Nathan Aké

[The only place to be 11,313]

Fantastic debut and looked at ease amongst decentish opposition. Would love to see him get some time against Steaua.

MIght be time to move his profile to the current squad as well. :blue scalf:

[DH1988 1,273]

Tidy, efficient, energetic, good space awareness

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Who has more potential nat ake or nat chalobah?

[Amblève. 4,995]

Who has more potential nat ake or nat chalobah?

I'd go with Chalobah as he's more of an allrounder who can (and will be able to do so even more in future) contribute in more areas and really put his mark on there.

[different level 1,056]

Did surprisingly well. Since I don't watch the reserves I haven't seen him play and this was his first full match I've ever watched. Made me want to see more of him not including my Fifa career game

[teignman 441]

Good performance. Looked composed and got stuck in. Also very positionally astute. However, it must be said that he was playing championship side in dire form. Still quite encouraging. I'd love to see him get a start against Bucharest.

[Kojo 4,676]

Very impressed with him, he kept it simple, he also got the ball forward now and then, did he even give it away?.

Won quite a few headers and Boro are a very physical side, some good tackles, one great interception in the second half which could've lead to a boro goal had he not of been covering.

I even heard a a boro supporter next to me, some bloke saying he's been impressive Ake and looks like one for the future. Be good to see him get more games, but obviously take it slow first.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Very impressed with him, he kept it simple, he also got the ball forward now and then, did he even give it away?.

Won quite a few headers and Boro are a very physical side, some good tackles, one great interception in the second half which could've lead to a boro goal had he not of been covering.

I even heard a a boro supporter next to me, some bloke saying he's been impressive Ake and looks like one for the future. Be good to see him get more games, but obviously take it slow first.

I'm voting for Kojo to replace Emanelo

Nice write up mate - glad you enjoyed the game - always good to witness a Win

[Kojo 4,676]

I'm voting for Kojo to replace Emanelo

Nice write up mate - glad you enjoyed the game - always good to witness a Win

Haha thanks, i think anyone can replace Emanelo, it also looks like Benitez is going along with a win, so win win?.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Like I said in the match thread, he looked very impressive on his first senior start. A bit too enthusiastic in places but that is expected at his age. Hi distribution was good and defending and tackling even better. Positioning still needs some work though.

Keep it up Nathan.

[Stingray 9,441]

Nice game. Looked like a candle in the dark (Rafa - wise) during this game.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

[English Freak 456]

Good to see Aké provide some energy in the midfield.

Haven't seen energy and enthusiasm in Chelsea's midfield since the days Essien was in his prime....

Mikel always jogs around, never really looks enthusiastic

[Special Juan 27,429]

This kid was awesome last night, he was all over the place. Well done lad, I manged to speak to him after the game and he said he was delighted with the way it went.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Good to see Aké provide some energy in the midfield.

Haven't seen energy and enthusiasm in Chelsea's midfield since the days Essien was in his prime....

Mikel always jogs around, never really looks enthusiastic

Agree. Got forward well as well and I think both goals involved him.

I'm a fan of DM's who start off as defenders and move forward rather than converting more creative players into DMs because the first instinct will always be to track back, but he's also got lovely technique on the ball. Definitely looks like he could solve a problem in the double pivot, as does Chalobah.

[DH1988 1,273]

Hopefully he can see some more time, we definitely need some of that energy in the middle of the park.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Good performance. Nothing spectacular but very composed from the young man.

Let's no get carried away though. He did well against Middlesbrough, like Luiz did well against Aston Villa. Let's wait and see if he can do it against Bayern Munich and Barcelona, like Mikel can. We all got ahead of ourselves with Kakuta and McEachran, and look how those two have ended up.