‘Issues can solely get higher’ might be one of the vital unfaithful quotes ever!
In fact, Chelsea have proved to us in the previous few seasons that issues, regardless of how unhealthy they’re, can truly worsen!
After dropping to Brentford at house on Saturday, when it comes to the schedule of fixtures developing, issues are absolutely solely about to get a lot worse for Mauricio Pochettino and his gamers?
After Blackburn in The Carabao Cup on Wednesday night, Chelsea then must face Tottenham (A), Manchester Metropolis (H), Newcastle United (A), Brighton (H), and Manchester United (A).
That just about takes us in to mid December, which can mark the midway level of the season. We may actually be in an absolute shambolic place by then.
Nonetheless, I’m going to play devils advocate right here and say that truly, when it comes to how issues have been going for our present squad and present supervisor, I truly fancy our possibilities of getting extra factors in opposition to the ‘higher’ groups quite than in opposition to the groups we ‘must be beating’.
Clearly I’ll level at Arsenal because the prime instance of this. Everyone knows that we completely ought to have 100% received that recreation however utterly threw it away. We obtained some extent ultimately, which I’d have taken earlier than the sport should you supplied it to me. And I can truly see us standing up in opposition to groups like Spurs, Metropolis, and Newcastle.
I’m not saying we are going to beat all of them, and even win certainly one of them. However I do oddly really feel a bit extra assured of getting outcomes in opposition to them than I do in opposition to a staff who will strategy the sport with 10 males behind the ball and defending in a deep and low block.
As we all know, Chelsea are massively struggling to breakdown the groups who play that approach. So enjoying in a extra open recreation the place groups will likely be coming at us and maybe controlling the sport a bit greater than us when it comes to possession, will see us get higher probabilities to attain targets on the counter assault, utilising the intense tempo and directness we’ve in assault.
Straw clutching? Sure, most likely. However I don’t prefer to let the gloom and doom utterly cloud over me – I’ve to carry on to that mild on the finish of the tunnel, and I genuinely do consider what I’ve written above, I’m not simply saying it as pretend positivity.
In these video games I feel we are going to lose to Metropolis (as a result of we’re house and in addition they’re Metropolis), however I’m truly altering my stance on the Spurs recreation – I feel we will truly win this one now, away from house, and a minimum of get a draw in opposition to Newcastle. Brighton will likely be tremendous robust however once more, I feel we will get one thing from that one. If we don’t beat this Manchester United staff then we’d as properly throw the towel in proper now!
It’s a tricky 5 video games within the league, however it should actually form the remainder of our season and may very well be the distinction maker. If we crash and burn in these video games then we may genuinely be in a relegation battle. If like I consider we will and we get ends in these video games, then we will nonetheless be difficult for a European spot like I feel we are going to.
These subsequent 5 (six usually because we’ve to go all out for The League Cup now) are completely essential to our season now.