Chelsea have conceded nine goals in the opening 10 minutes of Premier League games this season.

#INGAME

Attack wise, Gusto is too blind. Positioning, movement, intention. Zero.

The first Casualty in case Alonso is appointed.

Enzo Fernandez's free-kick brings Chelsea level 🤝

He has 20 goal involvements in all comps this season 👏

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Shoot to Kill. Kill or be Killed

First option? Xabi Alonso or Felipe Luis. Their Styles of play easier to implement vis a vis our squad profile. Minimal surgical Squad strengthening required to compete. Individually, Xabi's mental work that he did with Leverkusen with the unbeaten run with all odds against a heavily financed and ragingly dominant Bayern Munich says a lot about his capabilities.

With Felipe, it is the relationism style of play that would bring the best out of almost any player. Entertaining too but compact. I get any of these two and I will be comfortable.

The second option would be Cess. Exciting and upcoming. But again a complete reset to style of play. You will need an almost complete overhaul of the team to fit his style. That takes years to implement. Years we have already wasted since Blue Co takeover.

Iraola ? To me is his mentality that scares me the most. Then his aggressive style of play vs the weaklings we have and the propensity of our players to get injured. Expecting his style to work with what we have is a disaster waiting to happen. His mentality?. Knows nothing about winning. But he fits the Blue Co nonsensical head coach profile well since he can develop the right players.

( Next doing our players detailed analysis vs these coaches)

This is a shoot to kill, kill or be killed moment. You can't just have it wrong again.

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Thiago Silva and Estevão in Brazil's pre-list for the World Cup.

Joao Pedro and Andrey Santos also made the cut.

🚨 Potential candidates for Chelsea:

▪︎ Oliver Glasner
▪︎ Filipe Luis
▪︎ Xabi Alonso
▪︎ Andoni Iraola
▪︎ Marco Silva
▪︎ Cesc Fabregas

Insiders say there is NO preferred candidate, and Chelsea have 5 or 6 coaches under consideration.

(Matt Law)

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Squad Analysis

People tend to believe that we have an entirely useless squad, which is not true. We have suffered majorly because of indecisiveness and, at times, outright poor decisions.

Maresca winning the Club World Cup is proof of the squad’s ability. But his sacking is also proof of the poor decision-making around this club.

Now we have a chance to make it right.

I have done a comprehensive player-by-player analysis on how this squad fits the next managerial appointment and to be posted in a sequel.

For this analysis, the assumption is that Alonso will be the appointment.

I genuinely believe we are 95% ready-made for Alonso — but only if he goes with the identical back three structure he used at Leverkusen.

He cannot ignore how half-baked most of our players still are.

Anything away from the back three demands serious investment across ALL departments of the squad. A luxury we may not have with the new financial rules.

Some time back, I said this team is naturally more of a back-three side than a back-four side because the structure covers many of their weaknesses. That is exactly the detailed analysis we are about to do.

Starting with the defence next.

Joe Cole:

“I was talking to a Chelsea fan the other day who loves the club. It felt more like a therapy session.

“He said to me, ‘It was different in your day, we felt connected.’

“I asked him why he felt like that, and what we did differently apart from winning matches?

“He said there was a response to the losing games, and more engagement with the fans.

“He used Shevchenko as an example; he came in and had a terrible time, but the fans could see he was trying.

“He was humble, and every time they sang Shevchenko’s name, he acknowledged them. For a Ballon d’Or winner who’s having a difficult time, they still remembered that more than 15 years later.

“It’s the little things that I think the group need to take charge of, but no senior players are leading that at the club.


“They don’t realise how important it is, and what he said was that, he says, at Chelsea, success is not judged on how many trophies you won, but on how much money you’re in the red at the end of the season or how much profit you’ve made.

“That summed it up.

“That seems to be where our Chelsea Football Club is now, not judged on performance on the pitch, but on the finances.

“And you can’t tell me anything other than that. It’s the truth.”

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SURVIVAL METER - DEFENCE

- Wingbacks play as false /wide wingers
- CB play close together with ability to cover wide areas
- Ball playing CB to slice passes through Lines

0–40 -High-risk

Gusto— poor attacking output and attacking indecisiveness. Could sit out much or be replaced if no improvements.

Tosin- Anybody can play in this system including uncle. But he could struggle with wide area coverage when wingbacks fly.

41–55- Should survive depending on adaptation and tactical development

Sanchez— Shot-stopping gives him a chance despite limitations in buildup phases. A ball playing keeper is not one of Alonso's obsessions.

Cucurella — Defensively aggressive and useful, but attacking delivery and back-post timing must improve.

Chalobah / Fofana / Sarr— All possess traits suited for a rotational back-three environment. Must just cut out individual mistakes to survive.

55–80 -Strong compatibility

Reece — Natural guaranteed starter. But the wingback role is too demanding under Alonso. The injury will be his mate.

Colwill — Elite line-breaking passing. Be used as the Central ball playing CB alongside two stoppers/careers.

WildCards- High-upside tactical weapons

**Hato*"- most probably to be used as LCB.

Quenda / Diego Moreira— Wingback profiles that could explode in Alonso football due to direct running, fast transitions and great attacking and technical skills. Neto could also be slotted here

Anselmino— Fresh start under a new coach could unlock him. We know the raw capabilities; now it becomes about adaptation and opportunity.

May need to add another ball playing CB as Colwill cover.

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Alonso - The Man

Before the Alonso's Midfield team sequel, I thought it important to pen this.

This is the first time the fans are having an almost unanimous agreement on who they want as the next coach.

The management have had their way before and terribly failed. Now they need to give the fans their option to fail too.

But looking at Alonso's stats, it's so crazy that we are still being linked to the likes of Iraola and Marco Silva. Just crazy.

Real Sociedad B
✓ First promotion to Segunda División in 60+ years with mostly kids

Leverkusen (18 Months)
✓ First ever league title
✓ First ever domestic double
✓ First ever unbeaten season
✓ Europa League Final

Above all, He:-

✓ Integrates youth, nurtures and develops them in his teams. Our youth teams are rising again. Good for them and good for business.

✓ Clear Identity and tactical versatility

✓ After Madrid burnt his hands, there will be almost no better job upgrades than Chelsea since he can't be accepted at Barcelona, and Liverpool will have a sour taste in their mouths. You are almost guaranteed a Simeone-like long-term Atletico like project.

This is not a fluke. This is a man who knows what he is doing.

I hope our SDs stop thinking they are too clever to the point we lose the guy. The same way they were clever even when Enrique and Flick were free.

Liverpool can even smell the danger, change their minds and hang Slot for him.

Thats when we'll hang the SDs.

Welcome to the Chelsea family, RocNation! 🤝

🚨Chelsea striker Sam Kerr is playing her last match for Chelsea this weekend. Huge news.

After six-and-a-half memorable years, Sam Kerr will leave Chelsea when her contract expires this summer.

Thank you for everything you've done for this club, Sam Kerr. 💙

🔗 Chelsea FC Women

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#AfterThought

Now that we have perfected the art of " The Bomb Squad" Florentino Perez is about to find out why we gave the players 17years Contracts.

You can't wait for their contracts to end and the player can't bully the club into submission.