Lewis Baker

[jernej93 569]

5 hours ago, nyikolajevics said:

I don't see him getting a chance here because he is a playmaker which we don't need. Oscar and Fábregas are out of favour, I doubt Baker could make it in 3-4-3.

 

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He said: "We're very fortunate to have him playing for us. He excited me every time I see him play.

"What people don't realise is he's one of the hardest working players I've ever worked with.

"He works so hard to make the best of his ability. He's got the ability and work ethic to reach the best of his ability."

 

 

He is more box-to-box midfielder from what I've seen

[the wes 7,212]

Scored tonight for England under 21's

[nyikolajevics 2,690]

6 hours ago, mccg said:

He is young and can learn and has the skills to pay the bills

Pay the bills? What does it mean? Sorry i really don't know. Yeah, he is young and he can improve, but I don't think he can be a winger, he just doesn't move like that.

 

1 hour ago, jernej93 said:

 

He is more box-to-box midfielder from what I've seen

Yes, he is somwhere between no10 and b2b,  but he is definetly not like Matic, Kanté or Chalobah. In this system the three central backs, the wingbacks and the central midfielders must do all the defensive work while the two wingers and the striker can play free and be creative. Kanté and Matic can sometimes help our attacks, but they are key players because their defensive work. Baker is young but I'm pretty sure that he will never become a better defensive player than those two.  Under Mourinho, Fábregas played in a pretty defensive role, but Conte doesn't count on him at all because he can't name him in the starting eleven in the middle of the midfield. Fábregas have a couple of hundred matches behind him at the very top level, still Conte doesn't think his defensive skills are good enough for this system, so it seems to be unlikely that Baker would ever play next to Matic or N'Goló.

[the wes 7,212]

Baker has 8 goals in 15 games for Vitesse this season

[MefiX19 1,092]

this kid

[the wes 7,212]

1 minute ago, MefiX19 said:

this kid

Baker is the lampard of the Dutch league with his quality finishing 

[Unionjack 7,531]

2 hours ago, the wes said:

Baker is the lampard of the Dutch league with his quality finishing 

You like him mate?

[jernej93 569]

You have to love this kid ... he is a real deal now. It will be hard to overlook him for next season, he needs to be with the first team. He could be worldclass box to box midfielder but needs to work on his tackling. Described as a very hard working player by his former coach I think Lewis can upgrade his defensive side of the game and become legend at Stamford Bridge 

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

The goal was bananas.

[Cripen 110]

Shit, he really is on fire this season. Dont know how his overall game looks like, but his scoring ability seems something like Lampard had. Im hoping he would be inculded in our first team next season.

[the wes 7,212]

12 hours ago, Unionjack said:

You like him mate?

I do indeed mate he deserve a place in the squad next season 

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 minute ago, the wes said:

I do indeed mate he deserve a place in the squad next season 

He deserves his chance.

I feel the same about Chalobah and Happy and I'm afraid we wil lose tyhem if they dont get time.

Its so hard trying to kuggle young really good players with lads that are performing consistently well. And with some great lads on loan the big decision is complete top class players or good strong up and commers??

[Tomo 21,751]

I think he will atleast make it as a squad player, our HG list needs boosting and fast and Conte will be aware of that.

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6 hours ago, Tomo said:

I think he will atleast make it as a squad player, our HG list needs boosting and fast and Conte will be aware of that.

If JT and fabregas leave in the summer there will be two HG spots up for grabs 

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Hopefully we can get him a premier league loan next season to a team like a Bournemouth or Southampton because despite the fact he's come on leaps and bounds, to go from Vitesse straight to Chelsea is still a step too big I think... But he is probably the closest out of the group of u21s out on loan along with Bertrand and maybe Musonda.