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Willian to Chelsea

TorontoYid

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I think he knew there may be an offer for Chelsea through his agent when he flew in. At the end of the day, it comes down to where the player wants to be and no amount of cash can force him to sign for a club against his will. He chose to sit on the bench all season at Chelsea and probably lose his chance to play in the world cup. Makes me question his attitude if he is happy to be a sub.

Moved on now so lets get Lamela who is a better player anyway.
 

tiger666

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I think he knew there may be an offer for Chelsea through his agent when he flew in. At the end of the day, it comes down to where the player wants to be and no amount of cash can force him to sign for a club against his will. He chose to sit on the bench all season at Chelsea and probably lose his chance to play in the world cup. Makes me question his attitude if he is happy to be a sub.

Moved on now so lets get Lamela who is a better player anyway.

Ridiculous statement.
 

mill

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Is there anyone more ruthless than Levy? We got fucked on this one, plain and simple. Let's move on take 6 points off the class-less ****s.
We'll see over the next week or so if levy is ruthless at all
 

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TheVoiceofReason

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Honestly still think this transfer has nothing to do with Willians personal wishes. Abramovics dirty roubles look far more attractive to Anzhi than our Jew gold. Kia is clearly getting a HUGE bonus from both clubs as a result, and thus we never stood a chance. I'm happy to move on, and in a way I'm glad Chelsea have spent 30 million on a player they don't need, than on one they do need. They are still average in the defensive midfield department (mikel for one is shocking), they need a striker, and some more decent defenders. If Willian doesn't rot on the bench, one of their better players will.
 

Spurs2010

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Personally I think we dodged a bullet. 23 goals in 208 games and he isn't even great in other aspects of the game. He is above avarage athlete, avarage defender at best, good but not great playmaker( compare him to Modric...). And personality better to not go there....another Adebayor...gone from Shakhtar to Anzi of all clubs and now done this....he choose what 20k a week over playing in great team where he would be first choice.

Hope we get Eriksen for 1/3 of price, maybe not as good yet ( and that is maybe) but is 3-4 years younger.
 

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Personally I think we dodged a bullet. 23 goals in 208 games and he isn't even great in other aspects of the game. He is above avarage athlete, avarage defender at best, good but not great playmaker( compare him to Modric...). And personality better to not go there....another Adebayor...gone from Shakhtar to Anzi of all clubs and now done this....he choose what 20k a week over playing in great team where he would be first choice.

Hope we get Eriksen for 1/3 of price, maybe not as good yet ( and that is maybe) but is 3-4 years younger.


A goal every nine games! That's a pretty poor record, up there with Stewart Downing
 

mill

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Personally I think we dodged a bullet. 23 goals in 208 games and he isn't even great in other aspects of the game. He is above avarage athlete, avarage defender at best, good but not great playmaker( compare him to Modric...). And personality better to not go there....another Adebayor...gone from Shakhtar to Anzi of all clubs and now done this....he choose what 20k a week over playing in great team where he would be first choice.

Hope we get Eriksen for 1/3 of price, maybe not as good yet ( and that is maybe) but is 3-4 years younger.
A lot more assists than modric.
 

sparx100

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Personally I think we dodged a bullet. 23 goals in 208 games and he isn't even great in other aspects of the game. He is above avarage athlete, avarage defender at best, good but not great playmaker( compare him to Modric...). And personality better to not go there....another Adebayor...gone from Shakhtar to Anzi of all clubs and now done this....he choose what 20k a week over playing in great team where he would be first choice.

Hope we get Eriksen for 1/3 of price, maybe not as good yet ( and that is maybe) but is 3-4 years younger.
Yet if we got him you would have blown your load.
 

barry

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Personally I think we dodged a bullet. 23 goals in 208 games and he isn't even great in other aspects of the game. He is above avarage athlete, avarage defender at best, good but not great playmaker( compare him to Modric...). And personality better to not go there....another Adebayor...gone from Shakhtar to Anzi of all clubs and now done this....he choose what 20k a week over playing in great team where he would be first choice.

Hope we get Eriksen for 1/3 of price, maybe not as good yet ( and that is maybe) but is 3-4 years younger.

You may be right in your assessment regarding his attributes but the thing that makes willian so highly sought after is that he nearly always plays well. He's like Scholes in that even his worst days are good. Oh and he has a great skill set. He might not be the best in the world at any of them, but he's pretty Damn good at all of them
 

FinnYid

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A lot more assists than modric.

Plays in different role, Modric as a proper central midfielder would never get to those figures. However his key passes played a big role in loads of our goals, even if they weren't final assists. However has he only hit double figures on assists once in Ukrainian league?
 

mill

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Plays in different role, Modric as a proper central midfielder would never get to those figures. However his key passes played a big role in loads of our goals, even if they weren't final assists. However has he only hit double figures on assists once in Ukrainian league?
The figures have been posred in here before, I can't remember the numbers but they were pretty impressive
 

kaz Hirai

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his goals and assist record throughout his entire career isn't much better than Lennon's really. Could be why no big European clubs wanted him at the prices he keeps going for. He could turn out to be quite run of the mill, he isn't a young up and comer anymore and can't get into the brazil team ahead of the likes of Hulk.

Yet AVB wanted him, and despite his lack of direct end product we could have must definitely used that bit of trickey in the final 3rd . Something Chelsea actually have too much of making their midfield a bit lightweight strangely enough

meh though. there are younger, cheaper and potentially better playmakers out there. Just need to move quick, not long now till window slams shut
 

FinnYid

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The figures have been posred in here before, I can't remember the numbers but they were pretty impressive


On Ukrainian league:

08/09, 5 goals, 6 assists (29 games)
09/10 5 goals, 5 assits (22 games)
10/11 3 goals, 7 assits (29 games)
11/12 5 goals, 16 assits (27 games)
12/13, 1 goal, 6 assits (14 games)

Anzhi (12/13 and 13/14) on league, 0 goals, 3 assits (11 games)

You take the most recent season of C.Eriksen and it's 10 goals and 15 assits in 33 games, 2 goals and 3 assists in 4 league games this season. 11/12 it was 7 goals and 17 assists in 33 games.

But it's different league, then take Yarmolenko who is being linked with Pool, more of an goalscoring winger. 11 goals and 5 assits on 27 last season, 12 goals and 4 assits in season before in 28 games and so on. What about our Niko? Was injured, so managed to get only 13 games, but had 4 goals and 2 assists in them. Pretty similiar to Willian in 13 games (1 goal, 6 assits).

Willian might or might not have been The Saviour, but his stats aren't THAT special.
 
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