Rony Lopes

[dasblues]

No

No risk involved.

The worst that happens is he leaves as he can't get in the team. Well he's left anyway.

Yes I agree with your stance on this.

We are following Chelsea's blueprint to the letter, buy up the best youngsters around, loan them out to raise their profile , sell on for a tidy profit which will offset the cost of first team player acquisition.

Once every 10 years we will unearth a wonder kid who demands to be in the first team at a precocious age , the rest will be used as an amortisation mop

 

[twosips]

Silly response, he is about to start a full season with the first team at 18 years old.

No, its not silly. It's true! We can't use a sat on the bench Iheanacho as proof! He's very much a backup. If he plays more than 3 or 4 games i'll hold my hands up, as it stands I don't think he'll even make the bench when KDB joins the squad.

 

[80s Shorts]

No

No risk involved.

The worst that happens is he leaves as he can't get in the team. Well he's left anyway.

That's several million pounds lost though.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I don't understand what you are saying. Lopes did not want to sign a contract it seems to me. I would presume if we had Messi in our academy at 18 we may have recognised
he was a little bit special and likely to become a better player than Navas.

Ronaldo would not have got in this team, nor Bale, nor Sterling.

Our lack of interest in using kids, ever, is what causes others to refuse contracts.

 

[twosips]

Ronaldo would not have got in this team, nor Bale, nor Sterling.

Our lack of interest in using kids, ever, is what causes others to refuse contracts.

It's as simple as that. Messi might have, but if we're waiting around for the new greatest player ever to turn up...well...we've got no chance. Might happen in twenty years.

I'd settle for developing a bale and maybe a Xavi and a Sanchez or two though? That'd be nice wouldn't it?...what? we have to actually play them for that to happen? Oh. never mind.

 

[Neville Kneville]

That's several million pounds lost though.

No, he would be in same situation if we had sorted it all earlier & shown that we will promote kids fairly. He doesn't trust us, so he's gone. Denayer only stayed because we conned him.

 

[adaminho]

If he isn't going to sign a new deal then £7m isn't too shabby.

Isn't it all down to the shit we pulled with dena yer. I hope to god that we don't sell denayer at a later date

 

[squirtyflower]

That's several million pounds lost though.

A lot of people seem to be missing this key point.
Added to the understanding that he wasn't going to sign a new contract regardless.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Ronaldo would not have got in this team, nor Bale, nor Sterling.

Our lack of interest in using kids, ever, is what causes others to refuse contracts.

let's be honest, you don't have a clue whether they would or wouldn't, because the scenario has never happened.

The second line is a gross exaggeration, and so far, one person has refused a new contract, and we've made a profit.

 

[80s Shorts]

No, its not silly. It's true! We can't use a sat on the bench Iheanacho as proof! He's very much a backup. If he plays more than 3 or 4 games i'll hold my hands up, as it stands I don't think he'll even make the bench when KDB joins the squad.

Some are arguing that the youth should be on the bench and gently eased into the team. I agree with that if they are good enough. Like I said earlier they have to be better than those in the squad in that players position.

You seem to be suggesting that they should be thrown in the deep end to see if they can swim. It will never happen because we are not a club that can affoed to do that. We used to be but not any longer.