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My thoughts on Chelsea so far…

Chelsea somehow pulled themselves out of an uncharacteristic rut they seem to have dug themselves in yesterday. New Castle away has always been Chelsea’s nemesis. No one needed to stress on the importance of this game given the position both teams were on the table. Chelsea were yearning for a normalcy that we fans are used to and New Castle just wanted to be the better team on the field, a feat they hadn’t managed in 6 games in the PL so far.

Chelsea started badly. Defensive errors continued. Closing down players was not of the usual Chelsea standard we expect. Fabregas is a terrible mate to have for Matic. Last season Chelsea had a lot going on , going forward. But this season the backline is vulnerable. One look at my Twitter timeline will tell you have bad Fabregas was. At this time last season he had the leading assists and now he is struggling to pass the ball accurately and seems to slow the game down terribly.

Amongst all this, what I don’t understand, is the JM’s persistence with Ivanovic and Fabregas even though they are clearly a mile away from their best. Ramires had a fantastic game against Walsall, albeit a League 1 team. Any doubts that he had a seemingly lesser opposition was washed away when he came on and provided a deadly strike from distance to beat Krul. He should have started against New Castle alongside Matic and that would have provided some more stability at the back. The top 3 should still be Pedro, Hazard and Oscar. In patches all three were good. The second goal seem to shake Chelsea up. One could see the true class of Hazard at one point where he takes the ball through despite being surrounded by 4 New Castle players. He suddenly became outstanding! I don’t know why Chelsea didn’t start like that.

Going forward Chelsea can still produce gold but the defense is a big matter of concern and this season Matic is no longer the rock that we know him to be. He needs additional support. JM just has to shed his reluctance to start Ramires and Reuben Loftus-Cheek. I think the priority has to be not leaking a goal in the first 70 minutes. When Chelsea stop chasing shadows they can produce moments of brilliance and eek their way to normalcy. That’s their best chance to finish in the top 4.


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