Josh McEachran

[cujo101 75]

A move to the Boro? WTF? He needs to stay in the Premiership. F*cking annoyed. Is there no joined up thinking at Stamford Bridge? Looks like Josh will go the same way as Scott Sinclair...

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

He definitely needs a good loan season for his development. I fear for his future with CFC having Oscar around, hopefully after 1 or 2 good loan season he will be automatic first team selection.

Oscar to me seems exactly like a more developed McEachran. Like exactly the same, except maybe McEachran isn't as aware as Oscar defensively.

[royg 96]

Oscar to me seems exactly like a more developed McEachran. Like exactly the same, except maybe McEachran isn't as aware as Oscar defensively.

I kinda feel the same way, Oscar is exactly the same as Josh just more refined. Aside from being better in defense i believe Oscar is better in terms of positioning and being more available to passes. Josh just needs more playing time to develop and gain more experience.

[Stats 7,142]

A move to the Boro? WTF? He needs to stay in the Premiership. F*cking annoyed. Is there no joined up thinking at Stamford Bridge? Looks like Josh will go the same way as Scott Sinclair...

Well it didnt quite work out at Swansea and just look at the case of Bertrand who spent a period in the Championship. The idea that Josh is going to be our next star and pushing too far with him etc looking for solely premiership clubs is maybe pressuring him. He is still young and the Championship would be good for him to get some good first team action and improve. The league is quite competitive and he would get more game time there

[Kinol 337]

If a loan move to Championship will give him regular first team football and 25+ apps then im okey with that. It will really make him good.

[Kieran. 6,317]

A move to the Boro? WTF? He needs to stay in the Premiership. F*cking annoyed. Is there no joined up thinking at Stamford Bridge? Looks like Josh will go the same way as Scott Sinclair...

A move to the Championship would be excellent for him...

[Funkyflashman 187]

A move to the Boro? WTF? He needs to stay in the Premiership. F*cking annoyed. Is there no joined up thinking at Stamford Bridge? Looks like Josh will go the same way as Scott Sinclair...

Staying in the premiership means nothing if he doesn't play... He'll play at boro and get some good game time, something he hasn't had really up until now. Good move I think

[5354 204]

There are plenty of clubs for him to go in Premiership imo...

Swansea now has a gap to fill, I think mceachran can go there...

Astonvilla also requires a midfielder who can string passes... ever since gareth barry and petrov left the club, no one was able to do it...

[Jase 43,479]

Have no problem whatsoever if McEachran is loaned to a Championship team. Right now, he desperately needs to play week in week out to gain experience and get better. A loan to another Premier League club might have been better but given what happened last season, that may not be such a good idea and with the great competiveness in the league and teams afraid of suffering relegation, they might not be so patient with McEachran IF he is not performing well.

However, just look at Bertrand. Was loaned out 5 times to 5 different clubs and none of them was in the Premier League and look where he is now. An FA Cup Winner. Has a Champions League Winner Medal. Started & played in the Olympics. And now earning his first England senior call-up.

[Peace. 4,352]

I don't know how the outcome of this loan deal will be, but on the paper it's a wise deal from the board and I believe they got it right to send him in the Championship.

Premier League teams don't play a lot of youngsters from their academy. There is too much competition in this league to afford to play a lot the young players. There is always a battle to avoid the relegation, a battle to be in the Europa League, a battle to be in the Champions League. As a matter of fact, coaches opt to go for a safe bet and thus play experienced players ahead of young ones. So... Why would they bother to develop youngsters from other teams ? This is why our loanees have been to many times overlooked in the PL (McEachran, Kakuta, Van Aaholt, etc...).

Due to a less high level, the Championship is a league more suited to give youth a try. Between, let's say, 18-21, this is a pivotal momemt of your career, these are ages where you need to have playing time, in order to improve yourself and to envolve into a finished product. If you cannot have playing time, then you won't fulfil your potential. Josh is 19 years-old. He needs a lot of playing time. This is better to get more than 30 games under your belt in a season in the Championship than 10 games in the Premiership. Therefore it makes sense to send him to Middlesbrough, where he will be most likely to participate to plenty of games.

Furthermore, he has yet to have his adult body. He has a frail physic and will suffer from it in the PL. He will face a less physical game - I guess - and it will give him time to bulk up his body in order to be ready for the English Premier League next season.

[Ollie 4,400]

He should go to a team like Brighton who like to play the right way and has ambition to improve. The Championship is made of young squads full of players who have come through the ranks like Josh has for us. He'd feel at home there with everyone around or below his level. Josh has the game to be a great championship player and that will give him great confidence to come back and fight for his place. It will also be good to see where he is in terms of his level. He needs to show Chelsea that he's a higher level than the players in the 2nd tier.

He needs to bulk up, play lots of consecutive games and be a star at that level.

It would be hard for him in the prem as he'll be up against players, week in, week out who are a higher level and he wouldn't be able to stand out enough. He has to take it one step at a time.

[Jase 43,479]

He should go to a team like Brighton who like to play the right way and has ambition to improve. The Championship is made of young squads full of players who have come through the ranks like Josh has for us. He'd feel at home there with everyone around or below his level. Josh has the game to be a great championship player and that will give him great confidence to come back and fight for his place. It will also be good to see where he is in terms of his level. He needs to show Chelsea that he's a higher level than the players in the 2nd tier.

Going to Boro wouldn't be a bad thing too. Tony Mowbray is a manager who is known to play good attacking football.

[Tomo 21,751]

Middlesborough will be a fantastic move for him, a club just outside the play off places last season, a player of Josh's caliber could push them up there.

[Heisenberg 1,824]

Hate to know that one of the best young players will not be the future of this club , SkySports are reporting that he might leave , not on loan but a definitive transfer , is that possible ?

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Championship clubs eye McEachran

Wolves and Middlesbrough keen on Chelsea starlet

http://www1.skysport...s-eye-McEachran