As I stated in my striker article at this time, the goalkeeper place is likely one of the most important positions on the pitch that Chelsea have to completely get proper.
To this point, they’ve spent £66m on signing new goalkeepers (together with the pending arrival of Filip Jorgensen), and so they nonetheless haven’t obtained it proper.
Perhaps Jorgensen seems to be that man, however we would not have a standout primary from spending £66m, for me that’s only a reality, however a extremely lame reality.
How will you not type out the goalkeeper place of all positions to be naive with?
I’ve to carry my phrases a bit on Jorgensen as a result of it could be unfair of me to actually choose him having not watched sufficient of him to kind that judgement. I’ll clearly be totally behind him and really hope he succeeds as our membership. I’m totally open minded on him and won’t write him off earlier than he’s even performed for us.
However once more, the details are that it is a very younger (for goalkeepers) and really inexperienced (in a high division) goalkeeper that we’re as soon as once more placing our hope in. We heard all kinds of PR in regards to the perception we had in Djordje Petrovic and the way he was going to be the subsequent neatest thing and had been scouted by the membership since he was nonetheless taking part in within the Serbian league blah, blah, and blah, and I’m positive we’ll quickly be listening to related stuff about Jorgensen. And now they apparently wish to promote Petrovic after one season? Make it make sense. It’s shambolic, there’s no two methods about it.
Robert Sanchez was as soon as once more mind farting towards Celtic on Saturday evening, and there’s no method anybody can persuade me that he’s an acceptable Chelsea primary.
For what it’s value, I favored a few of what I’ve seen on Petrovic, however he too has a technique to go earlier than he’s ok to be Chelsea primary. He obtained the primary spot when Sanchez was injured after which stored it, that tells you numerous, however extra in regards to the religion our outdated teaching workforce had in Sanchez!
I’ve heard good issues about Jorgensen from individuals who watch him play commonly however even these folks say he’s uncooked and he has had shaky moments even with the ball at his ft, which is seemingly certainly one of his strengths.
It feels like he could possibly be a high goalkeeper as soon as he’s totally developed – hmmmm, we’ve heard that earlier than in regards to the majority of our new signings, haven’t we? However sure, perhaps he does show to be a high goalkeeper and might nail down that primary spot, let’s hope that finally ends up being the case.
However the fact is that in case you are demanding your workforce get high 4 then perhaps it’s best to present it with some ready-made gamers for the right here and now and never simply uncooked and creating gamers, no?
I’ve robust general opinions on Chelsea’s recruitment underneath Clearlake and have had many debates about it even with folks on the membership. However just lately I’ve been decided to only choose it on the finish of this season to see the place we’re at from this 4-window plan and that’s primarily what I shall be doing. However that gained’t cease me voicing considerations on any new signings or praising ones that I feel are good (as a result of I can do each – I do know, that’s a shock in some fan areas). And sure, we’re ALL entitled to voice an opinion on a membership we PAY some huge cash to assist, whether or not constructive OR destructive.
But when we get to the top of the season and it’s nonetheless visibly failing, then that’s when we have to see palms held up, heads rolling, and admitting of errors, simply as I’ll do if my doubts are confirmed mistaken. We will’t simply hold sacking managers and believing that’s the situation at that time, can we?
Anybody who says finish of this season isn’t lengthy sufficient to see if it fails or succeeds, then inform that to the house owners who’ve stated for the second season working that the workforce merely HAVE to get UCL soccer this season. They can not afford to overlook it once more, it’s so simple as that – so construct a workforce that doesn’t miss it, proper? Have they accomplished that? Time will inform.
I’m nonetheless totally ready to attend and see if the squad construct proves me mistaken after this ‘4-window plan’. I really hope it does.
