you conviently forgot McCeachran and Bertrand, Chelsea are not in the market to replace Cole at left back….why? Bertrand, who by the way slotted in well whenever he’s played. Lazy journalism

It is really shocking how journalists are just able to write what ever they feel without any concrete facts to back up their stories. I thought journalist were meant to be responsible and base their reports on facts rather than personal ambition or feelings. This article is a pure axample of the writer attempting to jump on the current media band wagon of attacking Chelsea. #KTBFFH

i can bet any money McEachran, Bertrand, Bruma, Furez, PIazon, Chalobah and Blackman will make it into the chelsea team if we get the right manager that can stay for a while  

Terrible terrible article. Forgets we won the fa youth cup and how well our youngsters are doing, as well as the loans at other clubs, laziest journalism I’ve seen in a long time. How do they let this be posted. Check the youth teams results u hack..

Guys read where it was written, in OPINION.
And it´s not that strange that 4 Chelsea fans have a different opinion…
Bruma was the next big thing too hit the stage, he did and crashed

are u blind? do u not research before writing? Bruma at 20 yrs old is the first choice of Hamburg FC, a top 5 bundesliga club. He has been nothing short of OUTSTANDING. After the end of next year, he will be ready for the CFC first team.

Bruma at Hamburg – First choice CB at the age of 19.
Kakuta (20) at Dijon – 4 goals in 4 games. Regular starter.
Kalas (18) – Defensive player of the year till now in Eredivise. Vitesse have conceded less than 10 goals in the whole season when he has played.
McEachran (19) – Will be starting for England in 2 years.
Piazon and Feruz (18 and 16) – Best playmaker and centre forward in the youth leagues this season in England. Only Sterling is better than Feruz right now.
Do your research. Don’t spout rubbish.

I don’t see why people commenting so negatively on this opinion. to a certain degree i totally agree. 2 of the last paragraphs describe that although cfc had a fantatic array of young talents but the system that recruit than sack a manager in a space oh less than a year that create barriers to these young lads to become a first team player

Terrible article, how do they let this rag get posted

Bruma- First-Choice CB at Hamburg and Holland International

Kalas- First Choice at Vitesse who will probably be in Europa League next year thanks to his defensive efforts

PVA- At Vitesse as well

Piazon and Feruz- Probably the best players in the FA Youth Cup at the moment plus Piazon has already made the bench for the first team once

Nathaniel Chalobah- England Youth Captain

Ryan Betrand- Already on the fringes of the first-team squad

Kakuta- First Choice at Ligue 1 Club Djion

Liam Baker- England Youth International

Nathan Ake- Highly rated Dutch Youth player

Ismal Seremba- Burkina Faso International at the age of 16

Go troll somewhere else

Also our Youth Policy is not about throwing mud at the wall and seeing what sticks. We are stockpiling on Youth talent because as you rightly mentioned, its a gamble on whether a youngster no matter how talented makes it to the club or not.

Thats why despite having an array of young centre-backs at Chelsea. We still went for the likes of Kenneth Omeruo because its highly probably that many will not make it. Thats why we are not putting all our eggs in one basket by betting on one player.

I do not really understand your comment on Lucas Piazon being eaten alive by PLM defenders. The kid is only 17 and I doubt any 17 year-old except a few exceptionally gifted ones can survive in the PLM.

That was why EPL clubs prefer to buy Brazilians at a young age. Due to Brazil’s football culture, youngsters there are not told to build up their strength or to track back to help out in defense. That is what we are teaching him right now at Cobham .

Its the same thing SAF did with the Da Silva twins.

I do not understand how you judge him considering he has not played a minute of PLM football.

This looks like you just got bored and decided to jump on the bandwagon and write a negative article against Chelsea. Your last paragraph confirms that. Hopefully this site does not let your write again

what kind of a joke is this???
-you conveniently choose to forget that the youth team has reached fa cup semi-final stage 4 time out of the last five seasons.
-the team has just started to take shape.if we ignore the debacle that has been kakuta(who by the way is doing pretty well for dijon) the rest of the players have really been doing well
-McCeachran who by the way is just 17 is already playing for a premier league side.
-Bertand has already started playing for the first team.if it had not been for the  world’s best left back(he is pretty shit now) he would have gotten in the first team much before
-Courtois has been an absolute revelation this season and has earmarked his place as Chelsea no1
-Bruma is Netherland(world cup finalist) international and has been a starter for hamburg in the German bundesliga(who recently have had the best defensive record in the league)
-De bruyne is one of the top 5 players in Belgium
-The players you are speaking of are of course no where close to the first team because most of them still don’t have any or much playing experience
-By the piazon,kane,clifford,chalobah have been pretty decent
-for goodness sake piazon only signed this year….started playing this January…. doesn’t even know the language….he is a 17 year old in foreign world… Stfu and give the kid a break
-The problem is not Chelsea it’s the dodgy youth and reserve leagues in England which are no where competitive enough.
-The only fault i can think of the Chelsea’s youth system is that it is still in it’s preliminary stages and the club has started to give it importance only in the last 2 years
-Mike Calvin i’m an 11 year old and even i can judge for myself that you’re this article is shit

All you Chelsea fans are so deluded all your examples are on loan somwere else and none have been given a chance in the first team , the fact remains that Terry is the last player to make it in the first team and he’s 31 now .Chelsea have been heavily investing in youth since abramovich took over and you only really have a back up left back left back of average quality to show for it,compare that to united who have welbeck,cleverley,Evans etc arsenal who have Gibbs wilshere Walcott szchezney etc liverpool Kelly flanagan Lucas etc ,spurs have walker Livermore bale so on even city have Richards and Joe hart.

and you think all the clubs got all these players just by allowing them rot on the bench, or even worse, in the reserves?? All of the above mentioned players were sent on loan to different clubs in different countries. Once they had performed well enough only then they were allowed to come back in. Being a first team starter for a club in germany, holland, spain or france is atleast 10 times better than rotting in the reserves. Most of our on-loan players are contenders for player of the season in their respective clubs, just like Sturridge was last season for Bolton.

-It is true that the club has not been paying attention to youngster’s in the past as we the club never really felt any need for breeding youngster’s through the academy(we always had good player’s in the academy…remember sinclair,borini)
-We had one the best sides in the premier league both in terms of depth and quality….then after the double winning season the club just seemed to wake up to the realization that more than half our squad were above 30 and it became evident towards the end of ancelloti’s regime that these players lacked the motivation as well.
-Today however thing’s are much better.I fail to comprehend your point that most of our reserve’s are on loan…Duh..they have to be if they want’t to gain any sort of experience..that is in fact the norm  among most top clubs
-We all make mistakes in our life and so has Chelsea..but the fact is the club has realized so and is trying to make amends…so until the time player’s like bruma,bertand,McCeachran make it to the first team(which i’m sure they will)… Chelsea fan’s have to chin up to harsh realities that JT  ”is the last homegrown player to become a first-team regular”
-My anger is at the fact that Calvin chooses to single out Piazon who  hasn’t been here long enough(hardly six month’s) to deserve such treatment…….for the sole reason of sensationalistic journalism.

well chelsea took man u apart at old trafford this evening and and won the youth cup 2 yrs ago this is their 3rd s/f in 4 yrs not bad for a poor youth system  Your article is littered with mistakes which is par for the course for you  

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