Chelsea Newsletter - Friday 10th December
Covering: Szalai to Chelsea (sources), Hindsight transfer targets, Tuchel questions mentalities, Leeds preview, and our general news sweep..
Well, here we are again, the day before another big game, and one that has become even more important after another lacklustre performance in midweek.
We are in a situation now where we have hit a bad run of form there are no two ways about it. Confidence has dropped, so have some heads, and the thought of now facing Leeds United on Saturday concerns me a little more than it would have if we convincingly won on Wednesday.
A couple of comment pieces now on the current situation, one is of the age old problem that our last four managers have all questioned in their own ways, the mentality of the players. Tuchel has now mentioned losing focus and dropping heads when a goal goes in against us, just as Frank Lampard did almost a year ago to the day after a defeat to Wolves. Read more about that here.
My next comment article here is about how Chelsea should have provided Thomas Tuchel, and even Frank Lampard before him, with their required transfer targets and if they did, I’m sure we wouldn’t even be having this conversation now. Hindsight is great, and like I’ve said before Chelsea ARE backing managers MUCH more these days. But players like Jules Jounde and Aurlien Tchouameni should have been signed in the summer.
But right now we have to focus on the present, and that is Leeds at Stamford Bridge tomorrow. My god how we need a result now, you can read my preview for it here.
A sourced story now, and yes I am bringing Atilla Szalai back up, that’s because all might not be over with that potential rumour, check that out here.
Finally, check in here with our general news sweep up article covering anything else from Thursday.
Our latest Podcast with the popular Chelsea content creator RJ will be out at 3pm today, don’t miss that!
Peace, Si.