Once again, I am seeing arguments about Graham Potter and Thomas Tuchel after another Chelsea defeat.
I get it, I get the frustrations and questions about why we sacked Tuchel. I get the questions and concerns over whether Graham Potter is that guy or not. I share those same concerns about Potter myself, and I have and will continue to highlight the things that I believe he is doing wrong, such as our setup last night not being compact enough and being far too easy to play through leaving huge gaps in midfield. I’m still going to be backing him though.
My point is that the problems at Chelsea right now remain deep rooted squad problems, and it really doesn’t matter who the manager is. Until we rebuild this squad and gut out the toxicity, we will continue to be in this same cycle.
A manager comes in, there is some sort of a bounce, said manager does well on occasions and papers over some cracks, and then those burning issues that have still been flaming away start roaring again after being fuelled up. We’ve seen it all before over the last four years at this club, with many of the same players being here throughout.
Our issues come from years of poor recruitment and decision making at the club, unfortunately, so any new owner or any new manager is automatically facing an uphill struggle.
We know that this squad lack strong mentalities and leadership when the chips are down. When we are doing well things are fine and the atmosphere picks up, but when we struggle, heads are dropping all over the shop and nobody is standing up.
That’s the mentality issues we face. But most of all, the squad severely lacks quality, as I’ve been saying for some time. So many of these players are just not good enough. They can do bits on occasions and look good for a game or two, but they are nowhere near consistent enough.
And until we gut this squad, rid the players who are considering their futures and those who just aren’t good enough, and replace them with quality and solid mentalities, then we will just continue this cycle and continue arguing about managers.