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comment by ManUtdDaredevil (U9612)
posted 7 minutes ago
Did someone really suggest Chelsea will give youth a chance?
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I know they haven't previously but they didn't have very good youth. I honestly think Maureen will introduce 2 or 3 this and next season. Loftus-Cheek obviously and a couple of others. They don't really need to buy anyone either.
Ask knowledgable Chelsea fans their opinion perhaps instead of some of the resident know alls here.
Somebody says spending money doesn't guarantee success, that's correct but exactly what we are trying to do now to recover lost ground. Lets hope it works then.
My idea about building for the future is not the whole first XI obviously, it's a core of 5-8 players experiencing
success and then being hungry for more etc

Tulip

Chelsea had a youth team that was on a par with anyone else's when Jose first went to the club. None of them made the leap up because of Chelsea's policy of buying ready made players.

Nothing will change. Same with City.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 5 minutes ago
Tulip

Chelsea had a youth team that was on a par with anyone else's when Jose first went to the club. None of them made the leap up because of Chelsea's policy of buying ready made players.

Nothing will change. Same with City.
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Yeah that's true but think it will be a little different now. They and a 10 year plan under Roman to be profitable and not rely on his money, to obviously buy up a lot of young players with a view to selling most on. They have been doing this.
Coupled together with maureen's remarks about he would have failed if these 5 or so English youth products didn't come through and a few other comments makes me believe they have changed tact somewhat. Loftus-Cheek is an example of the first of a few of them getting chances. People can change, clubs can change, I mean look at us, the new wannabe Galacticos, only Bale, CR7 ,Muller, Benzema, are not attainable

Loftus has not been getting much of a run at all. Wilson has had far more first team game time than him.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 8 minutes ago
Loftus has not been getting much of a run at all. Wilson has had far more first team game time than him.
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He was only introduced the last couple of months really of the season. It does remain to be seen whether Mourinho has the balls to throw a couple in and be more of a risk taker as his approach is safety first normally and he doesn't sacrifice anything that prevents him winning.

It's a case of the grass in green with you Iron.

You claim City and Chelsea have great youth set ups and use Chelsea's recent CL youth success but then also ignore the fact we also won the the U21 PL.

You mention Loftus-Cheek as being some big talent but then ignore the fact that so too is Wilson who is only 1 month older yet has played far more first team football. There are no guarantees that any of these young talents will succeed and if anything history will show that it's highly unlikely at both City and Chelsea with maybe 1 or 2 at most making the grade.

Our club is in a very important phase, we have recently lost our manager who ran this club for over 2 decades and big changes are needed. Bringing through youth is not a short term plan, it takes a while to flourish and any manager coming in will want his ideas implemented to some degree and that takes time.

What we are seeing with our spending in the past 12 months is unusual for us but also something that we have had to do. We are lacking experience and leaders all over our team and it's important that we bring them in as well as looking to the future we also seem to be doing with signing such as Depay and Shaw.

To ignore players just because they are considered too old and not part of any possible future is foolish. A club continually grows and evolves, and that is done by bringing in both young and old players.

1982

Outstanding.

Not really...it's a case of wanting us to have some young players coming through together that's all and not get left behind on that front. We needed to spend so much as we have been left in a mess with ageing stars.
I just don't want us buying too many older players.
It's quite simple.
Wilson, Mcnair, Blackett, Perreira are decent I agree...

giggs was an embarrassment to united as a frst team player in the last few years he managed to hang on in there. Some ootball fans have such short memories

He really wasn't. He had some poor games but had plenty of great games even in his late 30s