I think when watching this Chelsea squad rebuild that many of us have had the same concerns, and probably still do (I know I do).
We have all acknowledged that there is a lot of quality in our squad now, and I have mentioned many times over the last few weeks just how scary our attacking midfield area is now looking. It’s ridiculous the amount of quality we now have in those areas. Christopher Nkunku is not even getting a start right now for god’s sake. That’s madness.
But the one thing that has always concerned me is just having too many raw players and without any guarantee of them becoming ripe. But it’s also a fact that just because something is raw, it does not mean that it cannot soon become ripe, or cooked. And the same goes for raw players.
If this all pays off, Chelsea’s squad builders will be laughing. It was always a very risky strategy, but it could come off. It could also still fail miserably, I am absolutely not saying we are there yet by the way, far from it. But players like Nicolas Jackson are showing that raw players can pay off.
Jackson was being heavily criticised and even abused by some Chelsea fans when he first arrived. I have always voiced my concerns about Jackson and I’ll never hide that. I still have those concerns about him in front of goal, and I’m not going to lose those just because he scored two very good goals on Saturday and showed that actually he can score the ‘tougher’ chances too. But I’ve also always stayed open and ready to change my opinion, but that can come over time. Jackson was super raw when he arrived here, but is he now getting ripe? Maybe. Time will tell.
Now when you look at socials or any Chelsea fan community, Jackson is loved and everyone is praising him, and he deserves it. It just goes to show how fast a narrative can change though. Is that just Jackson developing? Probably.
I still believe he is a bigger threat off the left and see him as a wide player rather than centrally. But what he…
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Author : Simon Phillips
Publish date : 2024-09-23 11:39:08
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