No more excuses going forward; should come out of this 3 week international break with our full squad at its best…get back to winning ways and compete with City and Arsenal; unlike them, we play one game a week…no excuses; COYB🔵 #chelseafc#UpTheChels@ChelseaFC
Needed this international break…three weeks to straighten our shit @ChelseaFC
On a positive note, glad to see Spurs at the bottom of the League for the next three weeks😂
Spot on…the manager market is cooked. With no Guardiola, Conte, Klopp…the Prem is moving toward younger managers and from what we’ve seen, Alonso is the best option available in the market. Club needs to back him
✍️ The process of building a team is always fascinating to me, as there is a lot that happens which fans do not even consider. For us fans, it often seems as simple as buying good players and putting them in a formation to perform at a high level, but in reality, it is not that simple.
Players need to understand the coach's tactics, apply his principles, build chemistry, and learn how to solve different problems using the manager's approach.
For the manager, he must continuously correct every error, poor application, bad decision, and misinterpretation of his ideas, which continues until the players have learned.
Furthermore, a coach needs to understand the different characters in his team and keep blending the right group to achieve the best results.
It is easier for experienced teams to learn under a new manager because they have already gathered knowledge from facing various scenarios on the pitch, so the coach does not need to waste time on the basics or spend weeks correcting a single problem.
However, if you trust a manager's decision-making, you have to give him time to go through the process, make corrections, and weed out bad habits; you must believe in the manager and the process.
No team looks their best under a new manager in the first month, it is extremely rare. Teams always get better with more time in training and games.
Personal, I don't think we could've hired a better coach than Alonso, we just need to back and believe in him and his process and everything will fall in place. It's not rocket science. We just lack the patience to see out a process.
I think it is just daft to lose faith in Alonso this early. Yes, he’s done things I’ve questioned and not liked too, but you simply have to give him time to get things right. We are 5 games in! I don’t like hearing ‘we must be patient’ every season, but it’s another new manager.