You managed to get some points over re the improvements that many fans ignore well done.
It still remains the SDs biggest sin is the hundreds of millions spent on youth in the hope of a profit from players that will never see the light of day in a Chelsea shirt at the highest level.
Going forward we all hope the improvement is maintained.
Thank you the score for your article and insight. You have of course been more positive more than most in (much like myself), but still called out mistakes as we must all do. You’ve clearly highlighted those mistakes it’s not surprising with the amount of change that was required but there would be a few. No club is immune to it and thankfully Manchester City made a big one by selling Palmer.
I hope many readers agree with your sentiments and understand that patient was always going to be required and probably still is for another 12+ months. Surely there cannot be anyone that cannot see the gradual growth and improvements it’s beginning of last season and let’s hope it continues and that the naysayers give this team, the management, the sporting directors and the owners are chance. If in 15 months time we are genuinely not showing any further signs of improvement, by all means get the sub machine guns out
Praise sporting directors because their 1.5b squad won 3 PL games in a row?
60m spent on 3 avg keepers, Disasi for 40m, Mudryk for 60m, Neto & Noni are hardly ceiling raisers, over priced midfield which gets run over by everyone, players frozen out, useless / pointless signings prioritised over better players we already had. Not to mention them missing out on Olise, not signing another striker, no midfield depth this season, sacked their hand picked coach after just 1 season who they hired following ‘extensive’ process.
I like Lesley's profile but he is atleast 2 years of regular football away from being a starter at this club.
Estevao Willian and Kendry Paez have yet to kick a ball in the PL... so lets hold our horses there
Yes - John Duran, Samuel Omorodion, Michael Olise, are all doing well for their current clubs... but that's the whole issue. They missed out on better players or the profiles that we needed ...to sign players like KDH, Neto and Felix who are not as good or were simply not needed.
Pasting points table is not the complete data. The way we are playing is not sustainable and we can run into trouble against low blocks and better teams.
The thing is Amir it’s not just this season. The top four form is going back to February or even Christmas.
In that time we have drawn with Man City & Villa away, we beat Villa in the cup, beaten Man Utd and Spurs.
Saying the way we are run is not sustainable, respectfully, makes no sense and has no logic.
Signing top young talent which will improve, on lower initial wages, meaning in the long term spending will go down even as profits go up with potential success, is a very sustainable way to run a football club both on and off the pitch.
Caicedo, Gusto, Nkunku, Noni, Jackson for example have all been successful signings. Sancho looks excellent business as does Veiga.
We will have a bad run under Enzo most likely, but that’s normal for a young developing team.
It just feels to me some fans have just decided his project is hopeless and will fail and are looking for confirmation bias rather than enjoying the consistently good form which stretches back to February / March.
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You managed to get some points over re the improvements that many fans ignore well done.
It still remains the SDs biggest sin is the hundreds of millions spent on youth in the hope of a profit from players that will never see the light of day in a Chelsea shirt at the highest level.
Going forward we all hope the improvement is maintained.
Thank you the score for your article and insight. You have of course been more positive more than most in (much like myself), but still called out mistakes as we must all do. You’ve clearly highlighted those mistakes it’s not surprising with the amount of change that was required but there would be a few. No club is immune to it and thankfully Manchester City made a big one by selling Palmer.
I hope many readers agree with your sentiments and understand that patient was always going to be required and probably still is for another 12+ months. Surely there cannot be anyone that cannot see the gradual growth and improvements it’s beginning of last season and let’s hope it continues and that the naysayers give this team, the management, the sporting directors and the owners are chance. If in 15 months time we are genuinely not showing any further signs of improvement, by all means get the sub machine guns out
Praise sporting directors because their 1.5b squad won 3 PL games in a row?
60m spent on 3 avg keepers, Disasi for 40m, Mudryk for 60m, Neto & Noni are hardly ceiling raisers, over priced midfield which gets run over by everyone, players frozen out, useless / pointless signings prioritised over better players we already had. Not to mention them missing out on Olise, not signing another striker, no midfield depth this season, sacked their hand picked coach after just 1 season who they hired following ‘extensive’ process.
I like Lesley's profile but he is atleast 2 years of regular football away from being a starter at this club.
Estevao Willian and Kendry Paez have yet to kick a ball in the PL... so lets hold our horses there
Yes - John Duran, Samuel Omorodion, Michael Olise, are all doing well for their current clubs... but that's the whole issue. They missed out on better players or the profiles that we needed ...to sign players like KDH, Neto and Felix who are not as good or were simply not needed.
Pasting points table is not the complete data. The way we are playing is not sustainable and we can run into trouble against low blocks and better teams.
https://x.com/SOSReport/status/1838176535372497018
Palmer has been their saving grace till now.
The thing is Amir it’s not just this season. The top four form is going back to February or even Christmas.
In that time we have drawn with Man City & Villa away, we beat Villa in the cup, beaten Man Utd and Spurs.
Saying the way we are run is not sustainable, respectfully, makes no sense and has no logic.
Signing top young talent which will improve, on lower initial wages, meaning in the long term spending will go down even as profits go up with potential success, is a very sustainable way to run a football club both on and off the pitch.
Caicedo, Gusto, Nkunku, Noni, Jackson for example have all been successful signings. Sancho looks excellent business as does Veiga.
We will have a bad run under Enzo most likely, but that’s normal for a young developing team.
It just feels to me some fans have just decided his project is hopeless and will fail and are looking for confirmation bias rather than enjoying the consistently good form which stretches back to February / March.
A lot of good points here Umair. As a curmudgeonly sort of bloke myself, I can spot a fellow glass half-empty individual 100 paces off!! 🤣🤣🤣
But even I must admit things are looking up a bit at the moment. The next 5 league games will tell us a lot more I feel.
lol. yeah next few games will tell us alot more about our progress.
Really good article
Great article mate