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This was a brilliant performance from a really talented group of players. Each one of them is top class, Piazon, Feruz, Ake, Chalobah the real stand outs at the moment. Most of this team will be playing next seasons youth cup too. I cannot see these boys not scoring at Blackburn so the cup is practically in our hands already. I really hope whatever is being planned with regards to the NextGen comp and the U21's league is enough to bridge the gap to first team because i would hate to see this group being wasted like we are doing at the moment with the likes of Connor Clifford, Billy Clifford, Aziz Deen Conteh ect....

No problem guys. Davey had another excellent game. Really stepped up well into this youth team squad. Have been very impressed with him.

No idea if we got anything for Prosenik.... Injuries ruined his progress with us and he never really got going, with him struggling to get games it was best to let him move on.

There is only one type of football and that is winning football. Roberto is clever enough to have seen how we have dealt with Barca in the past and will use that to take into this game. Barca are not looking forward to playing us.

Lol, same as me. I won't enjoy tonights game unless we go a few goals up. These games against Barca are never enjoyable affairs. The thing that is going to drive me mad is the Barca play acting. We really need to not get involved and not give the ref an excuse to send a player off.

Actually he is very dangerous running at defenders with the ball at his feet. The goal on Friday against United showed that, and the goal he scored in the first leg also. Feruz is a fantastically talented player, a real dynamo. Unlike most of the centre forwards we have seen at CFC youth recently (Neilson, Borini, Mitrovic, Prosenik) he is an all action player that benefits from football played on the deck, which the rest of the youth team are very very capable of doing just that.

Always have a bad feeling when we play Barca, SOMETHING is bound to happen and not in a good way and it pretty much always goes against us. We are already written off so there is not that much pressure on us and it could work in our favour. We have tended to play Barca very well and they have been tight matches but we are different animal this season so i am not sure how this is going to play out.

To be honest i would not be gutted if we miss out on the CL spot. It would be a shame. But the main reason the club look to the CL is from a financial aspect. It would not be the worst thing in the world to take a season out the CL, use the UEFA cup to try new things, young players ect. and built a new team that we are crying out to do and focus on the league for next season.

I think Roberto is doing a great job, and the results and the belief in the team show that. I don't think the performances have been great on the whole, but i think we are (and have been all season and last) hindered by an inbalanced squad. The fact that Roberto is having to play Kalou (who is a decent squad player but not ideally who you would have starting) and Ramires (out of position) on the wings shows that imbalance. Imagine if we had 2 top class wide players with this team, we would be playing some great football i am sure. We have no idea who Chelsea have lined up to take over, but i think Roberto has given a strong case.

I am sure clubs like Barca are interested as he is a talent. it is down to Chelsea to convince him that here is the best place for him.

He is currently injured. had he been fit he would have played in the FA youth cup. Very good player and i am sure we will see lots of him next season. If you look at any of the highlights from early season U18's games you will see him very much involved.

Piazon is adapting well since his move and he is improving with every game. He will need another season at CFC to really settle in and be comfortable, maybe a first team appearance here and there (although unlikely) and then the season after will go out on loan. There will be a new set up for reserve football next season (although the details are yet to be announced) so hopefully he will benefit from that.

For me we have a first class striker. We have to concentrate on getting the best out him next season. The service to the forward at the moment is frankly f**king s**t. Pele couldn't score in this Chelsea team at the moment. It is too easy to look at the fact Torres is not scoring and say we should get rid, but we should be looking deeper at the problem because Torres is not the problem with this team at the moment.

Just brilliant. The first half was a poor display, being out played and out fought, caught out time and again by the long diagonal balls and percentage balls. Second half was was just something else, they got their game together, fought hard and got what they deserved. Was so frustrated at half time at the prospect of this great team going out after a performance like the first half. The whole team was great in the second half, no stand outs from this game, although Feruz continues to look something very very special indeed. Amazing.

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Yes 100% right. Although it does not have to be the Championship, even starting off in league 2 or lower would be good and then working up.

It's not the coaching at that level that is the problem, it is the football set up in this country. If we had something real in place for 18 to 22 year olds to develop properly we would be developing some seriously quality players. As it stands we have proper talent like Connor Clifford, Jacob Mellis, Billy Clifford ect.. just sitting around kicking their heels playing poor standard reserves football. Until something changes we are going to continue to struggle to develop our own for first team. Of course it doesnt help that we do not even give them a chance.

The amazing thing is that such a large number of players are still eligable for next seasons competition, a year stronger and better: Nathan Ake Nathaniel Chalobah Adam Nditi Lewis Baker John Swift Anjur Osmanovic Ruben Loftus-Cheek Islam Feruz Not to mention all the players who will step up for next season, all quality players. The FA Youth Cup has become a very good competition for us.

Why is it perceived to be a risk to play youngsters? It was not really a risk to play Romeu, but because he came from Barca he is perceived to be ready, when in reality Bertrand has far more experience than him in a league of better quality to that of the league Bara B play in. You cannot subtly immerse players into a team without playing them, we just do not give players a chance, AT ALL. Just look at Gokhan Tore now, Jacapo Sala is playing now too and scoring against Bayern Munich, Miroslav Stoch also doing very well (and this is a player who shined when he did get a chance) but still deemed not good enough. All 3 wingers but were perceived to not be good enough to get ahead of the likes of our top performing stars like Florent Malouda and Saloman Kalou.

The way Webb was waiting for the Man Utd players reactions before giving fouls sometimes yesterday was quite shocking. He could not wait to blow for a pen, the first one was as soft as you like and the second was just plain ridiculous.

Given the current state of our squad and the mentality of what we are seeing from a lot of the players i think it is more important who we let go than who we bring in. We HAVE to let go of the past now, and seriously look to the future. But more importantly we need to buy the right TYPE of players who are going to fit the system that we want to play. I am not going to speculate on who should leave and who should come in, but if we don't make radical changes this summer then things are going to become even harder for us.

Sam is a very good keeper, as is Jamal Blackman. Hope he can develop right, finding the best loans for keepers is incredibly hard though.

Well it was said he is going straight into the reserves. With Prosenik out of the club now and Mitrovic struggling to regain form it will be interesting to see how he does. He certainly seems to have an eye for goal, much like a certain Fabio Borini.

Excellent news that Piazon has gone with the squad to Swansea. Strange that Lalkovic wasn't considered. Hope Piazon gets a chance to get on the pitch,

LOL, now THAT i would like to see.