To those freaking out, yes today was a disaster and trust me I was losing my head in the stands at that performance.
But we do really need be patient. We have a team full of potential stars that have never played with each other before. This is where, as fans, we need to get behind them.
They are all brand new, get the support going like we did today and continue it because once this awful patch is gone, a brand new, proper Chelsea Football Club is going to emerge.
UTC. Forever.
Caicedo has a really wide skillset but people are making him out to be a ball winner at Kanté's level and that is not true.
Looking at ball recovery data I mined from FBRef, there are 21 midfielders between Kanté (9.48/90) and Caicedo (7.11/90), including Tyler Adams (8.29/90).
I don't think missing out on Caicedo for £110m is the end of the world. Based on my humble assessment, I'd value Caicedo at around 80m. The only thing I'm annoyed at is not moving swiftly enough on Ugarte or Caicedo and allowing our groundwork to be gazumped. Other than that,