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Lalkovic is hinting at a (loan) move on his twitteraccount so that could explain why he didn't travel with the squad.

It's actually also on the official website http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2590790,00.html

I know you weren't but Mikel is our back-up holding midfielder. I think it's necessary to have a back-up for Romeu on the bench, even if you don't use him. I'd rather replace Malouda with Piazon (but seen your recently opened topic, you'll probably disagree). They play in more similar positions.

Completely different players.. And he isn't good enough to be on the bench. He still has to adapt to England and isn't even the best Reserve player..

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And now he has just scored two goals at Reserve level while still being 16-year old. From what I have read the second goal is a beautiful one. Great prospect.

No surprise we didn't win.. We started with 10 men!

That quote was from somewhere else. I didn't really count all his touches

"McEachran played about 25 minutes, made 29 touches with 96% passing accuracy & 2 dribbles won" I saw him play and it was interesting to see that he played further forward than at Chelsea. He played right behind the striker, but did quite well. Because of his position he didn't got the ball as much as he normally would. He didn't put a foot wrong and it was a decent performance.

I really think Vitesse can compete for European football and with a bit of luck for the title. They have a good, young team, defensively very strong (with Kalas as a regular) and they bought Reis a couple of weeks ago. Reis is incredibly talented but had a lot of trouble off the pitch. If he really focusses on football, he could become a big player. They have a good defence and with Reis en Bony very dangerous attackers. I certainly wouldn't call it the black hole and I think this is a very good loan voor Van Aanholt. Hope he can develop like Bruma and Kalas.

Tore is a better dribbler and imo a better 'footballer' than Lalkovic. I was always really impressed by him and was quite shocked when I heard he was sold to HSV.

The club did really make a mistake with letting Töre go. He is/was an amazing prospect and the type of winger we need right now...

Spy confirms that Pappoe has re-injured his problematic knee. Not good news.

How do you rate Nditi? I have never been really impressed by him. I don't understand why he keeps starting in the left back position.. Is it because of a lack of left back options?

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He actually said he didn't want to return this summer because it would be useless and bad for his development if he went back to playing games at reserve level. He indeed said the same thing a couple months ago. It would be stupid to call him back this summer. He is making excellent progress in Hamburg and when his loan spell ends, he has two years of Bundesliga experience.

Apparently he gave two assists in today's Reserve game, lost 3-2. He needs to go out on loan again. Maybe this time to a Championship club, but he needs to start playing games weekly. He is obviously too good for Reserve level.

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And because he is 19 and performing very well at HSV. He shouldn't return this january or maybe not even this summer, but when his loan ends he could be a top class defender. Who fits Villas-Boas' playing style as well.

And we haven't even seen Ruben Loftus-Cheek who is also exceptionally talented. Very talented team and good scouting with Ake, Piazon and Feruz so far.

Why isn't that other swedish boy playing anymore. His name was somehting with an O (osmanovic, I think). He impressed me in his first games, but hasn't played in a while. Is he injured ?

Last year Real Madrid was their first good run in de CL in 7 years. Before last year, they only managed to get to the last 16. But even in that period Real Madrid easily made it to the top 2 and didn't have too much trouble with the teams in de Primera Division. Before Mourinho came, Real Madrid wasn't as good as they are now and they performed bad in the Champions League. So even when they weren't really good, they still managed to get in the top 2 without real trouble.

Ronaldo scored around 15 goals in his last season? Anelka even scored more and he became topscorer of Epl. So I wouldn't say he scored freely. I have also watched several weaker teams of the Primera Division and the oppostition's attackers have a lot more space. The defenders in Primera Division are more naive and, yes, more technical. But where phsycality combined with a good tactic can stop the best teams in the league. Technique obviousbly doesn't. When you have a more technical approach of defending, you will always lose to a squad with better players. Hercules won at Camp Nou last year, because they played with 10 defenders and scored from counters. In Spain there are hardly any suprising wins, because the best team always wins.

Barcelona started producing stars from their own academy and so should English clubs. I don't disagree though. The Primera Division has only two good teams and in this period those are the best in the world. The rest is just bad (except for Valencia). The reason why the Primera Division is because players from Real Madrid and Barcelona can excel easy because the opposition's defense is just crap. Ronaldo performed great for one season, but the following season, English defenders knew how to stop him and he was a lot less dangerous. Then he made the move to Real Madrid and he could easily excel there and after two years they still haven't found a way to stop him. In the Primera Division they give Ronaldo a lot of space and players like Özil exploit these spaces brilliantly. Real Madrid and Barcelona are getting loads of money from TV rights and the gap between them and the rest is getting bigger and bigger. The EPL ís very competitive and right now we have 6 teams battling for the top 4 spots. It is the biggest competition and in my opinion also the best. With the new EPPP, English clubs will be able to produce wordclass players in the next decades.

http://www.chelseafc...2544256,00.html This would be delightful news! I always thought that he would go after two years and Barcelona could just buy Romeu for an agreed transfer fee. But this means that he'll probably stay with us, because I can't imagine that we sell him.