Chelsea’s ownership’s plan was simple – spend a billion on young players who will hopefully be good in 5 years.
The problem is, they’ve got to play hundreds of games over those 5 years, and if there are many more like yesterday, there’s going to be a serious mutiny at Stamford Bridge. Just listen to former Blue Frank Leboeuf on ESPN yesterday.
His scathing assessment of a feeble Chelsea team was that there was “no leadership, no experience,” and the reason for that was that “they are youth,” a team of kids with a 38 year old at the back.
You can see his rant in the clip embedded here: