lucio 5,418 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Lukaku and Courtois next season. Possibly Zouma in the future i wouldnt consider playing £12m signings bringing through youth. and courtois is pretty much as good as anyone in the world for his position. dont consider oriol or mvg youth either. just expensive young players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Maybe the FA could help us out and let clubs have B teams that play professional football in the lower leagues. A mini-Chelsea playing the same type of football so they can slot seamlessly into the first-team. AVB brought this up once got slatted by the media for wanting to change English football. But I think, in order for big clubs to be able to meet FFP regulations, that will be necessary in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,510 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 AVB brought this up once got slatted by the media for wanting to change English football. But I think, in order for big clubs to be able to meet FFP regulations, that will be necessary in the future. I just don't see the FA agreeing to B teams Right now, most EPL clubs have unofficial affiliates in the Championship or League 1...eg. Man United & Birmingham have an agreement about loaning out youngsters....Liverpool & Derby have an agreement...Arsenal & Sheffield Wednesday have an agreement ...etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman43 45 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 It's a completely different feeling as a fan, when you see a 19 or 20 year old take his first steps with the main XI Look at Lewis Baker's reception when he came on against Derby, it was brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Look at Lewis Baker's reception when he came on against Derby, it was brilliant! how many games do you you think he will start for us ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman43 45 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Because Chelsea have a lot of young talent coming through which are not able to break into the first XI, are we actually reaping the financial rewards of this talent? Southampton produce good talent and make good money on them. Do we do the same, or do we solely see our academy as searching for that "messi-like" or JT player and if they don't show up, bring in the next lot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oman43 45 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 how many games do you you think he will start for us ?? Not many. But that was not my point. I agreed with Reddish-Blue that fans really do appreciate seeing talented youngsters. I also think fans are more likely to be patient with a home-grown talent than say a bought youth player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 we have lived the dream too long .. I actually saw the best ever Chelsea boys ,, Jimmy Greaves ans an even better prospect Barry Bridges ,, In those days there were no Acadamies as such but boys came through and played for their clubs and for England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Lamps 11,692 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Maybe the FA could help us out and let clubs have B teams that play professional football in the lower leagues. A mini-Chelsea playing the same type of football so they can slot seamlessly into the first-team. This. Germany, Spain and Brazil kinda do this. No wonder they fuckin produce the majority of quality talent. By having the kids play professional football, they get used to the physical demands of it without having to play a type of game they will never have to play again. This does not make the loan system obsolete, but this way, talents can skip those loans to 2nd or 3rd tier teams which often do more harm then good, cos playing together with players who are actually a lot less talented than you does not really enhance your skills just as much as playing against players with just as little experience. Having a Chelsea II in league one or CC would combine the advantages of experienced opponents and talented teammates. Of course this would be detrimental to the smaller clubs. Still the FA is very inconsistent, They usually allow the evolution of football but in this very aspect they inhibit an idea that would actually help the competitiveness of English football on club and international level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 This. Germany, Spain and Brazil kinda do this. No wonder they fuckin produce the majority of quality talent. By having the kids play professional football, they get used to the physical demands of it without having to play a type of game they will never have to play again. This does not make the loan system obsolete, but this way, talents can skip those loans to 2nd or 3rd tier teams which often do more harm then good, cos playing together with players who are actually a lot less talented than you does not really enhance your skills just as much as playing against players with just as little experience. Having a Chelsea II in league one or CC would combine the advantages of experienced opponents and talented teammates. Of course this would be detrimental to the smaller clubs. Still the FA is very inconsistent, They usually allow the evolution of football but in this very aspect they inhibit an idea that would actually help the competitiveness of English football on club and international level. F A ,,,never expect them to show imagination ,, . what does F A stand for ,, plenty of acronyms and most accurate ,,,also just half of a FART Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 If one player from academy makes it, doesnt matter who, be it Chalobah, RLC,...,I will be very happy. From the ones we bought, Piazon, Hazard junior, Lukaku and Courtois could make it. Maybe Traore, Wallace and Ginkel aswell. Depends on who we buy in summer. I realy do hope Ruben makes it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yipo Ran 73 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 no chance, we will keep sign 21 years old talent . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo11bluecl 207 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 OK lets look realistically at which position a youngster could break through GK: Not a chance. Courtois will replace Cech or Cech will stay no1 for a really long time RB: Ivan is aging but still solid and defenders usually play until they are really old, Dave is quite young. Very hard for Wallace to break through CB: Zouma is definitely a starter in the near future, Terry is old but he will probably stay at least 2 more years. Then we got Cahill who are also quite reliable and Luiz too if he is still a Chelsea player by next season LB: The only chance foe anyone to break through with Cole will probably leave in the summer. But then Bertrands was thought to be his replacement and he is not good enough to be a starter for us, so expect us to sign someone like Shaw instead of promoting PVA...etc CDM: Matic will stay there FOR A LONG TIME. Ramires maybe a few more years until his legs run out, by then he would be virtually useless and will probably be sold. Lampard probably got 2 year max here, Mikel will ALWAYS BE A SUB. So chance for maybe 1 player to break through if they are REALLY GOOD. I would say Romeu got the best chance really. The likes of Josh...etc will never make it here when they are not even impressive in Championship CAM: Nothing to say here. Our current 3 will remain so for A REALLY REALLY LONG TIME. Especially with Schurrle and Salah backing up. No one will ever get in ST: Just never gonna promote one of youth never. Unless they come on and score a last min winner on their debut. We WILL SIGN A TOP CLASS STRIKER like Costa in the summer. Lukaku will probably be sold because he already sort of fuck up his relationship with Jose and don't think he fits our style under Jose. So there you go, virtually not a single chance for any youngster in the future. Maybe a CDM but that will be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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