Andreas Christensen

[stroey 2,525]

We should do a Courtois with him.

[Stats 7,140]

Up against none other than Lewandowski today :ph34r2:

Great learning curve for him.

[Soofi 32]

Andreas Christensen v Bayern in the 1st half

1/1 tackles won

3 interceptions

3 clearances

1 block

4/5 aerial duels won

[DYC. 7,542]

Christensen vs Bayern (part of a 5 man defence today)

4 Tackles

5 Interceptions

7 Clearances

3 Blocked Shots

0 Fouls (!)

8 Aerial Duels Won

49 Touches

Passing Accuracy 70%

WhoScored's MOTM with a 8.34 rating.

Loving the experience he's gaining there. He's been a big succes thusfar. The game was tense but he kept his cool.

[Stats 7,140]

As well as what people have posted, just been seeing the twitter commnets and he has been getting rave reviews after his performance today. Went on the Bayern forum and seeing people saying how ineffective Lewa was today. Just shows how much progress he is making. Part of the first team this season to beat Bayern in all competitions. Fantastic!

[scargo 75]

Christensen absolutely balling vs Bayern - but we'll spend £45m on Stones.

[-Kaplan- 410]

Anyone remember Kalas vs Liverpool ?

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

Is bulking up that easy ? Asking for a friend.

But seriously, Mourinho already said it a couple of times that Christensen has to put a muscle. Eddie Newton, who is head of Chelsea loanees department, says that they are talking to every player out on loan what they have to improve and to Christensen he's saying the same thing as Jose I imagine. Well, Andreas has that need of becoming stronger reminded every couple of weeks probably. I just don't know if that is so easy if someone doesn't have natural predispositions for it.

Working out for 4 years I can safely say it depends on a couple of factors. Most importantly your genetics (testosterone levels, bone structure), age, your metabolism, your nutrition, your height and how active you are in general etc. As a professional footballer u spent 4 hours per day running around so you have to compensate this by eating a lot to get in caloric surplus which is required to build muscle. However, footballers have professional nutrition specialists and personal trainers around them so at this point it is only a matter of genetics and disciplin to eat tons of lean meat, rice, oatmeal etc.

People like Kompany are naturally athletic and probably started off at a lean 80kg @ 193cm so that was a good basis. It is perfectly plausible that he put on 20kg of lean mass within a few years with the genetics and training environment he got. Guys like Schürrle however have rather inferior genetics + so he obviously did struggle to keep up eating his metabolism out.

Christensen is a similar case,naturally narrow bone structe, low to average levels of testosterone, fast metabolism, tall, lean stature (this body type is called ectomorph btw). For these guys it is especially hard to add brawn, however it is possible, even when your genetic predicament is below average. People like Bale or Ronaldo were boney AF in the early stages of their careers but managed to bulk up a bit. But to outsmart and outwork your genetics you have to eat and sleep enough and regularly, no late partying, no alcohol etc, in short dedicate your whole life to the cause. Many people, even professional footballers fail to do so. Though, if Christensen has the attitude to become world class he will have no problems gaining 10kgs.

ON the other hand for e.g. a student with much time at his hands, it is easy to gain a decent amount of muslce within a short period of time. Naturally, I am very tall and lean too, pretty much like Christensen and Schürrle. I could eat 4000 kcals a day without gaining a gram starting off at about 60kg and 190cm. In 4 years ( I only trained like 2 years effectively because of job/uni) I put on 30kg of lean muscle without gaining a gram of fat because I managed to exactly figure out how much of what to eat and how to train to be on the brink of caloric surplus. Even in my first year, when I did football, American football, Rugby, MMA, Tennis and table tennis simultaneously besides my daily workouts, I managed to gain almost 10kgs of so called newbie gains. When you start training your muscle fibres merge, get thicker and store more water to adjust to the new stimulus even when your nutrition etc is not attuned yet but after that you have to work really hard cos that effect gradually vanishes. So if christensen or your buddy had not had their newbie gains yet, yeah then it is easy to bulk up a bit but if you want to get really big and strong it requires immense dedication unless you hit the genetic jackpot. Most of us (99%) cannot get as buff as professional bodybuilders, wrestlers or even guys like Kompany just because of our genetics. Actually for most guys it is impossible to be both, big and ripped at the same time without use of steroids, which I strongly condemn. The average natural limit is about your height minus 100 @ 6-8% BF. So it is important to set your goals adequately to not get frustrated or over ambitious which will bring the danger of injuring yourself.

Sorry for this lengthy answer but I am really passionate about this topic. If you or anyone else got further questions, I am glad to answer in the physical&mental health thread or by PM.

[killer1257 3,282]

I do not think that Christensen needs Kompany size,but a little bit more muscle would not do him any harm.Training for at least one year will improve him immensely.If he gets similar size to Pepe or Ramos,he will have enough muscle.80 kg should be the minimum weight to reach for him in order to be a srong CB,but I am sure he can easily reach that if Chelsea has some good nutritionists etc.

[Tomo 21,751]

Kalas should be in our stuad already and then soon we'll have Christensen... imagine Cahill, Kalas, Zouma and Christensen as our 4 CBs. Holy shit that would be amazing.

Stones, Zouma, Cahill and Christensen.

Kalas isn't good enough.

[The Skipper 20,609]

If we can buy Stones we should definitely be looking there. I would say then keep JT for another and let Christensen develop further, then bring him back and have a CB quartet of the above (in Tomo's post). That'd be excellent.

[lucio 5,418]

kalas is awesome, nothing wrong with him, just hasn't had as much luck as others.

[Tomo 21,751]

kalas is awesome, nothing wrong with him, just hasn't had as much luck as others.

What luck would that be? Sent to Koln, didn't get a game, sent to Boro, pushed out to fullback because Karanka preffered the other CBS.

He's no where near Chelsea standard.

[Tomo 21,751]

To be fair, we only ever gave Kalas a chance vs Liverpool and he did just fine.

Too little sample size, Schwarzer looked great in that game too.

[lucio 5,418]

What luck would that be? Sent to Koln, didn't get a game, sent to Boro, pushed out to fullback because Karanka preffered the other CBS.

He's no where near Chelsea standard.

Breaking his leg before the season , the clubs moronic decision to send him to koln