Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino says that everyone needs to accept the reality of Chelsea right now and that he and his team are doing an amazing job at the club.
I think there might be a few people who will argue that last point right now, with his team currently sat in 11th place in the Premier League and the pressure seemingly mounting on his job, even though he claims it isn’t. It should be, and I think it is.
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To say that he and his team are doing an amazing job though for me is just quite simply delusion. I don’t think they are doing as bad a job as some are claiming, but even still, they are FAR from doing an amazing job. It’s just madness to claim that.
He has also encouraged and retired the reality of Chelsea’s situation right now and once again urges people to see that they are building something and wants everyone to be patient, something we have heard him say about 100 times this season.
In words cited by The Evening Standard, Pochettino said: “We wanted to win the Carabao Cup. We want to win the FA Cup. We want to win the Premier League. Now it’s tough.
“It’s the reality, but before the start of the season, it was always the objective [to qualify for Europe and win trophies].
“Now our reality is to see if we can qualify to play in Europe next season, but of course, it’s going to be tough because of the circumstances and because of the reality.
“Unfortunately, we cannot translate that into points. [There are] good relationships but it’s not three points. We are starting to build something but it’s not three points. Always we are going to need time. That is why [this] Chelsea is different and we have to accept that.”
“For me, the players have amazing quality but they need time. It’s not an excuse for me.
“Whether I am here or not – it depends on my job and I think we are doing an amazing job – but we cannot see greater result but I think with time we are going to have an amazing team because we are young, we are learning, we create something that is starting to appear on the training ground.
