Honestly mate taa is good this boy is on a different level imoExciting talent but still miles behind TAA. Bizarre Southgate has him as first choice.
That's the reason I think Billy Gilmour needs to move on, I can't see him breaking into this Chelsea team.Great player...Chelsea don't have a weak link in that team.
I think the only thing that will stop Reece James being England's first choice right back is if Southgate tries to shoehorn both into the same team and James plays on the right of a back 3, a la Kyle Walker.He’s a great player. The comparison to TAA should stop though, Trent is the best right back in the world and it’s not really close. He’s a playmaker from right back. And James is a really good player though.
Tav better purchase a new pair of feet thenGVB should be telling Tav, "there's your target, that's what I want from you".
How old are you out of interest?What a player this boy is
An absolute machine
Can do it all
What a performance from him tonight
Best right back wing back I’ve seen
Funny how people cry on here about Tav and Patterson, but Chelsea have literally managed the same situation with James and Azpe..Captain Dave.
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Tav's feet are fine, his deficiencies are further up.Tav better purchase a new pair of feet then
Except that’s nonsense. Of the current squad only Christiansen was signed from another team’s youth set up and you could add Gilmour to that.Essentially involves using their oil money to buy up every decent youth prospect going with the law of averages saying at least a few will end up brilliant.
48How old are you out of interest?
Six and four , crazy been there all there footballing life to date but it’s paying off big timeThey’ve had Reece James since he was six years old. They handled his development incredibly well. Potentially saves the club £100m+ if he stays with them. Chelsea have got five England internationals that joined the club at eight years old or younger- Mason Mount started at 4! True, they buy youth from abroad but they ain’t doing bad at home.
They are an oil club and they did buy up copious amounts of youth talent though. Didn’t they also get a transfer ban for breaching rules with regards to academy players…Except that’s nonsense. Of the current squad only Christiansen was signed from another team’s youth set up and you could add Gilmour to that.
As has been stated multiple times on this thread the vast majority joined Chelsea as kids, including the five current first team regulars.
Don’t let bitterness get in the way of facts.
So their youth system revolves around using oil money (zzz) to hoover up talent from other Clubs despite the fact that 5 of the current 6 academy products were at the Club from early primary school age?They are an oil club and they did buy up copious amounts of youth talent though. Didn’t they also get a transfer ban for breaching rules with regards to academy players…
Ironically partly because they signed Billy Gilmour, which we were also fined for!They are an oil club and they did buy up copious amounts of youth talent though. Didn’t they also get a transfer ban for breaching rules with regards to academy players…
Brilliant performance all round by Chelsea tonight.
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Shouldnt be playing instead of Patterson….What a player this boy is
An absolute machine
Can do it all
What a performance from him tonight
Best right back wing back I’ve seen
Can only play one at a time though.Some amount of talent England have at right back!
You seem to think having first team players coming through from that age cancels out the fact they buy up ridiculous amounts of promising youngsterSo their youth system revolves around using oil money (zzz) to hoover up talent from other Clubs despite the fact that 5 of the current 6 academy products were at the Club from early primary school age?
I think having 5 players in the squad compared to 1 from another youth set up makes a mockery of the notion that the policy revolves around poaching youngsters from other teams.You seem to think having first team players coming through from that age cancels out the fact they buy up ridiculous amounts of promising youngster
They can afford to spent so much more than us in that department, they sold 3 or 4 academy graduates for £100m in the summer.What struck me was the number of youth players in their first team which is pretty incredible. Compare to us for example we’ve had maybe 3 or 4 in decades.
And rightly so you got slaughtered.I got slaughtered on here last season for saying Patterson was by far the best right back at Rangers…
Him, mount and GilmourDid Frank bring him through?
Why do you think that? It’s produced little of note in a very long time. Even the manks have McGregor and Forrest?They can afford to spent so much more than us in that department, they sold 3 or 4 academy graduates for £100m in the summer.
We’ve actually played a lot of youth over the past 10 years, very few have been good enough though and it’s the same for chelsea.
For every player they bring through there’ll be about 20 in their academy that don’t - they had something like 40 players out on loan last season.
They farm youth players, have a wide scope in terms of where they sign the players and spend an absolute fortune in fees and wages.
However, it ends up paying for itself but we quite simply can’t operate like that yet but I’m pretty confident our academy will start paying for itself on a smaller scale.
Overall they are one of the best sides in football for youth, Lampard helped develop a lot of these guys - obviously the transfer embargo helped them.
Because I pay a lot of attention to the academy, and the way it’s being run is by far the best it’s been in my life.Why do you think that? It’s produced little of note in a very long time. Even the manks have McGregor and Forrest?
Not any better than Nathan Patterson IMO, once the wee man gets his chance, which I think will be soon. Watch him go on to be one of the best in the world.What a player this boy is
An absolute machine
Can do it all
What a performance from him tonight
Best right back wing back I’ve seen