defender look like an accident waiting to happen (what we call Ant McPartlin in a Ford Fiesta with a bottle of Mad Dog 20/20') I do think there is more of a fundamental issue with Fofana. He is a lazy defender. Too casual in possession without having the required elite skill to be that cocky and then not willing to bust a gut to put his body on the line if and when we f**k up.

Easy to say we would love a JT now. Of course we would. But you'd always love a JT even if your defence is top class.

With our defence I'd ve happy with a Grahsm Roberts.
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Lweis Dunk would have been a good option at the time.

 
Lweis Dunk would have been a good option at the time.
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We had a free run at Marc Guehi, twice, before anyone else significant was interested, only to cry poor because he went to City a few years later.

Our 2022 defensive strategy relied on Koulibaly coming in and being our best defender, and when that failed and Chilwell/James got injured, it all fell apart as we had no experience.

 
It's okay if he's not okay with it, but if that's the case he should leave and speak out.
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I would love to see BlueCo and their social media shills trying to defend that one. It would be the bullsh*t of legend.

 
I would love to see BlueCo and their social media shills trying to defend that one. It would be the bullsh*t of legend.
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They are ahead of everything and will likely manipulate what's really going on.

Look at Acheampong. The club and manager have been praising him publicly, yet he never gets minutes. This summer if he puts in a transfer request, BlueCo will get their pure profit and they'd run the PR that the player didn't want to stay and earn his place.

 
They are ahead of everything and will likely manipulate what's really going on.

Look at Acheampong. The club and manager have been praising him publicly, yet he never gets minutes. This summer if he puts in a transfer request, BlueCo will get their pure profit and they'd run the PR that the player didn't want to stay and earn his place.
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He's their best option for academy "pure profit" as it stands.

They won't sell James now that he's had a contract extension, and they seem "all in" on Colwill, so that just leaves Trev and Josh. Trev's been available for two years with no takers, so Josh is probably the easiest to sell, and will be much in demand. Our Owners and SDs are stupid enough to take the money sadly ...

 
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