Chelsea’s present points for me are fairly apparent, and the extra I go searching, hear, and browse, most Chelsea followers suppose the identical factor.
For me, Mauricio Pochettino isn’t tactically adequate as a supervisor and must be changed in the summertime. However the issues are larger and wider than that, with the principle one being the naive squad rebuild.
I’ve seen SO many pundits, consultants, former professionals, former Chelsea gamers, and SO many Chelsea followers saying the identical factor. However the determination makers at Chelsea don’t see to see it, or in the event that they do, they’re digging their heels in, ignoring it, and foolishly backing their very own choices.
I’ll let former Chelsea participant Florent Malouda clarify it although, as a result of he’s somebody who has really performed the sport at a high degree and for a profitable Chelsea crew, and he definitely is aware of what he’s speaking about right here.
In a current interview, Malouda mentioned:
“I used to be at Stamford Bridge watching the Leicester recreation within the FA Cup, Chelsea have been enjoying with quite a lot of depth, and all the pieces regarded good till it wasn’t. It solely takes one mistake to knock the arrogance out of this Chelsea crew after which the chaos begins.
“The Chelsea gamers have to develop a capability to regulate their feelings on the pitch. They don’t have the emotional stability that lets you preserve management of the sport, and that’s right down to the composition of the squad. Whenever you selected to give attention to a challenge with largely younger gamers, you’ll all the time discover this inconsistency as a result of all of those gamers are studying on the identical time.
“I believe a participant like Actual Madrid’s Toni Kroos is the kind of goal that Chelsea needs to be trying to herald this summer season. He’s an skilled participant with quite a lot of pedigree. Chelsea want one or two gamers like Kroos. Gamers who’ve such a excessive soccer IQ that they’ll analyse each state of affairs on the pitch, take the proper choices and lead the crew. That is the kind of profile I’d be seeking to convey into the membership over the summer season. We’d like skilled, bold gamers who wish to be a part of a really thrilling Chelsea challenge subsequent yr.”
So in a nutshell, he’s saying that Chelsea have signed inexperienced, uncooked, younger gamers, which is a reality, they usually have ignored confirmed expertise and high quality to stability it up, which can be a reality.
That is why I say the squad rebuild has been naive at greatest. And as I say above, I’ve seen SO many individuals say precisely the identical factor. We lack leaders, robust mentalities, and gamers who’ve been there and finished it. Stability is SO necessary, and we don’t have it, and as Malouda explains above, this has been so clear and evident in video games this season.
So if we are able to all see it, why can’t the choice makers? As I say, it looks as if they’re simply going all out to again their very own choices made in recruitment and don’t wish to settle for that it’s failing. I’m certain the info says that we needs to be higher off than the place we’re proper now (it does, as Pochettino desperately drew on that too in a current interview). However the reality is, whether or not we needs to be higher within the league proper now or not, if we had been smarter in our recruitment and never ignored high quality expertise, then I actually imagine we’d be significantly better than we are actually, and higher than any knowledge is perhaps claiming too.
For me, and for SO many others, it’s THAT easy, and Chelsea NEED to right it this summer season.
