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Cesare Casadei

Andy North said:
Didn't impress last night. Looked a bit lost wasn't assured in possession.  He also looked like he could be dispossesed on a few occasions.

Maybe Maresca can help this.
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I thought he showed well for the ball, didn't hide. The issue was sometimes he held onto it a little too long. It's fine against weaker teams like Gent but in the prem he could lose possession and we would get punished.

 
I thought he linked up play nicely at the very least. He's a tad over 6'1" and just a tad over 12 stone and not blessed with speed. I fear the hurly burly of better teams will find him out. He'd be a hit in Serie A.

 
Andy North said:
Didn't impress last night. Looked a bit lost wasn't assured in possession.  He also looked like he could be dispossesed on a few occasions.

Maybe Maresca can help this.
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Disagree.

Started slow but was always making himself available under pressure, played tidy passes, would like to see him take a bit more risks as he's got the strength and dribbling to do so but understandable he would keep things safe in his first start. 

He did fade towards the end but you could tell he was gassed, couldn't even run back properly on the last goal they scored. Overall a solid 6 or 7 out of 10. 

 
Yeah I don’t think he’s anywhere near good enough to be considered for first team just yet.

Personally I don’t really see what he offers, last night was his chance to really show the world what he is all about but he played really conservative and safe.

I think he needs a loan.

 
What Maresca said after the game :  

“Cesare played very good against Barrow and even better tonight. I am very happy with the way he is playing. I had Cesare last year and he was playing a little bit in different position.

This year, we are using him like a holding midfielder. The reason why is because I think we go in the direction where the middle you need physical players. Cesare is very big, physically strong and helps us when we want to press.

On the ball, he is improving a lot. Tonight he played one touch, so we are very happy. For him, it’s the same as the rest; many things he can do better but he is in the right direction.”

See Casadei comments from about  04:40 below :





Interesting comments in general about football going in the direction of physical players in midfield.

 
Cannot for the life of me see how Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall or Felix are getting minutes ahead of Carney.

Not saying they are particularly bad players, they're not. But Carney has such an incredibly high ceiling and on the whole has done really well whenever he has been given time on the pitch. Not sure what more he could do.

 
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Cannot for the life of me see how Casadei, Dewsbury-Hall or Felix are getting minutes ahead of Carney.

Not saying they are particularly bad players, they're not. But Carney has such an incredibly high ceiling and on the whole has done really well whenever he has been given time on the pitch. Not sure what more he could do.
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I can't see Chukwuemeka not being played being a footballing decision.

Club's obviously decided he's being sold, so the manager is following instructions to "encourage the move" ... similar to what is happening with Chilwell ... 

Can only think it is something to do with ongoing fitness concerns. Wasn't there some noise around his biomechanics and needing to change his running style as a result last season ?

 
Change of running style clearly hasn’t hampered him, he’s looked brilliant every time he played. Even against Barrow he created more chances than everybody else despite playing what, 15 minutes?

I would have him as second choice behind Palmer. He offers more than Felix imo, even though I really like him.

 
dansubrosa said:
Yeah I don’t think he’s anywhere near good enough to be considered for first team just yet.

Personally I don’t really see what he offers, last night was his chance to really show the world what he is all about but he played really conservative and safe.

I think he needs a loan.
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Agreed. We already have better here.

 
WhiteWall said:
Agreed. We already have better here.
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Essentially he is playing a new position. I thought he did ok and you can see that his instincts were to come forward. However, I do think that eventually we will sell him, as well as Carney, Madueke, Mudryk, and potentially Reece. 

 
Didn't even realise he got sent off, must have stopped paying attention by then.

Don't think he's up to much and not sure how he's getting starts over Chukwuemeka. Constantly passing backwards and slow on the ball. Physicality is his main attribute but doesn't seem to know how to use it. 

Hopefully someone throws a bit of money at him in January. 

 
Ukraine Bolt said:
Didn't even realise he got sent off, must have stopped paying attention by then.

Don't think he's up to much and not sure how he's getting starts over Chukwuemeka. Constantly passing backwards and slow on the ball. Physicality is his main attribute but doesn't seem to know how to use it. 

Hopefully someone throws a bit of money at him in January. 
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In short, sadly, he's soft. He struggled physically at Leicester last season in midfield. More effective forward using his skills in and around the box. Shame, really. Outstanding junior who doesn't seem equipped for senior footy at least in the PL. Would cope better back in Italy.

 
Ukraine Bolt said:
Didn't even realise he got sent off, must have stopped paying attention by then.

Don't think he's up to much and not sure how he's getting starts over Chukwuemeka. Constantly passing backwards and slow on the ball. Physicality is his main attribute but doesn't seem to know how to use it. 

Hopefully someone throws a bit of money at him in January. 
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It's mad that we are freezing Chukwuemeka out, he should be playing ahead of Dewsbury-Hall every chance we get. As for Casadei, I think he's an okay player, doesn't do much beyond the simple stuff, but I don't see much beyond that. Santos should be taking his spot next season.

 
He’s a kid.

Again far too many writing him off. We could do that with the established players we signed in the previous era but we need to give these guys extra time due to their inexperience and age or it’s almost pointless.

 
19seventyone said:
He’s a kid.

Again far too many writing him off. We could do that with the established players we signed in the previous era but we need to give these guys extra time due to their inexperience and age or it’s almost pointless.
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The thing is that we have a lot of kids at the club and on loan. We can only fit so many in.

 
Scott Harris said:
The thing is that we have a lot of kids at the club and on loan. We can only fit so many in.
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I get that bud.

But lots of fans are a bit too quick to criticise the young ones. Cucu whilst not being the youngest was torn apart on here for a season at least and now he’s a mainstay and playing well.

Being critical is fine and is needed but some players are immune it would appear whilst others kop double. 
 

I’ve been guilty of it myself but am trying to reign it in as it’s a different Chelsea today.

 
19seventyone said:
He’s a kid.

Again far too many writing him off. We could do that with the established players we signed in the previous era but we need to give these guys extra time due to their inexperience and age or it’s almost pointless.
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But frankly Chukwuemeka,  Santos and even Ugochukwu have shown more potential both at the club or on loan. That's what happens when you hoard multiple young talents.  You have to be absolutely brutal to ensure you keep the cream of the crop.

 
WhiteWall said:
But frankly Chukwuemeka,  Santos and even Ugochukwu have shown more potential both at the club or on loan. That's what happens when you hoard multiple young talents.  You have to be absolutely brutal to ensure you keep the cream of the crop.
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Like Salah? Or KDB?

We don’t have a great record of keeping our best youngsters because it was so difficult to break into an established (under Roman). The new model  means all of our players are young but we seem to ask that they perform week in week out like our successful teams of the past. 
I’m not saying criticism is all bad but I think we need to be mindful of who we are criticising 

Lesley has spat the dummy at Southampton and deleted all mention of them due to lack of game time. This is the difficulty for the loan players. Santos found the same scenario last season at Forest. 
 

Of course not all will make it at Chelsea but the fans can be a bit better encouraging them instead of ripping them a new arsehole or the trope of “he’s simply not good enough” when we have actual evidence of that not being the case re Salah, KDB, Cucu etc.

Some of these young players need more time to get there.
 

 
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