Summer transfer madness thread

[peter w]

Well The Shot have offered him a contract. A marriage made in the gutter they both live in.

[LeeB]

Well The Shot have offered him a contract. A marriage made in the gutter they both live in.

Aldershot?

[Duncan Shaw]

Even by our standards of signing absolute Jeremy Hunts in the last few years, Terry would be head and shoulders above. He'd stroll into the dressing room and act like he was Henry the 8th. Odious fucker and he'd manage about 20 games at best, and not look very good. He cares about Chelsea. That's not in doubt. He gave it everything even when his legs had gone. He'll come here, not give two fucks, and his legs have gone. We've seen this before. We know the result. 

This for me.....let SHA break their budget on him and suffer.  Theres a circus round him and Harry already, we don;t need any of that.

[saunders_heroes]

Redknapp learning very quickly that the quickest way to a Sty dweller's heart is to try and get one over the Villa. Some things never change.

[manic-road]

Harry has a good track record of buying old players on sky high wages,almost bankrupting the club then buggering off when the money has gone. I hope he gets Terry and a few old players on high wages then watch the fall out in a few years.

[sirlordbaltimore]

I honestly can't see any logic in signing Terry.

Is he a great player ? Yes, but on a downward spiral
Do we need another starting CB? In my humble opinion no, i'm more than happy with Chester & Baker as starters
Do we need a back up CB or two ? Yes
Should they cost 100k a week ? Fuck no

Our defence was something like the fifth or sixth best in the division last year, despite having goalie problems and injuries. It's not an area of the team i feel needs major tweaks

It just smacks of a desperate 'name' signing, but with little logic behind it

Let's look at players that can take us forwards for years to come not short terms fixes yet again

[tomd2103]

I honestly can't see any logic in signing Terry.

Is he a great player ? Yes, but on a downward spiral
Do we need another starting CB? In my humble opinion no, i'm more than happy with Chester & Baker as starters
Do we need a back up CB or two ? Yes
Should they cost 100k a week ? Fuck no

Our defence was something like the fifth or sixth best in the division last year, despite having goalie problems and injuries. It's not an area of the team i feel needs major tweaks

It just smacks of a desperate 'name' signing, but with little logic behind it

Let's look at players that can take us forwards for years to come not short terms fixes yet again

Is he a great player ? Yes, but on a downward spiral - Agree
Do we need another starting CB? In my humble opinion no, i'm more than happy with Chester & Baker as starters - Baker not good enough if we are looking to be challenging
Do we need a back up CB or two ? Yes - Agree.  Need a starter and a back up
Should they cost 100k a week ? Fuck no - Agree.  There should be plenty of options out there for a reasonable sum

[paul_e]

Is he a great player ? No - he was a very good one but he's not anymore
Do we need another starting CB? Yes, Baker is still prone to mistakes and picks up too many injuries
Do we need a back up CB or two ? 1 if we get someone to genuniely compete for starts
Should they cost 100k a week ? Fuck no - agreed

Our defensive record was good but that, for mean, doesn't necessarily mean our defence was good as a unit.  As a team we played a very rigid structure and didn't give teams much space to work with but it came at the expense of us getting players into the box.  If we want to be promoted we need to keep that defensive record without relying on getting 8-9 men behind the ball.

I agree that Terry would be a shit signing made for the wrong reasons though.

[KevinGage]

This would perhaps be a dilemma if we were talking about the Terry of even 2-3 years ago.  Past his best, but still a bit to offer.

36 year old Terry, with the legs gone and all the baggage that invariably comes with him shouldn't even be on our radar if we have any pride or self respect at all. We're still a big club -regardless of our current malaise. We don't need to resort to gimmick signings. Let some other mugs top up the FKW's pension fund.

[avfcpg]

36 years old and way way way past his best and wanting sky high wages....can't believe we are even contemplating how this would be a good signing and a way forward for us.
If Blose want him and think they've got one over on us..well, good luck with that....

[andyh]

Even by our standards of signing absolute Jeremy Hunts in the last few years, Terry would be head and shoulders above. He'd stroll into the dressing room and act like he was Henry the 8th. Odious fucker and he'd manage about 20 games at best, and not look very good. He cares about Chelsea. That's not in doubt. He gave it everything even when his legs had gone. He'll come here, not give two fucks, and his legs have gone. We've seen this before. We know the result. 

This for me.....let SHA break their budget on him and suffer.  Theres a circus round him and Harry already, we don;t need any of that.

Hear, hear.
I agree with every syllable and word in both of these posts.
I have spent too much time and effort building up an intense hatred of that racist fucker to see it wasted.
I hate and detest Terry, and frankly if he was still a highly capable footballer, and was available on a free,  I still wouldn't want him at our club.

[boozey182]

Even by our standards of signing absolute Jeremy Hunts in the last few years, Terry would be head and shoulders above. He'd stroll into the dressing room and act like he was Henry the 8th. Odious fucker and he'd manage about 20 games at best, and not look very good. He cares about Chelsea. That's not in doubt. He gave it everything even when his legs had gone. He'll come here, not give two fucks, and his legs have gone. We've seen this before. We know the result. 

This for me.....let SHA break their budget on him and suffer.  Theres a circus round him and Harry already, we don;t need any of that.

Hear, hear.
I agree with every syllable and word in both of these posts.
I have spent too much time and effort building up an intense hatred of that racist fucker to see it wasted.
I hate and detest Terry, and frankly if he was still a highly capable footballer, and was available on a free,  I still wouldn't want him at our club.

Couldn't agree more.

[eamonn]

Surely we don't know if his legs are gone - Cahill and Sideshow would have kept out most defenders in their prime, given their record last season.

[tomd2103]

Is he a great player ? No - he was a very good one but he's not anymore
Do we need another starting CB? Yes, Baker is still prone to mistakes and picks up too many injuries
Do we need a back up CB or two ? 1 if we get someone to genuniely compete for starts
Should they cost 100k a week ? Fuck no - agreed

Our defensive record was good but that, for mean, doesn't necessarily mean our defence was good as a unit.  As a team we played a very rigid structure and didn't give teams much space to work with but it came at the expense of us getting players into the box.  If we want to be promoted we need to keep that defensive record without relying on getting 8-9 men behind the ball.

I agree that Terry would be a shit signing made for the wrong reasons though.

You obviously can't factor in injuries and suspension, but I think that adding a solid keeper and CB to a defence containing De Laet, Chester and Taylor would make a very solid defence, especially with a good defensive midfielder like Jedinak in front of them.  My main issue with Baker is his distribution and we are never going to be able to play from the back if he is playing there.

[jwarry]

I know I'm in the minority here but for about 5 years or even longer we have needed a c#*#*. We have been too nice for too long and as much as we all hate him there is no doubt he would give us an edge we haven't had in God knows how long, legs or no legs.  There I've said it ....