Mauricio Pochettino criticizes recruitment for Chelsea’s poor results

Chelsea’s weekend result brought them back to earth after a short euphoric period of good run where the team won three and drew one of the four games they played in all competitions. After beating Brighton 1-0 in the EFL Cup in September, the Londoners went ahead to beat Fulham and Burnley before a 2-2 draw against Arsenal after the international break, all in the Premier League.

However, Saturday’s home clash against Brentford didn’t go as planned as the Blues lost 2-0 to the visitors, who took advantage of Chelsea’s indecision and poor finishing in the first half to be more adventurous in the second.

If Ethan Pinnock’s header was a deserved goal, Brentford’s comical second late in the stoppage after Robert Sanchez’s foray upfront to seek an equalizer through the corner kick underlined how disappointing many of the signings at Stamford Bridge has been since Todd Boehly took over.

Pochettino, who was appointed in the summer, believes that his team experienced a lot of changes in the summer, which is now affecting the team, while urging the hierarchy at Stamford Bridge to learn from some mistakes in the past.

“At the moment, I think we are a young team. A young team means too many changes in the summer because of the circumstances, and we are suffering – sometimes good and bad results, but performances are consistent. Things that go against you, you have to try to resist them and try to survive. You have to be quiet and be strong. And not to lose your balance because it is easy to blame or say something that is going to affect other people and lead to division in the club.” Pochettino said.

Speaking further in the press conference before yesterday’s clash with Blackburn in the Carabao Cup, the Argentinian said it’s an important thing to trust the ideas, the judgment, and analysis of why certain things have not happened and to help the organization to be better and to improve, and not to make the same mistakes again. 

Daniel Ademiju Idowu