As I mentioned in my striker article right this moment, the goalkeeper place is likely one of the foremost positions on the pitch that Chelsea have to completely get proper.
To date, they’ve spent £66m on signing new goalkeepers (together with the pending arrival of Filip Jorgensen), they usually nonetheless haven’t bought it proper.
Possibly Jorgensen seems to be that man, however we wouldn’t have a standout primary from spending £66m, for me that’s only a truth, however a very lame truth.
How will you not kind 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 essentially choose him having not watched sufficient of him to type that judgement. I’ll clearly be totally behind him and actually 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 information are that this can be a very younger (for goalkeepers) and really inexperienced (in a prime division) goalkeeper that we’re as soon as once more placing our hope in. We heard all kinds of PR concerning the perception we had in Djordje Petrovic and the way he was going to be the following 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 are going to 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 approach 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 solution to go earlier than he’s ok to be Chelsea primary. He bought the primary spot when Sanchez was injured after which saved it, that tells you numerous, however extra concerning the religion our previous teaching workforce had in Sanchez!
I’ve heard good issues about Jorgensen from individuals who watch him play frequently however even these individuals say he’s uncooked and he has had shaky moments even with the ball at his ft, which is seemingly considered one of his strengths.
It appears like he could possibly be a prime goalkeeper as soon as he’s totally developed – hmmmm, we’ve heard that earlier than concerning the majority of our new signings, haven’t we? However sure, perhaps he does show to be a prime goalkeeper and might nail down that primary spot, let’s hope that finally ends up being the case.
However the fact is that if you’re demanding your workforce get prime 4 then perhaps you need to present it with some ready-made gamers for the right here and now and never simply uncooked and growing gamers, no?
I’ve robust total opinions on Chelsea’s recruitment underneath Clearlake and have had many debates about it even with individuals on the membership. However 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 will probably 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 help, whether or not constructive OR destructive.
But when we get to the tip 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 flawed. We will’t simply preserve 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 homeowners who’ve mentioned for the second season working that the workforce merely HAVE to get UCL soccer this season. They can’t afford to overlook it once more, it’s so simple as that – so construct a workforce that doesn’t miss it, proper? Have they carried out that? Time will inform.
I’m nonetheless totally ready to attend and see if the squad construct proves me flawed after this ‘4-window plan’. I really hope it does.
