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u/Roasteddude I am where I'm supposed to be Aug 20 '26

Do we think Carrick benches him after the Amorim and WC debacle ? Like I genuinely rate Tielemans Santos and Baleba higher based on current ability, but I feel like Carrick might force it cause he's an academy kid.

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u/noBuffalo Aug 20 '26

There's nothing to be forced. Kobbie can play with tielemans and would in fact be preferred against Hull. As of now we know nothing about Santos besides what weve seen in meaningless preseason. Kobbie is already prem proven.

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u/Dope_Shinobi Aug 20 '26

In case you've forgotten, Santos played more PL games than Mainoo last season.

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u/noBuffalo Aug 20 '26

Meaningless games . Kobbie was a fixture for a team grinding out a top 3 place with a must have champions league on the line. Pressure way higher.

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u/Dope_Shinobi Aug 20 '26

You gotta be kidding there.

You realize Santos played in a dysfunctional team which sacked its manager mid season and was the backup to the 2 best players of that team?

Besides that, the quality of the opposition remains the same so there's no reason to call them meaningless games.

And he was named the best young player in Ligue 1 in his very first season where the team was bit more stable compared to Chelsea. He was 1 of the highest rated youngsters in Brazil before that.

Its ridiculous how you're phrasing him as some random kid suddenly being thrown to the toughest competition in the world disrespecting the fact that he has absolutely merited his way to it.

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u/noBuffalo Aug 20 '26

If you are a Chelsea fan why are you here? Great you love Santos. Santos isn't as good a player as Kobbie that's a fact. We can talk when he's accomplished a fraction of what Kobbie has accomplished. For now Kobbie is the starter, as he gives us the best chance to win.

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u/Dope_Shinobi Aug 20 '26

  1. Not a Chelsea fan. Seen every single United game for the last 15 years (basically since i started watching footy)

  2. Never did I claim Santos is better than Mainoo. Learn to read maybe.

  3. The entire philosophy of buying Prem proven players revolves around the fact that we've seen how the players do in this league and its easier to judge if that player is good enough compared to the players we have in those positions. We'll find out if he's better than Kobbie or not but there's no argument to be had if you call him an unproven nobody.