WeePat
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I agree, but I'm also cognisant of where we're having this conversation. Some of it is the kind of banter chat you'd expect to find on rival forum. I'm sure Chelsea fans over on the shedend aren't falling over themselves either to highlight the nuances of Maguire's season.Agreed. I just find the criticism a bit odd - if we start fewer than 4 academy players every game this is proof we no longer care about youth?
For me Chelsea are finally doing what we should have done all along with our academy. The purchases that ruin us are when we spend big money on mediocre backups - Zappacosta, Batshuayi, Drinkwater, etc. We should instead be saving our funds for top players and filling out the squad with our academy players - they get enough minutes to continue their development and the squad as a whole is better-rounded.
I doubt we'd be able to splash over £200m on key additions, if we didn't already have some very good academy players who now have considerable PL experience.