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Are Chelsea Missing Lukaku, Timo Werner and Tuchel?
SportsFila team discusses Chelsea’s goal scoring problems and debate whether it’s just a center forward issue and if they’re better off without Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner after the pair left in the summer. Are Chelsea Missing Lukaku, Werner and Former Coach Tuchel?
Chelsea are not a better team without lukaku and Werner, ESPECIALLY WERNER. Werner was just getting into his greatest form before the season ended and they just let him go like that. He could’ve been Chelsea’s highest scorer in the league.
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The exasperation in the voice of the Chelsea head coach was clear as a post-match autopsy was carried out in front of the media. “It’s too easy to push us off the track, too easy to win challenges, too easy to bully us. What stops l that? Pure mentality. Stop it with a pure mentality.”
Those were not words delivered by Graham Potter after yesterday’s draw with Nottingham Forest. Such bluntness isn’t the 47-year-old’s style, at least not publicly. No, they came from the mouth of Thomas Tuchel back in August after Chelsea were defeated by Southampton.
Different coach, same problem. That is the gist – and it’s partly why such frustration has built following the clash at the City Ground. It shouldn’t be like this. It shouldn’t be this predictable: a tricky away stadium, a hostile crowd, a Chelsea performance that wilts under the pressure
Why did Chelsea fire coach Tuchel?
Several attacking players became frustrated with Tuchel’s tactical approach, particularly the emphasis on work without the ball rather than what they did in possession.
This issue isn’t fixed by just signing a striker. The technical level of Chelsea’s front line is on the floor. Sterling thrived in the city because he was surrounded by elite creators/technicians. The Blues had issues finishing chances in Tuchel’s first half season, so they signed Lukaku. The chances then dried up.
Are Chelsea Missing Lukaku and Timo Werner?
If signing a pure potent 9 was the answer, Lukaku would have worked and we wouldn’t be having these conversations. Chelsea now need a goalscoring attacker who has elite technical ability and can double up as a creator, Christopher Nkunku is that, he just isn’t here yet. Similar players include Joao Felix, Antoine Griezmann and Memphis Depay.
What is the problem of Chelsea this season?
The two players Lukaku and Werner were not the problem, the service was the biggest problem. The only player that can create is Ziyech and he never plays. Players like Pulisic, Gallagher, Jorginho and Koulibaly are absolutely useless and the players you expect to provide like Havertz and Mount only want to score even though they are mostly wasteful.
The recruitment last summer was poor. Koulibaly hasn’t been good, sterling has been inconsistent, Aubamayang has been non-existent and a 50m contract for Potter was madness.
It’s all well and good to develop young talent but not every player is Reece and Mase. The questions Chelsea fans have to ask is are we supposed to support Chelsea now or in 7 years? Are you here to watch the PL2 side or the first team? Quite frankly the women’s team with Sam Kerr and Lauren James is my favorite. I don’t know what these jokers are doing
Koulibaly slow progress concerns remain at Chelsea: what should potter do next?
Having lost both Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger on free transfers, center-back was a position Chelsea simply had to strengthen in the summer transfer window. The first arrival was Kalidou Koulibaly, a defender regarded as one of the best in Europe over the previous decade after starring for Napoli.
At 31 years old, the Senegal international was a signing for the here and now. A player who would, in theory, soften the blow of losing the talismanic Rudiger to Real Madrid. Yet 16 matches into the Senegal international’s Chelsea career and big questions are being asked.
Did Koulibaly move to England too late? Can he adapt to the fast-paced nature of the Premier League? Should he continue to be used as a right center-back having spent much of his career on the left? And can he be played alongside Thiago Silva, another defender in his thirties?
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The fact that Southgate is on that list tells how serious you should take it
No manager on earth could do anything with Manchester United until Someone takes responsibility for the club and has a viable plan for the future.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS group, the club’s new partial owners, are exploring options to assume the role. According to Team Talk, the Red Devils are considering the 41-year-old as a candidate for the manager position.
After achieving success as a player with Barcelona, Inter, and Paris Saint-Germain, winning numerous titles, the two-time Champions League winner transitioned to coaching at the senior level.
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ESPN loves ManUtd. As much they say that they hate talking about ManUtd they can’t stop talking about ManUtd 😅😅. They have spend 15 mins speaking on rumours – Hypocrites.
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It’s not Ten Hag fault when players like rashford do not put in all the effort after signing a new contract. Also ten hag had to deal with incredible amount of injuries which ESPN deliberately overlooks. So getting another manager isn’t going to solve anything.
It’s so funny how the English media fails to realize that the structure & the players is the problem at united…..but they trying to sack ETH who is an elite manger under a proper management structure 💯
The best manager that seems to be being overlooked shouod be n1 on the list for bayern utd liverpool is someone inzaghi. Hes done great things with Lazio and inter. Loads of experience and has got to european finals and won domestic leagues.
Manchester City 3-1 win over United in Manchester Derby.
It is very different getting an underdog /dark horse to perform vs going to an environment where the spotlight in on you everyday from day 1. The same thing happened at Bayern with a couple of their coaches…
Afcon 2024 victory is well deserved for Ivory Coast they left no stone unturned and they dominated throughout. If there is a one person who deserved to win the AFCON it was Sebastian Haller. In 2022, he was diagnosed with cancer but he recovered and he returned to play football in 2023 only to bottle the Bundesliga title on the final matchday to Bayern but here we are in 2024 where he scored the winner in the AFCON final to win Cote d’Ivoire AFCON title so congratulations🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🏆
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FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
But Ivory Coast won fair and square. They played better. Congratulations champs.
What Adingra did in the African Cup of Nation was phenomenal. Nigerians will remember him as a nighmare forever. The boy has a great future ahead of him.
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Haller beats cancer, then comes to the AFCON and scores the most important goal in the final, the winning goal what a beautiful story for that man and Ivory coast, congratulations to them👏👏
Congratulations to Ivory Coast from cameroonian👏👏👏you organized and won the most beautiful AFCON in story, unbelievable achievment when we look how things went for you.
One of the best tournaments I’ve seen.
Almost every team demonstrated that they were not afraid of their opponent and played above expectations.
Congratulations to Côte d’Ivoire who never gave up and believed and implemented their progress towards goal as much as possible until the last second in this tournament. Kudos to Nigeria for high yield and quality.
Thank you for making the spectators so emotional and congratulations and best wishes to the Ivory Coast and the Ivorian people.
FT: Nigeria 1-2 Ivory Coast
Afcon 2023 is over. What a remarkable end to a tournament dripping in drama.
Thanks for your company.
The night has only just started in Abidjan.
Congratulations to Ivory Coast for winning the Africa Cup🏆! The team showed strength and desire to win and to not give up until the end. And the fans were absolutely amazing
P.s Haller deserved it the most, since he suffered a lot.
The story of Côte d’Ivoire’s victory in the African Nations is one of the most beautiful stories in the history of football. We sympathized with this team’s version a lot and we will tell it to our children in the future 🧡
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‘He’s very coachable, he wants to learn, to improve every day’ |SportsFila can feel the meaning of a ‘coachable player that wants to improve every day’. Because ETH has to deal with players that are not like this at all.
remember at Ajax TH once said “a process takes time, but by throwing in young players in big games that process gets accelerated”. Always stuck with me considering he let Mainoo debut against Everton (after the 10 point deduction at an intense Goodison Park) and then straight into the Galatasaray away game in the CL. H
He also has done the same with Garnacho last year and this year. Then he did the same with Pellistri against Bayern Munich who in my opinion did well enough to deserve another chance. I think it’s a way for him to see how they respond to the pressure and intensity. He’s not afraid to play the youngsters ONLY if he considers them good and fearless enough.
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He made De Ligt Ajax captain at 18 years old because he saw leadership qualities. He has his own methods, but I’m convinced he knows exactly what he’s doing regarding the future of United. United fans need to remember 75% of this current squad won’t be part of the future so maybe allow him a bit more time to show what he’s trying to build.
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ETH is a highly resillient manager to go through all the crisis and egos, poor performances, players personal issues and ownership drama and come out on the other side with these kind of performances. He brought in the right striker young full of potential and work ethic. Young players are starring in the squad WE ARE ON THE WAY.
Jadon Sancho Will REGRET His Behaviour At Man United
All the instability across the club that he’s gone through and still kept us in the Top 8. Now he’s finally seeing the other side of the drawn-out “club sale, no-sale”, multiple injuries, media controversies, spoiled players, and all the other nonsense, we see the team moving into sixth position. The man deserves all the praise in the world for being so resilient.
It’s interesting hearing ten hag speaking on rashford because he mentions a lot of qualities which he possesses, however they are all physical and technical, the one thing he didn’t speak positively about was his mentality and for me this is what has always separated Rashford from the very best.
In football and sport as a whole mentality is the one thing you need more than anything, it’s what separates the good from the great and I don’t know if rashford has that real hunger and desire in him to be great. The kind of desire where you’re willing to get hurt to score a goal.
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