Even if Graham Potter has been sacked, what coach can save Chelsea through the crisis when the attack is constantly trying to convert goals into opportunities.
The fault in Graham Potter is only partial
After a string of bad performances by Chelsea, coach Graham Potter was fired. After the 2022 World Cup, Chelsea won only 5/18 matches in all competitions.
According to The Athletic, the main reason why Chelsea owners decided to change their generals for the second time this season came from not noticing any progress of the team after the biggest football festival on the planet ended. No matter how much faith the 47-year-old strategist is, billionaire Todd Boehly and his associates cannot sit idly by the scene of spending more than £600 million to replenish their forces, but Chelsea is getting worse and worse.
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Graham Potter must accept great responsibility, but not all, for Chelsea's bad streak of achievements.
Graham Potter is clearly most responsible for Chelsea's disastrous streak. Losing the generals is still an inevitable cruel rule, especially in a team that is still considered a coach mill like The Blues.
However, if you see what Chelsea showed in the recent 0-0 draw with Liverpool, surely many Blues fans wonder if changing the coach will solve everything?
It is not an exaggeration to say that Chelsea dominated the match compared to Liverpool, continuously creating delicious opportunities in the penalty area, even in the 5m50 round of the opponent. 12 shots were launched by the blue shirt strikers but only 3 of them hit the target and no goals appeared.
Previously, Chelsea's attack also played very badly in the 0-2 loss to Aston Villa. 27 shots were launched but the Blues were still powerless to find their way into the goal of goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, only to receive defeat and Graham Potter to leave.
Kai Havertz missed no less than 3 face-to-face situations in the match against Liverpool.
In the last 2 matches, Chelsea hit 39 shots but failed to score 1 goal. It must be emphasized that there are many delicious opportunities within 5m50 of the opponent.
Even if Graham Potter has been sacked, what coach can save Chelsea through the crisis when possessing such a lousy attack that converts goals into opportunities?
Need changes in public goods
It is not until now that experts talk about Chelsea's lousy attack. After Diego Costa or Eden Hazard left Stamford Bridge, the Blues did not have a player capable of scoring 20 goals per season. Despite spending countless amounts of money to bring back blockbusters like Timo Werner, Romelu Lukaku .., the ability to score is still a headache for the Blue Lion in London.
For many years, the striker with the best record for Chelsea in a Premier League season is Tammy Abraham. But he also only hit the net 15 times in the 2019/20 season.
Even in the 2020/21 Champions League championship season, Chelsea also owns a lousy attack. The leader in the list of goals scored by The Blues in the Premier League at that time was Jorginho with 8 successful situations... penalty kicks. Last season, Chelsea's number one goalscorer in the Premier League, Mason Mount, also had only 11 goals.
Kai Havertz has often had to play as a striker this season and has been ineffective.
This season really marks a disaster attack of the Stamford Bridge team. Kai Havertz is scoring the most goals for Chelsea in the Premier League with 7 goals, not equal to Erling Haaland's share (28 goals). It is also not possible to blame the German striker when in the past time he had to kick the striker to the left of his forte, and then he revealed many limitations and did not bring efficiency.
But if not Kai Havertz, Chelsea also has no one better to take the top position in attack. The only striker brought in in recent times, Aubameyang, is past his peak and does not meet the professional requirements. Meanwhile, many of the remaining attacking players recruited by BLD Chelsea this season such as Mikhailo Mydryk, Raheem Sterling, Joao Felix ... are not central strikers.
No football team can aim for big goals without quality goalscorers in the squad. Certainly, the Chelsea board needs to find a solution to the problem of the striker next summer if they want to compete for titles.
Fortunately for Chelsea, the striker market at the moment is not so scarce as in previous years. Dusan Vlahovic, Victor Osimhen, Kolo Muani ... are very hot strikers in the transfer market at the moment. The final decision will depend on the philosophy and direction of the new coach at Chelsea.
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