Well done Fulham, they were the better team tonight, Brighton were just not at the races, very disappointing.
When I looks at the south coast and see how well Saints Brighton and Bournemouth are
The fitness of both teams tonight was remarkable. That game was non stop.
Well that didn't work out right ?
Just because you dislike the club or its methods doesn't necessarily make them wrong.
Tariq Lamptey was sold because he declined the new contract he was offered; the main reason that he didn't sign is because another academy graduate Reece James was ahead of him for that position. So it's not something to be proud of that he chose to leave because the academy had produced two international class players at the same time in the same position?
Tammy Abraham made 56 Premier League, 6 FA Cup, 3 League Cup & 13 European appearances in the 2 years before he left for Roma, primarily due to the change of manager, but it's clearly untrue that he had to leave to get regular first team action.
Andreas Christensen played 161 first team games over his main 5 years at Chelsea, which considering the amount of time he was sick or injured clearly proves he did not need to leave Chelsea to get first team football. Because of being sanctioned, Chelsea were unable to renegotiate a new contract and he chose to take up an offer from Barcelona. But it's clearly incorrect that he had to leave Chelsea to get first team football.
Marc Guehi, having established himself as a regular at Swansea , did not want to extend his contract and was therefore sold. Speaking on his time at Chelsea, Guehi continued: "Being at Chelsea really helped me in my development, getting better and helping myself excel. "I said goodbye to everyone, to the coaches that coached me since I was young and the people that helped me get to this stage. I’m extremely grateful for their help." So the club would appear to be a good place to go as an aspiring young player, according to one of the graduates.
Ryan Bertrand made 57 first team appearances, including a medal-winning European Cup debut in the final in Munich. The primary reason that Ryan Bertrand got so little first team football was that as a left back he was competing for the position with Ashley Cole; if you've got someone that good ahead of you you can't really expect regular first team football. On the 'unbelievable' Cole, who he competed with for a first-team spot, he has nothing but glowing praise. 'Fans will be fans, you know, on his back and even on the outside the toughest of times, but his attitude to training, the way he would come out and train and play, was amazing.' So being at Chelsea was certainly good for that young player.
Fikayo Tomori was establishing himself as a first team regular but then inexplicably fell down the pecking order, but 22 appearances in one season doesn't suggest that he needed to leave to get first team football.
Tino Livramento declined to sign a new contract aged 18 & signed for Southampton. I'm not sure if we didn't give him a chance or if he didn't give Chelsea a chance.
Not exactly correct then that all of those had to leave Chelsea to get regular first team action, or that it's a bad place for aspiring footballers to go?
Not a bad start is it?
