‘Immediately’: Pochettino did something in Chelsea training that Lampard ‘never did’
Mauricio Pochettino has already done something with Chelsea that never happened under some of his predecessors.
That’s according to respected Telegraph journalist Matt Law.
Speaking on the London is Blue podcast, Law detailed some of the issues surrounding Chelsea’s work at Cobham in the first two weeks of pre-season training.
Apparently, Mauricio Pochettino ‘immediately’ split the Blues into two teams, something that has been mentioned in the press as well as elsewhere
He adds an interesting point: Neither Frank Lampard nor Graham Potter decided to do this during any of their stints in the Chelsea manager’s dugout last season
Pochettino offered a bit of insight legitimately on bringing something new to the team compared to Lampard or Potter.
To be fair, we really like the idea of slicing the numbers and dividing them into stars that might stick together or be placed in the exits.
“Potter had this huge squad, and he never split them once, nor did Lampard,” he told the London Is Blue podcast.
“I know there were people within the club who thought they probably should have been split up, but those managers didn’t want to do that at that stage.
“Pochettino has done that immediately.”
Our hope is that Chelsea have a tighter squad next season that is all singing off the same hymn sheet.
The Blues players now have a head coach who’s well known for being a great man-manager, so we want to see that relayed onto the pitch after a poor year last season.
There’s definitely a lot of talent in this young group. We’ve seen you can slide down the league table if your levels drop by 5 per cent, though.
It’s unimaginable to think Chelsea could operate with the same squad size as last year.