Ancelotti to promote youth players

[Randall 315]

I don't know but I loved it.

[the wes 7,212]

heres my five youth players i would put in the squad next year

stoch

Kakuta

Bruma

Borini

Matić

i think its time to sell sinclair and Mancienne both are not good enough to break in to the 1St team......

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Hopefully Hutchinson can overcome his injury problems and get a more consistent first team appearances.

[NattyBlue 44]

Sinclair's times up I think, I dunno about Mancienne anymore, before I thought he would be off but now I'm confused

[EskWeston 696]

Fantastic to hear Carlo confirm this even though it is what we thought would happen anyway. There are a whole host players who can move into the first team squad for next season so it will be interesting to see who is eventuallu used, i would think the most likely are Kakuta, Bruma and Stoch not too sure if Matic would be classed in the same bracket as he was talking academy players.

If Sam Hutchinson can stay fit then he has a good shout, Jack Cork is another who i feel should get a chance and probably one of either Van Aanholt or Bertrand.

[NattyBlue 44]

Bertrand could learn so much from Ash aswell and he plays with a lot of passion

[Randall 315]

I just watched some of Matic again and he is incredible. Everyone should go and watch some of his best bits on youtube. I forgot how good he was.

[5354 204]

 Bertrand seems like a better prospect to me than Van Aaanholt

[EskWeston 696]

Both Bertrand and Van Aanholt are quality left backs. Bertrand has a LOT more experience over PVA though which could go a long way... i would be happy to see either in the squad, Van Aanholt has had the benefit of working under Carlo though.

I agree Randall Matic has proved to be a quality signing and hopefully next season will make big steps in our first team, he has some real quality on the ball and i think he can be a big player for us in the future.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Both Bertrand and Van Aanholt are quality left backs. Bertrand has a LOT more experience over PVA though which could go a long way... i would be happy to see either in the squad, Van Aanholt has had the benefit of working under Carlo though.

I agree Randall Matic has proved to be a quality signing and hopefully next season will make big steps in our first team, he has some real quality on the ball and i think he can be a big player for us in the future.

Matic's quality on ball is unquestionable. There seems to be a lazy eligance about his play. A Bit like Zidane. But I have questions about his pace. Is he pacy enough to for this League. His Style according to me is more suited for the Italian League.

[EskWeston 696]

Matic's quality on ball is unquestionable. There seems to be a lazy eligance about his play. A Bit like Zidane. But I have questions about his pace. Is he pacy enough to for this League. His Style according to me is more suited for the Italian League.

I don't think he needs to be that pacy, depending on where they play him. His ball skills and intelligence more than make up for any lack of pace, much like Josh McEachran.

[zolayes 14,489]

I don't think he needs to be that pacy, depending on where they play him. His ball skills and intelligence more than make up for any lack of pace, much like Josh McEachran.

Ive said this before ..Matic makes me think of a young Ballack ..if hhe turns out half as good he will be perfect for us

[Randall 315]

The thing with Matic though is even though he isn't that quick he's very rangy, when he runs with the ball it's big strides so he does cover a lot of ground and he has very, very good ball control like superb, a very good touch and his chipped through balls remind me a lot of the kind lampard puts through. Bit of a wild shot on him though lol I think he'll be good for us.

[magic weeds 446]

out of the list, as I have always said, Matic is the one to be added in the midfield. no question about that. Then after the Stock game, am now confused about the whole lot of young defenders we have in the squad. where will they all fit? Sam Hutchinson, Mancienne, Bruma, RVH, Bertrand. as someone said, its going to be a year of battles. everyone fighting for a place. at this moment, i just dont know if Bos will ever get back to the starting eleven. just not sure anymore

Some player everyone is forgeting is Di Santo. wonder why on earth he was loaned to blackburn where he hardly gets to play. Big Sam is stupid. Take a look at other boys out on loan: cork, mancienne, bertrand play regurlaly. Again I just dont see any bright future for Di Santo at Chelsea. hopefully am prooved wrong. Sturidge vs Di Santos, STURRIDGE all day.:eyebrows:

[northernblue 2]

We have invested a lot of money in our youth policy,nabbing players from all over the World. It would be nice to see it bear fruit in the coming season's as it is always satisfying to see someone come through the ranks and make it into the first team.