New league, young keeper and lots of pressure with possession-based DeZerbi ball. Playing every week *could* have got to him. He definitely made a few mistakes that led to goals over the course of the season from Fannying Around At The Back(TM).
But yes - we'll never know.
There's no way I would live in London if I played for Chelsea. Schlepping it out to Cobham and back every day through stop-start traffic? Fack that.
My mate is a property developer out in Surrey and regularly deals with players from the club who want to move there, not London.
And he...
That was a bit TL;DR for me, but I read the bit about 'net spend' - especially this season - with interest.
I'm not sure how many of the millions of pounds of new talent featured in the Albion's starting 11 (I can only think of Rutter), but I'm not sure it's that close to the total spent...
Watching the highlights - and without getting into a Bart versus Jason debate - it made a nice change seeing an away keeper having an amazing day and it being an Albion one.
So many teams have come to the Amex in recent years and the keeper has looked unbeatable - it was about time the tables...
He is clearly good enough to be part of the squad, but not necessarily a regular every week (due to age, experience and ability). But now he is getting on the pitch every week - and doing very well - increases the chances of him BECOMING a regular at the Albion next season.
I think he's...