Fernando

And there in lies also the confidence of the manager. A secured manager like SAF, and Owen Coyle to a certain extent they can take gamble with this. I don't think Carlo never felt safe to take that gamble...in the end he was right. It might be the same with AVB..... But I did noticed that AVB was giving more chances at the beginning of the season....and back then we where in better form then we are right now.

Another example is SAF youth. They started with fire and now a mere reflection of it's former self. The state of mind from United squad at the beginning was great. Very organized, good in spirit. Today it's a lacking desire, and then that in turns has a negative effect on the younger players. Look at how Phil Jones performance has drop drastically. And at the same time take a look at a player like Nani, who was also in good form, and has dip greatly. So from what i can see, is that when your team is in a bad moment that bad moment might not be ideal for a young player.....

And then we go back to the Owen Coyle example. He is a good manager, good with youth, but what happen with Kakuta? More of a downfall of the team, then the player itself and the manager. Right now the best team to foster a youth spirit, is at a team like Swansea. Reminds of Own Coyle team of 2 season ago.

Well the only way to answer this sort of question, is to go back to a similar scenario last year when where in some sort of same predicament with Carlo. Qualified for the next CL stage, and instead of playing nothing but younger players we played the majority of the older core team. Why was this done? Well I think for the same reason it was done today.....

My friend is all about the team state of mind. I am not sure if I can put that in better word, but I will simply give some examples and illustration. Take example Bolton Owen Coyle. The last two seasons he had two loan players, one was Wilshere, and the next one was Sturridge. During that time these two kids excell, but when they excell how was the team doing? They where up on the rise, very organized, and good spirit. In this new season, when Kakuta got loaned to that same team, it was harder because the team was in shambles. They are fighting for a relegatin spot, and this type of environment is very hard for a youngster to take part. It is why as frustating a lot of people where with Carlo, by not putting too much preassure on the youngster it might have helped them. Right now Chelsea is also in a same situation. Going through a tough time, and i don't think it would be wise to put these youngs kids in the fire and risk the chance of hindering their growth for the coming years.

Sorry for the double post. I think there was some problem when i made my initial post.

I like Ramires. He is a very good player. He brings some of the dynamism we lost after Essien injurie. Chelsea can start building a nice core with Ramires, Romeu, Mata, Sturridge, David Luiz, and Torres for the new generation of 3 to 5 years range. It seems like the manager has this in mind. After that will be also great to see which youngster can get into the team in the coming seasons like Sturridge has done. Come on Chelsea!

Hi new guy here. Chelsea is playing bad, but winning, it's a start. Chelsea still need to change some of the player, and will be interesting to see who leaves this transfer and who we get. I hope the manager continues with the team, and continues to change the team in the summer.

I like Chelsea. I was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. I grew up in US, and i go back and forth from my home country of Ecuador to US. Over here in Ecuador people fallow more United because of Antonio Valencia, but I liked Chelsea before he join United, so I won't change my allegiance because of that. Anyways, Chelsea is going to some tough times right now, but will still support. Hopefully in a year or two, Chelsea can get back to the glory days. Fernando