Gary Neville has been summing up the weekend’s football action, and when it came to Chelsea’s rather dull 0-0 draw with Wolves, there was more to be said about the context of the game than the match itself.
Neville spoke about the Chelsea Covid issues and the frustrations the club had after asking the game to be called off.
He also addressed Thomas Tuchel’s future, as the Chelsea coach came under pressure for the first time in his 11 months as head coach.
“I think he’s got enough credit in the bank,” Neville said in quotes picked up by The Daily Mirror.
“I know it’s a club that does things very differently, but I’d hate to think that Thomas Tuchel is under pressure and they’re thinking of making a change, I can’t believe that to be the case.”
It would be preposterous to suggest anything else. The Blues are now on a run of just 2 wins in 7 games. That’s approaching the levels that Frank Lampard and many other coaches have been sacked for.
But the Champions League trophy won in May should give Tuchel a bulletproof 12 months, and the external factors hurting him on this run should also give him far more rope than some of his predecessors.
