Why have Chelsea had such a poor start to the season?

 In recent years we’ve seen Chelsea become one of the most successful clubs in English football, from back-to-back title winners to European Champions. Last year we saw Chelsea become of England after a five year drought - with a League Cup on the side too. But after just eleven games, the Blues have only managed to scrape eleven points, five months after people were naming this Chelsea side as possibly their ‘best ever’.  With such a strong squad and one of Europeans finest managers, fans, pundits, rivals and even the players themselves wonder how they have managed to put themselves in such a dreadful crisis.

“Impulsive and Naive”...

The cracks at Chelsea started at the end of last season with sloppy performances but problems all began when Swansea City visited the Bridge in a two all draw. In the late stages of the match, first team doctor, Eva Carneiro, rushed on to the field to treat winger, Eden Hazard, meaning he would then have to vacate the field after treatment. Jose Mourinho, furiously, named his medical staff “Impulsive and Naive” who don’t “understand the game” within weeks, Carneiro left Chelsea Football club with people wondering if Mourinho did another classic distraction of his team’s poor performance that backfired badly. The result in Mourinho’s distraction has found himself in an individual legal action from Carneiro with her lawyers already suing the club for constructive dismissal.

Departure of club legends...

With the exit of all time goal scorer, Frank Lampard, and left back, Ashley Cole, we saw Jose Mourinho bring back Didier Drogba with Chelsea fans open armed to his arrival, giving Mourinho’s side extra experience with the likes of Captain, John Terry,  Petr Cech and Branaslav Ivanovic.  This season, we saw Cech leave to rivals Arsenal and Drogba to MLS side Montreal Impact, leaving Terry and Ivanovic to lead the way but with both players struggling to find any form, Chelsea’s dressing room is left with no help to pick up confidence.

Poor Performances from individuals...

Cesc Fabregas, Eden Hazard and Diego Costa were Chelsea’s superstars last season but this year not one player has performed to standard.  Fabregas had a whopping nineteen assists with Hazard awarded PFA Player of the Season, but the Spaniard has only managed one assist and Hazard with just two this Premier League season. Costa was Chelsea’s highlight last year scoring an impressive twenty goals in all competitions but the Spanish striker admitted recently that he returned to Chelsea ‘a little overweight’, which clearly shows the effect it has had. Costa scored twice in eleven games this season but last time out, he had an incredible twelve goals in eleven games under his belt.

The Special one?

Everyone in world football knows that Mourinho is a tactical genius and his countless trophies support that, but Mourinho is in a situation that he’s obviously never dealt with before. Chelsea is currently sitting in fifteenth place and has already lost nine times this season, making Jose’s worst start in his managerial career. This year, Mourinho has been more controversial than ever after unnecessary action towards Doctor Eva Carneiro, his continuous jabs at fellow manager Arsene Wenger and his consecutive fines and blames at referees. Mourinho’s future at Chelsea is seriously under doubt, with media claiming he has ‘2 games left’ and according to BBC radio 5 Live presenter, Garry Richardson, one unnamed Chelsea first team player was quoted saying he’d ‘rather lose than win for Mourinho’ leaving people to conclude that he has already lost the dressing room.  

Time will tell what happens at Chelsea football club if results don’t start going their way, problems will only go from bad to worse with a risk of dropping out of the top four and easily lose the claimed ‘best manager Chelsea ever had’ in the next couple of weeks. 

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