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The problem is there are no absolutes in this. Sometimes a player will shine given a chance. Kane at Millwall - not many watching him at Millwall would correlate that player with the player we see before us today... Raheem Sterling, has gone downhill faster than Eddie the Eagle (great film btw), it worked for him at Loserpool, but hasn't for City IMHO. I kinda do agree with Ray on this - sometimes, you just need to chuck the kids in and sink/swim - at least then they have been given an opportunity, which is all an Acadamy player wants - if they blow it, such is life, even our expensive signings have a propensity to blow it so there should be no shame there yeah Butch is cracking on in years now and it's easy to want things to be like they were in the old days, but 4-4-2 has pretty much gone now in favour of other more exotic forms of formation. But I still love teams that play with width and fast wingers - wish we would play like that?

I hope you are correct Sir, would be a nice way to finish the season

What else is new Cahil's asshole has been ripped so much, the poor lad just sinks when swimming now, luckily he can back off to the shallow end pretty quickly, years of practice and muscle memory ?

Sad but true...

We need a petition now - after this shit season, the club owes the fans a shirt like this!!!

Barely featured as he was sooooo outta shape we have 'gambled' so many times on strikers - would be nice to see one pay off ?

Zolayes might have ???

I would sell for that money, maybe 55 million - squeeze a few more quid...

Are you saying he's the new Hulk ????

Imagine if that would have been Costa.... Thats what I hate about Journo's! Is it because he's English he gets less hassle? Either way - kinda sad for the lad, but he has to learn to let his football do the talking...

Apologies - my time is limited on the forums, so maybe I have been unlucky and only seen your posts when you were annoyed I think you need to decouple Price vs Quality - not all highly priced players are good and not all lower priced players are shit - the cost of the player depends on many factors. In this specific case, Willian was a Spuds target, they had agreed a price and a deal and we swooped in and gazumped them at the last minute. I would have rated Willian as a £20 million player, but in order to secure him, we had to pay more than his market value. Therefore, IMHO it's unfair to level a 'he cost X he should deliver Y' allegation at him, as he has no control over the final sale price (which is true of many players, except maybe Bosman players) To address your other point - why is Willian playing (I agree with you here, wholeheartedly) - but Willian again has no control? The manager picks the team, if Willian refused to play - what kind of message is that? As fans we would be up in arms! So in summary - whilst you can be frustrated about the situation - I don't think you can blame Willian directly, as he has little influence in either factor? I do hope the kids get more of a chance now though

Yeah, but that's why people were so pissed at selling Cech. Bowing to player power is crazy - SAF didn't do it - ever - and look how successful his teams were. I hope this is just media bollox TBH.

I did try to edit it to say - major for him. But it went wrong so didn't bother. Representing your country at any Touranment is major to a player. By the time Mou left the season was already gone. This has clearly been his best season at Chelsea.

Wow - why so angry and bitter at every player? we knew the season was fucked very early on - this cannot be a surprise? And if anybody is due some slack it's this guy - who hasn't stopped all season the remaining games mean fuck all - major tournament coming up, why risk anything? I know footballers are portrayed as stupid - but this lad has brains. I would do exactly the same thing. chill and prepare for next season

He's doing an Adebayour - every time his contract starts to run out - scores ???

Ooh nice ties

Nothing wrong with that - I always support English teams in CL - even if it is funny to laugh at them now and again. I grew up watching Utd take on Europe - with Lee Sharpe et al. I detest Utd in the league, but when they are flying the English flag, I will back them. Whats that old saying an enemy of my enemy is my friend... Well that's exactly how I see it England is my country and I always want to see it do well on the World Stage - nothing wrong with that

Pains me to say it - but fair play to them i think they will win it - it seems to be their year

I hope Didier has the proof to nail them to the wall. I hope he does deals with all of the other papers to turn on them and jettison them into the shite rag they are. Pif the allegations are unfounded - I hope sponsors boycott them for being so irresponsible and donate the money to Didiers charity instead.

Outstanding!!! Well done JT

What Left Back in the dressing room Yeah - he has potential - but will he get the starts? Maybe Baba will join Dildo back in the German league?

Wooohoo - let's get this shebang on the road! Looking forward to a nice summer of signings and Euros - I hope we get the signings done early - don't want any Euro's premium added to transfer prices Everything wrapped up quickly would be ideal.

I remember seeing videos of him where it was claimed he was a better dribbler than Hazard? I certainly have not seen that from him. Hopefully he will build on this and come back stronger. I agree he was abysmal against Villa. But it's the story of our season, no consistent form from any player - except Willian

Yup - he does need more games for a true assessment - I think we're in agreement there I'm not sure who these 'mercenaries' are in the squad? Care to elaborate? I think that was also harsh, maybe it was taken out of context - as if you remember back then Jose said he needed X tall players as a reason for not dropping Ivanovic? Maybe that's where that comment came from? As a fan - RLC is a little frustrating - if you look at other players that have been given a chance, Kane, Ali etc - they seem to be visible for 90 mins, RLC doesn't, if he can fix that, we will have a genuine decent player on our books.

That's exactly my problem with him - he has the ability to be like Yaya (maybe not the finishing) but the runs with the ball, I can definitely see that. But he does go missing - which is a huge shame. Maybe it's just confidence? But he does need to impose himself on the game.