Hope he dies.
Hope he dies.
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Who cares, don't really think about him anymore was incensed at the time both with him for going there and with us for not insisting on either selling him abroad or letting his contract run down.
Nasri, Fabregas, Sagna. Adebayor, Van Persie...they are all just ghosts to me
He's going to, as are all of us...one dayOriginally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Couldn't give a tuppeny fuck about him
I'm not paid vast amounts of money each year to unearth quality players in positions required to strengthen your team - thats Wenger job.
There are 1000's of professional teams around the world with goal-keepers who had come through academies, been good enough to get 1st team football & maybe even represent their countries. In recent years we've seen our competitors buy Courtois, De Gea & Lloris - why is it we don't seem to be on this continous conveyor belt. Instead we buy a guy for a few million because he's cheap, had a half decent world cup & when we realise he's not actually that good we think a 33 year old Chelsea substitute keeper is the answer to our prayers. Many on here are singing Cech's praises but you've been Wengerised into accepting 2nd best - or normally 4th best.
No we have just seen how Cech has performed in goal for Chelsea, yes he has lost his place to Thibault Courtouis but that was based on the number of match saving performances given by Courtouis for Atletico Madrid rather than Cech dropping off.
Mourinho wants to keep him but they recognise that if he wants to leave he can't
But Herby - thats my point. You state that Courtouis was given his place due to a number of match saving performances, maybe making saves that Cech wouldn't have made. He's also a lot younger & you can build a defense around hom knowing it has longevity. Why aren't we looking for the younger guy making regular match saving performances - buying Cech is just painting over the cracks that we re-appear in the not too distant future.
The point I'm making is if you have two world class keepers and one world class keeper is slightly better which one are you going to pick.
The fact is that Cech is miles better than what we currently have and clearly would still be capable of the saves to win us points Szczesny or Ospina wouldnt.
There won't be any shortage of suitors for Cech, wouldn't be surprised if United come in if De Gea goes.
Where is this keeper out there with big league experience, a record of constant match winning saves and is the same age as The De Geas and Courtouis' of this world?.
We aren't after a prodigious potential, we want the ready made product now and the potential can be brought in to understudy Cech.
When Cech returned to the Chelsea team after his serious head injury - it was widely suggested ( even by Chelsea fans ) that we wasn't quite the same as before. This would have been another reason for replacing him with Courtois. Cech is a good keeper but if he went to Utd they would be worse off. He has played behind the best defense in the league for many years which has obviously helped with his goals against record & to pay £15 mill for a 33 year old knowing that we will have to paying more again in a few years to replace him seems to much of an expensive quick fix.
Cechs head injury occurred in 2006 if it had really been that detrimental to his performances in goal would they have really waited so long before replacing him?.
True Courtouis has the age advantage over Cech, but I do remember rumblings that he insisted he wanted to play as first choice or be sold by Chelsea after his Atletico loan spell.
And again who is this keeper out there who can stay between the posts for us for years?, I don't disagree that there may be prodigious talent out there but if we have an available keeper who I think most people would argue is still one of the top keepers in the world and could make the difference between us challenging and not challenging for the title, even if it is a short term fix who could argue that it wouldn't be worth it?.
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