Chelsea sign Wesley Fofana - Official

[Finnegan]

17 hours ago, Bazly said:

Its been a while now since little Wes ran off with his pram and teddy bears. Interesting stat for this season so far, played 4 EPL games - two for a side called Leicester City. He has been out injured and has renewed issues after returning for a practice match. The young man might be crocked. That'd be a pity, still he can always play with his teddies.

 

How old are you? 

[SafewayFox]

1 minute ago, Finnegan said:

 

How old are you? 

Great question.
 

I do sometimes wonder do fans of other clubs hold grudges/ill feelings towards ex players?

 

I loved Little Wes before all the drama, his potential was out of this world, he’s moved on, we’ve moved on…can’t say I’ve thought about him once 🤷🏻‍♂️

[urban.spaceman]

I don't like him.

[Finnegan]

16 minutes ago, SafewayFox said:

Great question.
 

I do sometimes wonder do fans of other clubs hold grudges/ill feelings towards ex players?

 

I loved Little Wes before all the drama, his potential was out of this world, he’s moved on, we’ve moved on…can’t say I’ve thought about him once 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

I don't particularly like him, I didn't like that he did the same thing to St Etienne, I shook my head at Leicester fans rejoicing in it at the time and I thought at the time "yeah OK, just wait."

 

He's clearly immature and seems a bit of a tool. 

 

But it's done, he's gone, move on. Grown blokes rejoicing in the injury of a twenty year old kid and hoping for his career to end because he went to a different football club is just tragic af. 

 

Honestly what's wrong with people. 

 

[HighPeakFox]

3 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

I don't particularly like him, I didn't like that he did the same thing to St Etienne, I shook my head at Leicester fans rejoicing in it at the time and I thought at the time "yeah OK, just wait."

 

He's clearly immature and seems a bit of a tool. 

 

But it's done, he's gone, move on. Grown blokes rejoicing in the injury of a twenty year old kid and hoping for his career to end because he went to a different football club is just tragic af. 

 

Honestly what's wrong with people. 

 

Can I answer that? 

[moore_94]

Sometimes I forget how long he was really out with that leg break, from when he joined us to when he left he was only available for exactly half the games we played in that time:

 

We played 112 games

 

He was available for 56 games

 

He played in 52 games

 

He was unavailable for 56 games

[Guest Col city fan]

I think if Fofana doesn’t overcome his injury woes it’ll be a real shame for the kid and for football actually as he’s a really really good player.

It looks like we were lucky to sell him when we did but I also think that anyone gleefully rejoicing in him being injured like this is either mentally ill or five.

[HighPeakFox]

13 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

I think if Fofana doesn’t overcome his injury woes it’ll be a real shame for the kid and for football actually as he’s a really really good player.

It looks like we were lucky to sell him when we did but I also think that anyone gleefully rejoicing in him being injured like this is either mentally ill or five.

It is endemic I'm afraid, be it celebrating an injury or slagging anything that moves off. Some criticism is totally fair but a lot of it smacks of very unhappy, unwell people gobbing off and defending their right to do so without come back. 

[Le Renard]

3 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

It is endemic I'm afraid, be it celebrating an injury or slagging anything that moves off. Some criticism is totally fair but a lot of it smacks of very unhappy, unwell people gobbing off and defending their right to do so without come back. 

I agree, we shouldn't be celebrating injuries that can maybe ruin a career, I'd be far more satisfied if he just turned out to be s**t and not what he was cracked up to be, due to his ability!  Then we can look back and be happy that we got rid of him at the right time, like Maguire.

[Guest Col city fan]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

It is endemic I'm afraid, be it celebrating an injury or slagging anything that moves off. Some criticism is totally fair but a lot of it smacks of very unhappy, unwell people gobbing off and defending their right to do so without come back. 

It is endemic mate. Proof again that the onslaught of social media can be a very good thing but conversely a dreadful thing too.

But the issue really isn’t systems, it’s people.

[foxile5]

23 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

It is endemic mate. Proof again that the onslaught of social media can be a very good thing but conversely a dreadful thing too.

But the issue really isn’t systems, it’s people.

There might also be a factor in the greed of Fofana (and there definitely was both gouging us then Chelsea), the transparent lack of any form of basic loyalty and obligation and the cost of living crisis.

[K789]

Back training apparently 

[Guest Col city fan]

1 hour ago, foxile5 said:

There might also be a factor in the greed of Fofana (and there definitely was both gouging us then Chelsea), the transparent lack of any form of basic loyalty and obligation and the cost of living crisis.

There is no loyalty in football, unless you’re Jamie Vardy (what a man!), you can hardly put the cost of living crisis down to Fofana and if you want to accuse all top flight pros of being obscenely overpaid, I agree! 

And I’m afraid you seem to be confirming with this post to my aforementioned comment. 
Fofana is an excellent footballer who didn’t want to stay at Leicester. Big deal. He isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last. 

 

[An Sionnach]

23 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

Fofana is an excellent footballer who didn’t want to stay at Leicester. Big deal. He isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last. 

 

Absolutely correct of course but Fofana seemed to be a youth over keen to get his career over and done with as quick as possible. Judging by his injury record now that may be happening before his 25th birthday. He will be a rich ex - footballer at a young age.

[hackneyfox]

I hope he recovers quickly and although I'm enjoying watching Chelsea struggle aren't we in line for another £10m in add-ons?

[Sunbury Fox]

I certainly don't wish him to be injured, but if he's back in their squad for the game against us in a few weeks he will quite rightly get pelters from a lot of City fans. He handled the transfer to Chelsea extremely badly, as he did when he joined us. He might be a potentially great player but his attitude stinks and that may hold him back in the long term. To be honest, I'd rather have a player in our team instead of him who might not be quite as good but who actually wants to play for Leicester and won't act disrespectfully towards the club and his team mates as Fofana did. 

[sacreblueits442]

28 minutes ago, An Sionnach said:

Absolutely correct of course but Fofana seemed to be a youth over keen to get his career over and done with as quick as possible. Judging by his injury record now that may be happening before his 25th birthday. He will be a rich ex - footballer at a young age.

.. like most managers, if an opportunity arises to go to a big club, you jump at the chance, you do not believe it nay come your way again!!!

  Potter to Chelsea most believe it will end in tears, was he right to take up the opportunity when it was offered?

[An Sionnach]

25 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said:

.. like most managers, if an opportunity arises to go to a big club, you jump at the chance, you do not believe it nay come your way again!!!

  Potter to Chelsea most believe it will end in tears, was he right to take up the opportunity when it was offered?

He will of course get sacked fairly quickly as Chelsea like a new manager every year or so. However being a Chelsea ex - manager seems to open doors , so he is sure to get more opportunities.

[foxile5]

2 hours ago, Col city fan said:

There is no loyalty in football, unless you’re Jamie Vardy (what a man!), you can hardly put the cost of living crisis down to Fofana and if you want to accuse all top flight pros of being obscenely overpaid, I agree! 

And I’m afraid you seem to be confirming with this post to my aforementioned comment. 
Fofana is an excellent footballer who didn’t want to stay at Leicester. Big deal. He isn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last. 

 

I'm not passing judgement.

 

Just saying that folk struggling to make ends meet might be overly vitriolic towards perceived egregious avarice.

 

Personally, I don't like the twat but take no pleasure from his injuries.

[Tommy G]

It’s the same fans that dread Tielemans joining another prem club or boo Mahrez when he returns to the KP. Players are in the game to win and earn a living, they have no loyalty to a club - it’s like someone born in the U.K. and getting a job in Bordeaux and turning round and saying I love this company I want to stay here for the rest of my career. Bonkers 

[ARTY_FOX]

I dont hate him, I don't love him. It's what we all knew was going to happen when he signed for us. Is what it is. 

[gerblod]

16 hours ago, Finnegan said:

Honestly what's wrong with people?

 

That's one for the rhetorical bin - or do you really want to know?

 

Actually it's the emotional investment the most powerless facet of a football club make in their heroes that, when damaged in any way, results in this kind of schadenfreude. 

You can see it in the intense identification with the club - the use of "we" rather than "City" or "the Club" and the intense anger at the lack of effectiveness of a player or the comparitively 'wasted' money spent on a his wages or transfer fee.

 

It's the hero's lot - to be elevated when he's performing heroically but pelted with rotten eggs and tomatoes when he hits a bad spell. And the one who jumps ship for a rival club is the worst traitor of all.

I was disappointed by what'shisname's antics when he wanted to go, but like another poster on here said, I've forgotten about him. As for not liking him, I've never met him, so, if I didn't care for his behaviour at the time, that's surely no reason to develop a long-term antipathy for him...logically...is it?...

 

[John12345]

Football is like any other business.  You pay enough and someone is likely to move.

[Bptiger]

18 hours ago, Finnegan said:

 

I don't particularly like him, I didn't like that he did the same thing to St Etienne, I shook my head at Leicester fans rejoicing in it at the time and I thought at the time "yeah OK, just wait."

 

He's clearly immature and seems a bit of a tool. 

 

But it's done, he's gone, move on. Grown blokes rejoicing in the injury of a twenty year old kid and hoping for his career to end because he went to a different football club is just tragic af. 

 

Honestly what's wrong with people. 

 

I think ur taking a far fetched view on what fans are thinking , he was a great score for Leicester but he SHIT on us as soon as Chelsea came knocking with massive $$$$$ , so why are people pissed with him , because he couldn’t even hang around for a couple of years, so I think people have the right to vent there anger 

[Guest Col city fan]

1 hour ago, gerblod said:

That's one for the rhetorical bin - or do you really want to know?

 

Actually it's the emotional investment the most powerless facet of a football club make in their heroes that, when damaged in any way, results in this kind of schadenfreude. 

You can see it in the intense identification with the club - the use of "we" rather than "City" or "the Club" and the intense anger at the lack of effectiveness of a player or the comparitively 'wasted' money spent on a his wages or transfer fee.

 

It's the hero's lot - to be elevated when he's performing heroically but pelted with rotten eggs and tomatoes when he hits a bad spell. And the one who jumps ship for a rival club is the worst traitor of all.

I was disappointed by what'shisname's antics when he wanted to go, but like another poster on here said, I've forgotten about him. As for not liking him, I've never met him, so, if I didn't care for his behaviour at the time, that's surely no reason to develop a long-term antipathy for him...logically...is it?...

 

About sums it up. And I understand. 

The part I DONT get is the level of vitriol of some people. Not on here particularly but on social media per se. Such anger toward people that the poster has not met, or ever will meet. 
But I guess people do it because they CAN (it’s easy to bully and abuse on social media - I see it on here at times) and because they are unhappy with their own lot. 
I’ve said before that social media has become the new school playground. Rather than doing it face to face, people on social media bully, ostracise, abuse and hate on social media instead.