Pochettino must be bad cop as well as good with players hiding behind him – Talk Chelsea

I know some might not agree with this and feel that it might be better to hug all of our players and tell them that they’re doing the best that they can do, but for me, this squad needs tough love.

At the end of the day, you are representing Chelsea Football Club, a club enriched with successful history and club legends who would bleed blue for the badge, the fans, and the cause.

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If you make the decision to join Chelsea, you simply have to accept the pressure, the criticism if you’re not performing, and the expectations of what it means to play for this club. I’ve got no time for molly coddling.

Yes, we have a young squad, and there does need to be a sense of nurturing done, to an extent. But most of these lads in our starting Xl are not kids, they are not even teenagers, they are 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25, these are fully grown adults. They can take some hard truths, they can take some tough love, they should be able to take the pressure.

To succeed at Chelsea you need to be a mentality monster. You need to be prepared to fight. You need to have confidence in your own ability. You need to be strong minded and strong willed. You need to be a leader.

Chelsea’s most successful teams had leaders all over the pitch – Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Petr Cech, Michael Ballack, Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho, Cesar Azpilicueta, Diego Costa, just to name a few, all mentality monsters.

Costa told Terry when he joined the club, ‘I got to war, you come with me.’

Ashley Cole recently did an interview with TNT Sports and said: “At Chelsea, I had a different kind of mentality. I was angrier when I went there. I played with more anger. I wanted to win, it was all about winning. My magic moment was winning the Champions League.”

A ‘different kind of mentality’ and he was ‘angrier’ – this is exactly what you need to make it at Chelsea.

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Author : Simon Phillips

Publish date : 2024-04-25 12:00:33

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