Player Watch Player Watch: Timo Werner

bigfrooj said:

Many a truth told in jest. I have this suspicion that Ange won‘t trust Bissouma as much as he did at one time. Many will disagree but I think he has some bridges to build before being first choice in a fully fit squad.

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Tucker said:

Wild prediction time! Werner will score more goals than Gabriel Jesus between now and the end of the season.

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Styopa said:

I agree that having a more clinical striker would be superb and eventually we need to look at long term succession planning for Son.

But right now it’s not like we’re struggling to score. We’re the fourth highest scorers in the league (42), only Man C (45) and A Villa and Liverpool (both 43) have scored more than us.

This season Son (12), Richarlison (7), Kulusevski (5) should be finishing with double figures or close to it. Maddison when he returns should be aiming for double figures or close to it (3 so far). Werner if he can contribute 5 goals (the equivalent of double digits across a season) could make a big difference in this context.

Last season the only player other than Kane to score double figures was Son (14 in all comps). Kane, arguably the most clinical striker in the world, scored 30 league goals last season but we are well on the way to replacing those goals. Werner could help with that, even if he’s not as clinical as ideally we would like.

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rebrab said:

Really excited for what this can do to our pressing game. At the start of the season we saw Sonny and Maddison coming off on 60 to get rest (it’s one reason I feel sorry for Ange with the injuries, as he was really trying to not run players down) but we haven’t been able to recently.

It’ll be amazing if we can play a really strong XI, have them run their heart out for 60, then switch out for adequate replacements. For example, for the first 60:

Vic, Porro, Romero, VDV, Udogie, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Johnson, Son, Kulu

Final 30 you can bring on Werner, Richi, Solomon, Lo Celso, Bissouma, Hoj, Skipp, Emerson, Davies, Dragusin etc to keep that pressing going without a significant drop in quality.

If we get these deals done, it’s amazing how quickly we have gone from being unhappy with almost every position last summer to having a really quite complete squad - largely because Ange is getting a tune out of players.

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only1waddle said:

Tarnished his Chelsea legacy according to that welly boot Rory Jennings..

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bomberH said:

He also said ‘he doesn’t even miss chances, he misses sitter after sitter’. He basically laid into him. Some legacy…..

Actually this is great because now he has Jenning’s seal of disapproval, I genuinely think he’ll be a big success for us.

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bomberH said:

He also said ‘he doesn’t even miss chances, he misses sitter after sitter’. He basically laid into him. Some legacy…..

Actually this is great because now he has Jenning’s seal of disapproval, I genuinely think he’ll be a big success for us.

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Trix said:

Do you know what concerns Chelsea fans more than anything else? Another Salah/De Bruyne moment. No that I'm saying Werner is close to either of those, I mean they are concerned Ange gets the best out of him and he becomes much more of a player than the one they had which again makes them look stupid.

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Nine while nine said:

If Chelsea fans were worried about looking stupid, then they wouldn't have become Chelsea fans.

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Styopa said:

That’s why Werner on loan is probably worth a go imo. We don’t even need him to come in and score the equivalent of 20 goals a season, even if he can come in and score the equivalent of 10 that would be huge as long as we continue to spread goals across the team.

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Trix said:

Do you know what concerns Chelsea fans more than anything else about this? Another Salah/De Bruyne moment. Not that I'm saying Werner is close to either of those, I mean they are concerned Ange gets the best out of him and he becomes much more of a player than the one they had which again makes the club look stupid.

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the yid said:

Thought it was said he's flying to London today

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Tucker said:

Wild prediction time! Werner will score more goals than Gabriel Jesus between now and the end of the season.

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$hoguN said:

Name me these clinical PL strikers though even at that price.

Haaland & Kane. Net contribution from someone like Toney or Watkins is arguably less. Beyond that you are looking at the likes of Son and Salah who are wide forward freaks really.

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brasil_spur said:

Yeh great point. There’s literally no-one out there that isn’t a gamble. I’m not convinced Toney is clinical and that’s £100m to get him in Jan.

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