‘Chelsea lack consistency under Scolari’ claims former Blues manager: Is he talking rubbish?

by stresster on November 6th, 2008

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John Terry blamed the lack of fight for Chelsea’s 3-1 reversal in Rome, and it was certainly uncharacteristic of a team who have been winning plenty of games in the Premier League this season. This was their second defeat of the season, and one of the Blues’ former managers reckons that the team are not consistent enough under Phil Scolari. What an odd thing to say!

After all, Chelsea lead the way in the Premier League and have generally been rock solid at the back, conceding just four goals in eleven matches. However, the Daily Mail reports that Gianluca Vialli is not impressed with the team at the moment, claiming that they can only beat the smaller sides and ignoring the fact that they are the only team with a 100% record on the road in the league.

Vialli said: ‘I don’t think Chelsea are the same team as they were a few years ago. They don’t have the consistency any more.

‘They were beaten by Manchester United in the final of the Champions League last season and also lost against Liverpool at home the other week. Before they used to beat these teams.’

While their 86-match unbeaten home record may have come to an end against Liverpool, Chelsea are still favourites to win the Premier League this season, with many commenting that they play a far more exciting brand of football under Scolari than they did with Mourinho. In addition, the team have not yet been consistent enough to win the Champions League, are supporters confused by Vialli’s comments or does the Italian have a point?

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Amnos - November 6th, 2008 at 11:05 pm

I agree with Vialli that Chelsea are struggling against the big boys but to say they are a weak side is wrong. This team is in transition from dull to more attractive football. We lack quality strikers at the moment. I appreciate what Anelka and Malouda are doing but I dont see them as big game players.
Since Robben left we have not replaced him. We need another player who can run at defenders and unlock stubborn teams. The team also need to be more patient and understand that we dont alwys win 5-0.

I still think we are favourates for the title as we are beating average teams, but as for the cups we will be lucky to get any with the way we are approachig big games. I am not sure about how good Solari is on making changes, so far nothing has worked out for him maybe we should be more patient with him.

Tre bleu
Blue Swimmer - November 7th, 2008 at 12:49 am

There’s no doubt that things have changed for the better since Scolari. We all love to see 5-0 drubbings but those are coming from playing teams of lesser quality. What remains to be seen is whether of not we can win the games that really count. the Barca’s the ManU’s and the must win matches in semis and in finals. Does Scolari have the tactics to outplay the top quality teams especially if early goals are conceded? When I see a great comeback perfrormance against a world class team. When I see Scolari outsmart the best coaches in the world then I will say we’re really in a new era. We just don’t know yet if Chelsea has lost the choke that they got infected with when Mourinho walked out the door.
immo - November 7th, 2008 at 4:19 am

the only prblm with chelsea is that we dont have good striker i mean a player who we can depend upon,leaving the midfilders there is not a single striker in chelsea who got some kind of terror on the oppostie team.
J D Smith - November 7th, 2008 at 7:07 am

I think there is an amount of truth in what Vialli says. For me though, the reason lies in not having a top striker available. Drogba looks to me to be yesterdays man. The little play he has had, he has looked completely out of sorts and agree he has had a nasty injury but he looks as though his mind is elsewhere, maybe still in Milan or France? Anelka had scored goals but not one to my memory against a top club. He misses more chances every match than one would expect. O.K. he has scored a number of goals but most of them have been on a plate and he has missed so many similar chances. I think both players mentally are similar. Also injuries to the most important members of the team haven’t helped. No sooner had Deco arrived and after a great first game got injured, so that hasn’t helped. The way Scolari has them playing is great but the better teams can smother Chelsea’s attack and cause
problems. Selling Wright Phillips means only one player can cause problems by running at the oppposition and he also has been injured and his last couple of games he is obviously not yet fit enough. I still think Chelsea can win the league but they definitely need a top top striker.
Carefree - November 7th, 2008 at 7:42 am

I guess Chelsea were the epitome of consistency under Vialli. LOL.

Amnos - November 6th, 2008 at 11:05 pm

I agree with Vialli that Chelsea are struggling against the big boys but to say they are a weak side is wrong. This team is in transition from dull to more attractive football. We lack quality strikers at the moment. I appreciate what Anelka and Malouda are doing but I dont see them as big game players.
Since Robben left we have not replaced him. We need another player who can run at defenders and unlock stubborn teams. The team also need to be more patient and understand that we dont alwys win 5-0.

I still think we are favourates for the title as we are beating average teams, but as for the cups we will be lucky to get any with the way we are approachig big games. I am not sure about how good Solari is on making changes, so far nothing has worked out for him maybe we should be more patient with him.

Tre bleu

Blue Swimmer - November 7th, 2008 at 12:49 am

There’s no doubt that things have changed for the better since Scolari. We all love to see 5-0 drubbings but those are coming from playing teams of lesser quality. What remains to be seen is whether of not we can win the games that really count. the Barca’s the ManU’s and the must win matches in semis and in finals. Does Scolari have the tactics to outplay the top quality teams especially if early goals are conceded? When I see a great comeback perfrormance against a world class team. When I see Scolari outsmart the best coaches in the world then I will say we’re really in a new era. We just don’t know yet if Chelsea has lost the choke that they got infected with when Mourinho walked out the door.

immo - November 7th, 2008 at 4:19 am

the only prblm with chelsea is that we dont have good striker i mean a player who we can depend upon,leaving the midfilders there is not a single striker in chelsea who got some kind of terror on the oppostie team.

J D Smith - November 7th, 2008 at 7:07 am

I think there is an amount of truth in what Vialli says. For me though, the reason lies in not having a top striker available. Drogba looks to me to be yesterdays man. The little play he has had, he has looked completely out of sorts and agree he has had a nasty injury but he looks as though his mind is elsewhere, maybe still in Milan or France? Anelka had scored goals but not one to my memory against a top club. He misses more chances every match than one would expect. O.K. he has scored a number of goals but most of them have been on a plate and he has missed so many similar chances. I think both players mentally are similar. Also injuries to the most important members of the team haven’t helped. No sooner had Deco arrived and after a great first game got injured, so that hasn’t helped. The way Scolari has them playing is great but the better teams can smother Chelsea’s attack and cause
problems. Selling Wright Phillips means only one player can cause problems by running at the oppposition and he also has been injured and his last couple of games he is obviously not yet fit enough. I still think Chelsea can win the league but they definitely need a top top striker.

Carefree - November 7th, 2008 at 7:42 am

I guess Chelsea were the epitome of consistency under Vialli. LOL.

‘Chelsea lack consistency under Scolari’ claims former Blues manager: Is he talking rubbish?

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