re: Chelsea 2023/24 Season-Long Thread: We’re Toast

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This season has been a complete disaster. A bunch of ill-fitting parts and costly evaluation mistakes.

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It has been a disaster, and the parts that they thought they would have are injured.

Jackson didn’t play in shoes until he was 16, and even then, he wasn’t a forward.

He is RAW. I still say he is the future.

The reality is that he is still learning the game in that position.

Enzo is hamstrung by those poor decisions. Playing for two straight years without a break is tough to overcome. Playing with a hernia could it have been fun.

Nkuku would have made the proper runs, making Enzo more effective. Ditto Broja.

Mudryk is also raw. He can also be a major player in time.
Sterling is fools gold. He is almost always available, and almost always underperforms.
He was a terrible signing.

Reece being out is major blow.
We have four guys out in the defense, and they are ALL better than what we currently have.

Sanchez in goal was a poor signing as well.

Lastly, we have some positives to look forward to down the road. Big salaries are going to eventually fall off of the books (Lukaku, Kepa, and Sterling), and we have some world class youngsters coming in (Paez - who will start as an 18 year old).

It is Poch’s first year, a massive amount of injuries, and a VERY young team equals frustrated fans.

Given those circumstances, Chelsea making Europe will be a minor miracle.

Just my .02.