Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek vs Kazakhstan (Home) 13/10/2015 HD

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek - the man to save Jose Mourinho and rescue Chelsea's season?

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Really good for him that Steve Holland is also in the England set up!

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I was at the U21s international last night and whilst Ruben had a good game, he was by no means outstanding. He took his goal well, but he was lazy and frequently couldn't be bothered tracking back to help his team. On top of that, his finishing was poor and realistically should have at least doubled his goal tally.

The people calling him "our best midfielder" are, I'm afraid, well wide of the mark. He has a talent for sure, but let's not overhype him. At the minute, he is a decent young player, but lightyears behind the Luke Shaws, Ross Barkleys, etc. of this world in terms of his development.

To be fair, Luke Shaw had already played 60 League games for Southampton by the age of 19, which definitely helped 'accelerate' his development

Your point about RLC being a decent young player just raises the same question from the transfer window, why didn't we sign a quality CM?

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek - the man to save Jose Mourinho and rescue Chelsea's season?

Wow.

To be fair, Luke Shaw had already played 60 League games for Southampton by the age of 19, which definitely helped 'accelerate' his development

Your point about RLC being a decent young player just raises the same question from the transfer window, why didn't we sign a quality CM?

I believe we were in for Pogba, but ended up getting priced out.

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek - the man to save Jose Mourinho and rescue Chelsea's season?

And so it begins.

[Tomo 21,751]

To be fair, Luke Shaw had already played 60 League games for Southampton by the age of 19, which definitely helped 'accelerate' his development

Your point about RLC being a decent young player just raises the same question from the transfer window, why didn't we sign a quality CM?

If 13/14 was anything to go by we are probably waiting for the right player, I mean, when Jose returned he could have seen the CM issue panic and sign Guarin and Paulinho, instead he waited and we ended up with Matic and Cesc.

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Mourinho gives his reason why he pulled RLC off at half time

http://www.westlondonsport.com/chelsea/mourinho-explains-loftus-cheek-substitution

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So Hazard doesn't defend enough, RLC doesn't defend enough.....and yet he keeps Cesc on the pitch week after week. Jose has lost it beyond repair I'm afraid. He wants to make Eden a fullback and turn our brightest academy talent into another Mikel. I'm lost for words.

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I still fail to see why he can't play a 4-3-3 with RLC and Matic. Does he see Ruben as a DM?

[lucio 5,418]

I still fail to see why he can't play a 4-3-3 with RLC and Matic. Does he see Ruben as a DM?

he wasn't a DM yesterday so im not sure. 433 with him and matic , is clearly our best option.

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek vs Aston Villa (Home) 17/10/2015 HD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmhdPFdR0bY

IMO Ruben Loftus-Cheek was having a good performance yesterday. I don't understand why Jose sent him to the bench.

For me His best position is as pure midfielder, not N.10, but he needs to accumulate minutes in our first team and maybe N.10 position is best for him to acquire more experience.

If I'm honest I would not change Paul Pogba instead of Ruben Loftus-Cheek under any circumstances. RLC is an extraordinary player and he can become one of the best players in the world in a short time.

Hopefully Jose decided to bet heavily on him because RLC is ready. In fact, he should be in our starting eleven from now until the end of the season. I Do not see any reason to do not bet on him.

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He lacks a specialty. That hurts him as a player.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

He's a great player our manager is just a joke. He really played him as a #10 and phased him out the game. He barely touched the ball.

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Ruben Loftus-Cheek vs Aston Villa (Home) 17/10/2015 HD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmhdPFdR0bY

IMO Ruben Loftus-Cheek was having a good performance yesterday. I don't understand why Jose sent him to the bench.

For me His best position is as pure midfielder, not N.10, but he needs to accumulate minutes in our first team and maybe N.10 position is best for him to acquire more experience.

If I'm honest I would not change Paul Pogba instead of Ruben Loftus-Cheek under any circumstances. RLC is an extraordinary player and he can become one of the best players in the world in a short time.

Hopefully Jose decided to bet heavily on him because RLC is ready. In fact, he should be in our starting eleven from now until the end of the season. I Do not see any reason to do not bet on him.

Good performance? The video you posted only confirmed my initial feelings after his performance. Just look at it. He did nothing. Even worse, he constantly lost possession.

I didn't think taking him off was undeserved tbh. Cesc was poor as well but Mourinho was always going to stick with him rather than RLC, most managers would. Greater chance of him turning his performance around (which he kind of did) and he's more likely to produce a match-winning moment.

I hope to see more of him though. Maybe a three-man midfield with Cesc, Matic and RLC against Kiev.