Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville says that Chelsea are ‘miles off’ winning the Premier League title.
It’s some more of Neville’s words that Chelsea fans will be hoping also come back to bite him in the butt like a lot of his former quotes have done. Although I think deep down, most Blues fans will simply just agree with him here after our 3-1 defeat to Leeds United in the week.
Sources: Blues player was supposed to START the game for Chelsea v Leeds last night but didn’t come on until late!
Enzo Maresca was as much to blame as the lacklustre players were on Wednesday night, and his decisions have been slammed by the ESPN pundits as a result.
The defence were awful for Chelsea on Wednesday night but also, so were the midfield. There have been some embarrassing stats come out on them in the aftermath of the loss.
Neville on Chelsea
Enzo Maresca looks in despair against Leeds.
Enzo Maresca looks in despair against Leeds. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
Speaking on Sky Sports last night, Neville said on Chelsea:
“Against Leeds, Chelsea were Out-muscled, out-fought, out-run. Let’s stop talking about Chelsea being a title winning team, it’s not there. They haven’t got the goalkeeper for it and they haven’t got the centre backs for it. But they will be a top four team. They’re miles away from being a title winning team. I know what a title winning team looks like and Chelsea fans will know what a title winning team looks like. Chelsea are way off it in certain areas of the pitch, the spine isn’t good enough. They have some excellent players and a lot to work with but they’re miles off a title winning team, they’re nowhere near.”
He’s not wrong
I wouldn’t say we were ‘miles off’ being title contenders, but generally with his comments above here, Neville is not wrong in my opinion.
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