Ruben Loftus-Cheek

[Stats 7,142]

Yet another player getting the big build up before he falls off the map.

Who's up next season for the Chelsea PR machine? Swift's turn, perhaps?

People actually thought all that PR build up of him playing against Sporting Lisbon would mean we would see more of him this season. Never believed the hype . The way his debut was built up was like he was the second coming of christ. Arsenal meanwhile brought on a 16 year old in their last matchday and never got anywhere near the same hype. RLC is very talented but under Jose I don't have faith in any of our youth making it here.

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

People actually thought all that PR build up of him playing against Sporting Lisbon would mean we would see more of him this season. Never believed the hype . The way his debut was built up was like he was the second coming of christ. Arsenal meanwhile brought on a 16 year old in their last matchday and never got anywhere near the same hype. RLC is very talented but under Jose I don't have faith in any of our youth making it here.

sadly this is true....I think the most recent Chelsea youngster to have this type of build up in the media was Josh McEachran...and look what happened to him (didn't even realise he was at Vitesse!)

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sadly this is true....I think the most recent Chelsea youngster to have this type of build up in the media was Josh McEachran...and look what happened to him (didn't even realise he was at Vitesse!)

McEachran is on the bench 3/4 of the time at Vitesse as well. Regressed big time.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

People actually thought all that PR build up of him playing against Sporting Lisbon would mean we would see more of him this season. Never believed the hype . The way his debut was built up was like he was the second coming of christ. Arsenal meanwhile brought on a 16 year old in their last matchday and never got anywhere near the same hype. RLC is very talented but under Jose I don't have faith in any of our youth making it here.

You just reminded me how it was. Press conference, interviews for Sky. Fantastic PR talk, then boom 8 minutes to ensure he doesn't have enough time to screw things (right ?) ...

We'll see. Jose said that he's here to stay and here to play. Not only to stay but to play. Very bold and clear statement in my eyes. How much to play ? At least 900-1000 minutes ? That would do for the first season. No one convince me that a player from London, who has big connection with this club and came through from one of the best Academy in Europe is able to derail title challenges by playing that kind of minutes.

Next season is gonna be big, we can verdict if that's all PR talk or a real thing. No excuses finally.

[lionsden 4,689]

If you still believe a single word that comes out of jose's mouth in 2015 then you are either very gullible or very optimistic. Jose is about as trustworthy as a typical politician. Some would even call him a politician slash football manager.

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'competing' for a first team place next season. competing like... Cuadrado? like Ake? like Luis? no thanks, loan him out

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Not gonna lie, I'm excited after the press conference.

Of course it's better not to get carried away, but Jose at least speaks about Ruben in direct person, not kid, not youth, but he "recognise" him as a player and that's hugely encouraging for me.

I'm so desperate for this to happen that I can't do nothing but admit I'm left with high hopes now. DAMN.

[lionsden 4,689]

Yet another player getting the big build up before he falls off the map.

Who's up next season for the Chelsea PR machine? Swift's turn, perhaps?

Swift doesn't have enough hype for that. It will probably be Boga or Solanke's turn next year. I'm predicting lots and lots of champagne at next years unveiling/academy day. It would be an occasion to remember.

The only question now is whether any of them can flourish in a park the bus system

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If you still believe a single word that comes out of jose's mouth in 2015 then you are either very gullible or very optimistic. Jose is about as trustworthy as a typical politician. Some would even call him a politician slash football manager.

Thats why I NEVER listen to his press conferences . Havent listened to one this season

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From his press conference today

'Next season Ruben Loftus-Cheek will be competing for a first team position. At the moment we are protecting him"

Protecting him from what exactly?

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Jose: 'Next season Ruben Loftus-Cheek will be competing for a first team position. At the moment we are protecting him.' #CFC

[zolayes 14,489]

From his press conference today

'Next season Ruben Loftus-Cheek will be competing for a first team position. At the moment we are protecting him"

Protecting him from what exactly?

perhaps he needs to grow a bit ?

[killer1257 3,282]

From his press conference today

'Next season Ruben Loftus-Cheek will be competing for a first team position. At the moment we are protecting him"

Protecting him from what exactly?

Protecting him from getting experience lol.

But if Mourinho should keep his promise,I will be happy for sure because then we will have at least one player from the academy after the Terry era.

[Thendo 1,088]

Mourinho said in the pc that he wants to "trust the more experienced senior players now when we are chasing for the title, if we had been 6th or 7th he would be playing for sure". I think that's perfectly understandable to be fair. We can't expect a 19 year old that has never started a senior game to be thrown into the depths of a PL title race. That said, there were opportunities earlier this season when RLC and others could have gotten game time and didn't.

Hopefully José genuinely believes in RLC and that he will have a serious role in the team next season, I guess we have to wait and see.

[supporter 3,088]

Maybe if every defeat or our tie is not like the end of the world ...

Maybe if every bad day there were not millions of criticism, whistles or boos ...

Maybe if our support was totally unconditional ...

Maybe if you do not let us pass to love a player one day and hate the next day ...

Maybe Jose could bet more for our young players. It is impossible to bet on youth players with this anxiety level so high.

If we do not change this anxious behavior we're going to burn all our young players one after another.

In addition, we are Chelsea, to play in Chelsea our young players have to break down the door, here are not given away the opportunities. THIS IS NOT DISNEY.

I fully trust in Jose and I'm sure that RLC will be important for us in the future. Whatever happens I will continue supporting us.

Regards.