Apart from securing a European place, does it matter where Chelsea finish? I think the issues are the same next season.
You’ve got a lot of talent there, but it still seems largely thrown together. I think they need a stronger manager than Pochettino (good luck finding him) who can come in and make the difficult decisions of who should really be there and who shouldn’t. Fortunately, Chelsea have some more talents who are out on loan. Still, they need to get the personnel down and decide how they’re going to play going forward.
They still have a few significant holes in their starting XI as well. I think they need a top drawer 9. You can recite Nkunku’s history and he’s had a helluva career so far, but do you really think he can lead the line and get Chelsea to where they want to go on his own? And if you’re looking at xG and wondering where they’ve gone, I would think you just have to look at Jackson.
Another issue is a real lack of senior professionals. You really have to wonder who is leading the locker room and a guy like Silva is probably gone this Summer. Don’t get me wrong, I have a feeling a couple of the younger guys are probably assuming this role to some degree, but I don’t think it’d hurt to bring in say two senior pros who have experience winning at a high level.
That leaves the elephant in the room which is the potential financial issues. If they can escape punishment the next 12 months, so be it, but I would imagine based on what I’ve read/heard it’ll hit them in the next 24 months. How that affects them is one thing, but I would also be concerned they might be left with some “toxic assets” if you will that may be difficult to offload.
You’ve got a lot of talent there, but it still seems largely thrown together. I think they need a stronger manager than Pochettino (good luck finding him) who can come in and make the difficult decisions of who should really be there and who shouldn’t. Fortunately, Chelsea have some more talents who are out on loan. Still, they need to get the personnel down and decide how they’re going to play going forward.
They still have a few significant holes in their starting XI as well. I think they need a top drawer 9. You can recite Nkunku’s history and he’s had a helluva career so far, but do you really think he can lead the line and get Chelsea to where they want to go on his own? And if you’re looking at xG and wondering where they’ve gone, I would think you just have to look at Jackson.
Another issue is a real lack of senior professionals. You really have to wonder who is leading the locker room and a guy like Silva is probably gone this Summer. Don’t get me wrong, I have a feeling a couple of the younger guys are probably assuming this role to some degree, but I don’t think it’d hurt to bring in say two senior pros who have experience winning at a high level.
That leaves the elephant in the room which is the potential financial issues. If they can escape punishment the next 12 months, so be it, but I would imagine based on what I’ve read/heard it’ll hit them in the next 24 months. How that affects them is one thing, but I would also be concerned they might be left with some “toxic assets” if you will that may be difficult to offload.
