Kevin de Bruyne

[yuvala 2,167]

I'm sorry but WHAT THE FUCK????????

HAHA what !?>

Please tell me its photoshopped.

[Stingray 9,441]

I'm sorry but WHAT THE FUCK????????

HAHA what !?>

Please tell me its photoshopped.

Loooooool! This might be real , they are best mates irl.

Bit gay, but i like that

[Bacika 188]

Mourinho lied again that he eill get playing time... Stop lying Jose :-) just sell him and save us from this all De bruyne paper talk...

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Mourinho lied again that he eill get playing time... Stop lying Jose :-) just sell him and save us from this all De bruyne paper talk...

In a few weeks he will be sold, patience.

[Stingray 9,441]

Mourinho lied again that he eill get playing time... Stop lying Jose :-) just sell him and save us from this all De bruyne paper talk...

In a few weeks he will be sold, patience.

Rejoice MourinhoKING. Team plays nowhere like kings though. Good thing there are immortals like you to guard us from mayhem.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Had high hopes for him, looked like a player that had developed incredibly well and was a really exciting prospect.

Very disappointing, I don't see him staying.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Probably the most talkative player thread on here that hasn't been played!

That alone says enough!

[yuvala 2,167]

got 10 min.. wow

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Another ten minutes! He's sure getting all those playing chances he was promised two weeks ago.

Also, that picture is absolutely real. Stephan Vanfleteren, a well know Belgian photographer made pics like these of all Belgian internationals. For some kind of good cause is my guess. =^p

[SykikJV 146]

got 10 min.. wow

How did he play?

[yuvala 2,167]

How did he play?

He did ok, but 10 mins.. I mean thats nothing

[Korea 734]

He played no bueno.....( Had a sort of good pass to Ba)

But than again, its 10 or so mins....

[JDY 1,290]

No doubt you'll have some people claiming 'he didn't take his chance'

[ja1 1,166]

Did fine in his 10 minute cameo. Hit a 60 yard pass to Hazard's chest and set up a chance for Ba.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Very harsh to give him a mere 10 minute cameo whilst we were playing in second gear, there was nothing he could have done really.

[blu35_army 551]

sell him at 15 mio and don't forget put the buy-back clause.........

[Barbara 15,149]

I agree with everything @TorontoChelsea said about pre-season. How can you evaluate a player's role in your plans when most of them are out of form and they don't recover at the same pace? It's all about fitness and getting to know (in a personal level) the new players (or in the case of a new manager all players). Mourinho, Terry, Lampard, Ancelotti, Pep, among others have said the same. Players who recover form quicker or who weren't that out of form for whatever reason tend to take advantage in pre-season against weak sides or european sides that have plenty of players out of form.

That said, I don't think the minutes he's getting now are fair. He's had problems in training earlier the season so it justified his lack of minutes, but right now he should be given more minutes if he's training well as Mourinho said he is. I do think he's wasted his chances with bad matches and bad attitude on training back in August and early September, but if the kid recovered from that he should be given a clean slate and have a fair chance now. Everyone is having them, except him and Bertrand (I don't count Kalas yet because he's in a completely different situation, transitioning from youth among other reasons). 10-15 minutes in a match we look uninterested and just waiting time to pass isn't a chance at all.

He'll probably start against Sunderland and as we played them just two weeks prior, Mourinho will be able to compare his performance with others. I know the lack of matches rhythm can compromise, but André Schurrle proved my old theory that once a player really wants to show he can have a spot in the team his determination, appetite and motivation overcomes his lack of rhythm because being rusty doesn't mean you forgot how to play football. So the proper mental side can make up for the physical aspect if the player shows he really wants it. At this point I'm not even sure Kev is that motivated to prove he can make it here. I guess his head is already in a move - definite based on his agent's words - and that could detract his performance. I don't blame him though. And it's a shame.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I think he would have gotten more minutes had we killed the game like we should have. He was unlucky again, this time because our attackers were missing chances for fun. Nonetheless, he did well in his 10 minutes and looked like he had a point to make.