Chelsea will get worse before they get better - Graham Potter is now under serious pressure 🔎 Analysis by GeorgeRSimms via iPaperSport
The 23-year-old averages around 1.3 chances created and 1.3 shots per 90 in the league. He puts in six crosses per game and makes 18 final third passes. When Cesar Azpilicueta plays, Chelsea lose almost all of that significant attacking output. Unfortunately, “Dave”, being a club hero does not grant you great creative powers.
The second problem is this squad’s dependence on James and his partner-in-crime Ben Chilwell. Since the start of the 2021-22 season, Chelsea have won 82 per cent of the games Chilwell and James have started together and lost just one. Yet James has been injured for 36 per cent of that period, Chilwell 59 per cent.
Kante is the perfect foil to Jorginho, who often looks cumbersome and lost without his one-man clean-up crew. He also improves Mateo Kovacic, who is too easily targeted without the Frenchman to balance his mazy runs. Kai Havertz, all legs and untapped potential, requires a system built to embellish and protect his unique skillset. He is talented enough to be shoehorned in as a traditional number nine and “do a job”, but not to lead a title charge.
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