The capitulation started in the summer window when, shockingly, Chelsea did not offer http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Ballack-c25270 a new contract. It is rumored that the Chelsea hierarchy believed that at the age of 31, the former Bayern Munich man won’t have anything else to offer
to them so he was allowed to leave.
In the last few weeks, Ballack’s absence has been hardly felt because the position that he used to guard is now getting exposed. Neither Jon Obi Mikel nor Ramires can fill his position as they aren’t the sort of players Ballack is. His absence now puts extra
pressure on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Essien-c25294, who has to assist Lampard (when the Englishman is fit) and has to hold off the opponent attackers as well. Although the Ghanaian has high work-rate, you can’t expect him to be plugging the leeks throughout the whole 90 minutes.
This season has seen Chelsea become very shaky at the back as well. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/John-Terry-c18895 isn’t anywhere near the ‘Mr. Chelsea’, while Alex has become injury prone- even when he is fit, he is always prone to fatal mistakes.
Only Ivanovic and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Cole-c6809 are putting in solid performances for the side but they alone can’t handle the defence.
Coming towards the attacking force, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 hasn’t really invested a lot in the forwards recently. The new idea of playing a lone striker (Drogba) upfront seems good but it won’t come in handy as long as the Ivorian isn’t given the service he needs. Malouda
hasn’t been consistent at all this season and Lampard’s dip in form means that Drogba is usually forced to make something out of nothing. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 and Gael Kakuta seem to be the future of the club but they need some time to settle down.
Anelka was a ray of hope for Chelsea when he came from Bolton, but it seems that the events in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757 have cursed the frenchman to slowly become a bit-part player at Chelsea and even if he does get a start, he’s nowhere near as good as he was last
season.
With Terry, Lampard, Drogba and Anelka all on the wrong side of 30, it is high time that Roman Abramovic puts some money in the transfer piggy. Waiting for the summer transfer window will be a very lame suggestion because this team doesn’t even seem to be
fighting for a Champions League place, let alone a Premier League title.
When you look at Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham, there is something these 4 clubs have that Chelsea doesn’t have right now; all these 4 clubs have players for every position and when injured, a player of any position can easily
be replaced. Squad depth is always important for a team aspiring to go for big things. But right now, the current Chelsea squad isn’t deep enough to put up much of a fight against the best teams in neither Europe, nor http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749.
This season has been very peculiar indeed as teams like the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952, Sunderland and Bolton have been excellent.
Defeat at the hands of the Wolves means that Chelsea are now out of the title race, but there is still a lot to play for this season and now Chelsea really need to make big changes in the squad to freshen things up.
Firing Carlo Ancelotti won’t do the team any good at this point. It might even turn out to be calamitous. If there’s any one who can revive a club’s fortune, it’s Ancelotti. He just needs to have a squad that has enough depth in it.
Right now, Chelsea are really crumbling down and Abramovic must act pretty fast if he is to save Chelsea’s authority as one of the best teams in England, and bringing back Ray Wilkins wouldn't hurt for starters.
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