Chelsea Banter Archive October 17 2015

17 Oct 2015 20:08:02
What a player Jack Grealish is going to be - buy him Roman, please.

17 Oct 2015 20:13:39
He looked that good to you today?

{Ed001's Note - have I been watching a different player? Only I don't get the hype with him at all.}

17 Oct 2015 21:16:41
As usual whatever the commentators say or choose focus on tend to be the topic of discussion. Instead of just calling what's on the pitch they want to give their opinions on what challenges should be yellow cards or not and who they think is a good player with their always biased opinions. A decent player Grealish, but he did nothing special imo.

17 Oct 2015 21:31:34
I double that Ed001, think the English press is always quick to hype up every British youngster out there, think he's decent but nothing too fantastic. Good win for us though, totally needed it.

17 Oct 2015 21:35:23
Don't rate him one bit.

18 Oct 2015 09:45:56
I'm with you, Ed001. Sure he's got some skills on the ball, but he never stands out to me.

{Ed001's Note - I couldn't believe how the pundits were raving each time he gave the ball away. It seems it didn't matter that everything he was doing just gave the ball to Chelsea, so long as it was him that was doing it.}

18 Oct 2015 17:34:53
Hahaha Ed001, as ELI said it's typical of the Brits to hype every young player that gets consistent starts in the league. It's the same with Belgian commentary when Lukaku plays. Everything he does is fantastic. Apparently yesterday during the first 25 minutes or so he literally did nothing noteworthy yet they were calling him their early man of the match. It's incredible.
But yeah, Grealish is nothing special IMO. Adama should start instead of him if anything. I'm pretty sure a lot of top teams have better players in their U21 squad but they don't get to play because the senior squad is actually good while Villa's just isn't (I'm thinking of Musonda just to give an example, because I don't follow other teams' youth squads but you get the point) .

{Ed001's Note - I agree with that, I still can't believe Grealish actually had to think over which nation to play for. If England are that poor he can get in the team, then it is time for the nation to give up international footie!}

18 Oct 2015 21:55:15
He should be nowhere near England's national team. Maybe the U21s but even there I'm not sure :-P.

17 Oct 2015 16:09:17
Don't understand why he's took Loftus-Cheek off. I'm not watching the game from what I've seen on Twitter he played well.

{Ed018's Note - he played better than the other 2 center kids}

17 Oct 2015 17:05:15
I think L-C substitution was tactical to sew up the game. Villa have been dreadful and I know a win is a win especially for our confidence but up front Costa looked sharp but we are not firing and personally we do not have the players. Against a poor team the defence looked sound but we still have a way to go. It provokes a lot of reaction but I do not see anything in Pedro, better first half than second and Fabregas looked better than he has recently be we can do better.

18 Oct 2015 13:34:34
Sew up the match at the half Frensham, with a 1-0 lead and Pedro still on the pitch? Maybe he felt that Rlc wasn't tracking back enough, according to his previous criticism, but I thought he was playing hard.

17 Oct 2015 14:04:19
Really happy with that side especially with Rahman and Ruben starting. It looks balanced. If anything Hazard should start over Cesc.

17 Oct 2015 14:18:37
Oscar over cesc for me!

But nice team! Hope it's a 3 man midfield!

17 Oct 2015 14:34:32
Back and middle I like but a little worried about the firepower up front although a better set up for Fabregas to perform. If he doesn't then there will be bigger questions marks hanging over him. Costa has to stay in the box and not drift left.

17 Oct 2015 14:44:22
Good team! Everything crossed Ruben and Baba take their chances!

17 Oct 2015 11:58:54
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