Chelsea FC Transfer News: AVB Confirms McEachran Loan Deal 'Almost Done'

Bertrand is the one I get the frustrated the most about. He’s been more than decent in every game he’s played. Give him a chance in the prem and give Cole a rest. Is that too much to ask?

Over the past few seasons, every Josh appearance, no matter how brief, has left me wanting to see more. Now we all get to see him hopefully every weekend, and now I have a legitimate reason to watch every Swansea game for the remainder of the season.

Love it.

I’m amazed this is taking so long. I mean, Swansea first talked about wanting him back in the fall. I wonder what they are haggling over? I also wonder how much say Josh has in the process himself.

We watch every week while craving some exciting, attractive footbaqll as promised by our supposedly youth trusting young manager and we do this while Josh ans chums stay in the basket. We do this while great servants(like SFL)and new try-hard-manage-nothings(Raul)and those with a different job to do(Ramires and Romeu)manage to NOT play any attacking or attractive stuff.

We’re left with a window where we cry out for a CM with technical ability to unlock tight defences and get us going in general and there’s no sign of one being signed at all and then we send away our only current squad memeber(short of wasting Mata in the role)capable of any creation whatsoever after having ignored him all season. Sure, a loan might be Ok for Josh but for a Chelsea team he should already have had a decent chance in? Not sure about that and the contiued lack of chances for our talented kids means Vargas goes to Naplees and not to us-what do kids have to do, above what they must at Utd or Barca, to get a shot at our club?

If Josh gets a shot at Swansea I’d be hard pressed to be able to tell him to EVER come back. What guarantee is there that he’ll get a go in our side even if he plays amazingly well at Swansea? Sturridge ould hardly have scored more goals in a weaker than average Bolton team last season’s end yet he plays out wwide for us. If Raul and Lampard aren’t creating enough right now why does Josh have to go out to another club to show what he can do? If he plays really well he’s not going to be doing it for us and will be doing it elsewhere while nobody HERE can do it at all. The sad thing is that he hasn’t been trusted here even with older players failing week in and week out to provide the ammo for Danny, Mata and Torres-so will doing well for a low to mid table team suddenly make us trust him enough to get a berth in the first team? I doubt it and even if he does we will not play him where we should or where he’s best. Our lack of faith in our kids is the worst in the footbaLL WORLD. We don’t ssort it out and I see a point where the sense in keeping the academy may already have passed as rright now it’s a total waste of time, money and kids dreams.

How will we ever know if a kid is good enough for Chelsea if he never gets a GAME for Chelsea? We were told if those in the team failed those in the squad, regardless of age, would get THEIR chance but unless you cost a great deal, get played out of position or have had the manager after you for a year or two already(Mata, Studge and Rommy respectuively)you aren’t getting a chance at all-and even when costing a bomb Lukaku has no hope to play-I’m gutted to see our only naturally creative CM player go out on loan and fail to see how, short term, it’sd anything but a weakening of our squad this season and a reduction of our options when nobody else has similar gifts to Josh at our club right now. That he hasn’t played more is disgusting to me and must really discourage all the other youth players and will be an element in the best kids continuing to go any and everywhere else.

I always been a well wisher of Swansea for nurturing Super Frank . Now I will love ’em for what they will be doing to next Super Frank i.e. McEachran. :)

I made a crack about this at one point, but I wonder if it’s a valid question:

Josh is about as skinny as a rail. Are there any concerns that he’ll get knocked around because of his size and build? The guy appears to be quick, both in terms of his own movements and moving the ball. But I wonder if he’ll just get pushed around if he doesn’t bulk up a bit.

Just curious.

Regardless, I’m excited for him to go out on loan and to be able to track his progress. The skills are undeniable.

though I wonder if it will be unfortunate for Chelsea in some way. Watching the videos above (because I haven’t gotten to see him play about anything) he definitely has a knack for a good through pass on the ground. I am curious if he has other skills in the creative department, such as chipping or free kick specialties and what not? While we could certainly use the through ball, maybe if he lacks in some of those other areas it would be reason for AVB and staff to hesitate to use him? I have no idea, honestly- you all would know better than I do about his skillset… just trying to imagine what it was that caused him to see as little playing time as he did. It does make one wonder.

Anyway, best of luck to him at Swansea, except against Chelsea :) I have a feeling their manager will want to nurture him, despite the move being only temporary. That whole playing football with Rodgers’s son thing could go a long way.

I don’t want Josh going near Bolton. Yes, last year Sturridge’s loan there took him from prospect to lead goal scorer but Bolton is going down and they’re desperate to stay up. No way does a manager risk relegation and his job on a youth prospect that’s not even his prospect. No way will Josh start often at Bolton. Swansea, Norwich, and Wolves are my first, second and third preference respectively. If we can’t get him to one of those teams I’d rather see him loaned to Ligue 1 or to a Championship team in the promotion fight (West Ham, Cardiff, Reading, Hull City, Leeds).