Premier League: Graham Potter currently seems to be having a nightmare season with Chelsea. The new boss who joined Chelsea in October, 2022, has spoken out about bad pre-season training, and injuries, and even blamed himself for the bad row the club has been suffering. After his recent losses, he mentioned how the huge number of players is negatively affecting his training session. Follow Premier League LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
Premier League: Graham Potter BLAMES Abundance of Players for Negative Training Impact, Changes Training session with BLOATED Chelsea squad – Check Out
Chelsea had a very successful transfer window in January where the owners bought 8 new players for £323 million. Whereas, only Jorginho left the club in the winter transfer window. This has taken their total first-team players tally to 31. The coach has expressed that he’s having the most difficulty in keeping the team’s morale up because everyone wants playing time.
Additionally, it’s quite well known that Graham Potter likes to be involved and focused personally in all training sessions. He also prefers doing 11v11 training matches. However, he has been forced to change his tactics to provide training for all the players.
Premier League: Graham Potter BLAMES Abundance of Players for Negative Training Impact, Changes Training session with BLOATED Chelsea squad – Check Out
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The coach has been able to include the new players in his Premier League squad. However, he had to leave out players, like Noni Madueke, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, David Datro Fofana, and Benoit Badiashile from his Champions League squad. Reportedly, he told the club’s website prior to the signings that 30+ players would be ‘a problem’ later on.
He added, “There are challenges when you’ve got that many players. There are challenges in terms of what role they play because most players want to play. They want to play, be on the pitch and help the team. When they are not, it is a challenge and it is a challenge for lots of reasons at this football club.”
“When you go through a period of transition and the steps we’ve gone through then there are going to be periods when it is going to be tougher than you ideally want – it’s not optimal. I am not complaining about it and I have to do my best to support and manage the club. Step by step I want to put the team in a better place than when I arrived,” he added.
Graham Potter took over from Thomas Tuchel back in October 2022. He started his time with a loss against Brighton, which ended with a 4-1 loss for Chelsea. Since then, Chelsea has played 12 more matches in which they have only won 2, drawn 4, and lost 6 matches. They are currently sitting at the 10th position in the Premier League table having played 24 games.
Premier League: Graham Potter BLAMES Abundance of Players for Negative Training Impact, Changes Training session with BLOATED Chelsea squad – Check Out
Premier League Points Table :
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | PTS | Form | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 57 | W W L D L | |
| 2 |  |
25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 25 | +39 | 55 | W D W W L | |
| 3 |  |
24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 49 | W W D W L | |
| 4 |  |
25 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 45 | W W L W W | |
| 5 |  |
23 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 41 | L D D D W | |
| 6 |  |
25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 39 | D W W D L | |
| 7 |  |
23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 36 | D W W L D | |
| 8 |  |
22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 35 | L D W D W | |
| 9 |  |
23 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 35 | D D W D W | |
| 10 |  |
24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 31 | L L D D D |
