The perks of building a balanced squad are a missing Chelsea element

I do know this topic can create debate and folks can have completely different views on it. You can even argue that this Chelsea workforce we have now now does comprise extra expertise as a result of a few of the gamers we signed in younger, have now grown up slightly and matured, thus having extra senior appearances beneath their belts and extra expertise. Younger gamers get skilled finally, proper? It’ll all come collectively finally, proper?

However I wished to write down one thing after Enzo Maresca’s little rant, or snap again to the media final week. He’s seemingly fed up of anybody questioning Chelsea’s younger squad. I imply, he certainly has to anticipate questioning alongside these traces although, no? Additionally, Maresca really WANTED extra expertise added to his squad in the summertime, similar to Mauricio Pochettino additionally requested for earlier than him. So deep down, he additionally is aware of that any high profitable squad wants extra steadiness.

Enzo Maresca stated in his presser on Friday:

“We’re at all times speaking about expertise once we drop factors however once we beat Barcelona and drew with Arsenal, nobody is speaking about skilled gamers. This was not the explanation..

“Who was probably the most skilled participant for us within the week? Tosin. Did he play good? So it isn’t about expertise.”

He clearly doesn’t learn this website. I speak about expertise whether or not we win or lose 😂.

I get why he’s annoyed. Some reporters can usually ask foolish questions, it might all get an excessive amount of generally. I additionally get his level on Tosin, who he then dropped utterly out of his squad for Bournemouth.

Expertise does NOT assure you success and it additionally doesn’t assure you might be getting a high and constant participant. There have been numerous examples of this.

However personally, I don’t like when somebody claims ‘expertise’ isn’t every part by giving an instance of an ‘skilled’ participant that hasn’t labored out. I might provide you with numerous examples of the place it HAS labored (Thiago Silva as one).

You purchase the RIGHT expertise. Nothing incorrect with a youthful squad however do it with steadiness. Do it with extra leaders and expertise from the off, however purchase the appropriate expertise. Purchase confirmed Premier League gamers, ones who’ve been there and accomplished it, add them to the standard younger gamers you might be signing, and watch all of it come collectively a lot faster and prior to it has. It’s virtually 2026 and we aren’t difficult for a title, we have now spent an excessive amount of cash for that to not be the case, it’s that easy for me.

I don’t need to hear something Aubameyang or Sterling. Speak to me about Zola and Ballack. It’s about scouting mentalities in addition to expertise. Intensive analysis and bringing confirmed leaders, not just a few names who’ve some expertise.

We are going to get there with this squad, I don’t suppose we’re as far off as Gary Neville says we’re. However I’ll at all times query why they wouldn’t need to have gotten there sooner by constructing a extra balanced squad. I get it, older, higher, extra elite gamers price extra and can demand extra wages – we don’t do this anymore, that’s not how we recruit. It’s simply the brand new Chelsea method. It does have advantages, certain. And if we get there finally, then does it really matter? That’s one other debate. However I’d have skipped out these painful and inconsistent seasons we have now witnessed and do all of it faster with extra confirmed leaders added into our squad, however not simply free brokers from Fulham, however elite additions. That’s what we have now lacked. We nonetheless lack a backbone to this workforce and lots of the gamers we have now signed nonetheless have query marks over their heads. Are they really ok? I’m not utterly certain but.

Chelsea’s homeowners have spent some huge cash constructing this squad however we aren’t title challengers. They’ve lots of perception in what they’re doing. However the backside line for me has at all times been that in the event that they constructed this squad with extra steadiness, we’d have already been difficult once more.