Cole Palmer stole the show in Chelsea’s win over Wolves yesterday, scoring a first half hattrick. But there were other outstanding showing from players in Blue.
Joao Pedro kept up his good form leading, the line, the centre backs both did really well dominating defensively, Marc Cucurella had another good game going both ways. Overall, it was a good day out.
Pedro Neto needs to shape up or ship out
One player who continues to disappoint, however, is Pedro Neto. Against his old club he was by no means terrible, but he created 0 chances, took 3 shots without hitting the target, succeeded with just 1 of 3 dribbles, and played an insane 8 crosses, with 0 successful.
He’s only in the team right now because the alternatives aren’t good – Estevao doesn’t play on the left, Alejandro Garnacho is out of form and Jamie Gittens is injured. But left wing is the clear weak spot in the team when it’s set up this way, with Palmer drifting right.
We do like what Neto offers in theory – explosive acceleration on the break, powerful running, good disciplined marking and tracking and tactical intelligence. But creatively he’s just not up to it right now.
While Gittens and Garnacho deserve the rest of the season to try and improve and impress, it does seem worryingly like our sporting directors have swung and missed on yet another pair of wingers for this squad.
Something to think about for the summer?
In other news…
Moises Caicedo’s stats from the game were remarkable. We’re not sure we’ve ever seen so many defensive contributions as the midfield dynamo had yesterday.
Robert Sanchez spoke a little about working under Rosenior – the players all seem to be loving it, and the mood at Chelsea is really positive after this string of wins.
Incorrect. He set up Gusto in first half. Serious journalist would know that.
Pedro Neto is a good player on the right, why play him on the left and blame him later. Some of the players are not placed where they can play best.
James is one of kind, motivational player who changes the whole game wen matters most we need Reese anytime please Coach
Don’t know why the coach kept bringing in Liam Delap in crucial games. He is the worst player in the chelsea team at the moment. If the coach always wants to win his games, then he should ignore Delap and bring on board players that can do the job. But if he (coach) doesn’t want to win or struggle for a win, then he must keep using him(Delap).
Pedro Neto when played at his best position (right wing) is a trauma to any defender, he also scores terrific goals