“No one can replace him” – Ashely Cole believes Enzo Maresca will regret letting Chelsea star leaves the club
A former Chelsea player has stated that he doesn’t understand why Chelsea has allowed things to get to this point and that there is one area in the current Chelsea group that is simply not good enough.
In fact, I have no doubt that the majority of Chelsea supporters will concur with the evaluation provided this week by a former player, particularly in this area.
For a few seasons now, Chelsea’s defense has been a source of frustration for the Blues, and this season it seems to be their greatest vulnerability.
According to Ashely Cole, they are just not good enough and that they have made some blunders at the back.
This week, the former Chelsea defender has discussed these circumstances and expressed his concern.
Chelsea did not replace Thiago Silva, according to Ashely Cole.
Ashely Cole remarked in remarks that SPTC this week cited:
“If you want to be a successful club, if you want to challenge and compete in the Premier League, you must have a good defence. The Chelsea defence isn’t good. I can’t understand how the club can allow Thiago Silva to go and not think that they need to bring in someone that can run the backline with authority.
“The Chelsea defence is missing a top-class centre back. It’s too much to expect Levi Colwill and Wesley Fofana to run the defence, they’re both promising players, but they need someone to guide them.
“It’s always the same problem. If you don’t have good defenders, if you don’t have a strong base, you can score goals but you’re going to concede goals, and you will drop points. That’s what happened against Crystal Palace.
“As a Chelsea fan, especially after beating Wolves 2-6, you would be right to think that your club, after everything you’ve seen from them, everything you’re used to historically, is going to beat Palace at home. Chelsea fans would look at that fixture three years ago and think, that’s three points. They don’t have that confidence anymore. They are so inconsistent, but that is what you get when you make so many changes and are missing top, top players in key positions.
“There will be matches where everything clicks, but there will be more matches where it doesn’t. I don’t think Chelsea will finish in the top four this season. Top six? Yes.”