“They’ve surprised me the most”- Pundit gives brutal verdict on Chelsea’s start to the season under Pochettino

Darren Bent fears there are more problems at Chelsea than fans initially thought

In his assessment of Chelsea’s start to the new campaign, Darren Bent expressed concern that the team may be in worse shape than initially anticipated despite the appointment of a new manager. The Blues have begun their season with just one win and two defeats in their four Premier League games and currently sit 12^th in the league.

As usual, there has been the same problem lingering: Chelsea are struggling to score goals despite being the dominant side for the majority of the game.

The West Londoners are now ranked first in possession, shots attempted, and touches within the box of the opposition, but are 11th in terms of goals scored, which explains their current state of affairs.

It’s very obvious that the strikers they’ve acquired haven’t been dependable and haven’t made an imprint at the club. Currently available to the Blues are the youthful players Nicolas Jackson and Armando Broja, who will need time to establish their merits.

The former Tottenham Hotspur player fears the problem is much deeper than that (h/t Metro). Speaking on Sky Sports, the former Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa striker stated:

‘’I thought once they got the manager in, Pochettino knew how to work with a new squad, given the success he had at Spurs. I just thought he’d be the final piece of the jigsaw to get them to where they want to go. The fact they’ve been so far off tells me there are more problems than we first thought. They’ve surprised me the most; I thought they’d be better than they are.’’

Although Bent may be correct that there are issues, we cannot expect Pochetino to immediately start working his magic and producing favourable results in every game. Chelsea’s squad is made up of many, many young players, many of whom are recent additions, so it will undoubtedly take some time for them to get along and develop synergy.

We may have to wait one or two seasons for Chelsea to catch up and become an elite squad. It is a funny world where four league games are being deemed enough to judge a club’s worth, especially one that is explicitly planning for the future by revamping its whole squad.

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Even at Tottenham, the Argentine manager needed a couple of seasons to turn the club into a top-four contender. At Chelsea, he has everything he needs to make a proper European giant for the next several years. Let us at least give him one full season before saying he hasn’t been effective here.