Det the Threat wrote:fatlever wrote:Oh, and guess what, not a single youth player in the lineup of a fairly meaningless game. Kenedy, Loftus-Cheek, Baba and Traore all on the bench.
The funniest thing about all of that is some newspapers(and guys at youtube fan channels) writing about wanting Andreas Christensen back in the summer(it's a two year loan with no option) etc.
Looking at the way Chelsea does things, the best thing that could happen to him was that move to Gladbach and it might be even good for him to do a similar thing to Thorgan Hazard, in which we signed him with Chelsea holding an option a couple years down the line.
I know that might be a bit selfish, for me to talk about that, but I'm pretty sure that younger players are(currently) way better served in being loaned or going someplace else given that Chelsea always plays more experienced guys and, in Christensens case, will certainly buy anoter expensive cb in the summer.
Honestly, if I was a Chelsea youth player, I would be getting out of that system as soon as I got a nice fat contract. Guys like Christensen should hope they can be sold, rather than being loaned out again or stuck on the fringes of the first team, playing behind old vets like Cahill. Musonda is probably the next really talented young player to get stuck in the loan system.
Like you said, even if Chelsea brings back Christensen after his 2-year loan, which should be a no brainer, (he counts as homegrown, fills a need and is a ball playing CB) Chelsea will no doubt sign one or two high priced CBs before then to pair with Zouma. Will he ever get a real shot at Chelsea? Will any of the talented youth get a real shot? Or will they all be stuck behind the next expensive flop.
As I type, Pedro with a beautiful goal... LOL. But seriously, what is the point of playing Pedro? He's not young. He's not part of the long-term plan. He should be sold back to a Spanish team this summer. This game is basically meaningless, at home, vs a really bad team. Why not give Kenedy, Loftus-Cheek or Traore a run? It seems to me that Guus was really only brought in to keep the senior players from revolting in the locker room during the 2nd half of the season. And that's fine, just don't pretend that you are interested in playing youth in that case.
LOL... and Chelsea scores again. This is too easy. Rest some guys for PSG, put on the youth!!!
