On Monday evening live on Sky Sports, a pundit completely ripped into the mess currently going on at Chelsea, and why the future is concerning for the club
On Monday afternoon, Chelsea suffered their sixth Premier League defeat in a row, as they were condemned to a 3-1 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest's B team, despite the visitors having their focus on a Europa League semi final second leg this Thursday.
It was yet another humiliation to add to the long, long list of embarrassments under the current ownership. The sad thing is, some fans have just been numbed to this. This is the new norm. This is the new Chelsea.
Later on in the day, during Monday Night Football, Sky Sports pundit, Jamie Carragher, did not mince his words on the current state of the club: "It's [the recent form] shocking. And it comes from the top, that's where it starts from. There's five or six really top players on that pitch today, and they've been beaten by Nottingham Forest's B team.
And you think less than 12 months ago, they were taking PSG to the cleaners. There's no connection between the players and the staff, the players and the supporters. And you know what? In some ways it's a good thing, it tells you that football isn't just all about putting money in, spending, buying players, and this revolving door. It's about creating something - togetherness. It looks like a broken football club right now."
Later on in the show, he continued, doubling down on previous comments that players should not move to SW6: "I'm seen as this guy - certainly by Chelsea fans - who doesn't like Chelsea. And I said on this show a few years ago, players have got to stop signing for Chelsea.
What I meant by that, and I still stand by it, it wasn't about the individual player as if I've got something against Chelsea - my point being is, if you're continually buying and selling players, you can never create a connection as a team. You've got to go through things together.
They buy two wingers every year. So you know the two they buy the year before - how do they feel? You can't go straight into a club and be amazing straight away. You have to build something, you have to grow as a group - with a manager, with players. Of course every club buys and sells players at the end of the season, but this is a continual conveyor belt.
That was the point I was making at the time, if I was as young player, why would I sign for Chelsea? Because they'll give me 12 months, and if I wasn't amazing, they'll just go and buy someone else. So I have no feel for the club, so that's where that comment comes from.
It's nothing against Chelsea, I just look at it and think: How can that work? How can that build? How can you build a connection between supporters and players and staff. It's not there."
Some very honest words. Chelsea fans have been at war with Carragher in the past, but he's right in this case. And he was right before. The partisan nature of football fans means that supporters inherently don't agree with criticism of their club. But he is right.
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