As most people know im not as big on him as most, but im happy to see on of our own in the World Cup squad.  I am a bit worried about him stamina wise as games come round every few days in the World Cup but he could be an effective super sub or starting every other game.

6 minutes ago, ducavis said:

 Needs to win a trophy first before he is good enough for our first team.

Good job he's going to win England the World Cup then isn't it! 

I’m really pleased for him I just hope he can take these huge moments and shine cause as we’ve seen many times with young English players you can quickly fall from grace.

I hope he starts for England, and has a great WC, so he can't be ignored again.

1 hour ago, Argo said:

As most people know im not as big on him as most, but im happy to see on of our own in the World Cup squad.  I am a bit worried about him stamina wise as games come round every few days in the World Cup but he could be an effective super sub or starting every other game.

It will he a great learning experience for him to play under the pressure of a world cup and with the demands of games every few days.

It's funny how a player we spent over 30 million on hasn't gone to the World Cup but a player we sent out on loan has set out performed well and got himself on the plane.

You couldn't make it up could you, somebody up in that technical room needs sacking. 

Imagine RLC having a cracking WC and putting his name on the big stage!  That might be a pipe dream of mine but I really hope he shines....

1 hour ago, Slojo said:

It's funny how a player we spent over 30 million on hasn't gone to the World Cup but a player we sent out on loan has set out performed well and got himself on the plane.

You couldn't make it up could you, somebody up in that technical room needs sacking. 

I've just seen the squad and that was exactly my first thought. RLC > Drinkwater and Barkley? I suppose before getting too carried away, he'll probably not get to kick a ball but, he's certainly got more chance than the other two I mentioned.

Bet if he has a good World Cup he’ll be in our starting XI next season 

1 hour ago, Snedger said:

I've just seen the squad and that was exactly my first thought. RLC > Drinkwater and Barkley? I suppose before getting too carried away, he'll probably not get to kick a ball but, he's certainly got more chance than the other two I mentioned.

 I think he offers something England don’t have in Dier, Lingard, Alli & Henderson, a ball carrier ala De Rossi. As long as Southgate goes with a flat 4 at the back he should get games. 

First of all, I think Southgate deserves some credit in his development here. RLC had an injury and missed few games, he could easily leave him, but he didn't.

RLC has been one of the best players in Palace, he is one of the players that Roy Hodson stuck with them and kept growing in the table. He deserved that place in the world cup, he is been better than Drinkwater, Barkley, Wilshere and other midfielders that got dropped. 

If he won't be in our squad next season, we must be ashamed for that.

51 minutes ago, IliyaKrostin said:

First of all, I think Southgate deserves some credit in his development here. RLC had an injury and missed few games, he could easily leave him, but he didn't.

RLC has been one of the best players in Palace, he is one of the players that Roy Hodson stuck with them and kept growing in the table. He deserved that place in the world cup, he is been better than Drinkwater, Barkley, Wilshere and other midfielders that got dropped. 

If he won't be in our squad next season, we must be ashamed for that.

Southgate has done more for RLC than Conte & Jose combined, bit odd that isn't it.

But definitely, I dislike Southgate as a manager but he's definitely given a lot of youth a chance, something Hodgson and Capello were afraid to do. 

Hope he makes the starting XI, could see him doing well in a midfield 3 with Dier/Henderson;

                Pickford
Walker - Jones - Cahill - Rose
   Henderson - Dier - RLC
           Alli - Sterling
                 Kane

2 hours ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

Bet if he has a good World Cup he’ll be in our starting XI next season 

I bet if he has a good world cup a lot of the top teams will sniff around. 

1 minute ago, the special one said:

Hope he makes the starting XI, could see him doing well in a midfield 3 with Dier/Henderson;

                Pickford
Walker - Jones - Cahill - Rose
   Henderson - Dier - RLC
           Alli - Sterling
                 Kane

Not that I give two sh*ts about England, but let's be honest, that has got to be one of the poorest England teams I've seen and I'm 49

7 minutes ago, chi blue said:

Not that I give two sh*ts about England, but let's be honest, that has got to be one of the poorest England teams I've seen and I'm 49

I like it. England used to be full of superstars, and that hasn’t really worked out.

This year squad is full of young and hungry players, and probably Harry Kane is the only global superstar in the squad. I’m looking forward to it, I think we’ll be surprised how far we go.

On 08/05/2018 at 03:15, Slojo said:

He's shown nowhere near enough quality to get a starting position here, just because Fabregas & Bakayoko have been bad doesn't mean we need to play RLC from here on out, he's not the answer to our problems. As good as he looks we can't go gambling again, we need to go out and get the necessary player, by necessary I mean a big signing to play next to Kante.

‘Nowhere near enough quality’, that’s harsh, he has shone for Palace and is good enough to go to the World Cup, he’s at least good enough for the squad. There’s not much point in keeping him if he’s nowhere near good enough, may as well sell him. Why can’t we sign a top midfielder and keep Ruben? Two of our midfielders are likely to leave anyway and we’re in the Europa League, where he could get consistent game time. He doesn’t have to play every game, depends how he performs, he’s home grown, better than the home grown players we currently have, a gamble? I don’t see how. 

Edited May 16, 20188 yr by Floyd25

He should've went on loan 2 years ago, don't know why he stayed. In my opinion no youth player should ever stay in the team unless they are explicitly the manager's cup of tea or already a top class player.

The only way he would've developed at Chelsea is if he followed a Rashford story and all of our midfielders got injured and the manager is forced to play him.

4 hours ago, Slojo said:

It's funny how a player we spent over 30 million on hasn't gone to the World Cup but a player we sent out on loan has set out performed well and got himself on the plane.

You couldn't make it up could you, somebody up in that technical room needs sacking. 

Exactly what i was thinking, Slojo.  I've nothing against Drinkwater personally, but more and more he's looking like such a pointless signing. Sell him back to Leicester at a loss, and bring back RLC.

13 minutes ago, Floyd25 said:

‘Nowhere near enough quality’, that’s harsh, he has shone for Palace and is good enough to go to the World Cup, he’s at least good enough for the squad. There’s not much point in keeping him if he’s nowhere near good enough, may as well sell him. Why can’t we sign a top midfielder and keep Ruben? Two of our midfielders are likely to leave anyway and we’re in the Europa League, where he could get consistent game time. He doesn’t have to play every game, depends how he performs, he’s home grown, better than the home grown players we currently have, a gamble? I don’t see how. 

Harsh but needed to be said, I think people got carried away with him.

I've watched him and I've seen inconsistency, I'm very proud of him that he's got in the World Cup but that doesn't guarantee he's good enough to be the man we need at Chelsea. 

We need a world class midfielder to do the job, is RLC world class? No, will he be one day? Maybe, debatable. Like Argo said, he's still massively untested, especially in the physical and work rate department. He's no doubt got lots of flair and looks like he can really improve his game, he's good at going forward and thinking quickly for such a big guy who's less agile than others. But we can't afford to put all our eggs in one basket here, not again, we did it with Bakayoko it hasn't worked and it's definitely cost us a lot of points. Now we are outside the top 4 and aren't looking very good before our FA Cup final.

Let's get real here, RLC isn't ready to start, is he ready to get more games here? Absolutely, but he's not the man to play next to Kante next season, we need to sell players and get some new ones in. 

He’s a young player, how is he supposed to improve if he doesn’t get his shot?

Im sure there were Spurs fans who thought Kane wasn’t good enough. Look at him now.

2 hours ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

He’s a young player, how is he supposed to improve if he doesn’t get his shot?

Im sure there were Spurs fans who thought Kane wasn’t good enough. Look at him now.

You could say the same for Bakayoko, look how that turned out.

You don't just drop unproven youngsters in the deep end. 

3 hours ago, Slojo said:

Southgate has done more for RLC than Conte & Jose combined, bit odd that isn't it.

But definitely, I dislike Southgate as a manager but he's definitely given a lot of youth a chance, something Hodgson and Capello were afraid to do. 

Think the fact that Southgate had coached most of these youngsters at U21 level for England plays a huge factor in him bringing them into the first team as he already largely knows what they're capable of. Regardless, he deserves a lot of credit for having the balls.

47 minutes ago, Slojo said:

You could say the same for Bakayoko, look how that turned out.

You don't just drop unproven youngsters in the deep end. 

Bakayoko is not comparable. He was a known "talent" when we bought him. It wasn't meant to be a risk. Turns out he was sh*t and if you listened to any French football fan they would've told you that.

41 minutes ago, Total-Football said:

Bakayoko is not comparable. He was a known "talent" when we bought him. It wasn't meant to be a risk. Turns out he was sh*t and if you listened to any French football fan they would've told you that.

He was 22 when we signed him, RLC is 22 now, it's practically the same thing.

From the get go he was a huge gamble, one good season, untested, hit and miss fan reviews from him. RLC is also a big gamble (if for example we went with him to be our main starter next season and we didn't sign anybody else to be in front of him).