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 coulsdoneagle  London 05 Aug 18 6.21pm |
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Originally posted by braunstoneagle
if the comments up the thread are true that chelsea want a £10m loan fee then its game over. i, like every other palace fan would love him back but think hes destined to fall into the paul stewart catagory or forever fondly remembered Chelsea will want a 10 million fee right up until the moment they can’t find a club and risk having him not play enough and develop/put himself in the shop window. Loans can go through pretty quickly and if they seriously wanted to loan him out they will drop those demands over the next couple of days. Sounds like they were just chancing it.
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braunstoneagle  the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 05 Aug 18 6.31pm |
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Originally posted by coulsdoneagle
Chelsea will want a 10 million fee right up until the moment they can’t find a club and risk having him not play enough and develop/put himself in the shop window. Loans can go through pretty quickly and if they seriously wanted to loan him out they will drop those demands over the next couple of days. Sounds like they were just chancing it. it was my understanding we paid quite a sizeable loan fee lst season for rubey, somewhere near 5m...could be wrong though.
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pssguy  05 Aug 18 6.34pm |
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Originally posted by braunstoneagle
it was my understanding we paid quite a sizeable loan fee lst season for rubey, somewhere near 5m...could be wrong though. Loans can be pretty expensive. Sturridge's was 3.6m for WBA in January - and of course he got injured
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| pssguy 05 Aug 18 7.27pm |
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Originally posted by gbox82
Don't see how he gets into our team. If Meyer is anywhere near as good as he's supposed to be then he plays rather than RLC. Why come here to sit on the bench? Well he has played on left for us and right for England so that is an option. He's a better player than Schlupp and McArthur so could replace either
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| pssguy 05 Aug 18 7.34pm |
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Originally posted by gbox82
Don't see how he gets into our team. If Meyer is anywhere near as good as he's supposed to be then he plays rather than RLC. Why come here to sit on the bench? Well he has played on left for us and right for England so that is an option. He's a better player than Schlupp and McArthur so could replace either and Hodgson is obviously a big fan. However, we are in a stronger position than a week ago to hold out for a good deal. I suspect he may go elsewhere
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| coulsdoneagle London 05 Aug 18 7.43pm |
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Originally posted by gbox82
Don't see how he gets into our team. If Meyer is anywhere near as good as he's supposed to be then he plays rather than RLC. Why come here to sit on the bench? I think Meyer is more likely to sit next to Luka and be the footballing brain in the midfield like Yohan was. It’s where he was performing his best in the last couple of seasons, and his interceptions last year were a league high. Yohan also had the PL third highest interceptions last year, so as well as both being technically gifted, they both read the game well. RLC can perform in a number of positions, and with 4 or 5 midfield players on the pitch at any given time, plus our injury luck, all our midfield players: Macca, Luka, Meyer, Andros, Schlupp, Kouyate and potentially RLC would get plenty of minutes. If we play Andros up top with Zaha against teams, that’s another option that opens up an extra midfield space.
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 grumpymort  US/Thailand/UK 05 Aug 18 10.03pm |
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Originally posted by pssguy
Well he has played on left for us and right for England so that is an option. He's a better player than Schlupp and McArthur so could replace either and Hodgson is obviously a big fan. However, we are in a stronger position than a week ago to hold out for a good deal. I suspect he may go elsewhere
he is different player but not better than both those you mentioned. mcarthur is very underrated by so many rlc is over rated
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| Hampsterite Godalming 05 Aug 18 10.09pm |
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agree, Meyer is better than RLC.
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| comeonyoueagles20 caterham 05 Aug 18 10.30pm |
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Originally posted by grumpymort
he is different player but not better than both those you mentioned. mcarthur is very underrated by so many rlc is over rated Agreed , no way is he better than McCarthur.
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| Booted Eagle Bristol 05 Aug 18 10.34pm |
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Didn't figure in the Community Shield ? And this : Loftus-Cheek admitted last month that he has struggled with a lack of opportunities at Chelsea. ‘It’s been so difficult to go from playing every game then get to the seniors and not be given a chance,’ the England international said. ‘It’s really difficult mentally, there’s only so long you just enjoy training with top players. From a year ago, I’ve improved so much from playing. A game situation is completely different. With the likes of Hudson Odoi, Abraham, Drinkwater and new recruit Jorginho getting runs out in this game don't know where RLC sits presently. Suspect on the Chelski bench if at all. Edited by Booted Eagle (05 Aug 2018 10.39pm)
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| samprior Hamburg 05 Aug 18 10.42pm |
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Originally posted by Booted Eagle
Didn't figure in the Community Shield ? And this : Loftus-Cheek admitted last month that he has struggled with a lack of opportunities at Chelsea. ‘It’s been so difficult to go from playing every game then get to the seniors and not be given a chance,’ the England international said. ‘It’s really difficult mentally, there’s only so long you just enjoy training with top players. From a year ago, I’ve improved so much from playing. A game situation is completely different. With the likes of Hudson Odoi, Abraham, Drinkwater and new recruit Jorginho getting runs out don't know where RLC sits presently. Suspect on the Chelski bench if at all. I am still hoping we see him back in the red and blue. A classy player who adds a completely different dynamic to the team. It was great watching him last year and if somehow we can end the window with him, Zaha and Meyer plus the others then I think it will be a fantastic achievement! I won't hold my breath though. Think Chelsea will keep him, not play him and then loan/sell at Christmas to the highest bidder. Edited by samprior (05 Aug 2018 10.44pm)
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taylors lovechild  06 Aug 18 11.33am |
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A mistake, or has the PL been premature in announcing RLC's return to us? Let's hope it is the latter
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