{"id":290456,"date":"2023-09-19T09:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=290456"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:35:41","slug":"ladyman-chelsea-are-just-expensive-names-on-a-team-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/ladyman-chelsea-are-just-expensive-names-on-a-team-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladyman: Chelsea are just &apos;expensive names on a team sheet&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Struggling Chelsea are just &#8216;expensive names on a teamsheet&#8217; and Mauricio Pochettino &#8216;STILL doesn&#8217;t know his best team&#8217;, IAN LADYMAN and CHRIS SUTTON say on Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chelsea have endured a tough start to the season despite their massive outlay<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday&#8217;s drab goalless draw at Bournemouth showed the work still to be done<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chelsea are little more than just &#8216;expensive names on a teamsheet&#8217; with little connection between players and fans, Ian Ladyman said on Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues have splashed out over \u00a31billion on new signings since Todd Boehly took over as owner but appear to have regressed as Mauricio Pochettino &#8216;clears up the mess&#8217; of previous managers.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s drab goalless draw with Bournemouth left Chelsea a lowly 14th in the Premier League table with just one win from their opening five matches.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sutton, also on the show, argued that Pochettino &#8216;doesn&#8217;t have a clue&#8217; what his strongest team looks like amid a churn of incomings and outgoings.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea striker said: &#8216;Pochettino has gone in at Chelsea and he is essentially still clearing up the mess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=nt7BjxSRfNw%3Frel%3D0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/08\/75559083-12531701-Mauricio_Pochettino_has_no_clue_what_his_strongest_Chelsea_line_-a-1_1695108836924.jpg\" height=\"575\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino &#8216;has no clue&#8217; what his strongest Chelsea line-up is amid a constant churn of new signings, Chris Sutton has argued on Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/16\/75559077-12531701-image-a-129_1695049870095.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicolas Jackson (left) and Enzo Fernandez (right), two of Chelsea&#8217;s expensive arrivals this year, cut dejected figures during Sunday&#8217;s drab goalless draw at Bournemouth<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was a top heavy squad, we know about the Chelsea signings, they&#8217;ve bought young and he needs time to develop the squad. It is as simple as that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They have issues in the goalscoring department and that has gone on for a long time now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[Nicolas] Jackson isn&#8217;t firing, it&#8217;s five games. [Christopher] Nkunku, unfortunately for Pochettino is injured and out for a few months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s not clicking. I don&#8217;t think Pochettino doesn&#8217;t have a clue what his best XI is but we&#8217;re still very early on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s football editor Ladyman argued that the turnover of players at Stamford Bridge makes it impossible for Chelsea to have any kind of identity at the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;In the last couple of years, with the sheer number of players that have come into that club and gone out, if I was a Chelsea fan turning up on a Saturday afternoon and looked at the teamsheet, I would be asking who some of the players were.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Manchester City have been under Abu Dhabi ownership now for 15 years and already they have managed to spend and win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They have fielded players such as Kompany, Zabaleta, Toure, Aguero who are now looked at by Man City fans in the same way they look at Bell, Summerbee and Lee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/16\/75559079-12531701-image-a-131_1695049951172.jpg\" height=\"353\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport football editor Ian Ladyman argues that Chelsea &#8216;are just expensive names on a teamsheet&#8217; with little connection to the fans<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/08\/75559075-12531701-Pochettino_speaks_to_88_5m_winger_Mykhailo_Mudryk_after_he_was_t-a-3_1695108842014.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pochettino speaks to \u00a388.5m winger Mykhailo Mudryk after he was taken off on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/08\/75560897-12531701-Mail_Sport_s_Chris_Sutton_believes_Pochettino_needs_more_time_to-a-2_1695108836931.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s Chris Sutton believes Pochettino needs more time to &#8216;clear up the mess&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They have managed to move from that era to this one, players such as John Stones, Kyle Walker and Kevin De Bruyne who have been there a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re players who have almost have the club written all the way through them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mo Salah, a North African footballer, will be in the pantheon with Kevin Keegan when he leaves Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What part of that do you see when you look at Chelsea? You just see names on a teamsheet. Expensive names on a teamsheet. They haven&#8217;t even got a centre forward!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Of course Chelsea have been successful, giving their supporters a lot of joy, fun and silverware but they could be doing what City are doing now had they been smarter.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12531701\/Struggling-Chelsea-just-expensive-names-teamsheet-Mauricio-Pochettino-doesnt-know-best-team-IAN-LADYMAN-CHRIS-SUTTON-say-Mail-Sports-Kicking-Off.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggling Chelsea are just &#8216;expensive names on a teamsheet&#8217; 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