Ben Chilwell

[Paninistickers]

I like him. When he was dreadful against Southampton, i.liked him then. 

 

Nice lad. Fitness to burn. Room for.improvement but I enjoy watching him play for us.

 

We'll.miss him.when he's gone x

 

 

[sdb]

Fair play to him. Played with confidence and honest enough to say he's struggled recently. Good lad

[TazzerFox]

Much better today. Still had some brain farty moments but at least he was looking to be positive with his passing and was willing to take on his man or come inside and create space like Ricardo does so often on the other side. Hopefully he keeps it up, pushes on and continues to perform like we know he can. 

[Russell sprout]

5/10 tonight 

[lgfualol]

What a lad

[turkish14]

59 minutes ago, deejdeej said:

Anyone notice Rodgers tonight brought Chilwell over to the Kop at the end with his arm around him and calling for applause. Obviously the recent negativity from the ****** has been noticed in camp.

Thought the birch pre match rally to the fans was to do with this also

[E.Rose]

Liked the little push he got from Brendan at FT to get him to come over to the fans properly as to prove the point of “look, the fans are supporting you”

 

A big improvement this evening, not quite there tho, a few bad moves but it’s a positive step forward nonetheless. 

[Babylon]

1 minute ago, E.Rose said:

Liked the little push he got from Brendan at FT to get him to come over to the fans properly as to prove the point of “look, the fans are supporting you”

 

A big improvement this evening, not quite there tho, a few bad moves but it’s a positive step forward nonetheless. 

More like you should support him. What diabolical fans we have, criticism on a message board is one thing, at the ground  it’s another.

[ithuriel]

Seemed back to form today, the whole team did, though Kasper loves to punt the ball out of play when he can  but yeah, Chilly did well.

[Vestan Pance]

He was back to his best tonight, patience required with the lad. Shame on those that jeered him in the previous home game.

[Silva Fox]

27 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

5/10 tonight 

What game were you watching?

[Vlad the Fox]

I thought the crowd gave him great support tonight. Even applauded him back into position after he ran the ball out of play. It felt so much nicer, the encouragement, the positivity than booing and negativity. If only it could be like that more often for other players when they hit a patch of bad form, maybe the good form would return quicker.

[E.Rose]

8 minutes ago, Babylon said:

More like you should support him. What diabolical fans we have, criticism on a message board is one thing, at the ground  it’s another.

Either way it showed Ben that there is support out there (even though some seem reluctant to give it) whether he called for it or not.

 

& I agree others have been too critical of him. The usual fans who sit around me are very vocal at times but they seemed a lot more forgiving tonight, hopefully it’ll stay that way whilst he gets back on track. 

Onwards and upwards 👍🏼

 

[HybridFox]

His best display in a long time. Did really well today getting forward. Still a work in progress but it seems he is "listening"

[The whole world smiles]

39 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

5/10 tonight 

Carlsberg don't do miserable, bitter, fans with an agenda. 

[CityIsBlue]

He was better tonight than the Southampton game, but I can't see the transfer links with him being anything or than lazy paper talk. Specifically with man City, I don't see how he can improve his such limited technical ability to the standard required. 

[foxile5]

He really is the personification of our squad. 

 

There is so much raw talent and potential in BC. It needs to be harnessed and honed.

[StanSP]

Remarkable improvement tonight. Lung-bursting runs forward and nearly grabbed a goal, of which I was so desperately wanting him to score. 

 

The way the game panned out really worked out for him well but he still had to do his job on that left side and did so very well. The fact he was absolutely dominating that left side right until the last minute with those runs just goes to show how much he wants to do well and put in a good effort & performance to good measure today.

 

Rodgers as well showing how much of a great man manager he is as others have pointed out with what he did at the end of the game. Knows Chilwell has come in for some slack (OTT and unwarranted in some parts) so makes a point of making sure he takes the adulation of the crowd for the team performance today. Giving him the limelight and allowing him to milk it. That'll do him the world of good going forward. Liked Birch's little cameo message too pre-game. 

[Father Ted]

At 2-1 late on in the game, he tried a nutmeg on Zabaleta I think it was, with space to run in behind, it didn't come off but not a single person moaned about it. I applauded it. That's what we want to see, a bit of bravery, inventiveness going forward and it seems like Chilwell has had a rocket up his arse too.

[Chrysalis]

Playing as if he had a kick up the backside, finally he ran forward again with ball, as long as he keeps doing that I will stay off his back.

[harpendenfox]

1 minute ago, Chrysalis said:

Playing as if he had a kick up the backside, finally he ran forward again with ball, as long as he keeps doing that I will stay off his back.

That’s big of you. This post is just about ok, but if you do a poor one I’m going to call you out and boo every time you touch the keypad. If Derby’s forum offer us 2 iPads for Chrysalis I’ll drive him there myself

[FLAN]

59 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

5/10 tonight 

As always. Great in those middle 3 sections but poor in the final 2 each end 

[jayfox26]

1 hour ago, foxile5 said:

Your first point is really telling. 

 

The crowd are more than happy to back him when he's playing the way that we know he can. 

 

The negativity of his football in recent weeks is mirrored by the crowd, and rightly so. He's been the weak link. 

 

Hopefully he sees that. It isn't a personal vendetta, i don't think. 

Regardless of whether he has been the weak link or not, the abuse hes been getting on social media and from small sections in the stands is just appalling. Weve had much worse players and been in much worst situations than we are this season and I've not seen this level of abuse very often before. It's fair to say this player had a bad game etc when they do but the abuse of Chilwell has gone way over board. We have to put faith in Rodgers. If he seems Ben should keep playing then fine. If he thinks he should be rested then that's also fine. Either way, hes still a young player learning his game and he needs our support. Regardless of what some fans think of him, he is generally highly rated and is coveted by a lot of top clubs who would be willing to spend quite big on him. If we dropped him for the rest of the season as some have suggested, we'd never get the money for him that we would get if he keeps playing for the rest of the season. 

[Chrysalis]

1 minute ago, harpendenfox said:

That’s big of you. This post is just about ok, but if you do a poor one I’m going to call you out and boo every time you touch the keypad. If Derby’s forum offer us 2 iPads for Chrysalis I’ll drive him there myself

The best way for players to drive of their critics is to perform, no other way really.

 

Look how much more favoured Nacho is looked upon now e.g.

[Jimmy]

I noticed Tielemans made a point of putting his arm around him at one point after some ****** in and around L block area started jeering him after a bad pass or something. Its pathetic the abuse he gets, for some unless he is literally perfect he will never get praise