Closed RZ Pellets 1-1 Chelsea

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

I was really impressed by Van Ginkel, his def a good player should be given a chance to stake his claim for a starting place, Romeu also looks a really good replacement for Matic

[Mr_President 404]

Boga is so silky. Hope he remains injury free and perhaps can get a loan where he'll be playing week in week out.

[The only place to be 11,313]

Van Ginkel seems to have calmed down a bit when on the ball but some of his tackles are borderline and could be a problem in the future. A better performance today but again, poorer in the second-half.

[stroey 2,525]

Re: MVG, pretty funny how the opinion on him has swung around after one pre season match... Before this game he wasn't ready, now 'we don't need Khedira after all'...

(Not singling you out stroey, just an example to make my point clearer).

NP, Van Ginkel was one of my favorites in the preseason of last year and at Vitesse. Just happy to see him being healthy again. Khedira is a more solid option, I've always wanted him to replace Rami/Mikel, not MVG. MvG would be better than Ramires in games against small teams.

[Madmax 9,219]

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-Bamford will never make it.

Laughable.

[zolayes 14,489]

Ivo as emergency STRIKER .... NO NO NO NO fucking NO .

if we ever are in such Dire Straits ... Go with JT ..

there are very few CBs capable of playing as strikers ... The greatest ever was John Charles ,, At Chelsea we were lucky to have possibly the most complete

versatile footballer in Ruud Gullit ,, Ruud could have been top class in ANY position on the pitch ,, probably even in goal .. Btw JT has 100% clean sheets for

his time in goal

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

That has always been his strength. Zouma has never been, and will never be a technical defender that's comfortable on the ball. He'll improve as he settles in obviously but personally I know where his talents lie... Freak athleticism paired with big defending. Huge potential in my book, just give him time to settle in and learn from the likes of JT, Cahill and Ivanovic.

Can you liken him to a defender? I'm just not overly elated about a guy who's just physically big and can't use the ball well.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Van Ginkel seems to have calmed down a bit when on the ball but some of his tackles are borderline and could be a problem in the future. A better performance today but again, poorer in the second-half.

He looks fine to me. Went to ground a bit too much but won a fair few of them and showed some bottle.

this will be an interesting year for him!

[Special Juan 28,141]

Jesus this thread is a hard fucking read I tell you.

First thing I read…….."Not sold on Luis" I'm all for opinions but at least give the signings some fucking time.

Jesus Christ.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Zouma is like Lukaku and M.Sakho in that it looks like they are putting in maximum effort to play what looks like a simple pass for most. It won't change for any of them no matter how much training is put in.

YES! I'm not a fan of that at all... and especially when he's so deliberate and his pass still isn't flawless. A lot of them came off the ground and forced the receiver to take 2-3 touches instead of one.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

Jesus this thread is a hard fucking read I tell you.

First thing I read…….."Not sold on Luis" I'm all for opinions but at least give the signings some fucking time.

Jesus Christ.

Where did you read that?

[chelsea blue 615]

Highlights :blue scalf:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hz2XAZAOMc

[Special Juan 28,141]

Where did you read that?

It's good to know the edit button works.

[romeeh 139]

Zouma had a solid first half but was a bit iffy in the second. Not as disappointing as Salah though, who messed up a lot of final balls and just looked very erratic.

Not concerned about Zouma one bit, but Salah does need to step it up for his own sake. He's much better than what he's shown so far. Pre season is his chance to really put up an impression because the other guys are away but he's not done well so far.

i will start juddge him after fasting days over which will end after next sunday,..scince his job depend on energy...without food or water he wont give his max potential in game

[Myself 793]

I still don't see why we bought Zouma, yes he has potential, but so do Omeruo, Ake, Kalas etc. I'm going to repeat what everyone else said and say that he looked very clumsy on the ball, had one very bad tackle in the second half and mistimed the header that led to RZ Pellets' goal. But I'm not going to judge too much, because it is just a pre-season game. .

I really, really hope Salah was fasting.

[Vybz Kartel 1,613]

I thought Bamford also looked decent, I love how he anticipates things, you cant teach that, he should def get a chance IMO

[Special Juan 28,141]

I still don't see why we bought Zouma But I'm not going to judge too much, because it is just a pre-season game. .

[romeeh 139]

I really, really hope Salah was fasting.

trust me he was fasting, maybe another muslim player wouldnt fast but salah is so religious , for him religion come first then job

[Myself 793]

trust me he was fasting, maybe another muslim player wouldnt fast but salah is so religious , for him religion come first then job

where did you hear this?

[romeeh 139]

where did you hear this?

In Ramadan month all muslims around the world fasting no food no water till sunsit and the end of month is next sunday too bad he still has match that sunday but after sunday no more fasting