01 Apr 2015 21:42:13
sorry for being cynical but this optimism regarding our youth players bemuses me honestly no offense but some of you are deluded! it will be a while if ever before we ever see RLC in the team regul;arly (bench doesn't count) forget any others they'll be gone soon enough replaced by the latest ';wonderkid' and i'm willing to bet my mortgage on it
01 Apr 2015 22:34:48
Sadly the Man is right, we are all getting carried away me included. You see what we want is possible not just probable would I love our back up players to be our younger players? of course I would, would that make us dominate like we all would? Honestly I think not. See there is always something missing and in the game today it's about winning, that's all that matters, so I say whatever gets us closer to that might not always be pretty, but it's what everyone plays for.
01 Apr 2015 22:44:06
Mate football is a business at the end of the day, everyone at the club gets paid handsomely & they want to dominate European football why do you think mourinho came back? He gets to build he's own team that can win titles. what is it you have to complain about? If RLC & all the other youngsters deliver during pre season they will get their chances & if they need experienced regular football to be at the level we need them to be then they go on loan until they are good enough, if not the club gets a nice profit on each of them to fund towards " wonderkids " like zouma who is young & plays because he's at that level already, have faith mate
01 Apr 2015 22:56:04
zouma had already developed into a beast before we bought him for 12 million hardly a homegrown academy product likr RLC ake or the others
01 Apr 2015 23:16:44
No mate he was nowhere near as good as he is now after the games went on with the first team he got better & better & just played for the national team so it just proves players he's age have the be worthy of being in a league winning side & he's raised the bar for all the others to do the same, you've got no faith in the club
02 Apr 2015 00:53:57
I agree Bluekaz! Good post, you're not being negative, only stating your thoughts which sadly. Is the truth.
When I saw us linked to Imbula last year, I was like what the heck? Why can't Chalobah or Ake take that spot? I know there's a difference in quality, but for 5th choice midfeilder , why not?
Take a look at Bayern. This may be a poor comparison due to the gulf in class between teams in Germany, but Pep started both Giordino and Hojberg (who I really really like) against man city in the champions league. i'm not asking for that, but 90 minutes from RLC and others like Ake in a dead rubber is absolutely neccesary, and giving RLC 10 minutes on 'academy day' is him not trusting him.
It needs to change. Doug costa no, Traore, Piazon ect, yes!
02 Apr 2015 08:39:23
While I'd love to see youngsters come through, if it was a straight choice between youngsters and trophies (the 2 are IMO not mutually exclusive though) then I'd go for trophies every time.
02 Apr 2015 17:15:50
but that's the thing honestly with our squad + a cb to replace terry+ maybe an am if oscar doesn't become more consistent( saying that he did play well for brazil the other day) we should be good enough (albeit with a bit more positivity in how we play sometimes) to win trophies constantly
02 Apr 2015 19:56:53
You need to remember that all the big teams in Europe strengthen every year so we need to keep up with the pace of having a team that is capable of challenging for titles & cups every year, i'm excited by he future of Chelsea just my opinion