🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ruben Loftus-Cheek

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

If Chelsea buy another central midfielder it's bye bye to RLC chances.

With Matic, Kante, Fabregas and that x-man we have 4 established players and too few games to play. And we must get top 4 next season.

I'd rather see another midfielder bought but I think it comes at the cost, unfortunately.

[Chelsea4 1,521]

RLC was much better tonight.

[the wes 7,212]

Loftus-Cheek could become a Chelsea striker, according to Conte

[the wes 7,212]

"Ruben, I see this player is young with great potential," Conte continued. "I like him a lot in the striker position. He has good technique, a good personality, he is good one v one, and it's normal that a young player can improve.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

 Would be pretty ironic if he ended up a striker after people, including me, argued about his best position in midfield.
b2b, #10, cdm; nope! Striker.

[the wes 7,212]

6 minutes ago, Blue_Fox_ said:

 Would be pretty ironic if he ended up a striker after people, including me, argued about his best position in midfield.
b2b, #10, cdm; nope! Striker.

He seems to be happy playing anywhere for conte

http://www.squawka.com/news/loftus-cheek-i-would-play-anywhere-for-antonio-conte/729220

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

3 minutes ago, the wes said:

He seems to be happy playing anywhere for conte

http://www.squawka.com/news/loftus-cheek-i-would-play-anywhere-for-antonio-conte/729220

And so he should be. He has everything to prove yet, if he wants to break into the team he has to do this and more.

[Blue Armour 4,439]

Criticized his performance in the first friendly, but this was more like it. Plenty of energy and it showed in the results this time. Hope he can maintain this level of focus going into the new season. 

[LondonsFinest 692]

Imagine if after all this time of thinking and debating how he should be played, we pop out and play a 4-2-4 with Eden, Willian, Costa and RLC, being the supposed 4. I'd cry of laughter if it works out. And joy, ofcourse.

[Styles 9,790]

Conte is a boss hahaha this is so crazy I hope it works.

[xPetrCechx 13,571]

If conte wants it... i'm ok with that.

[Peace. 4,352]

I never thought about it but it actually makes sense.

RLC is not sufficiently proactive and his technic is not good enough for him to be an attacking-minded midfielders ; he is too passive and does not seem to possess defensive capabilities of interest (i.e. in terms of technic and his tactical nous). In other words, he does not have any future as a midfielder at the highest level and in consequence turning him into a striker seems to be a good opportunity for him — and more importantly for us — to make it at Chelsea.

[DYC. 7,542]

Could work. I have already written off as a midfielder in Chelsea colours tbh. Lacks the tactical nous, which is crucial as you need it to make an impact on matches. And his technique and vision is nothing to write home about so there's nothing to lean on.

But as a striker his technique would be very solid. He also has a bit of pace in him and he has the body to use in physical duels. Question is whether he possesses the two essential attributes of a striker which is movement&timing (as they go hand in hand) and the killer instinct.

I like the experimenting from Conte. We have something in common. But you have to wonder how serious this is though. He's only playing there because options are currently thin. Guess we'll see.

[Unionjack 7,531]

I'm afraid I kinda agree with most thats written here.

I hope Conte can make him into a player that will benifit us but  I've not seen it in him yet. He never seems comfortable on the ball and never in control.

He looks akward,slow and as Ive said before like a gangly giraffe. 3 managers now haven't been able to break thru to him.

It would be perfect for us if he managed to turn things round, make him into a world class player. But I think the only way thats possible is by regular paying time. Maybe being on loan would do it. Maybe hes believing his own hype right now and feeling too comfortable and pampered?

Ruben Loftus-Cheek struggles to find his way as a Chelsea forward

 

http://theprideoflondon.com/2016/07/28/ruben-loftus-cheek-struggles-to-find-his-way-as-a-chelsea-forward/

[kellzfresh 7,229]

The RLC experiment so far

 

 

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

2 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

The RLC experiment so far

Was just coming in here to say the exact same thing...

my days, RLC has been invisible as ST. There's been No service, he hardly gets on the ball, and was generally just lost. 

You win some you lose some, but Conte has gotten this one horribly wrong so far. 

[LAM09 7,056]

Have no idea what Conte is trying to do/prove in our last few games. He's not a CF and never will be.

[Parky 739]

Was invisible as a forward. Definitely should be a Centre Mid in the mould of Ballack/Lampard surging late into the box.

 

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Here's the thing:

RLC has been marketed for about a year now as the prize jewel of our academy. He's in every single photo shoot, fans event, PR stunt...etc. He was 'chosen' to end the "since John Terry" line that everyone uses. 

The problem is, this was under Jose, and now he does not fit ANYWHERE in Conte's 4-4-2. THIS is exactly what I and many others mean when we talk about the importance of some sort of managerial stability for youth integration.

Now, for me, keeping him here while we insist on play this system, is only going to hurt him. A loan is needed for him, maybe even selling with a buy-back clause. But I know that that won't happen because the board has A LOT riding on his success here.

So instead, he's most likely going to stay here, get next to no minutes, get loaned out mid-season to some PL club who don't need him, before he starts being loaned out to championship clubs while his value rapidly falls until we sell him for next to nothing. 

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

This might seem like a kneejerk based on his performances as a striker this preseason but i've actually wanted to say this about RLC for a while now.

I just don't see anything special about him. I don't see what he brings to the team. He just doesn't seem to have any stand out qualities and his workrate is average at best.

Apart from being tall, strong for his age and having solid technique what exactly does he have that makes people think he's gonna make it here ? Being English ? Being from the academy ?