When Graham Potter walks out onto the Stamford Bridge pitch for the first time against RB Salzburg he will do so with eight Chelsea academy graduates readily available to him.
On a vitaly important Champions League night that will have little mercy for the uproar and tremors felt at Chelsea this week, Potter has the secure backdrop of a group of young players that have already got experience behind them.
It's a point that many fans can ignore when demanding more players come through the academy, but the presence of Cobham in the current setup is almost on an almost unprecedented level, especially for the Premier League.
