Ryan Bertrand

[Stats 7,142]

If there was ever a game that Bertrand could show he was capable of doing a shift at LB at the expense of Cole, this was it. Was superb. Was excellent in defence and done ever so well going forward. His work rate was phenomenal and made Myiachi look average. Like I said before, he is not a weak link for us and takes his chances when he gets them. Hope he can get more minutes.

[yuvala 2,167]

Well done son. :tophat:

[Reddish-Blue 2,495]

If there was ever a game that Bertrand could show he was capable of doing a shift at LB at the expense of Cole, this was it. Was superb. Was excellent in defence and done ever so well going forward. His work rate was phenomenal and made Myiachi look average. Like I said before, he is not a weak link for us and takes his chances when he gets them. Hope he can get more minutes.

He's kinda like a young Paulo Ferreira with pace. Capable of filling in when needed and generally doesn't get embarrassed by his opponent.

It must be hard for Bertrand though...if he had asked for a move to a mid-table side, he'd most likely be the starting LB..

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Was outstanding tonight. Deserves more game time.

Ash can't be playing 40 games a season at his age.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I dont know why would he only be squad player? With more games given (talking about 20+), he will further develop and he clearly can put shift in games against bigger sides. But at Chelsea, he is marked as sub and Mou wont even realy test him I guess...

This lad aint there yet, but you cant expect too much development from man who isnt being given enough time.

[OneMoSalah 8,885]

His two best performances for Chelsea have came against Arsenal at the Emirates. Was joint MOTM with Willian in my eyes.

[Jase 43,479]

Solid game once again from Bertrand, both defensively and offensively (whenever it happened, not that we attacked a lot). Arsenal hardly did anything of note down his side (or any direction for that matter).

[didierforever 7,349]

MOTM for me. should get more of a look into the 1st team.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Didn't let anything down his flank. I can't remember a single chance Arsenal managed to create from Ryan's side.

[The only place to be 11,313]

He's a very capable deputy for Cole, and will most likely be a good one for Luke Shaw too if he's happy to spend most of his time in the reserves.

[The_Flash 1,144]

I thought he was very solid, again having had little game time. I really was pretty astounded at how well the team played considering two big games at once, and Arsenal had all their heavy hitters. Is Jose putting something in our water, we are a f***** steamroller crushing all teams as we go. Hope we keep it up, as they say its not where you start but where you finish.

[Barbara 15,149]

I think I owe this guy some recognition.

I'm probably one of his biggest criticizers. I used to hate seeing Ryan playing for us, especially in the attack where his lack of technique just made me want to slam my head against the wall.

But he's been proving me wrong. He's definitely way better than Arbeloa at the moment. While I don't think he's a top level FB, he's been really good and based on Cole's form currently, I'd like to see Ryan more often.

He's winning me over, that little funny lad.

[Stingray 9,441]

Really, really solid. He sure is giving Cole a run for his money this year. Awesome game, really ...

[Jype 6,398]

Not surprised Ryan had a good game, he's always been a consistent 7 out of 10 performer who doesn't make many mistakes and on his day he can offer so much more than the soon 33-year-old Cole and he showed that yesterday. He just needs to be given more chances to shine.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Plays a monster game vs Arsenal, doesn't even make the bench vs Newcastle.