We are languishing in 10th, 8 points behind ‘struggling’ Man United. Defense is leaking goals, attack is largely misfiring and players are losing discipline.

The mentality has also become like that of a mid-table team. Nothing in and around the club screams world class at the moment.

I just don’t find many differences between Chelsea and say, Crystal Palace (apart from the wages and all). As fans, should we also have a mid-table mindset? Satisfied with draws against the big boys and finishing the season with 45-50 points?

  • Retinion@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You have to take your pick, accept that it’s a project that will take time, or keep your expectations high and be consistently disappointed when it isnt working.

    I see this but it’s utter bollocks.

    It’s highly disappointing regardless of which one you view of it. Just because something is a project doesn’t mean there aren’t minimum expectations and if after spending £1bn over 3 windows, that minimum isn’t at least European football then I have no idea what you’re doing.

    Look at Arsenal. 2 years ago, they faced Brentford away on the first game of the season (and lost). From that game, the only player starting in Saturday’s match against Brentford was Martinelli. The squad has been heavily changed. Their results since that game were 5th, 2nd and currently top. The season before that was 8th which was seen as a big disappointment.

    Chelsea in the last 18 months have spent more money than Arsenal have done under the entirety of Arteta’s management tenure.

    Has a single player they bought actually improved since moving?