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Sconnie Blue said:
The difference between James and Chilwell is that the latter hasn't looked anywhere near his former self whereas when James comes back from injury, he immediately picks up where he left off. Problem we need to solve is to keep him fit, as when fit for a season he puts up TAA numbers whilst also being a rock defensively. He's only 24 and there is enough time for him to mitigate those injuries, ala Kyle Walker. 

This isn't a strictly "US Chelsea Fans" train of thought. I find it ironic you say that when England fans are constantly reminded of Reece James every time TAA or Walker put up the occasional defensive stinker. 

I really don't care about the number of matches. The point I am showing you is that Kyle Walker had chronic groin issues which made him injury prone up until the age of 24. 

James is 24 so it isn't too late for him in the slightest. 
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Sorry Sconnie not meaning to pick on you but this just highlights what I said earlier. 
 

This has not been the case since last season in my opinion. He’s having a lot more average games than usual. 

 
Give him time to gain match sharpness FFS 🤦

If he manages to go a month without any injuries he’ll be back at his best. I’ll eat my crusty sock if not.

 
Remodez said:
Sorry Sconnie not meaning to pick on you but this just highlights what I said earlier. 
 

This has not been the case since last season in my opinion. He’s having a lot more average games than usual. 
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53 minutes against top of the league lmao have some shame.

Its not even like he was poor either. 

 
Ukraine Bolt said:
53 minutes against top of the league lmao have some shame.

Its not even like he was poor either. 
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The whole point of that discussion was that it didn't matter previously, he would come back and perform to his usual world class standards regards of who it was agaisnt and how many mins he got. This is happening less frequently. I don't believe this is a controversial statement, it could be due to factors outside of his control seeing as our defence overall has gotten worse but the point still remains. 

 
Remodez said:
The whole point of that discussion was that it didn't matter previously, he would come back and perform to his usual world class standards regards of who it was agaisnt and how many mins he got. This is happening less frequently. I don't believe this is a controversial statement, it could be due to factors outside of his control seeing as our defence overall has gotten worse but the point still remains. 
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Why are we pretending like Reece was awful yesterday? He was the best player in an awful back line. Tosin, Colwill and Gusto were all far worse than him.

The original discussion was about selling him because he won't be the same player, he still is. 

 
He didn't stay with Jones because he wanted to force the offsides trap. He had a misunderstanding of what the backline needed to do in that situation. Almost as if he was absent for the majority of training sessions due to injury...

 
Ukraine Bolt said:
Why are we pretending like Reece was awful yesterday? He was the best player in an awful back line. Tosin, Colwill and Gusto were all far worse than him.

The original discussion was about selling him because he won't be the same player, he still is. 
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I think you are really twisting things here just to make your point and fit in with previous narrative. It was very well understood as @Remodez said that the line was that he would pick up like he never left whenever he returned back to action.

He may have done well but what impact did his presence have in the backline? It was unsettling as players were out of normal positions. 

He may have been the best performer but it was also his lapse in concentration or getting tired that led to goal. 

He was slow to see that the defence was lining up an offside trap. When he realised and decided to join it, he was late stepping forward and at the same time, Curtis has started his run, he had the best angle to see that run, pick him up and cut the danger but reaction was really slow.

 
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Quite the statement Maresca gave about Reece James leadership qualities or lack of earlier.

He also praised Colwill as a leader. I actually agree with most of what he said but the timing is poor imo and as usual the press are all over it. “James fighting for his Chelsea future”.

The moment he got injured in pre season Maresca could and should have taken the captaincy away from him without much of a storm. He could have just said that he needed his captain on the pitch and I’m sure James would have accepted that.

I hope he gets fit and nails down his position. He needs to concentrate on his fitness and form after all he’s been through rather than being captain.

 
He said he was too reserved and shy in the changing rooms. As has been established for quite a while now, the decision, Boehly (probably) made for marketing reasons (academy boy etc) to give him captaincy was insane and made no sense. Unnecessary extra pressure when at the time we had Silva.

 
If Maresca were British I am absolutely certain he is the sort of person who would use the words 'paradigm', 'transformational' and 'enterprise'.

Worst Italian the Premier League has ever suffered. At least di Canio was funny. Here are some pictures of Reece James winning things while Maresca was learning management-speak as Guardiola's lackey:

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PloKoon13 said:
If Maresca were British I am absolutely certain he is the sort of person who would use the words 'paradigm', 'transformational' and 'enterprise'.

Worst Italian the Premier League has ever suffered. At least di Canio was funny. Here are some pictures of Reece James winning things while Maresca was learning management-speak as Guardiola's lackey:

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I think Maresca has a point. Of course there are different types of captain but I feel we need a vocal one like Colwill especially as the squad is so young 

 
Again, a big deal is made out of nothing. I am sure Maresca has expressed his opinion to Reece before the reporters. However, the comments Maresca made are important because if he can criticise the captain publicly he can do it with any of them if they don’t perform.

 
90 minutes. super stuff from James today and some much needed goal line clearances. Not doing so much going forward, made it to my fantasy team already.

 
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