Drinkwater

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

Let's be honest. DD is a good journeyman. He looked occasionally international class in the PL winning season, pinging balls to Vardy, because Kante allowed him to by doing the work of two+. If he feels he can look/do the same again with Kante at Chelsea, so be it. You probably can't blame him for realising that though whether he will get game time is debatable. He isn't irreplaceable but we need one lined up and we should ask top whack. 

[Sambiasso]

Just now, Fox 4 Life said:

Yes but Chelsea still knew they could get him for next to nothing because of that clause. I don't believe for a second that he was their backup plan after DD

You don't believe it but they have come back in for him again the following season?? 

So they had no reason to come in for him after our Premier League winning season but saw something special in him last season? Have a day off.

[Fox92]

2 minutes ago, Vestan Pance said:

Drinkwater's statement after signing that 5 year contract last summer.....hilarious.

Football moves too quickly though.

 

If you're at Leicester and Chelsea, current champions, bid for you what are you going to do? They can offer league titles, domestic trophies and Europe every season. We can't.

[brucey]

11 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said:

Like anyone would prioritise DD over Kante (who had a release clause)

I'm sure it's been said that they wanted both DD and Kante last summer, but we told them to fvck off, only selling them Kante reluctantly because of the clause. Now they've come back to finish the job.

[Fox 4 Life]

3 minutes ago, Sambiasso said:

You don't believe it but they have come back in for him again the following season?? 

So they had no reason to come in for him after our Premier League winning season but saw something special in him last season? Have a day off.

That's not what I said was it, I don't believe he was their first choice OVER Kante. They have come in for him now because they need backup in midfield and also homegrown players. If they really valued him they would have spent the money by now - they spent 40m on Bakayoko and want DD on the cheap as another option.

 

Why don't you take a day off from pretending to be ITK. 

[deep blue]

7 minutes ago, Milo said:

I agree, but i assume there have been issues behind the scenes that have made him hand in his transfer request. He is going to a club that regularly wins things, will be playing Champions League and will get back into the England squad in a World Cup year. Can't really blame him for that - however disappointing it 

Everyone has quickly lost sight of how Chelsea, after winning the Prem, flirted with the relegation zone for a while and had a poor season in spite of a late recovery. We mirrored that last season, but still put in a creditable show in Europe.

 

Shame that the wantaways can't see it with some perspective. With a few good buys this Summer (and we have made some - maybe not quite enough, it's true, and this summer's ambitions have been cruelly  derailed by the unfortunate delays by injury & image rights delays and the sudden prospect of losing stars late on) then we might have looked realistically at aiming for a European place.

 

I guess we crucially lost momentum in the transfer business after a good start. We should have continued a la Everton to send out positive signals. Maybe, behind the scenes, there was unrest with the stars and the uncertainty put a hold on proceedings. Who knows.

 

Just so depressing that our strong team mentality is no longer enough to keep the squad together and our breaking the mould looks to be fizzling out.

[Sambiasso]

Just now, Fox 4 Life said:

That's not what I said was it, I don't believe he was their first choice OVER Kante. 

 

Well you sit there being in denial then son because I assure you he was.

[st albans fox]

Makes more sense now we know the request is old news 

[Fox92]

2 minutes ago, deep blue said:

Everyone has quickly lost sight of how Chelsea, after winning the Prem, flirted with the relegation zone for a while and had a poor season in spite of a late recovery. We mirrored that last season, but still put in a creditable show in Europe.

 

Shame that the wantaways can't see it with some perspective. With a few good buys this Summer (and we have made some - maybe not quite enough, it's true, and this summer's ambitions have been cruelly  derailed by the unfortunate delays by injury & image rights delays and the sudden prospect of losing stars late on) then we might have looked realistically at aiming for a European place.

 

I guess we crucially lost momentum in the transfer business after a good start. We should have continued a la Everton to send out positive signals. Maybe, behind the scenes, there was unrest with the stars and the uncertainty put a hold on proceedings. Who knows.

 

Just so depressing that our strong team mentality is no longer enough to keep the squad together and our breaking the mould looks to be fizzling out.

Because it happened once. They fight for the title every season.

[Fox 4 Life]

1 minute ago, Sambiasso said:

Well you sit there being in denial then son because I assure you he was.

ok Mr "ITK" one day people will stop trying to be cool on the internet and get a real life.

[ronnup]

Can't say this doesn't stick in the throat. A damn shame. How we can rebuild and maintain some identity because DD was a massive factor in that. We are losing what we were. 

[CosbehFox]

Doesn't change a lot - like Mahrez we hold the cards. There's a price and Chelsea must pay it. I think they will pay it because they are increasingly desperate. I think the fact we went for Elneny and signed Iborra means this was always happening behind the scenes. We might even have a replacement agreed in principal should Drinky go. 

 

Agents and their players are shi***bags though. Wait until the international break and players all off before releasing a transfer request to the public. They wouldn't want to do whilst the players and staff are all at the training ground.  As if the transfer deadline wasn't rubbish enough putting it during international breaks causes chaos. 

[Guest Papasmurf]

24 minutes ago, Fox 4 Life said:

Exactly and they only get worse as deadline day approaches so they can promote that cvnt Jim White and their god awful countdown shite.

 

My only hope is more heroes are at the live parts chucking dildos at the reporters.

They give the reporters sanctuary inside now ever since the purple dildo incident.

 

Disappointing as I used to enjoy them having to rub shoulders with the shitmunchers gathering outside.

[Sambiasso]

1 minute ago, Fox 4 Life said:

ok Mr "ITK" one day people will stop trying to be cool on the internet and get a real life.

Coming from someone who has posted on a forum over 4500 times, I'm the one in need of getting a real life?

[deep blue]

53 minutes ago, SheppyFox said:

He was crap last year, still don't know what all the fuss is about. 

The fuss is about us being able to find a replacement, and also not sending out signals of being a selling club easily worked over by the "big" clubs.

[deep blue]

13 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Because it happened once. They fight for the title every season.

But not the season before last.

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, deep blue said:

But not the season before last.

So that's once in the past thirteen years.

[deep blue]

24 minutes ago, Sambiasso said:

You don't believe it but they have come back in for him again the following season?? 

So they had no reason to come in for him after our Premier League winning season but saw something special in him last season? Have a day off.

You post as if you're an ITK. Do you have knowledgeable sources, or are you a WUM?

[FoxTrott]

 

I don't like awkward...

[Koke]

Just now, FoxTrott said:

 

I don't like awkward...

 

And there's this one....

 

 

[Stan]

“I’ve loved playing for this club, it’s been perfect for me and my career and I want to be here for a long time to come. I couldn’t be happier,” the 26-year-old told Leicester’s official website. “I’ve grown a lot as a player and a person in the last four years and Leicester City has been a massive part of that. I owe a lot to the staff here for helping me get to this point – they’ve been quality."

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, FoxTrott said:

 

I don't like awkward...

Next Saturday will be fun then. Guess who of who he's playing for.

[ZeGuy]

20 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Makes more sense now we know the request is old news 

That's not what Percy's saying (look tweet above). What sure is though is that he did hand a transfer request.

[Ric Flair]

3 minutes ago, FoxTrott said:

 

I don't like awkward...

Do John and Matt not liaise with one another at The Telegraph? Or does their editor not cross check stuff, completely contradicted one another in a matter of minutes.

[Fox 4 Life]

15 minutes ago, Sambiasso said:

Coming from someone who has posted on a forum over 4500 times, I'm the one in need of getting a real life?

Over 13 years so funnily enough the average isn't far off your good self. The different is I don't pretend to be in the know to get people to like me.