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Ukraine Bolt said:
Makes me sick to my stomach that there's actual Chelsea fans that want to see this man sold, he's the only player in our squad outside of Palmer that would be able to create Jackson's goal yesterday. 

Cream of the crop.
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Nobody wants the player of yesterday sold. 

What they want to sell is the prospect of a player who is on a lot of money and can only play 10-15 games a season.

 
Munkunku said:
I really hope England leave him the f**k alone this summer.
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Yeah hearing Redknapp and co say Southgate should take him since they have a 26 man squad was a chiller. 

We know if he goes with e gland likely he misses most of next season.

 
bisright1 said:
He's not. 

If he's only able to play 10-15 games a season then we need a more reliable player. 

The reason I wouldn't sell is because I dream of him suddenly not becoming broken. 
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With Gusto here to pick up the slack and the tactical option of playing a defacto back 3 and Cucu inverted I'm more than happy to take the hit with Reece.

Some players are just that good that you simply put up with it, to casually come on after 5 months out and have that impact is not normal.

But like you said, let's pray this surgery works because that alone puts us back in the UCL next year regardless of who's incharge.

 
He shouldn't play at the Euros at all. The whole point is to prepare for a full season now, his injuries did hurt his career and to further risk it would be insane.

Having a nice rotation with Gusto is an ideal situation for James, so I hope he doesn't risk it now after recovering because if he decides to play the Euros it will have an impact on the next season.

 
Gol15 said:
He shouldn't play at the Euros at all. The whole point is to prepare for a full season now, his injuries did hurt his career and to further risk it would be insane.

Having a nice rotation with Gusto is an ideal situation for James, so I hope he doesn't risk it now after recovering because if he decides to play the Euros it will have an impact on the next season.
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He was so devastated to miss the world cup I personally hope he does go to the euros. 

 
bisright1 said:
He's not. 

If he's only able to play 10-15 games a season then we need a more reliable player. 

The reason I wouldn't sell is because I dream of him suddenly not becoming broken. 
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We have Gusto to pick up the dead rubber games.

Under no circumstance should James and transfer be mentioned in the same sentence.

 
Ukraine Bolt said:
We have Gusto to pick up the dead rubber games.

Under no circumstance should James and transfer be mentioned in the same sentence.
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They aren't dead rubbers though are they? James missed the league cup final and the fa cup semi. If we were in the champions league hed have missed every knock out game bar the final. 

We got tonked by arsenal, for many reasons,  but one of them was because we had Alfie Gilchrist at right back as Gusto was injured.

If we have James and Gusto as our two right backs next season, we are gambling. 

 
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bisright1 said:
They aren't dead rubbers though are they? James missed the league cup final and the fa cup semi. If we were in the champions league hed have missed every knock out game bar the final. 

We got tonked by arsenal, for many reasons,  but one of them was because we had Alfie Gilchrist at right back as Gusto was injured.

If we have James and Gusto as our two right backs next season, we are gambling. 
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Possibly one of the most controversial takes, given every fan of any other club would bite your hand off for RB options of James and Gusto

 
timetowaste said:
Possibly one of the most controversial takes, given every fan of any other club would bite your hand off for RB options of James and Gusto
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It's a gamble I'd take. But if Gusto has a serious injury on the 1st Feb next season, we're probably f**ked. 

 
bisright1 said:
He was so devastated to miss the world cup I personally hope he does go to the euros. 
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It wouldn't benefit him though, the next World Cup is just in 2 years anyway so if he has a full next season then he'll be ready for the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada which is a much bigger event than this Euro.

 
Gol15 said:
It wouldn't benefit him though, the next World Cup is just in 2 years anyway so if he has a full next season then he'll be ready for the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada which is a much bigger event than this Euro.
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It's only a bigger event if you're able to go. 

Anyway it's his life. He's not going to turn down his first and potentially only international tournament. So it's a pointless conversation. 

 
Its probably not for this conversation as it is still too early for a year or two from now, but i have really high hopes for Josh Acheampong. I am hoping that these owners don't cash in early and prevent us from getting the benefit of developing this lad over the next two seasons. Even now, in some games and in certain atmospheres around the team, i would trust him to come in as cover during this season. That's is not throwing in him in a back line where the oldest player is like 22 and nobody has had any experience. But if we do have a better team and season, we could manage both James' and Gusto's minutes better by drawing on Josh to close games out which would help his growth as well.

Bit random i know. 😁

 
Ukraine Bolt said:
Makes me sick to my stomach that there's actual Chelsea fans that want to see this man sold, he's the only player in our squad outside of Palmer that would be able to create Jackson's goal yesterday. 

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It is sickening though when you think of the amount of money you pay for someone that isn't in the team for most of the season. 

It also has a knock on effect on team morale, squad harmony, team building, and similar intangibles unlike the money aspect. 

No one wants to sell Reece because he can't play football. He offers us something when fit but he has played 25 games over the last two seasons and hasn't had more than 3 games in a row since 2021 due to injury issues. 

 
bisright1 said:
It's only a bigger event if you're able to go. 

Anyway it's his life. He's not going to turn down his first and potentially only international tournament. So it's a pointless conversation. 
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He's still only 24-25 years old, he can definitely focus on his body and after a full season he will look like the top pick for England in 2026 World Cup.

 
abister1 said:
It is sickening though when you think of the amount of money you pay for someone that isn't in the team for most of the season. 

It also has a knock on effect on team morale, squad harmony, team building, and similar intangibles unlike the money aspect. 

No one wants to sell Reece because he can't play football. He offers us something when fit but he has played 25 games over the last two seasons and hasn't had more than 3 games in a row since 2021 due to injury issues. 
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As distasteful as we might all find selling Reece James to be, there is no denying this and @bisright1 logic.

Whether we like it or not, the impact Reece had on Saturday was significantly noticeable. If he has a solid end to this season and a decent and fit Euros, I could easily see a scenario where Bayern, PSG or Real come knocking. If he commands a top FFP free hit price and we replace with an amortized Dumfries, for example, then i can definitely see these owner going for it especially if Ornstein is right and we don't need to do anything in this reporting year but do in next. A James and Gallagher sale at their peak popularity could square the books for this lot next season.  Whether we like it or not, yeah i can see them justifying these as sales that help our growth and don't hurt us with what we already have.

 
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