I do know this topic can create debate and folks can have totally different views on it. You can even argue that this Chelsea staff we’ve now does comprise extra expertise as a result of a few of the gamers we signed in younger, have now grown up a little bit and matured, thus having extra senior appearances beneath their belts and extra expertise. Younger gamers get skilled ultimately, proper? It’ll all come collectively ultimately, proper?
However I wished to jot down one thing after Enzo Maresca’s little rant, or snap again to the media final week. He’s seemingly fed up of anybody questioning Chelsea’s younger squad. I imply, he absolutely has to count on questioning alongside these traces although, no? Additionally, Maresca really WANTED extra expertise added to his squad in the summertime, identical to Mauricio Pochettino additionally requested for earlier than him. So deep down, he additionally is aware of that any prime profitable squad wants extra stability.
Enzo Maresca stated in his presser on Friday:
“We’re all the time speaking about expertise once we drop factors however once we beat Barcelona and drew with Arsenal, nobody is speaking about skilled gamers. This was not the explanation..
“Who was probably the most skilled participant for us within the week? Tosin. Did he play good? So it’s not about expertise.”
He clearly doesn’t learn this website. I discuss expertise whether or not we win or lose 😂.
I get why he’s pissed off. Some reporters can usually ask foolish questions, it may all get an excessive amount of typically. I additionally get his level on Tosin, who he then dropped fully out of his squad for Bournemouth.
Expertise does NOT assure you success and it additionally doesn’t assure you might be getting a prime and constant participant. There have been numerous examples of this.
However personally, I don’t like when somebody claims ‘expertise’ isn’t every little thing by giving an instance of an ‘skilled’ participant that hasn’t labored out. I may offer you numerous examples of the place it HAS labored (Thiago Silva as one).
You purchase the RIGHT expertise. Nothing flawed with a youthful squad however do it with stability. Do it with extra leaders and expertise from the off, however purchase the proper expertise. Purchase confirmed Premier League gamers, ones who’ve been there and finished it, add them to the standard younger gamers you might be signing, and watch all of it come collectively a lot faster and ahead of it has. It’s virtually 2026 and we aren’t difficult for a title, we’ve spent an excessive amount of cash for that to not be the case, it’s that easy for me.
I don’t need to hear something Aubameyang or Sterling. Speak to me about Zola and Ballack. It’s about scouting mentalities in addition to expertise. In depth analysis and bringing confirmed leaders, not just a few names who’ve some expertise.
We are going to get there with this squad, I don’t assume we’re as far off as Gary Neville says we’re. However I’ll all the time query why they wouldn’t need to have gotten there sooner by constructing a extra balanced squad. I get it, older, higher, extra elite gamers price extra and can demand extra wages – we don’t try this anymore, that’s not how we recruit. It’s simply the brand new Chelsea approach. It does have advantages, positive. And if we get there ultimately, then does it really matter? That’s one other debate. However I’d have skipped out these painful and inconsistent seasons we’ve witnessed and do all of it faster with extra confirmed leaders added into our squad, however not simply free brokers from Fulham, however elite additions. That’s what we’ve lacked. We nonetheless lack a backbone to this staff and most of the gamers we’ve signed nonetheless have query marks over their heads. Are they really adequate? I’m not fully positive but.
Chelsea’s house owners have spent some huge cash constructing this squad however we aren’t title challengers. They’ve numerous perception in what they’re doing. However the backside line for me has all the time been that in the event that they constructed this squad with extra stability, we’d have already been difficult once more.
