Ruben Loftus-Cheek

[LDN Blue 7,903]

21 hours ago, !Hazard! said:

I'd give him away for free.

I'd pay for the uber to the airport tbh. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Can only hope Conte will try see new Pogba in RLC instead of buying Pogba.

My only concern is that RlC is not worker, but neither is Pogba so we will see.

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.espnfcasia.com/chelsea/story/2846056/chelseas-matt-miazga-learning-from-captain-john-terry

The 20-year-old added that he is settling in well at Stamford Bridge since joining from New York Red Bulls in January and he has struck up a good friendship with midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek.

"Everyone's been very welcoming. I talk to everyone and all the guys are great, but I've become pretty close with Ruben Loftus-Cheek on and off the pitch. We tend to hit long balls after training, work on our weaker foot and he's next to me in the changing room, so we talk a lot and we've become good friends."

[CHOULO19 24,332]

7 hours ago, Jason said:

http://www.espnfcasia.com/chelsea/story/2846056/chelseas-matt-miazga-learning-from-captain-john-terry

Good to read. I always felt that Ruben seems a bit distant from everyone else in the squad. Nice to read he's making good friends in the team. 

[Jase 43,479]

28 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

Good to read. I always felt that Ruben seems a bit distant from everyone else in the squad. Nice to read he's making good friends in the team. 

#SensitiveChooChoo

[LondonsFinest 692]

Our best player today by a country mile. Still can't get my head around the fact, he, of all people, got subbed off for Falcao. Calm, cool, collective,a few misplaced passes in the beggining, but definitely grew into the game and was our best. Fabregas's bad game cemented that. 

[Tomo 21,751]

37 minutes ago, LondonsFinest said:

Our best player today by a country mile. Still can't get my head around the fact, he, of all people, got subbed off for Falcao. Calm, cool, collective,a few misplaced passes in the beggining, but definitely grew into the game and was our best. Fabregas's bad game cemented that. 

He still needs to work on stamina else it will become a constant theme no matter how good he plays and how good he becomes, he was anonymous in the second half vs Villa and probably wouldn't have been much better if he stayed on today.

Van Der Vaart was arguably Tottenham's best player when he was there but was often the first to be hauled off because he was tanked after the hour.

[LondonsFinest 692]

33 minutes ago, Tomo said:

He still needs to work on stamina else it will become a constant theme no matter how good he plays and how good he becomes, he was anonymous in the second half vs Villa and probably wouldn't have been much better if he stayed on today.

Van Der Vaart was arguably Tottenham's best player when he was there but was often the first to be hauled off because he was tanked after the hour.

Tbf, Reus also has stamina problems. I agree he needs to work on it,but if it's not meant to be, drain the maximum and have a good player rotate him. I hope he pushes for it, though. He's done it up until now in his career.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

He still needs to work on stamina else it will become a constant theme no matter how good he plays and how good he becomes, he was anonymous in the second half vs Villa and probably wouldn't have been much better if he stayed on today.

Van Der Vaart was arguably Tottenham's best player when he was there but was often the first to be hauled off because he was tanked after the hour.

I only watched the second half and he did not at all look like he was starting to slow down when he was taken off. He was by far our best player in the second, imo. 

[LondonsFinest 692]

Putting my bias towards him aside, was he not our best player today? Yes, he did missplace a couple of passes and was sometimes unaware of a person behind him, but he was good in a side of pathetic performers. 

[Special Juan 28,133]

20 minutes ago, LondonsFinest said:

Putting my bias towards him aside, was he not our best player today? Yes, he did missplace a couple of passes and was sometimes unaware of a person behind him, but he was good in a side of pathetic performers. 

For me nobody was on his level today, I thought he was really good. Shining light in amongst players who are paid upwards of 150k plus.

[Pizy 18,877]

Goes into his shell far too often. Obviously he's still a very young player but if he wants to be a regular starter he's gotta make an impact over an entire match and not just bursts here and there.

His stamina and energy levels also seem super low. Makes him look really lazy out there.

[LondonsFinest 692]

14 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

For me nobody was on his level today, I thought he was really good. Shining light in amongst players who are paid upwards of 150k plus.

Yeah, this. I was speaking solely about our players, as I believe he was the only actual ray of light.

 

6 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Goes into his shell far too often. Obviously he's still a very young player but if he wants to be a regular starter he's gotta make an impact over an entire match and not just bursts here and there.

His stamina and energy levels also seem super low. Makes him look really lazy out there.

I do agree, but would also add that it seems like he gets the could shoulder a tad too often. I saw at least 3 occasions in which Diego and Pedro didn't pass the ball to him in an open space and instead opted for a backpass to Fabregas or dribble, which mostly failed. 

[Special Juan 28,133]

7 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Goes into his shell far too often. Obviously he's still a very young player but if he wants to be a regular starter he's gotta make an impact over an entire match and not just bursts here and there.

His stamina and energy levels also seem super low. Makes him look really lazy out there.

I can't disagree with this but we have players on a reported 250-300k a week who contribute less than him.

[robsblubot 3,595]

Did well for a young player, but it doesn't look it's the right position for him.

at this time it would be quite difficult to fit him in a system. He's just too lax for the cm role... Well I guess same as mikel... 

Anyways, and he does not have enough in the final third. His shooting is all over the place - far from this level.