Ryan Bertrand

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no, we have 5 AMs for 3 spots and 6 CMs for 2 spots (matic, rambo, mikel, lamps, mvg and essien). bit much!!!

Essien seems to be on his way out and MVG is still an ACL short of playing for us.

shaw becoming the first choice LB ahead of both azpi/cole is unrealistic in my opinion. i simply dont think that can happen in a club like chelsea. infact i think he would be loaned out to vitesse in the summer if he is bought.

So you think Luke Shaw would be loaned out to Vitesse if we bought him??

Wow. You're just wrong. I could go down the old 'well that's your opinion....' route, but you're just very wrong about that. Like really wrong. I'm looking for a metaphor to say how wrong you are but I can't think of one. That's actually broken my brain.

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I think and hope that Jose has something lined up to replace Ryan. I can't imagine he would be okay with leaving us this thin at the back. Maybe Coentrao on loan till the end of the season?

where does it leave us regarding HomeGrown? just Cahill, Terry, Cole, Lampard so Coentrao coming in will have to be balanced by another sale

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Essien seems to be on his way out and MVG is still an ACL short of playing for us.

So you think Luke Shaw would be loaned out to Vitesse if we bought him??

Wow. You're just wrong. I could go down the old 'well that's your opinion....' route, but you're just very wrong about that. Like really wrong. I'm looking for a metaphor to say how wrong you are but I can't think of one. That's actually broken my brain.

rant and sarcasm and exaggeration does not seem to settle well with u, does it???

it was said with so as to show how poorly we treat our youth!!! simple as that. not everything is to be taken literally.i thought that was pretty clear from the way i wrote and what i wrote.

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where does it leave us regarding HomeGrown? just Cahill, Terry, Cole, Lampard so Coentrao coming in will have to be balanced by another sale

McEachran instead of Essien? No that's very unlikely. I think if Essien's leaving and we do not wish to replace him (supposing that Matic has replaced KDB) then we would not need another HG player. We simply don't use the full HG quota.

I might be mistaken, though.

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It's good for the lad. If he impresses he returns and if he fails to, he'll leave. (shaw deal or something else.)

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McEachran instead of Essien? No that's very unlikely. I think if Essien's leaving and we do not wish to replace him (supposing that Matic has replaced KDB) then we would not need another HG player. We simply don't use the full HG quota.

I might be mistaken, though.

can register just 21 players . not entirely sure how many we've got now

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rant and sarcasm and exaggeration does not seem to settle well with u, does it???

it was said with so as to show how poorly we treat our youth!!! simple as that. not everything is to be taken literally.i thought that was pretty clear from the way i wrote and what i wrote.

I'm fine with all that stuff, but straight-up nonsense just bores me.

Look, we're talking about the loaning of a player who really wasn't part of our plans in the short, mid or long-term. It increases his value, gives him play time and maybe contributes to us buying a player (Shaw) who would be part of our plans. Yes it leaves us vulnerable if we suffered 2 or 3 injuries in defence, but other squads would struggle if they had similar situations in defence or midfield.

This move just makes sense.

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This move just makes sense.

not one bit to me.

2 injuries and we would be thread bare in our options and in football,2 injuries is not that is not unheard of.

i hope i am wrong but this move smacks more off jose and ryan's (lets put it lightly) strained relationship than anything else.

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can register just 21 players . not entirely sure how many we've got now

I read all about this at the start of the season but have forgotten since. Will try to see if I can find an article about it.

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Mourinho's probably willing to use Essien at right back, especially with an extra player in defensive midfield, which leaves us 8 players for 4 positions. Ivanovic and Kalas can play right back and centreback, Luiz can cover leftback and Azpilicueta is good in both fullback positions.

Hope it means Shaw is signing though

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I read all about this at the start of the season but have forgotten since. Will try to see if I can find an article about it.

we are fine in the homegrown area,

cole, JT, GC, lamps, make 4 spots.

the 3 strikers, 5 AMs, 4CMs , azpi, iva, DL, and 2 GKS = 17 players.

plus 4 spots open for under-21 players who fill as the rest HG.

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we are fine in the homegrown area,

cole, JT, GC, lamps, make 4 spots.

the 3 strikers, 5 AMs, 4CMs , azpi, iva, DL, and 2 GKS = 17 players.

plus 4 spots open for under-21 players who fill as the rest HG.

But I remember reading somewhere that Oscar still counts as U21 because his birthday is after the new year or something..

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So in that case shouldn't Kalas and MvG count as U-21 aswell then? If so we should be fine.

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But I remember reading somewhere that Oscar still counts as U21 because his birthday is after the new year or something..

not oscar, i think that was for mvg. oscar turned 22 in september.

mvg turned 21 in december and hence for some reason he is still counted as u-21.

thats y i wrote 4cms (rambo, mikel, matic, essien)

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not oscar, i think that was for mvg. oscar turned 22 in september.

mvg turned 21 in december and hence for some reason he is still counted as u-21.

thats y i wrote 4cms (rambo, mikel, matic, essien)

Great. So that means, like I said, if Essien leaves, we could get a defender like Zouma or Coentrao on loan.