Kevin de Bruyne

[Jase 43,479]

Apparently, De Bruyne has been dubbed 'Prince Harry' at Cobham.

[didierforever 7,349]

sending him for a loan would be one of the stupidest thing we could do.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He did well yesterday, his movement was good, but he was maybe trying too hard. Unlucky not to score on more than one occasion.

[Hamilton 2,120]

Nice to hear he had a good game, hope to see some footage of it in the next days, i'm on vacation, so not really have the time to search..

[Spike 12,049]

Nice to hear he had a good game, hope to see some footage of it in the next days, i'm on vacation, so not really have the time to search..

Go to the download section of this site. The whole match is about .5 GIG but that isn't too much.

Here you go, chief:

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/14052-downloads-seattle-sounders-v-chelsea/page__pid__462394#entry462394

[Hamilton 2,120]

Thanks mate, but will wait untill i'm home to download it. Using internet server from Holland now, so it would cost me a lot i guess to download 5 gig..

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

Nice to hear he had a good game, hope to see some footage of it in the next days, i'm on vacation, so not really have the time to search..

Kevin came on for the 2nd half but 1st half worth watching too as Lukaku scored and Hazard scored his first goal in chelsea colours :blue scalf: i was pleasantly surprised by how sharp they looked considering it was the first game of the pre-season tour.

[Justin_3d 1,140]

Don't think he was that good.

Not good enough in the Wing position, and taking spot in the CM which we are good with Lampard and Meireles till one gets sold, and not to mention the incoming Oscar.

So just from this game I think he merits a loan, but lets wait and see how the rest of the pre season goes.

[Waterfall 893]

I actually think it makes sense to loan him out. Unlike other young players, he actually has a mature game. He will get his playing time

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

He played better than I expected him to yesterday. For a young player, he looked very experienced, and he didn't look as "heavy" as I had thought him to be. It's probably not a bad idea to keep him around for the season OR to send him on loan. He'll probably get some minutes if he stuck around, but like Waterfall said, he should also do well if he went on loan. Maybe we should keep Benayoun for this season and send de Bruyne on loan.

[Ramires7 32]

i dont know... but he reminds me of robben a little bit... hope we keep him and give him plenty of minutes

KTBFFH

[royg 96]

Is it only me that thinks he is a better fit for a CM rather than a wide player? He is very calm with the ball and moves very well in the middle. I dont think he is pacey enough to be a wide player.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Is it only me that thinks he is a better fit for a CM rather than a wide player? He is very calm with the ball and moves very well in the middle. I dont think he is pacey enough to be a wide player.

Even when he was deployed wide before kakuta came in, he was naturally drifting to the center.

[SykikJV 146]

Is it only me that thinks he is a better fit for a CM rather than a wide player? He is very calm with the ball and moves very well in the middle. I dont think he is pacey enough to be a wide player.

Like I said in the match-topic :

I can see him evolving to that position as well. I'm a Genk-fan (his previous club). He played out wide most of the time with Genk because there's wasn't a real alternative on the left side and he came into the squad in that position.

Last season he ended the season in the central midfield role and really started to excel. Played like a deep-lying playmaker but also was decisive on the other end of the pitch. Journalists described him as being a level or 3 higher than the rest of players in the Belgian league at that moment. His passing and vision in that position is really good.

Although you shouldn't underestimate his pace, it's good enough to go past his opponent. But yes, he should evolve into a central midfielder as that's his best position.

[Jype 6,398]

Is it only me that thinks he is a better fit for a CM rather than a wide player? He is very calm with the ball and moves very well in the middle. I dont think he is pacey enough to be a wide player.

I agree he's better in the middle but that doesn't mean he couldn't do a job out wide too and I don't see his pace as a problem. Primarily he should be used as a CM to get the best out of his passing abilities and vision as well as that mean shot of his. Granted his shooting was way off against Seattle but usually it's better and I think he was just under a lot of pressure to impress RDM with some wondergoal when he saw all the other new players and Lukaku scoring in the first half.

Hopefully he gets more chances during pre-season and if Di Matteo thinks he's not ready to take a place in the squad then a loan it is, and I'm sure De Bruyne himself would have no problem with that as long as the club he would go to actually used him and not just sit on the bench which he could do at Chelsea too.

[Muzchap 8,966]

To be honest - I actually don't rate him all that much... Yeah he has potential, but he seemed nervous and awkward...

Whereas, Hazard + Marin literally hit the ground running... I guess for me that's the sign of an 'established' player vs 'potential' player - an established guy gets on with the job, whilst the 'potential' needs time to settle...

I admit KDB impressed me more than Kakuta (who looked absolutely shite! - why did we sign him )

[Jype 6,398]

I admit KDB impressed me more than Kakuta (who looked absolutely shite! - why did we sign him )

Perhaps a little off-topic discussing this in De Bruyne's thread, but here goes anyway. Kakuta was signed when he was 16 and he had massive potential at the time, definitely one of the hottest prospects in world football. Sadly for us not all of these signings work out the way we want them and Kakuta's development has stalled, reasons for which Chelsea are partly responsible and then some unexpected twists and turns. Our club has mistreated him with limiting his playing time to only reserve and youth games for too long and then we have sent him on pointless loans a bunch of times now. He has also suffered some injuries which have affected his development as a player. Obviously the potential is still there to be found and many people forget he's only 21 years old because he has been hyped to become a world beater since around 2006 and the expectations have always been huge, but something needs to happen and fast.

It's decision-making time now regarding Kakuta. Either we place our trust in him and try to help his development any way we can by at least giving him a proper chance to prove his worth or we cut our losses now and sell him to some second-rate club where he could end up playing for the rest of his career or alternatively he could thrive with being given a chance to play every week and become the player he has always been expected to become. I just hope we'll make a choice we don't end up regretting later on...

[Drogzola 283]

If you watch he actually tracked back a lot and is really solid on the ball. I like what I saw. He also looked hungry for the ball, which is what a large amount of players in our squad lacked during the League games. I was refreshing if you ask me.