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I think the disparity between recruitment and tactical approach has been a major factor. Chelsea lack identity as a team and its not hard to see why. The recruitment has been done almost exclusively on a 'which high profile player can we get' approach. Sure, you end up with a talented squad but what use is a bullying aggressive target man striker like Lukaku if your manager favours playing an intricate build up style of play.

The problem at Chelsea is that no managers have tried to play our defenders as strikers 😂. I'm still convinced Marcos Alonso would have been a revelation as a striker that we haven't seen since Michu.

Couldn't agree more about the creativity issue at Chelsea. We haven't had a decent creator since Fabregas. However, finishing has also been a problem. With literally all of our forwards missing absolute sitters to a comical degree. Werner was very proficient at that. But, the creativity problem is the one issue no one ever decided to solve in the team. Even us Chelsea fans are tired of talking about it.

I think Chelsea's main issue is the constant change in managers and philosophy. No doubt they have world class players but do they have the balance. You only have to look at the two best teams over the past how ever many years and it isn't surprising they are two of the longest serving managers and Arsenal are now showing that sticking with a manager and a philosophy eventually pays dividends. What I'm saying is give potter time and a few transfer windows and I have no doubt sterling will score goals, but in reality will he get time?

Tammy Abraham was their top scorer 19/20 and they let him go

The bit about Lampard at the beginning is actually crazy and hilarious when you list it all out like that.

I cannot understand my team. What sort of silly team finds it easier to win a CL than get a 20+ goal striker? Thanks, Alfie

You could apply this to most players that have signed for Man Utd during the past decade

I think the problem with Chelsea's goalscoring issues is mainly due to recruitment. Anyone who has watched the Bundesliga the season before Havertz and Werner arrived could have told you that neither was an out and our centre forward so if you wanted them to play in this role you'd need a lot of creativity in midfield to make this work. Werner, just like Sterling, often plays wide on the left, and often had other strikers on the pitch at Leipzig, just as Sterling did at Man City. Havertz, although doing amazingly in Germany I think needed more time to develop and signing him was just akneejerk reaction. Many of the strikers Chelsea signed that failed, like Torres, Shevchenko, and Higuiain were obtained when they either were known to have injury problems or were getting hear the end of their careers, which seems to be the case a lot with Chelsea. After this they seem to have changed to signing younger players that weren't totally proven and weren't, it doesn't seem, signed knowing they could fit into the current squad, the same could be said of Sterling, and now that didn't work they reverted back to signing past it players based on what they did 5 seasons ago in Abameyang. The problem is the mismanagement has been going on so long it will take years to fix the squad and managers won't get that long to put a solid base in place. I think keeping Abrahams would have been better than doing what they've done since. Chelsea do seem to have a lot of goalscoring midfielders, Mount, Ziyech, Pulisic, Sterling (who is an amazing midfielder, not a striker) but most of these are individuals who are talented and can score goals, but aren't known for passing the ball, they either drive forward, beat a player, and then can pass the ball, so if you stop this you stop Chelsea. The other way Chelsea and goals is from their full backs, James, Chillwell, Azpilacueta, and Alonso, who are more attacking assetts than defensive, but with many of these being injured this supply of chances had dried up.

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As an American who is just learning about world football I love you and all of your videos. Hard hitting facts, social commentary, and a mix of sarcastic fun. Keep it up :)

tammy abraham was chelsea's solution...I could see his determination to prove himself everytime he stepped onto the pitch...but we sold him to roma and look at him now...your narration of topics is on point though...good stuff

Chelsea rely heavily on James and Chilwell for creation, but those two are perpetually injured these days and Chelsea haven’t really adapted their game offensively to make use of their other creative players. They have a ton of defensive minded players that keep possession and dictate game flow but not many that create chances for their forwards to score.

Firstly, I think the reason that chelsea are failing so much lies with our midfield and midfield only, specifically jorginho. Your forwards can only do as good as the quality of chances that are created for them. As much as jorginho can "control the tempo of the game" he is no Xavi, Iniesta, Pirlo or even thiago who can control the tempo of the game while being a creative outlet for the team. Jorginho is not even press resistant or even mark resistant as top teams have repeatedly found ways to isolate him or mark him completely out of the game. Jorginho consistently refuses to shoot while 90% of the time being in or around the top of the 18 yard box when chelsea attack. His long passing is abysmal at times so I'm constantly confused as to why he is the first name on the teamsheet when fit. Secondly, The recruitment in terms of players have been all over the place its not driven by any sort of data or strategy and I hope Boehly addresses this. We just sign players that look good without going into the factors that drive their performances. Havertz and Werner are prime examples of this. These are players that play off the back of the defender so they need constant chances being created from central midfield. Something that doesn't exist at chelsea ever since Conte.... we have recuited so many forwards but Kova, Jorginho and Kante have been with the club since 2019

Nowadays they may do but Zola and Drogba were both outstanding at Chelsea and both will go down as club legends

This video sounds like the kind of thing that would set Rory Jennings back years with his Alvaro Morata PTSD

De Bruyne and Salah are both ex Chelsea players. Worth remembering that. I am very heartened that some great young talent form the academy esp during the Lampard period. But Chelsea's transfer policy for the last 5 or 6 years has been terrible. Good player released and gash purchased.

Vid suggestion dude: Andy Cole, the most underrated striker in Prem history, he was prolific for Newcastle and Man U and was one of Ferguson most deadly marksman but he is never mentioned, never remembered and always overlooked, but why?

Loved the vid, always a pleasure seeing your latest uploads!!

Here’s my humble opinion as a Chelsea fan. The problem is Chelsea! Our obsession with winning and inability to be patient and commit towards a style of play that benefits attacking players is why strikers and creative attackers never truly thrive. The dilemma in abandoning the defensive/pragmatic ethos is that it would mean that we have to let of what we believe is a winning formula in the short run; which has never been the Chelsea way in the Abramovich era. Even If we had both Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe, they’d still struggle to get to 20 goals

Even though Chelsea have a Striker problem they've managed to play in 10 finals since 2018.... and have won 5...

You just summarized everything that is going on in my mind about Chelsea's attack for the past few years in 1 beautiful video. Thank you for this. So many fans blindly blame the strikers for lack of goals when it is just the team as a whole lacking creativity. Hopefully we can figure this out as you said with giving creative players such as Ziyech a chance.

I think it's less they outright "fail" more so that Chelsea has always favoured midfield much like what Pep had been doing for the past few years at City, before Haaland arrived.

Ziyech is being hravily linked to a return to Ajax, another team that is struggling with creativity after losing 5 starting players in the last transfer window. He'd be part of a swap deal for defensive midfielder Alvarez. He's really being wasted at Chelsea, hope the deal go's through.

For me, the biggest issue is a difference between recruitment policy and the tactical preferences of whichever manager is in place. When it comes to recruitment, there is a big emphasis or has been a big emphasis on the profile/reputation of a player, even if they aren’t necessarily right for how the side plays at that time. As you say, their midfield whilst talented, is more about function than flair. Now with Potter they have a manager who has struggled to coach a side to consistently score for a number of years now. The entire thing just doesn’t feel very married up.

It's because they never commit to build a team around the given strikers' skillset. They bring them in..expect goals. If they don't score the goals expected, they are offloaded and the process is repeated. They have the same approach to managers and the whole squad as well. Chelsea is only commmited long term at academy level. At senior level they have the $$$ to just keep chopping and changing every possible moving part. Everything they do at Senior level is for the short term...ALWAYS.

Hi Alfie…a suggestion for a video. Players who left a little to be desired but were amazing consistently only against one club. As an Evertonian, I can think of a few (Dinyar Bilyatedinov for Everton vs Wolves (check out the goals he scored against them, arouna kone versus sunderland and Gary Mcallister, Divock Origi and Efan Ekoku versus us)

Chelsea bought Lukaku thinking he was Drogba/Giroud Jr, but he's not a target man despite his build. Jorginho & Kovacic are great at keep possession, but they have no killer final pass. Mount & Gallagher are typical English box-to-box midfielders who are great at being at the receiving end of chances, but no idea of how to create. Their midfield is the problem. Even when they had Drogba & Anelka, they relied on their forwards to do a lot of leg work in addition to scoring goals. Likewise with Costa & Hazard, who created their own goals and chances for others. Chelsea keep buying midfielders who are either physical box-to-box men like Lampard, Essien & Ballack or deep-lying players like Mikel, Kante & Makelele, who rarely do cause damage in the final third.

You gonna disrespect Anelka like that? Dude was a stud for Chelsea and should be ranked with DD and Costa. The 09/10 season was ridiculous and one of the best Chelsea squads.

Alfie, you should make a video about the 7 World Cup squads that have the fewest domestic players. It would be interesting to see the reasons that would cause that to be the case. Obviously will have to wait until every squad is announced but the only team I found with zero is Senegal (which makes sense considering like 60% of their roster was born in France)

Great piece of investigation👏

I agree so much with the content of this video. Surprised to see how Chelsea folks are still not able to figure it out. I would also love to see Ziyech play. The last someone was actually creative at Chelsea was Hazard & look what he did for Chelsea. Ziyech needs a little support & he can be a superstar.

Chelsea and united are very good at wasting players' talents (at least Chelsea wins something sometimes) and then blaming the players; I honestly don't understand why people get themselves in these clubs? Ziyech, Lukaku, Sancho could play anywhere

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Chelsea have had this problem with strikers for nearly two decades though. It's just that, since Didier Drogba was such an amazingly talented striker, his overall gamesmanship did very well at compensating for the fact that no manager has been able to get to play at least decently any of the other strikers Chelsea have had ever since Drogba was around other than Eidur Gudjohnsen, so much that Gudjohnsen himself eventually left because he wasn't quite the same sort of striker Drogba was either. Hernán Crespo, Mateja Kezman, Adrian Mutu, Andriy Shevchenko, Claudio Pizarro, Nicolas Anelka, Daniel Sturridge, Fernando Torres, and Romelu Lukaku, all shared forward duties with Drogba at some point before the latter left the club and no manager had the proper tactical assessment to get any of them to score regularly. Chelsea didn't lack much goalscoring because, besides Drogba, Lampard (even more prolifically than Drogba) and Hazard were just that good at keeping the squad's attacking production up. The club were lucky enough to have them at the very top of their game.

Why are they failing ? Because of Chelsea style play. Their play never been changed for years. The team don’t work for strikers as Man City for example for Haaland

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Great video man

We haven't had a striker score goals since we had Cesc Fabregas putting up 18 assists in the league

Chelsea have a unique set up, in that teams aren't built around strikers. Drogba and Costa were very versatile and could adjust to various Chelsea systems.

Long time hitc sevens haven't made a sensible video... I wish you continue in that trend....

Our Wingers like to score and need a focal point. Agree yes our central midfield never assist the striker really. In theory Kai Havertz is our perfect forward by not really being one. The Ziyech problem is position related, we do not use natural wingers or number 10s.

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Superb analysis here. There’s no doubt that chelsea have a creativity issue which needs to be addressed sooner rather than later

Ever since Costa left, I have to suffer through 5 years of frustration to see our strikers constantly struggle to find the back of the net consistency 😡

Think you rate sterling a little too high talking about he can score 25 goals. He is a good player but he is merely a cog in a well oiled system. Generally he’s not the go2 player u think can win u a match

I think it's important to look at the goals per 90 stat instead of just looking at appearances - or even better, goal contributions per 90. Some players, like Werner, for example, have not been regular starters at all unfortunately. Also, I believe that Chelsea often buys players that do not fit their style of play - something that could also be said about ManUtd in recent history. The last point I want to make is: firing Tuchel was a huge mistake and it feels like the people in charge of Chelsea now have no clue what they are doing. Tuchel did an amazing job keeping Chelsea up there last season with all the drama regarding Abramovich and the sale of the Club.

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Because of Lack of service and lack of patience.

This has been a thing at Chelsea for as long as I've been watching football - even when they had Glenn Hoddle as their manager (which shows how old I am), there wasn't a real out and out goalscorer that could get them 20 goals a season. That year with Glenn Hoddle bringing them to the FA Cup Final, they had Mark Stein and Gavin Peacock as their strikers and they combined in both competitions scored 28 goals. The likes of Drogba and Diego Costa have always been an exception at Chelsea. Decent but they've always relied more on their team generating the goals more often than just relying on the strikers to knock one in. Abramovitch wanted to change the culture but it must be said that when Mourinho first came to the Premier League he was the right man for the right team. Yes there would be flashes of skill but dogged pragmatism must be key if they were to succeed. The only problem for Abramovitch is that in the years afterwards he was much like Florentino Perez in the original galacticos era picking out flavour of the month players and managers and hoping it would all fit. Now with this new era in place, it will be interesting to see what happens next....and how they solve the striker problem that this team almost always has.

Can you make a video about rosenborg bk? One of the clubs with the most champions league games, yet not known by anyone outside norway

Individual talent helps, but I think coaching also plays a big part.

Strikers fail at Chelsea because Chelsea has failed to realize the caliber of strikers that succeed with them. Take a look at Hasseinbank, Drogba and Costa they all have one thing in common. They are aggressive, they have a strong personality in and off the pitch. Drogba and Costa are team players, they track back and get involved in play not waiting for players to bring the ball to them in the box 18. Another thing is we lack creative midfielders unlike back them we had Ballack, Lampard, Malouda and most recently Cesc Fabregas.

Chelsea is a club that consistently makes wanna take a bat and smash my tv EVERY single game! I have cried out for creative midfielders for years now!

Please make a video of Brazil squad that had been left out of world cup squad but can still compete in the tournament

We have an identity crisis and I think just need to keep a manager for more than 2 seasons and really build something special again so we seem unique. I don't see us winning another league title for the next 5 seasons but if Todd can support Potter then I think we could have something special again

16:01 rare L from alfie here. Potter has test 11 different formations last season for Brighton and usually changes systems often in games.

Our recruitment to play style has been abysmal to say the least, we seem to just sign people with no regard for what system or style we want to play or how they could fit that.

I never really thought about it but it's true. Diego Costa has to be the best striker Chelsea have had since Drogba, but that's not saying much because Drogbas goal to game ratio is worst than people assume. If you really pay attention to the stats he's no where as good as Chelsea fans assume.

Stability is the main issue We got rid of Costa (wrongly) and replaced him (wrongly) with a complete different type of player. Timo was constantly played on the wing, end product was the only thing missing. He had everything else and was again wrongly sold. Tammy was the only one given consistent chances to start as a striker and proved if that was the case then a striker would deliver. But again wrongly sold Lukaku just unfortunately didn’t want to be there but should have been the man used to replace Costa anyway and we’d have avoided the above issues in the first place.

the reason lukaku and werner failed was jorginho. Him taking penalties (a striker's bread and buter) made it difficult for them to get runs of form going. If we let our strikers take penalties the confidence they gain from scoring would make them score more goals. Lukaku would have been a lot better if we really made him our main man

They have players from different manager philosophies. They sack managers too much and the current manager is left with a mishmash of players from different philosophies that don't all fit his philosophy. They need to have a long-term manager that buys all players in his philosophy but they've shown they don't have the patience.

Chelsea like most top clubs hoard talent , Hudson odi, pulisic , ziyech, probably could name loads more who make a handful of appearances a season and the rest of the time on the bench

We have no creative midfielder like Fabregas And Drogba used to create his own chances with his physical play

I think Chelsea problem started with Mourinho Chelsea has been a counter attacking type of team that is why conte had success,even Mourinho and the best striker to have in such a team is a big,fast,intelligent,excellent hold up play and conversion, and I agree part of the reason is we dont have a creative player who loves to assist,zyche is better option

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My theory is Chelsea great recruitment and deep pocket created this situation through its ability to acquire quality midfielders. Great midfielders are able to do everything: defend, keeping pace of play, create chance and score. If everyone can and do score, then dedicated strikers would naturally become less targeted and score less. This is not an unenviable position however. Chelsea still wins trophies when their striker don’t produce. As long as the team still score, should we care whether the strikers put numbers on the board? Giroud played all 7 games for France in 2018 World Cup, failed to convert any of his 13 shots, and France still won with ease. It’s only when the team is relying on the striker to score and he consistent failed, should it be considered a problem.

We destroy players that want to help us as Chelsea.. Ziyech is going through a Mata phase at Chelsea, Fabre .. Deco I dont think I need to go on. We have all the tools at Chelsea we just don't have the right people pulling the strings at the top to enable the operational stuff (players and coaches) to have attacking players have conducive and long careers at the club. I see it as a tradition and not clearing up all the influence affecting the problem or either not having the right personnel there. Not sure if clubs work like companies where a handover of some sort is done. The new era of Chelsea strikes me as one that wants to rewrite history and not just continue or elevate the history.

People say Lukaku FAILED ? He got bullied by tuchel, used wrong by tuchel, put on the bench by tuchel and he still was their top scorer He didnt even get a chance 2 play a full season as a starter

You know, as Milan fan, I am outrageous with Chelsea's recent performances. Chelsea destroyed Milan two times. After Milan was destroyed, they were rising by destroying their opponents in last two group matches of UCL group stage. Also, they're sitting on 2nd in Serie A (despite the big margin between Napoli and AC Milan). I mean, I was expecting Chelsea to sit at least 5th on Premier League, seeing how they can secure their domination in UCL. But then... Chelsea left with such horrible result. I hope Chelsea would be better team after WC break.

It's simply because the way we play never compliments their strengths. Forwards are the icing on the cake which dictates how you play. We have forever signed forwards to get them to do the opposites of where their strengths lie. Its simply poor management. Time and time again. Lets hope Boehly gets things right, compared to our previous regime

It does seem to be a problem for Chelsea creating good chances, which is why we look almost invicible when Chilwell and Reese James are playing. They are so important to us, but also for England's chances of winning the World Cup, which I had massive confidence of England doing well if they were in the side, but alas that is not the case now. I predict England will now get to the last 8, but no further. When either of these guys are on the pitch the game changes in our favour, but when both are on the pitch we are almost unbeatable. Look at the stats, if you need to, but I think most Chelsea fans know this. It's such a shame that these two get injured so often, as they are so often the key players for a good Chelsea result.

Love that you brought up Giroud. One of the most underrated strikers of his generation. Adds so much to teams even at a pretty old age. I personally think that him being replaced by Benzema may well have upset the balance of that France team completely.

It took 3 minutes to explain the premise of the video that was very clearly understandable by the title

I don’t know what is going on with Ziyech but 3 different managers have now refused to play him. So maybe the problem is with him

Chelsea has a reputation for sacking managers often however when they do that a lot of times the new coach comes in and has success winning trophies so I think the management seeing started thinking it's just to sack a coach cuz we might win something instead of giving a coach a chance at developing a real philosophy for the club

Creative midfielders definitely helps but Drogba and Costa were the type to also grab the game by the scruff of the neck.

the likes of anelka, giroud and crespo did pretty well for chelsea weren't as a prolific as drogba or costa but got a reasonable goal return out of these players. abraham as pointed out did pretty well for chelsea.

This pretty much sums up my frustration supporting Chelsea, as well as with players like Jorginho who so often have this sort of creative role misattributed to them as something they can do simply because they can pick out a decent pass. I seemed to be the only person I know who was at all disappointed that we let Tammy go after no one managed to outscore him, including the fact when Tuchel came in he basically stopped existing. We need a creative midfielder, and we need another quality home grown forward (hopefully it works out for Broja)

Chelsea's transfer strategy is incomprehensible and at direct odds with what the manager in situ needs. Aubameyang and Sterling are known bad influences and don't fit either Tuchel or Potter. The problem starts at the back, where they went heavy on a 3 CB model at the expense of the rest of the squad, had to buy an expensive LB because their main man Chilwell can't stay fit and don't have a proper RB once James is injured. They are also renowned for bowing to the whims of a manager in situ and selling a bunch of players who would be useful and adaptable across different managers. Outside of the obvious KDB and Salah, Tammy Abraham would be ideal in a Potter line-up as he has some similar characteristics to Welbeck (not comparing talent). Chelsea's summer business was nonsensical and now Potter, a manager renowned for his Brighton team not scoring enough goals, is trying to fit square pegs into round holes. Until Chelsea decide on 1 clear philosophy, with DOF and manager appointed in harmony to that strategy, they won't get anywhere.

You overlooked the Godfather of Chelsea failed forwards (failwards?) Shevchenko. I recall him coming off multi 20 plus goal seasons, only to net 9 in his epic time at Stamford Bridge.

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The issue is also with the constant manager changes made at Chelsea, which for obvious reasons doesn't give any of the new managers enough time to recognise the talents of the creative genius players at their disposal, as such players usually take time to sync with a team, gain their confidence over a time period & moreover need the manager's trust at being both good & bad at different levels of the game. Gifted players can be recognised upon taking some risks. Risks that Chelsea are too scared to take. Chelsea have been very conservative in their approach at playing regular football, since the beginning of the Abramovich era. They won a lot of silverware, but their playing style was mostly never based on aggression, creativity or flair. God only knows how they won the UCL against Bayern.! Few of the Managers like Ancelotti & Sarri did do a bit to bring some flair, but that was as short-lived as their tenure at Chelsea. Modern Chelsea in modern football demands creativity & some flair, and Chelsea have been mostly good at being defensively resilient & soaking a tremendous amount of attacking pressure. But that is utterly boring, and that has taken its toll on the strikers at Chelsea. Managers at Chelsea can't afford to take any risk with sword of sacking hanging over their head. Capable managers also feel the need to be very conservative at Chelsea & they usually do not seem to take the risk to give chances to players like Ziyech. Hazard, quite fortunately was able to break the ranks with the chances given to him. Ancelotti, then Sarri & Conte get the credit for it. We miss Hazard. But since then, players like Hazard are not seemingly encouraged much at Chelsea. Ziyech could surely have been one to break the ranks, as I feel, but is never given much chance in the first place, for who knows what reason. They lost De Bruyne & Salah, who are simply world class, but not with Chelsea. And this is because among Chelsea ranks or hierarchy, they can't recognise true creative talent. With this trend, Chelsea will keep on being plainly the boring club they have been, trying to just win silverware. And this is coming from a dedicated Chelsea fan since 2006, because football does not seem fun at Chelsea, in my view.

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I'd say Chelsea relies too heavily on CAM. Consequently they're looking to score not feed the point man.

It always seemed to me that Hazard, Pedro, Costa even Giroud...but lately not so much

The hate for Ziyech is costing Chelsea dearly

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the reason is very clear. OUR MIDFIELD LACK CREATIVITY. we’ve changed about 4 strikers without refurbishing our midfield. let me use facts: why do you think tammy abraham tried at the no9 role, because mount and kovacic played the no 8 role in a 433 and they supplied him, the full backs also supplied him

Mount would rather shoot than pass when he's in possession in the opposition box

How do you expect a striker to score like drogba or Costa without a midfielder like fabregas

I can see chuk will be leave soon and he will be the one in the section of salah, debruyne, robben sett, if not in that exact extreme level but he will be on the list of names that fans regret, my personal opinion

Poor creativity and I don't understand what the coach, owners and players are thinking. If possible the whole team needs a revamp because we don't need some players in that squad . And if possible they should tryout the dudes in the development squad , see Hall oh my geez. That's talent

You know, the reason why Chelsea strikers didn't achieve a best form was one thing: They had the same syndrome as Manchester United. If Manchester United's strikers were struggling with number 7 (Cristiano Ronaldo), Chelsea had number 9, which is unlucky. Players such as Fernando Torres, Gonzalo Higuain, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, and Romelu Lukaku didn't score more goals! Not only Chelsea. Milan had also this number 9 syndrome after the departure of Filippo Inzaghi until Olivier Giroud came in. Furthermore, some players use the weird numbers like the iconic 99 used by Donnaruma.

Why do they suffer? Because of our midfielders. Costa had Hazard and Fabergas. Drogba had Ballack and Lampard. We don’t have creative midfielders to supply and depend on Reese and Chilwell.

Chelsea haven't had a management thay works a system for far too long now. Sarri was the last, and everyone hated him for it. He was building a team that suited that system, but wasn't given enough time. Higuain was brilliant during his brief stint, his movement was superb, he was so unlucky, many near misses. I'm sure is total and xG would have been 10 plus goals. I was totally against the signing of Lukaku, he is an overrated one dimensional player. We should have just such with Tammy. He'd have improved. For whatever reason, I'm still Perplexed as to why Werner didn't work out. One key area I see lacking is that we do not have a forward who can hold the ball up and bring the others into play. This is why Drogba was so good.

I think it was wrong for Potter to leave Brighton and go to Chelsea as he will fail there I'm sure of it. This video only confirms my feelings which I had since day one when I heard the rumors.

I think Cesc was the last high quality 10 Chelsea had and hazard was great at creating chances and space for teammates.