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CHOULO19

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Haha, there you have it Chou. We weren't joking when we said that Chalobah was killing the championship during his time at Watford...

I was starting to write something but this is written much better:

I watched a number of Chalobah's performances for Watford as well as being a regular visitor to a one of their fans' forums while he was there. Along with the positive, I saw many negatives too and this was reflected in the comments I read. Granted most posts were of the positive kind including one bemoaning that Chalobah would be missing a game and saying how incredible it was that an 18 year old was the key member of their midfield. We have to remember though that this was just the writer's opinion. There were also many more sober, and in my opinion more accurate, assessments.

There is a phenomenon in football where new, and especially young, players benefit from an expanded honeymoon period. During that honeymoon, a player is given maximum credit for everything he does well, while anything he does badly is either excused away or just ignored all together. As a result of this the general tendency is for the quality of these players to be overrated. Eventually though reality breaks through.

I watched most of his games at Watford, especially the second part of the season. He was incredible for an 18 year old but also like any 18yo, he was very inconsistent and tended to disappear when the pressure is raised in the game. He was NOT ready to be brought back to Chelsea at the end of that season nor would he have had any significant playing time had he came back.

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I went to Watford a few years back when Ray Wilkins was in charge. We won 3-1 and Wilkins maintained his 100% win rate as a manager for Chelsea.

I remember that game.. A Hungarian striker(Priskin) scored and he was a national hero for days :D

I also recall Nico's hattrick. I liked him so much :)

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Chelsea line-up v Watford: Cech; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Cahill, Filipe Luis; Ramires, Mikel; Remy, Oscar, Schurrle; Drogba ©. #CFC

Chelsea subs v Watford: Courtois, Ivanovic, Ake, Matic, Willian, Salah, Diego Costa. #CFC

finally remy gets a start..

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!Hazard!

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Ramires-Mikel pivot haha.....Good line-up though and nice to see Remy FINALLY getting his moment. Surprised to see Cahill instead of Terry and sad not to see any youngsters besides Zouma. Was really hoping for Ake, but maybe we'll see him as a sub. What is Willian doing on the bench? Its not like he can offer anything as a impact sub anyways so would therefore rather see Baker, Loftus-Cheek, Solanke there instead.

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