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With today's victory (a 3-2 win in which Piazon scored twice and got an assist) Vitesse, who have 6 Chelsea players in their squad, have won their last 6 league matches. At the halfway point in the Eredivisie they are top.

They've never won a title before but they're now part of a pack of three contenders who have pulled away. The other teams are recent champions Twente and reigning champions and traditional powerhouse Ajax. Long way to go and their inexperience counts against them, but there's a real chance they might win the title.

With today's match Piazon has now scored 10 and assisted 8 in 15 league matches. Not bad for a 19 year old. Van Aanholt, Atsu and Kakuta have all been getting minutes too, and the first of those particularly has a chance of making it at Chelsea imho. Great experience for all of them.

Posted Dec 15, 2013, 3:27 PM UTC

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pezcore93•

Cant wait to see Piazon play with oscar and hazard in a blue shirt

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marcellnationusa•

We should keep these guys out on loan if Vitesse makes the CL, the experience would be invaluable for the youngsters.

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evoken1•

Piazon's great second goal.

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emehlenb•

Serious composure.

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flashpb04brazil•

Can we please have him back in the first team? Please?

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sleazebangDrogba Legend•

I thought Aanholt and Kakuta almost made it to the first team. They were given chances and I think they did reasonably fair. We should stop buying players and start looking for youngsters.

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steefen7•

We have youngsters. I think it's just a problem of balancing the expectations that we win at least one piece of silverware a year with the need to introduce our younger players. Besides United there really isn't another English team that has to win something to be considered successful on the year.

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fma891No Joking Allowed•

City? Arsenal? Yes, they haven't won anything in a while, but do you think they consider themselves successful? Probably not.

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steefen7•

Not sure about City, but Arsenal take a lot of pride in their consecutive CL quals.

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fma891No Joking Allowed•

Yes, you are right, and I just realized that after I posted. It is something to take pride in, but just qualifying for the CL isn't extremely successful, if that's all you amount to and achieve nothing else.

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Dr_Prodigious•

Wenger's special 4th place trophy!

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Ma5assak•

Thanks for the info op :)

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[deleted]•

I might have to start watching Vitesse/Chelsea B matches

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steefen7•

I've just started recently as well. Piazon is certainly fun to watch.

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grandslam2012•

I'm glad our players get experience, but if I was a fan of another club the Eredivisie, I'd be pretty hacked off at Vitesse. How is it really fair that they get the pick of the young players from one of the best teams in the world for free? Still, as I said, no skin off my nose...

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1485OP•

It's not all that fair, but then sport isn't. Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV have won almost every Dutch title ever, good to see them knocked back a bit, even if it is in a different way. People moan about us and City but without us Man U's dominance of the league would have been even greater and the league much worse.

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steefen7•

Yeah that's pretty much how I look at it too. It's not really fair to the rest of that league, but how can these clubs with less of a winning history make a dent in the league without some sort of influx like this? Investing in youth doesn't work since they'll just get bought by the bigger clubs. At least now things get shaken up a little bit.

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Bmmaximus•

im really excited to see van aanholt develop over the next couple years.

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lomoeffect•

Any ideas on what's going to happen Piazon next year?

Edit: I suppose a bit of it may depend on whether Vitesse make the Champions League.

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robdabankjersey•

I think he'll stay on loan either way. If Vitesse make the Champions League he'll probably stay in Arnhem, if not (and his form keeps up) I would imagine a few Premier League clubs that need a versatile forward/winger would be interested in a loan move. A move to the PL could signal Chelsea's intent to bring him into the first team by 2015-16.

That being said, I don't think he'll feature on the bench or in the first team next season.

Piazon will be 20 in January and at the start of the new season, and given Chelsea's track record with integrating young players into our first team I think he (or anyone for that matter) would need to be earning some serious plaudits (like Eden Hazard did at Lille) in order to be given a starting berth at Chelsea next season.

For that reason I think he'll stay out on loan, and is why I'm not exactly optimistic about guys like van Aanholt, Kakuta, Marin, and to a lesser extent McEachran.

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fremeer•

sserious plaudits like possibly best player in erevedisie? and scoring or assisting at better then 1 per game. considering his biggest issue was always his willingness to attack and has a very mature game i can see him getting at least a look in next season but with a loan to vitesse again for the CL exposure.

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robdabankjersey•

serious plaudits like possibly best player in erevedisie?

Being the best player in the Dutch First Division is a serious accolade, but not one Piazon has earned as of yet. Consider the fact that Kevin De Bruyne won Bundesliga Young Player of the Year last season and is riding the at Chelsea.

I used Hazard as an example because of his CV from Lille, and his individual honours earned. He jumped right into the first team when he came to Chelsea.

and scoring or assisting at better then 1 per game.

The season isn't over yet. Let's not jump the shark, consistency matters over the course of the whole season.

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steefen7•

The scoreline doesn't really reflect how one-sided that game was. The second Breda goal was a just a great shot out of nowhere and Vitesse was attacking for the majority of the match. Atsu should have had a goal. He had two brilliant shots that both hit the bar. Piazon played absolutely brilliantly. Here's to hoping we see him make an impact with the first team in the next few years.

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EXMarten•

Fuck...

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formerly_LTRLLTRL#25•

What's the problem?

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