“I don’t see that happening at Chelsea, There’s a hell of a lot of talent in that squad” – Former Chelsea manager slams Chelsea stars performances
Former Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle believes a lack of communication throughout the team is a key factor behind Chelsea’s poor performances on the pitch.
Hoddle told Premier League Productions: “There’s a hell of a lot of talent in that squad.
“Unless you’ve got the foundation, a foundation means a system, the lads at Chelsea are confused, there’s no clarity in the way they’re playing.
“They’re all disjointed, the different units are disjointed. Looking outside in it’s difficult, but looking with a manager’s head those units needs to communicate with each other, the players, with the manager and the staff.
“You’ve got your strikers, the midfield and defence, that needs to be a team, they need to communicate off the pitch as well as on about how they feel that unit is working.
“I don’t see that happening at Chelsea, not at this moment in time. And that’s how you get the foundation to a team that’s going to press. We always think about pressing high up the pitch which I think is right, against Arsenal at the moment that would’ve been a good tactic.
“But you can actually drop into different areas and the distance [between players] becomes the same, press hard, really hard as a team collectively from an angle, but as long as you’re pressing together.
“Normally when you get a team to press it’s the third guy who wins the ball or forces the error, there nowhere near that at the moment.”