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venom2011 said:
Kovacic was not a natural leader, scarcely available for 2 seasons in a row, and on high wages. Hard to call that a mistake even though I agree, all things being equal, he would be sorely missed. 
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You don't have to be a natural leader to offer experience. Kovacic has played at the highest level for years, he's played against the best teams, the best players, he's won the biggest trophies. That experience is important and take last season out the picture he was a consistent and reliable player in my eyes. Not sure what happened to the squad last season but he's probably the only one who I feel that we should've kept, but it is what it is. I'm still happy with the transfers so far. 

 
Why if I look at Liverpool their signings look a lot better, cheaper and with more experiences. I don’t think giving cheap wages and moving all the expensive players is the way forward. If we not starting to sign top target soon instead of future prospects then de will end up 10 again.

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Trivia time ... Christian Pulisic is now the only player left at the club who has more than 8 career league goals for Chelsea (he has 20). Lukaku and Chilwell are next with 8 each.

 
abramovich said:
Bump.

This is a reminder that you need a bit of experience at that level no amount of talent can replace.
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Honestly, apart from Sterling not a single one of our fit attacking players right now gets in a top 6 starting line up.

We're going to have a lot of hot and cold moments this season due to this but if we want to finish top 4 this season we need a bit of know how to deliver moments to win games.

 
abramovich said:
Bump.

This is a reminder that you need a bit of experience at that level no amount of talent can replace.
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Even the ones that become the best of their generation learn from experienced players. Terry learned so much from Desailly and had experienced defenders all around him when he broke through. Even Messi will say Ronaldinho helped him get to where he is today and he is arguably the best of all time. Who have our young players got to learn from? They may have the raw talent, but they need coaching and to play next to players who have experienced everything in the game.

 
We've only won 5 out of our last 31 games of football and the start to this season could hardly have been any worse. That kind of a record and this kind of a start is bound to have an impact on a squad thats extremely young. As good as I think Caicedo is that kind of performance got the potential to have a lasting impact on him and especially if the team as a whole continues to struggle as well. Fear factor is completely gone for obvious reasons and I genuinely believe every team in the league are licking their lips in anticipation of facing us.
I was pleasantly surprised West Ham tried to play football yesterday so we did create something through Sterling basically forcing the matter but as soon as they sat back and crowded the box you just knew it was over for us.

Luton will be very important but i'm honestly not that confident. If they sit back and look to counter us they may very well beat us and if that happens alarm bells will already be sounding.

 
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