Created in 2014, I set up this channel as a side passion project to share my views on the football club I support, Chelsea. Growing up in West London and coming from a family who've supported the club for generations, its a big part of my life and who I am.
Posting match previews and reviews to begin with, I started to gain a following, improving production quality whilst collaborating with other content creators on the platform to expand the channel's name, reaching 1K subscribers by October of 2015.
With a lot of hyperbolic, outlandish content on KZread regarding the sport, I felt there was a gap for a calmer, reasoned, in-depth type of channel as an alternative. Despite having to stop due to commitments to filmmaking and University, the channel sparked a journey into football media that hasn't stopped, leading me to meet and work with great people.
My intention is to give a rational perspective to an irrational sport.
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It’s not the psr fault like the gaffer is trying to say why all the academy lads are going it’s coz you’ve spent way too much in the transfer windows same Chelsea different owners off the pitch isn’t it
I like the way you analyse things
If we get oshimen we don’t need omorodion. The fact we are chasing omorodion tells me oshimen is a smoke screen to placate the fans. Oshimen has already stated he’s “unenthusiastic” about joining Chelsea so forget him, we won’t give him the wages he commands.
Sorry but all these ridiculous fake lies around Napoli and V.Osimhen will not bring anything to Chelsea!
Disgraceful people running the ship. KDH > Conor? No. Mudryk > CHO? No. Cuc > Matseen? No. The list goes on. I'm done
Pochetino did real damage playing Gallagher
😂😂 facts.
Connor will thrive at athleticism and become a better player! Good luck, Chelsea unfortunately not a better team either with him or without him. It will take a long time for any coach to work out midfield as stacked as Chelsea!
We all love Conor but he wouldn't have been a good fit in Maresca's team, would he?
I just contest this as a given. There are base level things that every football team needs, if playing a more “technical” style means we lose aggression, off ball work that’s an issue. Dewsbury-Hall is not a better player than Gallagher, no matter what system you are playing.
Also just thinks it’s a failure of coaching if your “system” is so specialised you cannot accommodate objectively good players
@@SonOfChelsea I beg to differ. I confess that I haven’t seen much of Dewsbury-Hall apart from some highlight reels, and he did have his best season last year against Championship opposition but he had far higher product in assists and goals than Conor. Gallagher is a great presser and I don’t know whether there’s anyone better in the current squad but I never expected him to produce key passes, assists, or that many goals.
@@SonOfChelsea You might be right although the same thing seems to be an issue with Chilly. I do wonder whether it was the accountants who were in the driving seat with Conor. He’s been on his way out of the club for what seems like forever.
@@SonOfChelsea Hard disagree. The Conor is really only good off the ball.
Forget omorodion Sign Alvarez and chiesa instead
Both? I doubt that somehow.
i will take one alvarez any day :(
Value has to factor in for someone like Gallagher. It’s not just about being better with or without him. If he’s not going to be in Maresca’s plans or doesn’t have the skillset to operate in his system then why keep him?
This is assuming Maresca's system boasts magical properties worth losing your better players for.
Please don't hoping for one player but build team which everyone will be afraid to play with
Colwill is a great passer. Not a great defender… I saw this from the start but the hype on him was so overblown. He’s also slow. I’m sorry but he’s a liability! I’d rather see Badiashile there
Brilliant video Daniel…!! I have so much to say but my lungs 🫁 are losing patience
George is as Niko Williams. Only give him freedom and playing time
Nice cm punk shirt btw! 😂 We should be concerned when our moronic ClownLake ownership hired maresca in the 1st place & given a 5 year contract which is absolutely stupid! Too late now to do anything but just watch us crumbling in the league. This guy makes potter look like prime mourinho! 😂
Fofana and tosin are so clumsy
Sacking poch was a mistake only poch can save this Chelsea team
I was hoping to see Datro Fofana in the preseason squad . I dont know what makes Broja or even Guiu better candidates as backup . At least we know Fofana can score in the premier league.
This is just a pre season where the coach needs to try different systems , we need to be calm
Unlike Sarri, I can see Maresca ball working. If he stops his endless tinkering and okaying people out of position.
What England and Chelsea got in common they are both finished and run by clowns
A pre-season is a time to try players and styles that you are not sure off, and you observe how a mess or not they can be. Maresca is doing fine. I would rather our mistakes are exposed during pre-season than to look prematurely good, yet get battered in the League.
And you think that in about 3 weeks they'll flip the switch and won't continue to make mistakes?
@@ivano8391in reality we’ve seen that a lot. You only need to go back to last season where we saw a really positive pre season and then a season where we spent between 60-70% of it in 10-12th position 😅
3 mistakes, 3 goals. We are miles of city at this moment in time, they are a well coached team.
Maresca messed up. Mudryk at right wing? Nkunku upfront? Enzo and Caicedo who aren't match fit and are behind in learning the whole tactical setup. Gusto holding the width on the left? Colwill? Colwill sucks massively.
Mate, he did it on purpose. He doesn’t want to show pep all his cards… trust me we will be competitive in the first game. We may even win
Son of Chelsea you talk truth.
This whole Maresca thing reminds me of the Sarri thing. It's very worrying about the idealism of the coach. Just one red flag is Reese James, one of our best players, is never going to be playing his natural position. He's either a center back or a defensive midfielder... There's a few other red flags as well and I just don't think this coach has the experience to navigate this season. I think the crowd will be singing songs to him like they did Sarri 💙💙💙
Man city c-b team.
This is friend match and the manager he was experiments. And I m not worry much
Never felt so detached from the club. Have little desire to stay and watch us get beat. Selling everyone I rate and buying crab. I hate these owners.
I think that you HAVe to give the players time to develop the confidence of playing this way. You guys are too reactive. It’s about confidence and trusting your teammates to want the ball etc. Additionally, at least two of those goals that were conceded were actually because the turf was slow - I was surprised that Maresca also picked it up from the touchline.
You're not understanding. You lot only focus on the tactics and system as to the reason why players struggle. It goes beyond that buddy.
Anyone saying that Sanchez is good with ball on his feet is mad
Think I’m the only one not too fussed about this. Think Maresca was trying something new and it failed. So he would have learned from this that Mudryk can’t play, Nkunku isn’t a striker, keep the natural width and hopefully that Sanchez isn’t the one. We looked much better when we had proper wide players in Sterling and Noni. The concentration of the team needs to go up. But he should have a better idea of his team going forward from now. Whether he succeeds remains to be seen. It’s annoying yes but better in preseason. Now we MUST see change and decisiveness from him the last 2 games
As explained in review, it’s not most important game and we’d rather these major errors occur now so he can rectify them rather than in November when things matter.
@@SonOfChelsea Ofcourse
Deciding to try something new against City of all teams is idiotic. It was a perfect match to utilise the same line up used against club america. He tactically decided to have one natural goalscorer on the pitch, and him playing out of position. When I saw the line up I knew we were done. I miss Palmer and Jackson😢
The biggest issue for me isn't that we crumble under pressure or that we can't do much against a congested middle or even that we're playing with Sanchez on goal. Those are issues but they all have theoretical solutions. The biggest issue, as I see it, is that our competitive adventage in terms of player quality are all going to underperform because the system was designed and optimized for a team that didn't have those players, and Maresca doesn't seem to care much to tweak the system to account for this. Palmer isn't best used as a right winger on the outside of the right half-space, he's the guy you want inside that right half-space. Nkunku is not a striker, not a winger outside the half-spaces, not a midfielder. He's the guy you want in the left half-space. And that leaves a single midfield opening for Lavia, Caicedo, Enzo, Casadei, Uguchuku and Santos. Need more than one midfielder? That costs one of Nkunku and Palmer being out of position, and it costs one of these midfielders being a half-space hunter instead. You can find all the excuses in the world for why losing out on these key players being in their optimal roles "makes sense" but for me it just isn't a good trade. Playing "positional" football in and of itself is not a victory but losing out on the peak performance of these four players sure feels like a big loss.
I agree with this tbh. Which is why for me, is irrelevant now, why ditching Poch progress for some trendy idea of “positional play” made little sense if you either don’t have time, players or resources that Pep has always enjoyed. Especially idea this is a “smarter” way of playing football is hilarious when it requires selling players like Chalobah, Gallagher and Petrovic, all three who were strong performers last season and good squad players. People also will have no patience and I sympathise with them, for this to take 6-9 months to produce anything resembling results given how much goodwill has already been burnt by the ownership. Effectively we are hoping that players like Nkunku and Palmer are good enough to rise above their environment or limitations of a rigid system. Or we see sense with Sanchez
So how badly does this need to go for the new sporting directors to get their P45 instead/as well? It's almost a silver lining to how badly this season may go.
@@darbleful That for me, is the most fascinating part. But tbh, if the true objective at core of Clearlake doesn’t really align with what we deem success, then they might remain no matter what: but if their roles are tied to Maresca working, which in any sane world, they should be; them having to sack him might effectively be sacking themselves too which, clearly creates a bit of a conflict of interest
To add, Lavia looks pretty good as CDM, and I really believe Caicedo has the sauce when he is paired with runners. I think Fernandez loses out, but does Maresca have the balls to drop him when even Poch had to get lucky that he was injured. (And probably fired because he pointed out the club's priorities in midfield were asinine).
@@SonOfChelsea What a terrifying realisation. I wonder if Maresca truly grasps the pressure he is going to be under the moment we start losing.
A new coach will need time to implement his ideas, analyzing with a system which has won four straight titles is probably not fair! It was same for Poch, which Chelsea hierarchy made a big mistake of letting go!
But what this leads us to doing is not saying anything critical for months on end. Which people didn’t want to hear when it was Lampard years ago nor Poch. Also the ownership need UCL this season, so idea this can be another transitional season is not accurate.
@SonOfChelsea I agree, you can't make the progress poch made only to tear it up and have another transitional season, it's ludicrous!
Colwill was spoken as a class defender which we will be building our defence on …. sadly every time I have watched him in either left back or left centre back he has been very disappointing.
I’ve been disappointed by his performances too tbh. There’s a good player in there; and we have seen glimpses of it but not enough
Colwill is not a good defender, I've seen that for awhile, he cost us alot of goals last season.
@@oneildias5489 Strange thing is that he is so highly regarded I too initially fell for his hype.
It amazes me how so many fans criticize the CBS but always make excuses when it comes to Colwill. I agree with your assessment.
Me my concern is Sanchez his he good enough to be a first choice? Defender's also sloppy passes
City:Haaland,Ortega,Gvardiol,Kovacic,Grealish all are A team. McAtee who had one championship season and one Prem with Sheffield United is considered first team player by Pep for the season and also O'Rilley. Oscar Bobb,Phillips and Rico Lewis have a little bit of experience in the Prem and are B team. So we actually only played for the majority of time against a strong City side with only Wilson-Esbrand as an academy player. They clearly are getting ready for the community shield so people thinking that we did so bad are seriously not putting things in context or being actually factual.
Problem is, we have to play them again in two weeks
@@SonOfChelsea Oh we will lose. That's a given since it was announced as our first game! We should be building up our form game after game. I never judged a manager after one Prem game,i gave Poch hopes and trust until December-January as well. But Poch was only a preseason maestro coz during the season oh my days lol.
I hope maresca won't try Gusto at LW and Nkunku as ST then Murdyk oh my God this system requires good wingers i think it's time to cash in on murdyk if u can't dribble ur man use ur speed as ur weapon We shouldn't be concerned Maresca was trying something different which is playing enzo caicedo lavia which didn't work because he didn't use natural wingers
Lol this bloke a clone to pep 100 percent your brainwashed by clownlake
I’d watch the Gallagher vid or pretty much anything thing I’ve said over recent months
25 man squad: 4-2-3-1: . Jackson . Sterling. Nkunku Palmer . Caicedo Fernandez . Chillwell Cucurella Gusto James . Jorgensen 4-2-3-1: . Giui . Mudryk Hall Madueke . Casadei Lavia . Veiga Colwill Tosin Fofana . Petrrovic Subs: Sanchez Chalobah Gallagher Keep/Loan/Sell 4-2-3-1 . Broja . George Kellyman Santos . Carns ugochukwu . Humphreys Badiashile Dissassi Gilchrist . Betinellii
Why do you keep referencing Arsenal who hasn't won anything in the five years.
Mainly because they are above us in the league and are closer to winning it than we have since 2017.
Always wanna see the face Daniel. Healthy looking plant. Respect for the plant daddy.
Maresca is just a yes man been proved with what’s happening with Gallagher
So what
Andddd?! Gallagher is no Eden Hazard mate. You don’t fight every battle. I imagine Mareca highlighted the profiles needed and that’s why KDH came in. He does what Gallagher does and more. Besides, midfield is stacked. I don’t agree with the directors but I don’t think Mareca has to fight the Gallagher issue at all.
@@jt19933 You just don’t get it do you open your eyes and look what these owners are doing ripping the heart and soul out of the club
Gallagher must compete with Chalobah both from chelsea Palmer must compete with Sterling both from man ciry
yeah big time bro
What worries me is that Maresca talks about having different players but he's not seemingly too concerned about making a system specifically for our players. It is premature to judge, of course, but I definitely do worry that Maresca is going to force our players into the boxes of his system, instead of changing the system to fit the players he has. Nkunku shouldn't be a classic winger. Palmer shouldn't be a classic winger. And neither of them should really be required to work as basic midfielders off the ball. James and Gusto are spectacular defensively but they're also very, very strong offensively. Having them be either mediocre centerbacks or mediocre defensive midfielders on the ball, depending on inversion, feels like a bad trade. Caicedo, Enzo, Lavia, Santos, they're all very good midfielders but are they number 10's? Should they be required to get into the box and have shots on goal? Is that really the best use of them? I hope we're getting a big surprise when we actually start playing games for real but so far I feel the system is a travesty. There's a potential for good football in it, absolutely. We can win games with it, absolutely. But it just feels like too much of a compromise for too many players.
There is no system that suits all players. Some would have to suffer for others to thrive. Especially for new managers at new teams. Even Ancelotti, who is the epitome of using players in their proper roles, has had to bench rodrygo because he doesn't suit the 4312 formation or system. Vinicius was able to adapt and has been productive in that LF role while Rodrygo has struggled in the RF role. Its normal and not something new. Thats why the transfer window exists...for coaches to buy players that suit their style and sell those that dont.
@@TobiSkinnies I agree. But which players do you compromise? Which players do you benefit? In our case, we don't really have high quality 8/10 hybrids. We don't really have high quality classic wingers. We do have spectacularly good attacking fullbacks. We have two amazing inside forwards. We have another two mega talents coming next year. So why are we not using inside forwards? Why are we not using attacking fullbacks? Who in the team benefits from this?
@monochromaticspider True. However, only the fullbacks have been hindered/ restricted so far. Our CAMs and Wingers would benefit greatly from this system under Maresca. Our marauding fullbacks are only the right side...cucurella isn't that type of fullback. And instead of overlapping, they are given the freedom to underlap which plays to their strengths. I mean...just look at Gusto in the last pre-season match. He was everywhere. As for James...he used to be so good at that too...but maybe years of playing differently has affected that inverted trait in him. However, Maresca has quickly found a solution by playing him in the back three. In a back three...he still gets to overlap alot especially with a sitting Dm that can drop to the right. And guess what...Caciedo used to play as a makeshift RB at Brighton. So whenever james bombs forward...caciedo just has to shift a bit to cover for him. Plus...not bombing forward all the time might actually help us keep james fit this season. Which is a plus. It might not be exactly what you want...but there are ways around it and Maresca seems to be finding them. And when Gusto returns to RB and inverts...cucurella and Veiga are more than capable of filling the LCB role.
Much ado about nothing mate. Relax
@@TobiSkinnies That's the thing, though. Will this benefit our CAMs? Can we play pure 10's in those 8/10 hybrid roles without the midfield getting overrun? And if we are playing pure 10's in those 8/10 hybrid midfield positions then how many top quality central midfielders does that leave on the bench? Yes, this system does benefit our wingers, but our wingers are arguably not as good as our midfielders and our 10's. I'd rather get more midfielders and 10's on the pitch than dedicate 20% of the outfield positions to classic wingers. There is a reason the game moved away from those. We're basically crowding out some of our best players in order to create a role for some of our weaker players.
Probably helps to concentrate on facts and not on ludicrous flights of fancy. This whole episode is based around an imaginary conspiracy theory that Chelsea officials are trying to blame Conor Gallagher for the current situation, which then feeds into speculative nonsense about not wanting to win and disbanding the academy!!!! Some fans are going off their heads at the prospect of Gallagher being sold, in those circumstances it is perfectly reasonable for the club to provide the facts - that Gallagher has turned down contract offers from the club. Despite the accusation from SOC, the club has not claimed to have tried everything to keep Gallagher, they have, as quoted in an in-depth piece in the Athletic, tried to find a middle ground between Gallagher leaving or having to offer him a long-term deal. That middle ground position is sign for two more years and work your way into the new manager's first team ( Conor's rudimentary technique makes him a poor fit, let's be honest). Now, if you are marketing yourself as 'Mr Chelsea' you then have 3 more years at the Bridge (with a decent pay rise thrown in) which is the stuff of dreams Chelsea fans. But hold on, Conor wants to be Mr Chelsea on his terms, namely a six year contract, which he would see as a sign of faith. The sticking point here is that the sporting directors have just sacked a manager because they want to embed a possession-based culture at the club, so why on earth would they give a six-year deal to a player they deem incompatible with that style? What they can't allow to happen id for Conor to sign a pre-contract deal with Villa, Spurs or Ath ,Madrid and leave for free at the end of the season. They have rightly told him straight, either sign, leave or spend the season training with the academy players.
All comments from you guys are negative It’s not your money
Don't know if it even makes sense for me to comment, because what I'm going to say is pretty obvious. But what I would say is basically this: If you buy a seriously hardcore 4x4, a Nissan Patrol with a snorkel and everything, and you then carry on to only ever use your hardcore 4x4 vehicle on asphalt roads in good weather to buy groceries at your local supermarket... I mean, you probably could've done that more efficiently with a regular sedan, couldn't you? Or one of those spiffy three-door hatchbacks? A Prius, even? Who is Reece James as a player? He's a very strong defensive fullback that is also beastly in the last third in terms of getting past an opponent, final delivery, and taking a shot on goal. He's not the fastest and he struggles to handle explosive runs over and over without getting injured. Well, we're the slow and meticulous short passing team this season. We're not an explosive transition kind of of team. Even if we were using offensive fullbacks, it isn't obvious that they'd need to explode up and down the pitch like they had to under Poch. It is perfectly conceivable to have nominal wide forwards that come inside once the fullback makes it forward. But we're not doing that. We're doing other things but we're not using James' offensive capability. Likewise, we know that Gusto is 2 out of 3 for those same capabilities. Good 1v1, good delivery, so far no shooting ability. But we're not really using that either. A lot has been said about how we smashed Club America, but what people seem to be missing is that first half we were playing against the A-team going at it at half speed, much like we did against Celtic. Second half we played against the B-team. And in the second half, our wing play was mostly shut down. All any team has to do to seriously blunt our offense is not let their fullbacks be isolated, because we simply aren't doing a whole lot to support our wide players. So simple answer, yes, we are somewhat wasting James by not using his offensive abilities more. Whether that's a net win or a net loss, whether that waste allows us to use other players more efficiently, whether that waste allows for an overall more coherent team structure, obviously this remains to be seen. Ultimately, the metric for choices isn't whether individuals shine but rather whether the team is better at winning games.
Problem is James is the best , R fullback, R wingback,R centre half and holding midfielder in the league