The Skipper

And so is Chelsea's. Roman has invested a lot into the youth academy since he's come here - difference is though it's a 100 times easier to break through to the Anderlecht first team than Chelsea's (or any top European club), which in turn obviously means talents get a larger scale of opportunity there. Doesn't necessarily mean their youth academy is better than ours. Players like McEachran and Chalobah would easily start for Anderlecht by now (no disrespect).

No Phil, you cannot use one isolated game to prove your point sorry. Had it been 4/5/6 consecutive games that Mikel didn't make the bench then you'd have a point. But until then...

No, Lampard is not playing very well, that's a ridiculous thing to say. He's been okay this season given he is still adapting his game to a more deeper player but to say he's played "very well" is astonishing. As I said he's been okay and has done well for the team but he's had to sacrifice his main game thus he's obviously not playing to his full ability. Lampard has in general been average this season and so has Mikel (before you bring him in). Ramires has been our stand out player in the pivot by far and he's the only player out of those three that you could say has played "very well".

I seriously don't know how you can come to such conclusions over a span of 2 and a half games. I've seen you've reverted back to your "Jose doesn't rate Mikel" argument but where were you when he was being played two and a half games ago? You really need to relax with your obsession over Mikel.

Not too worried about his injury because I do believe Bertrand can fill in easily.

I remember being blasted on here when I suggested one of the main thing Eden needs to work on to be a more complete player is to develop his finishing a bit more? I still maintain that that's true. If he could do so he'd be so much more dangerous.

Yeah that's true, so he'd have to be around England for 3 more years. It's a possibility if England could sway him (doubt it though, I think he'll end up at Belgium).

If he stays for a bit longer he'll be eligible for one though. England are trying to nick him.

Spot on Chou.

Imagine Luiz did what Vidic just done.

Sturridge has improved at Liverpool for sure, but there have been a few people on here like myself and didierforever that saw that he was a special player when he was here. People always tend to forget that he was one of our best players under AVB which is a real shame. Sturridge was never given a fair chance here so of course he wasn't able to show it on a regular basis but there were quite a few people on here who said Sturridge does have the potential to be a world class striker if he was just given a chance and it looks like he's well on his way to be that.

Drogba in most big games.

Ask mr. Mourinho. Obviously there is a difference between playing at CFC and playing at EFC - but that's not my point. Here, if Lukaku has a bad game there are players like Torres, Eto'o and Ba waiting in the wings whilst at Everton it's obviously different. My point is that Lukaku needs to improve other aspects of his game so even if he doesn't score in a game he'll still bring lots more to the team. He wouldn't get that here at Chelsea simply because we have other players waiting in the wings and he still has to develop his game.

What a goal he scored.

I'm pretty sure Lukaku will get his chance next season if he plays well over the season at Everton (which I'm pretty sure he will). Everyone knows he scores goals, that's not in dispute - it's his general play that needs to improve and he won't get the opportunity to do that here at CFC. There's no rush with this kid, he's only 20 and still has his whole career ahead of him. I rather him develop his overall game at Everton and gain more valuable experience by playing all the time so he'll be even more ready to take that number 1 CF spot.

He's being supplied by the likes of Barkley, Mirallas, Deulofeu, McCarthy etc. all very decent players, stop being so dramatic. It's not the proving of his goal scoring ability that he's going out on loan to Everton for. Everyone knows Lukaku scores goals, no one is disputing that, he's a naturally born goal scorer, everyone knows that. It's his general play that Lukaku has to improve, he needs to become a more complete striker, and you can't do that by getting minutes here and there at CFC, so retrospectively the Everton loan move is brilliant for his (and ours) future.

I don't think anyone is saying Lukaku isn't good enough. What people who agree with the loan move are saying (i.e. me) is that it's better for his development to play at a top 6 club that'll give him 90 minutes every game.

So funny.

This kid is going to be a monster for us, very very soon.

no idea why you think you know it all. One piece of advice - be open to other opinions instead of insulting people's opinion all the time. You're too close minded. On the ignore list.

That's rubbish. Just because RW is an unorthodox PG doesn't mean he's a bad one. Yeah, he's not like your traditional PG but to say he's rubbish compared to someone like D. Rose is so far fetched. Similarly, yeah, I could understand people who say Ozil is slightly better but to say Mata is not in Ozil's league is ridiculous, and to say Mata isn't a good passer or creative just because the number of assists he gets clouds that is also ridiculous. Mata is one of the most creative no. 10's in the world. It's ridiculous to suggest otherwise IMO.

Lol, don't be so melodramatic. No one had said that Schurrle is better than Hazard; all everyone is saying is that Schurrle is in better form than the Belgian hence why he deserves a start.

Brilliant Barbara.

I really like him as a striker and think he just needs a change of scenery.

One of the best CBs in the world no question. Definitely top 10, even top 5 for me. Thiago Silva - Luiz is the best CB partnership in the world. Brazil are very lucky.