Ruben Loftus-Cheek

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

better than mikel.

Completely different player.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Solid game. He was always going to play it safe on his first start. Thought he did very well in terms of pressing and interceptions at the start of the second half.

Take out Cesc and the level of technique and comfort on the ball of centre midfield becomes midtable level. Even Cesc becomes very erratic in his distribution when his form drops. I find that worrying and I have a very hard time believing Chelsea can compete in the three major competitions with a similar approach. That's just my opinion of course. But if things don't turn out well next season, the club and the manager have no one to blame.

I honestly think you're putting too much weight on the performance of one player. We've managed plenty of brilliant plays this season that did not involve Cesc.

[Eidur the Spider 4,515]

Played well today, made some great interceptions and looked cool and composed on the ball. Hope he gets a full 90 in the game against Sunderland. Well played RLC!!

[Thendo 1,088]

Solid performance, didn't look to nerveuos or out of place. Hopefully he'll start the last two games aswell.

[Waterfall 893]

Jose just confirmed this was the last game playing key players. He will play kids like Ake and Brown against West Brom who are already safe. I imagine RLC will play 90 minutes next week

[supporter 3,088]

Step by step. RLC has been at an appropriate level but he looked a little nervously because he is his first day. But he has made an acceptable game but in a position that (IMO) is not the one where he is most comfortable. I would like to see With Matic the two upcoming matches.

Zouma at first I was also a bit nervous and is now a different player and fully consolidated. RLC only need minutes to be gaining experience.

Today was not his best day, but I continue betting very hard for him. Just today the match has been developed without allowing him stand out and demonstrate their quality. But in the next game, without such exigency and in another position, RLC will play better and go slowly consolidating. Step by step.

Regards.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

meh... Little to no influence. Has A LOT to learn

[The Skipper 20,593]

Yes he was nothing impressive. Get over it. One of the worst performances of any number 8 in the last 2 years, even Matic playing in the number 6 many times offers a ton more in attack than he did.

He has a lot of time to improve, it's just one game and he will get more oportunities, but today this was not good.

He was playing in the number 6 role.

[The Skipper 20,593]

meh... Little to no influence. Has A LOT to learn

If Pogba plays as a number 6 and his freedom was shackled he wouldn't have much influence going forward either.

[Jase 43,479]

This.

Solid game. He was always going to play it safe on his first start. Thought he did very well in terms of pressing and interceptions at the start of the second half.

Hopefully Mourinho gives him a little bit more freedom though in the upcoming games. Felt his play was somewhat restricted.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I wrote in my match report that RLC didn't look out of place amongst a championship-winning squad today. Impressed by the fact he didn't try too hard, which is the easy option for many young kids who want to impress. I'm delighted by his 60 minutes.

[TheIceMan 596]

just one thing to say The future of our midfield don't know what some are talking about a poor performance his statics are 100 percent! It was amazing perfomance not solid, not good but fucking amazing!!!!

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

If Pogba plays as a number 6 and his freedom was shackled he wouldn't have much influence going forward either.

Are we talking about Pogba? I thought this was the Loftus-Cheek thread?

I just want to see Ruben do well, he was bang average and looked like he was out of his depth a bit... First game but lots to learn

[Waterfall 893]

He wasn't fantastic by any means, but I'm not sure how he looked out of his depth. He was decent and didn't do much if any wrong.

[Rom2013 446]

If Pogba plays as a number 6 and his freedom was shackled he wouldn't have much influence going forward either.

He didn't play number 6, he played number 8 in the doble pivot, like we always do. You just have to compare what Ramires, Fabregas or even Matic (in the number 6) usually do in our midfield to see that this was not good enough.

But if you want to fool yourself about it, just do it. I'm ok with it. He played as good as Mikel, but the only problem is that the job o Mikel is mainly to do that, and the job of the number 8 is different.

If this is an OK performance I think we should have Ramires forever with us because compared with this he is world class.

[DavidEU 2,023]

Few people slagging him off already.

Unbelievable.

[Waterfall 893]

He didn't play number 6, he played number 8 in the doble pivot, like we always do. You just have to compare what Ramires, Fabregas or even Matic (in the number 6) usually do in our midfield to see that this was not good enough.

But if you want to fool yourself about it, just do it. I'm ok with it. He played as good as Mikel, but the only problem is that the job o Mikel is mainly to do that, and the job of the number 8 is different.

If this is an OK performance I think we should have Ramires forever with us because compared with this he is world class.

This was not good enough? I love Ramires, but this was not a performance that made Ramires look world class. Talk about fooling yourself.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

WTF is going on?! he was OK!