Ben Chilwell: A possible star in the making

[Lcfcwigstonblue]

Still behind Rose, Shaw and Bertrand for me, certainly closing the gap though.

[lanefox]

Sensational today so good salah got subbed

[Koke]

Didn't even notice Salah today, apart from his glaring miss in the 5th minute. 

 

Chilwell is turning into some player.

[CosbehFox]

Odd really Salah barely gets a touch. 

 

But there was that utterly bizarre moment when he went with the runner rather than look after the player with the ball

[m4DD0gg]

Englands future left sided defensive player for sure.

[Kinowe Soorie]

Got megged twice.

[StriderHiryu]

Not as good as previous games but still decent / good in my eyes. We saw the sublime, when he won it at left back and went on an incredible run where he ended up at right wing (!) but also the silly where prior to their second goal he left Salah totally alone which led to trouble. 

[Spiritwalker]

28 minutes ago, m4DD0gg said:

Englands future left sided defensive player for sure.

Was going to post a similar comment.

[Izzy]

The kids' full of beans, I'll give him that 

[drofmor55]

Too lightweight for me..great with the ball at his feet but needs to toughen up. There was a chance he could have blocked Liverpool's first goal but he just stayed on his feet (maybe because he would have had to have used his right foot !)..compare this with the way Gomez blocked Maddison's effort on goal.

[Dr The Singh]

Stepped up to the mark this season, work in progress but getting better

[UniFox21]

12 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Odd really Salah barely gets a touch. 

 

But there was that utterly bizarre moment when he went with the runner rather than look after the player with the ball

Thought exactly the same during the game, but, having seen the replays can understand why he did. Although quite naive of him to do so

[HankMarvin]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6146769/Chilwells-summer-sacrifice-paying-Leicester-defender-makes-impressive-start-season.html

[PhillippaT]

25 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6146769/Chilwells-summer-sacrifice-paying-Leicester-defender-makes-impressive-start-season.html

I can't believe I liked a daily mail article... What is the world coming to? Ugh.  

[WigstonWanderer]

Great attitude. Hopefully him, Gray and Maddison will push each other on.

[fox_favourite]

I just hope he's learning all he can from Fuchs about the defensive side of his game while he can. For me, that still needs work before he can even be considered for international level. Definitely a work in progress, but playing week in week out will aid in his development and confidence. Still think Fuchs is better overall technically, but chilwell has age on his side. 

[Tielemans63]

Has to be considered for a call up following Shaw's injury surely?

 

Rose will probably get the start despite not actually playing for Spurs yet this season.

[funkyrobot]

1 hour ago, Paddy. said:

Has to be considered for a call up following Shaw's injury surely?

 

Rose will probably get the start despite not actually playing for Spurs yet this season.

Shaw’s excellent assist masked some shocking defending as well. He dived in for their 1st goal and he found himself out of position and facing the wrong way on more than one occasion. He does however play for Man U so not much will be said about if. 

[UniFox21]

2 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

Shaw’s excellent assist masked some shocking defending as well. He dived in for their 1st goal and he found himself out of position and facing the wrong way on more than one occasion. He does however play for Man U so not much will be said about if. 

Assist was a beauty tbh. But you're right, some shocking defending from our entire backline at times. Shaw diving in a few times, Gomez wondered out too much and then we attempted to pass out from the back with 3 forwards running at us

[TheUltimateWinner]

10 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6146769/Chilwells-summer-sacrifice-paying-Leicester-defender-makes-impressive-start-season.html

I love the bloke

[StriderHiryu]

13 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6146769/Chilwells-summer-sacrifice-paying-Leicester-defender-makes-impressive-start-season.html

This is a great article and he really comes across well in it. I particularly like this segment:

 

'I feel like this season needs to be the season I push on. Last year was good but it wasn't anywhere near I know what I can be so over the summer it was about really just working as hard as I could so that when I came back for pre-season the gaffer didn't have any choice but to start me.' 

 

That's the attitude we want in the team! Thus far he and Gray definitely appear to have gone up a level since last season. In fact with Chilwell I'd even argue he's gone up two levels! He's been very impressive indeed this season. There was a moment in the Liverpool match when he won the ball back at left back and then went on a mazy run, ending up at right wing! Almost Bale-esque that was.

[Mehrez]

Wouldn’t like Ben to be next in line for a bumper 6 year contract

[Lovejoy]

11 hours ago, fox_favourite said:

I just hope he's learning all he can from Fuchs about the defensive side of his game while he can. For me, that still needs work before he can even be considered for international level. Definitely a work in progress, but playing week in week out will aid in his development and confidence. Still think Fuchs is better overall technically, but chilwell has age on his side. 

I find this a bit strange, Fuchs really isn't that good a defender. Rash slides, poor in the air and a real lack of pace. Where Fuchs excels is his delivery.

[The Blur]

I like how Ben is starting to realise his potential and his responsibilities as the first choice left back.   I think his friendship with Maddison and Gray is an unexpected strength of ours as they all would feed off each other success and push each other on.  

[Richard]

Unrecognisable from the boy who couldn’t handle taking throw ins at Millwall in the cup, and that was only 18 months ago