As thoughts turn to Silva again it has to be said in my opinion he was for large parts of the season Chelsea’s best defender even clearing off the line a number of times.
Nearly always the first to a header or a tackle.
It might just be a little premature to assume there is no place for him in the Chelsea team this year before even the first friendly has taken place.
I really am happy to wait and see if Poche has a plan for Silva as we only had 2 stand out players in the whole team last year.. yep 2 Silva & Enzo.
I’m in the don’t sell Chalobah camp myself as I think he has more to give but as a squad player to cover cup games & injuries with Silva perhaps consigned to a similar roll.
The issue here - which everyone seems to be ignoring - is Silva. He’s not suited to the back 4 or high line, and given his age it would be crazy to keep him and sell Chalobah. Make him a player / coach sure, but he can’t be taking games from any of our other centre backs
As thoughts turn to Silva again it has to be said in my opinion he was for large parts of the season Chelsea’s best defender even clearing off the line a number of times.
Nearly always the first to a header or a tackle.
It might just be a little premature to assume there is no place for him in the Chelsea team this year before even the first friendly has taken place.
I really am happy to wait and see if Poche has a plan for Silva as we only had 2 stand out players in the whole team last year.. yep 2 Silva & Enzo.
I’m in the don’t sell Chalobah camp myself as I think he has more to give but as a squad player to cover cup games & injuries with Silva perhaps consigned to a similar roll.
Starters
Fofana/ Colwill
Next
Badiashile
Chalobah/Silva
In that order.
The issue here - which everyone seems to be ignoring - is Silva. He’s not suited to the back 4 or high line, and given his age it would be crazy to keep him and sell Chalobah. Make him a player / coach sure, but he can’t be taking games from any of our other centre backs
I agree. Personally, I'm not 100% sure that Thiago starts for us next season hence the rumours that the club won't stand in his way if he wants to go