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Nine of Chelsea's ten loanees were in action on Saturday, including wins for Miroslav Stoch and Scott Sinclair, and a professional debut for Jacob Mellis, whilst Lee Sawyer experienced both good and bad.



Starting in brief with the four club loanees from the fringes of the first team, and Michael Mancienne. ...

http://www.CFCnet.co.uk/2009/08/15/loan-ro...akes-pro-debut/

[AndyTBH]

It was nice to see a start for Mancienne and a subsitute appearance for Sinclair. Hoping to see Di-Santo make an appearance next week. It was a quiet week for the three with little to talk about. Lets hope as the season goes along that they can show us they are Chelsea material.

[Trailblazer]

Inspite of defeats for Wolves and Blackburn, I only found positive comments on the performances of Mancienne and Di Santo. Taiwo missed a great chance to give his team all three points against Millwall.

[Juan Mata Dor]

Micheal got shipped off fairly early in the second half. How did he do ?

Shame Franco didn't start as well.

[ish]

good for stoch getting game time as a starter. I saw the highlights for the match, and he impressed from what I saw. Seems to not be very in sync with the team yet. I dont know how rajkovic did however but the clean sheet would have been a good indication.

Sinclair I saw a bit of on MOTD. He played down the right and good around 2 aston villa players to put in a decent cross.

no clue how di santo did, heard he barely touched the ball.

[hanuma]

Thanks for this. Questions:

1. Why only 67 mins for Mancienne, just fitness?
2. Nouble, Taiwo, Sinclair, Stoch or DiSanto do anything?
3. PvA, what mistakes did he make this time?
4. What role did Sawyer play for Southend?

[Tweeds 10]

hanuma, on Aug 16 2009, 16:34, said:

3. PvA, what mistakes did he make this time?

Caught the highlights and they didn't show any. Attacks weren't predominantly down his side it seemed. He does look exceptionally talented going forward though, very nice touch and balance to his game.

[ChelC]

Mancienne@s withdrawer must have had something to do with fitness, he came off when they were 1-0 down not when they were 2-0 down according to the report. A minute after he came off, stearman his replacement conceeded a corner which West Ham scored from.
Solid performance in my opinion, he suprisingly won all the headers when he came up against C.Cole. He read the game well and brought the ball out of defence well. My only concern was his positioning because I kept a close eye on him. Even though it was never an issue in the actual match and the ball was miles away from him on those occasions, I kept wondering if he was taking up the right positions.

Sinclair came on for Nzogbia and was impressive. He featured well in the highlights on match of the day and from me seeing the last 20 minutes of the came, it was a good cameo debut. Most notable moment for him was when he dribbled in the style we have become used to seeing him do in the reserves against proven premier league players before delivering a devilsh cross that need just a touch from Gomez who missed it by a whisker. Every thing else he did was productive apart from when he tried the taking on two many defenders again but cudnt get past them.

Taiwo seems to split opinion. some quotes below

Taiwo's distribution was awful, was too easily brushed off the ball and (for a professional footballer) his attempt to score was laughable.

Taiwo did an excellent job in an ultra defensive line up and was no more guilty of poor distribution than any other player in black today.

James Phillips was absolutely raving about Tom Taiwo. Praising his tackling and breaking up of play.

With Stoch and Rajkovic - Highlights of their game below. Stoch is whipping some dangerous crosses in these days, a far cry from him trying to dribble into the box at evry chance in the reserves. rajkovic is looking useful too.



PVA - lol they love him over @ coventry already so much that they nicked him the flying dutchman
some comments

The Flying Dutchman played another blinder but was apparently on the end of a rollocking from Coleman

Played the full 90 mins (only his 2nd professional game) and looked very good going forward but still uncertain at times when defending. I am sure that will improve and it looks he will be the first choice left back in his stay at Coventry (until 31 Dec 09)

Good passer of the ball, good first touch and a bit of pace about him. He looks more of a wing back than a traditional full back


Di Santo could do nothing as by the time he came in Blackburn where only chasing shadows. they could string two passes together and where rightly beaten.

From all accounts of Sawyer's debut need anybody say more. he gave away a penalty but the fans (nmost critical of players) thought it will be a travesty if he doesnt start the next game? I wonder what he did apart from give the penalty away.

All in All good for most of the boys to be getting action elsewhere. I hope 2/3 out of the 9 can come back to be part of the squad in coming years.

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A busy midweek football schedule saw eight of Chelsea's loanees play for their temporary teams, with Shaun Cummings making his West Brom debut and Jacob Mellis starting his first senior match.



Premier League action this week is on the thin side, but at the DW Stadium on Tuesday night, Michael Mancienne ...

http://www.CFCnet.co.uk/2009/08/18/aug-18t...e-and-cummings/

[hanuma]

A very good thread this. Thanks for all the contributions.

"Taiwo was subbed a minute from time, and by reports he was fantastic without the ball, but struggled when in possession." Always worrying when a player comes to you at 17 and he's already a holding midfielder. For all the negative comments about Maka's ability on the ball even he started out further up the pitch.

Mellis needing a "stronger unit around him", well obviously he'd have that at Chelsea, although I struggle to see him justifying a purely creative role in our team. It's his all round game that needs to be developed if he's going to make it with us.

[Blue Jones]

Mancienne getting rave reviews yet again from the Wolves faithful. Many even have him as there Motm. I think his biggest test yet will come against Citeh's forward line in the next round.


MM - MOTM - Superb. Calm and composed on the ball. Reads the game with ease. Brings the ball out. WIll be the difference between us staying up. Amazing good in the air as well! Reminds me a lot of Lescott. 9

Mancienne - Absolute man-mountain - can't remember a missed header, tackle or clearance... coul'd be the difference between staying up or going down - simple as that... 9

Mancienne....a colossus tonight, lost only 2 challenges, one where Ward got in his way and the other when he went a forward run and overran the ball. Absolutely outstanding. MOM by a mile. 10

My MOM's Keogh, Mancienne, and Henry, but not to take anything away from the other players, it was a total team effort.

Mancienne despite his age plays how Craddock should, composed, solid good in the air quite frankly after 10 games last season and the 2 of this season I want him snapped up now no matter what the price, I can see him getting better and better

Keogh was awesome - hit the woodword, scored a neat header, and denied a blatent penalty. This on top of his amazing work rate. 10/10 but not MoM - that goes to Mancienne who we simply must buy. He's better than our other CBs combined.

Not that far behind was Mancienne, who looks to have settled straight in there at the back. I lost count of the amount of times he got in front of his man to intercept the ball as well as winning numerous headers. Rodallega was completely anonymous as a result. 9/10.

If we can keep Mancienne fit, we will not go down. Can't really see us having the money to buy him though -- with performances like his first two he's adding a million quid a week to his price tag.

Mancienne - Gash. Just kidding. He was faultless. Reads the game well, good in the air, and composed. One dribble in the last 5 minutes had me calling him all the irresponsible little $$$$$ under the sun, but hey. 8

Mancienne – Excellent. Won tackle after tackle and also a lot in the air against players much taller then him. We need him here for the season. I’ll be gutted if Chelsea call him back in January. 8

Mancienne - another who's continuing to make rapid progress. Seems to be coping better with the physical side of the game. However where I feel he's made the biggest difference for us has been in his distribution; helping to bring the ball out and ensure we play it through the park instead of bypassing Henry, Milijas and co. Must surely be one of - if not the first - name on Mick's team sheet.

Edited by Blue Jones, 19 August 2009 - 11:57 AM.

[Tweeds 10]

I'll echo others sentiments -- one of the best threads on Chelsea, and it'd be nice if it was kept that way. The Mancienne feedback in particular looks very promising; only two games at this level as a centre back and he's excelled in both. Hopefully a sign of things to come and given his four year contract, could he be a potential Carvalho replacement?

[MikelBlue]

I watched the blackburn/citeh game on saturday and saw Di Santo enter around the 65min mark. He was very quiet to say the least (reminiscent of the 45mins he had against Villa last season). For me, he appeared a bit off the pace and failed make any impact. Perhaps, the fact that long balls were punted to him did not really help him as he's not yet strong enough to hold up play with his back to the goal as a traditional center forward. He's more comfortable with the ball played on the ground to his feet or into space. Hopefully, he'll put in a better performance in their next game.

[ChelC]

MikelBlue, on Aug 19 2009, 14:36, said:

I watched the blackburn/citeh game on saturday and saw Di Santo enter around the 65min mark. He was very quiet to say the least (reminiscent of the 45mins he had against Villa last season). For me, he appeared a bit off the pace and failed make any impact. Perhaps, the fact that long balls were punted to him did not really help him as he's not yet strong enough to hold up play with his back to the goal as a traditional center forward. He's more comfortable with the ball played on the ground to his feet or into space. Hopefully, he'll put in a better performance in their next game.

Drogba wouldnt have made an impact in that match if he was on for blackburn in my opinion. they couldnt streing a pass together and even when they long balled, the ball was miles away from the target man. I felt sorry for him and blackburn because they just looked like paupers @ a banquet.

[hanuma]

Tweeds 10, on Aug 19 2009, 16:28, said:

Hopefully a sign of things to come and given his four year contract, could he be a potential Carvalho replacement?

That's the dream, and I'll be the first to apologise to him if it becomes a reality. But I think I'd take a cheese sandwich over Zubar and Craddock combined.