Sideshow Luiz 2,310 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I know he's touted as an attacking midfielder, and I definitely think he's got the right mentality for it. But, sometimes, it looks like his technique lets him down a bit. He seems (from the admittedly limited time I've seen him) to beat his player with his strength. If he could work on his fitness, I'd really like to see him as a box to box player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/11422956/ruben-loftus-cheek-slams-chelsea-for-lack-of-opportunities-given-to-young-playersAsked about his experience of life at Stamford Bridge, Loftus-Cheek said: "It's been so difficult to go from playing every game then get to the seniors and not be given a chance."It's really difficult mentally, there's only so long you just enjoy training with top players."From a year ago, I've improved so much from playing. A game situation is completely different."It's hard to compare the faith of Gareth Southgate and Roy Hodgson and my lack of chances at Chelsea because it's such a big club - managers are under pressure and maybe don't want to take a chance on a young player."I don't understand what's going on behind the scenes fully, but Chelsea's a massive club and I understand why chances don't come so often".Sent from my Mi A1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unionjack 7,531 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 6 hours ago, manpe said: "From a year ago, I've improved so much from playing. A game situation is completely different. I am really not sure if I've seen that big of a change mate. He still doesn't seem to have a very good footballing head as well as still looking awkward to me, I think what has slowed him down maybe could have been the loan (on top of the club over hyping and over paying him far too early) MAYBE IF we kept him on site training he would have fought harder to get better to play? And I dont think the England call up helped his ego. Hes now thinking well I#m a England player - I'm hood I am. Instead it makes us look at just what a sad choice of English CMs there are out there. Its a shame cause I wanted him to come on well from the loan as it would have helped us out allot. But I'm still open to using him IF Sarri thinks he might work. We shall see eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akgw13 867 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 I know opinions of RLC on here are split down the middle. My only hope is he comes back and fights hard for a spot, i don't want him complaining in the media about the club or opportunities. I think we let RLC/Barkley/Golovin fight it out for that 3rd mid spot next to Kante/Jorginho and the best man will win. If that is not RLC and he wants to leave in January or next summer, move him along (with a buy back clause, ONLY with a buyback clause) I want youth as much as the next guy, but we can't earmark a starting spot just because he is from the academy. I want him to prove he belongs the way Christensen did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Shit for England, again.. I just dont see the thing with this guy. Alabama and Muzchap 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulvhedin 526 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, NiclasCFC said: Shit for England, again.. I just dont see the thing with this guy. Have his moments in attack, but in defense he is so lazy, decided not to press KDB in second goal for Belgium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Well i really just dont see that much in him. He has his moments but no real identity as a player 11Drogba, Muzchap and Tomo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Wont fit here under Sarri I feel based on what I seen of him last season and also in the world cup, hes a counter attack player, good at carrying the ball into space but has no real end product and 9 times out of 10 takes the easy option. Think he must go on loan again to develop his game, he is still behind in terms of where he needs to be and if Barkley impresses Sarri I can't see RLC sitting around considering Jorginho and Kante are going to be absolutely nailed on to start every week leaving one slot in MF for either Cesc, Barkley or that Russian if a deal comes off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alabama 1,992 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Lol... talk Chelsea members will make you feel like this dude is the second coming of ballack... He won't displace Barkley and considering the fact that we are after Golovin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duppy Conqueror 1,536 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 5 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: Wont fit here under Sarri I feel based on what I seen of him last season and also in the world cup, hes a counter attack player, good at carrying the ball into space but has no real end product and 9 times out of 10 takes the easy option. Think he must go on loan again to develop his game, he is still behind in terms of where he needs to be and if Barkley impresses Sarri I can't see RLC sitting around considering Jorginho and Kante are going to be absolutely nailed on to start every week leaving one slot in MF for either Cesc, Barkley or that Russian if a deal comes off. I hope we only start Kante and Jorginho in Premier league and the FA cup games against PL teams. use Europa and Milk cup to develop young and fringe players.challenge as much as possible in the league and FA cup and try to win in other tournaments but at worst give them game time..might still not be enough starts for RLC tho. OneMoSalah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Sadly he isn't going to make it at Chelsea, just not good enough... The gulf between looking amazing at Under 21 level and playing full time is just too big. Definitely need a Chelsea B Team in the lower leagues, will help determine the better players immediately as boys vs boys is no test, boys vs men is where you learn about a player... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 This is going to be a tough one for the club and player. He shows glimpses of quality, making good runs and causing lots of problems to the opposition at times. He is powerful and has quick acceleration, which allows him to beat players in short distances. He's not very mobile and drifts in and out of games. He's definitely NOT a CM at this time, but could be an interesting player coming off the bench esp when we need a goal at SB. Would that be enough for him? hard to say - perhaps Sarri and Loftus need a long chat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's too big 625 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 He is constantly being played out wide. He isn't a wide player. Southgate nor Hodgson have figured this out yet. Mourinho tried moulding him into a defensive player (which negates his offensive ability) and Conte tried to make him a striker (HA!) utter madness no coach has played him centrally in a midfield three. Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,314 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 25 minutes ago, It's too big said: He is constantly being played out wide. He isn't a wide player. Southgate nor Hodgson have figured this out yet. Mourinho tried moulding him into a defensive player (which negates his offensive ability) and Conte tried to make him a striker (HA!) utter madness no coach has played him centrally in a midfield three. Was thinking the same, and he's very good attacking mf -gets in the penalty area easily. Don't know if hes done enough in Russia for Sarri to notice. We could do a lot worse than him and Kenedy before shopping, but looks like they will both be still loaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 On 14/07/2018 at 11:05 PM, Duppy Conqueror said: I hope we only start Kante and Jorginho in Premier league and the FA cup games against PL teams. use Europa and Milk cup to develop young and fringe players.challenge as much as possible in the league and FA cup and try to win in other tournaments but at worst give them game time..might still not be enough starts for RLC tho. Yeah I think the Europa will give us a chance to use younger guys but at the same time I think Sarri will very much want to win it or be under the assumption that he has to win it. As much as we'd all like to see youth be used, like I said I still don't think RLC fits Sarri's system. He needs another move, I heard Everton wanted him, which would be an exciting chance for him to play more often and also under a manager like Marco Silva who we seen how impressive Richarlison was under him although he is still very raw and for me, not a top level talent. Mason Mount though? Perhaps he would fit in here but I think it would be stupid to keep a kid that talented to be kicking his heels about the majority of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1022311655345029120/pu/vid/640x360/as-FlXTCYIAIr7qL.mp4?tag=4 I hope he and Barkley can hold down the Hamsik role. He has the physical and technical attributes for the role, he just needs better scoring. I think barkley is the better goalscorer though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork 1,794 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 He is back to training, good for him to cut his vacation short to return to training. He is an immense talent, just needs to stay healthy so he can continue to improve. akgw13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akgw13 867 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 You'd think Sarri would value the skills RLC possesses. Immense physical ability, ability to glide past people and break the defensive lines. ability to keep control of the ball under pressure, good passing ability. Really RLC is only short in the goal scoring department and hasn't been able to consistently put it together for an extended period of time. Barkley looks fit and focused I think both players will make it a dog fight for that Hamsik spot. Lets hope the club & him decide this is the year they make the 1st team push. Would hate to see him go off on Loan as I think that will be the end of his Chelsea time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 1 hour ago, akgw13 said: You'd think Sarri would value the skills RLC possesses. Immense physical ability, ability to glide past people and break the defensive lines. ability to keep control of the ball under pressure, good passing ability. Really RLC is only short in the goal scoring department and hasn't been able to consistently put it together for an extended period of time. Barkley looks fit and focused I think both players will make it a dog fight for that Hamsik spot. Lets hope the club & him decide this is the year they make the 1st team push. Would hate to see him go off on Loan as I think that will be the end of his Chelsea time. I am pretty sure Fabregas will start alongside Kante and Jorginho at least in the beginning. Even though i would rather see Barkley or RLC and Fabregas as Jorginho upgrade, cesc dormes not need to adapt much and has hit it off with sarriball and jorginho. They really have found each other blind with their passing like when Deco joined and he and Lamps were harmonizing perfectly midfield. Just with more goal threat ofc. Tha being said I think we should stop with this Hamsik role bullshit. Sarri has his philisophy but that does bot mean we mist match his napoli side 1 on 1. The system is fine tuned to the players we have and nit vice versa. Clockwork, jabj24 and kellzfresh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Overrated fraud. Miguelito 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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