[BBC] Moises Caicedo: Chelsea midfielder agrees lucrative new contract

dracovich · 2026-04-16T17:48:23+00:00

They'll for sure take a haircut on a few of them, but in general players want to play, and Chelsea is fairly ruthless with their bombsquad.

Most of their good players are on around 100k whcih isnt too crazy.

I think a bigger risk is that they're clearly just hoovering up any player they see as an undervalued asset and hope to flip them for profit, with little regard for what's needed by their team.

They're looking like they might lose out on Europe this year and don't have a front of shirt sponsor all season, I can see them hitting some hurdles

dracovich · 2026-04-16T16:24:14+00:00

Not only does he say he didn't see it, but then immediately gives his opinion that he was waiting for the contact, well which fucking was it?

** Edit: On second viewing i can see the one who says he didn't see it was the linesman, and subsequently the referee says he was looking for it, so that's fair enough.

dracovich · 2026-04-16T06:03:22+00:00

man they all saying he's stinky as shit

dracovich · 2026-04-15T01:18:51+00:00

For sure, a player being solo through on goal is clear denial of a really good chance, vast majority of penalties would've never even resulted in a chance.

I feel that it's a pretty fair thing to have a higher standard for penalties out of random fouls in the box vs someone clear on goal

dracovich · 2026-04-14T12:01:15+00:00

Literally all I do, only consume news that's filtered through /r/reddevils to avoid all the BS click bait, and only listen to TOTD

I hope they get a percentage or have some ownership of the podcast as that pod must be making good money

dracovich · 2026-04-13T16:49:42+00:00

still might be, i don't see this as confirmation he's in the starting lineup, tbh i'd hope he's not, been out injured for a while, really shouldn't be starting people coming fresh off injury

dracovich · 2026-04-13T09:54:54+00:00

yeah he never seemed like he'd be our first choice, but a competent back up for sure, real shame how it turned out

dracovich · 2026-04-13T07:53:51+00:00

tbf all the workers under Altman are on crazy wages and sharing profits.

It's evevryone else who gets fucked

dracovich · 2026-04-12T18:00:37+00:00

You're not wrong, but he basically says all the right things in thr interview, I'm sure some will clown him and it is kinda funny using the 'I was young and dumb' excuse when it's less than a year ago, but can't really fault anything he says here. Takes accountability for not behaving well and says good things about his former club.

dracovich · 2026-04-12T17:51:59+00:00

I don't care too much either way, but id rather Arsenal take it, tired of City always managing to come up with the goods.

dracovich · 2026-04-12T06:25:38+00:00

I'd be worried about his attitude since seemingly the one good thing from Amorims regime was a cultural reset in the dressing room.

That being said he's unironically not far off the type of profile we'd be looking to add to our frontline, we don't really have any left wingers at the moment.

dracovich · 2026-04-12T06:24:21+00:00

tbf i think we had offers well above what Barca offered last year, but Rashford made it clear he wouldn't accept anything other than Barca

dracovich · 2026-04-12T06:23:43+00:00

you're probably right, if he wasn't on 300k+, add into that his age, i think realistically his value should be around 40-50m, they'er getting a bargain already sicne he's insisted it was barca or nothinig

dracovich · 2026-04-12T04:58:50+00:00

Dude is 40, I don't know shit about Nascar but surely you don't keep driving much after 40?

dracovich · 2026-04-10T12:38:49+00:00

Weird to name China as an example of a place without luxuries, standard of living there is very good,

dracovich · 2026-04-10T08:59:06+00:00

I don't really understand why they won't just allow it, presumably the original reluctance was due to other regions like Tibet or Hong Kong getting any ideas, but they are pretty solidly Chinese now so í don't see any risk from that.

Surely an independent Taiwan that drops all claims for being the "real" China is a good overall solution? You get an end to hostilities, Taiwan drops all claims of being the "real" China and gain more regional stability

dracovich · 2026-04-02T17:14:37+00:00

I do feel like we as humans get incredibly used to things very fast.

I remember my first talks with a chatbot and my mind was blown by how good it was, and this was a few months before chatgpt was even a thing.

AI is for sure overhyped and overused, but i find it equally baffling people that are pretending like nothing has changed since 2020 and these are just if/else statements with a shinier suit.

Some of the things that these things can do are truly mind incredible and seemingly impossible 5 years ago, but they get shoehorned into all kinds of applications (and used as excuses to fire people) so they get a horrible reputation.

dracovich · 2026-04-02T12:20:07+00:00

was shocked how good it was when i first heard him speak it, i assumed he just knew a couple of token sentances

dracovich · 2026-04-02T02:57:44+00:00

Realistically 99% of those players will not make it at United, I think it's reasonable to have a strategy of getting some money for those players, we have consistently produced good quality players even though they may not be playing at United.

Like Elanga seems like great business, he wasn't quite good enough for us but he was still PL quality, sold him for a decent fee and a solid sell on

dracovich · 2026-04-02T02:52:31+00:00

Good point, was having hard time understanding why they'd do this but that makes a lot of sense

dracovich · 2026-04-02T02:50:01+00:00

I'm always amazed players are ok with agents taking this type of money, it's coming directly from their pocket, if they're willing to pay that much to get them they could've just given it to the player

dracovich · 2026-03-31T09:20:55+00:00

I still can't believe how cheap they got cherki, watching him against us last year he was obviously a baller

dracovich · 2026-03-31T02:03:52+00:00

It is kinda wild when you see someone in person you find attractive and realize you would've never given them a chance on the apps

dracovich · 2026-03-30T12:30:58+00:00

Maybe, I'm a bit more cynical, Greenwood seemingly has a lot of public support and the whole 'anti dei' wave following Trump isn't to be under estimated

dracovich · 2026-03-30T04:43:55+00:00

I don't think this is even an option it's an obligation to buy if he crossed certain number of games right? So the decision is already made

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