On a wet and drizzly summers day , I watched the Southampton game again, not once but twice.
Truth is we were not just bad we were ****ing abysmal from front to back and everything in between. Here's my assessment of each players contribution and worth.
Abraham is not worth one more minute of game time, and should be got rid of. No football brain, never where he needs to be.
Werner is without doubt, technically, the worst PL player I have ever seen. He can't pass the ball 2 mtrs to a teammate without it being overhit, underhit or off target. He has no touch, no control, nothing except pure speed. He will never be the goalscorer we thought we had bought. Cut our losses and sell him while we can.
Mount, our best player by some distance, has one fatal flaw for an attacking midfielder, he has no instinct for goals. He misses opportunities to go for goal ,is too slow to get a shot off, looks too often for someone in a better position, and the chance is gone. Great workhorse though he is, he lacks the brilliance of great midfielders. He will never be a Lampard or Gerard because he lacks the courage to shoot when a half chance is presented. Unlike Lampard, there is also no one with the vision to place the ball for Mount to run onto and shoot. No Zola, Di Mateo, Wise or Ballack. Perhaps he will get better, but I am having doubts about this squad.
Reece James has lost so much form it defies belief. From a barnstorming attacker sending in pinpoint crosses, he has become a negative backward passer, due in my opinion to the pressure of becoming a "better" defender. Even when played by Audi, he has been unconvincing, tentative, and lacking courage.Time to stop ****ing about Reece and show just what you can do, because your'e doing nothing at all.
Alonso is well past his use by date and needs to be sold. Occasionally brilliant, mostly just OK he is simply not good enough.
Kante, as he was under Frank, is a problem. We just don't play the way he can be used properly. Sell him ASAP for his sake.
Kovacic is the most underrated attacker we have and the only one with the guts to go for it. Problem for him, he couldn't score if his life depended on it. Just don't get how he can be so hopeless at shooting.
CHO has been our best attacking player yet was just publicly humiliated by Audi for a poor 30 mins.
Absolute disgrace by Audi which might send CHO off to Munich where he should have gone with better advice anyway.
Dave is fine and working out his retirement.
Rudiger is just OK but the manager likes him.
Zouma should take any better offer, alongside Silva he's our best defender, but Audi doesn't play him alongside Silva. Why?
Mendy really good, but not really great, a few flaws starting to show and not a CL quality keeper which should be our minimum standard. Right choice for the short term, maybe he will step up?
Then there's .....
Pulisic the new "sick note", always injured, not performing, another Gunner, "gunner be better, gunner be great, gunner score plenty....."
Ziyech Useless underperforming whinger . Can't hack the physical play or speed of the PL. Whimp who needs to be sent packing. Great player but not got enough grunt for the PL.
Havertz. Overated ,underperforming , overpaid fraud who needs to go back to the safety of the slow motion Bundesleiga. Beware Sancho and Haarlad !!!!!!!!!!
Bundesliega is a League where old heads and young legs can be be superstars. No Pressure on either.
Put it all together and Chelsea is a Team exactly where we deserve to be, struggling for top 4, lacking genuine quality everywhere , with loads of good but not great players, little natural brilliance, creativity not encouraged and only Silva to hold it all together.
Then there's Gilmour. Creative, brilliant, visionary, technical,agressive, attacking, and rarely played.
