Lucas Paquetá

[Skrastins]

It’s going to be interesting to see how Lavia recovers at Chelsea. He left us for Southampton two days after we signed Phillips.

Has any player ever recovered at Chelsea?

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

So Leeds born Philips is NONHG?

yep - place of birth has no bearing.

You can have four trained in the Nation (Carson, Ake, Walker , Stones) anyone over that regardless of nationality or place of birth is NON-HG (not counting trained at the club (Foden, Lewis, Bobb)

so Phillips and Grealish fall into the 17 non-hg spaces

 

[Dribble]

yep - place of birth has no bearing.

You can have four trained in the Nation (Carson, Ake, Walker , Stones) anyone over that regardless of nationality or place of birth is NON-HG (not counting trained at the club (Foden, Lewis, Bobb)

so Phillips and Grealish fall into the 17 non-hg spaces

It's not my understanding of it, but I'll happily take your word for it.

 

[Gabriel]

It's evident now we'd have been better off keeping Lavia & forgoing Philips, however none of us are Mystic Meg & could've envisaged how either player's immediate futures would've panned out.

Looking at it pragmatically, the smart money would've been on backing Philips to be a success, with Lavia needing time to develop. Shit happens, innit?

I think that the last couple of seasons have highlighted that we might have been paying a premium for players whom we thought would be better than they were. Similarly, we might have been selling academy prospects at a price lower than their value.

I’d settle for Paqueta and Neves this summer if it meant Lewis and Bobb got more playing time and McAtee got a season to prove his worth.

 

[Dribble]

I think that the last couple of seasons have highlighted that we might have been paying a premium for players whom we thought would be better than they were. Similarly, we might have been selling academy prospects at a price lower than their value.

I’d settle for Paqueta and Neves this summer if it meant Lewis and Bobb got more playing time and McAtee got a season to prove his worth.

Do you think McAtee has a future here? Can Bobb step up & replace KDB or Foden at the highest level if required? What's Lewis's best position, & can he replace Walker now or stand in for Rodders? I'm a huge fan of Bobb & Lewis BTW.

Agreed with Paqueta & Neves. I just suspect with Kev's injuries & age, & the annual "Will he, won't he" situation with Bernardo, I think we need to be planning & blooding their long-term replacements from now, whether that be internally, or bringing in outside reinforcements.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

It's not my understanding of it, but I'll happily take your word for it.

Ake is English too, please keep up

 

[Dribble]

Ake is English too, please keep up

Ake's Dutch...

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Not for registration purposes. He fills one of our English slots, just like Gael Clichy did.

 

[Dribble]

Not for registration purposes. He fills one of our English slots, just like Gael Clichy did.

Association trained & being English are two different things. Please keep up...

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Association trained is 3 years at an English or Welsh academy before the age of 21, note not Scottish. Slightly different for European competition where there are A and B lists.
Also why Frimpong will be home grown for us.