Paul Merson says Chelsea’s obsession with attacking from the back is hurting themselves. football news

I am unable to spoil Chelsea’s begin, however they’ve to alter this obsession with enjoying from the again.

You watch them, and each time they struggle your program, you squeeze your program. They handed out and also you had been anxious the entire time. It isn’t the identical as watching Manchester Metropolis or Arsenal, the way in which they’re reported by way of the media. It is like grabbing one thing in your seat.

Chelsea can damage anybody on their days, however they damage themselves on different days as a result of issues do not fairly circulate. You may’t rating 4 objectives per week. However I could not get it began. I am a bit stingy.

Chelsea can’t get carried away. They have to not lose focus – what’s the actual objective? You may end fourth and win the cup. The Europa League offers them the possibility to make historical past, with no membership successful all European trophies.

Enzo Maresca will need to have had just a little luck alongside the way in which, and he did. Chelsea should not have overwhelmed Bournemouth and Crystal Palace’s sport is within the stability. They’re simply within the backside half; you are enjoying with a high quality line right here.

With the dimensions of his roster, you now at the least know this crew. I used to be apprehensive there could be 5 – 6 adjustments per week, however that is not the case. It is fairly constant and stable. Sure gamers are enjoying each week and that is essential.

Will ‘Particular’ Palmer begin for England?

I mentioned Rodri was the one participant on the earth who may make any crew and now everyone seems to be leaping on the Cole Palmer bandwagon. He most likely will not play for England – will he be forward of Jude Bellingham?

However his efficiency at Chelsea was excellent, excellent. I am a giant fan of it. He is a particular participant. It simply goes to indicate you the usual of Metropolis as a result of he is nowhere close to that crew. At Chelsea, all the pieces goes by way of Palmer, however at Manchester Metropolis, that is positively not the case.

You cross the ball to Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden or Bernardo Silva. Palmer touched the ball loads much less, possibly half. He is nonetheless a giant fish in Chelsea’s huge pond and he is producing. He likes to make performs by way of him and that is the place he thrives.

Manchester United do not know what they’re doing

You retain doing the identical issues and also you get the identical outcomes, it does not matter what you do in life. This occurs repeatedly. I didn’t see the upcoming match, Eric Ten Hager’s get-out-of-jail-free card. First that they had Porto after which Aston Villa they usually had been in bother.

To say “oh, we’ll proceed to assist him” – they received hammered on the weekend. They had been eradicated by Tottenham Hotspur.

If I look from a distance, I see a crew that doesn’t know what it’s doing. They don’t know when to press and when to place down, it’s so disjointed. I discover Manchester United a really tough crew to observe. This seems like a crew that has by no means performed collectively earlier than.

It regarded like a truckload of high gamers coming to check out. They had been each launched by the membership and invited to play a sport collectively for us to observe – there was nothing there. Very unusual. I do not wish to blame Marcus Rashford, however he misplaced the ball and simply jogged, like he was unfortunate.

Typically you must ask: are the gamers adequate? We proceed speaking in regards to the head coach, however what in regards to the gamers? They appear foolish, shapeless, nothing.

Even Kobbie Mainoo is enjoying like a 30-year-old now. I do not wish to be harsh, however he wasn’t working across the discipline. It is like he noticed others doing it and picked up unhealthy habits. When he first entered the crew, he was stuffed with vitality, passing, working, and speeding. I am Mason Mount and it is not the identical participant – it is thrilling.

No participant can progress underneath Manchester United’s ‘Ten Hag’

Once I have a look at high managers or managers – like Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta and Jurgen Klopp – they enhance gamers, they make gamers higher. I have a look at the Manchester United crew and since Ten Hag got here in, no participant has improved, no participant has reached one other degree. What occurred? That is the largest membership on the earth.

All of us lose confidence and it is exhausting, however the one factor that may get you out of it’s exhausting work. Sunday was a humiliation. Tottenham may have overwhelmed them 5 – 6 locations, as may Liverpool just a few weeks in the past. They each missed probabilities to attain extra, however it did not appear to matter as a result of the end result by no means modified.

United may get just a few good outcomes right here or there as a result of they nonetheless have good gamers, however it’s the identical outdated story. They’re falling additional and additional behind – they’re now properly behind Tottenham Hotspur.