At the outset of this EPL season, Chelsea appears to be struggling with a less-than-productive striker. Evidently, in the match against Nottingham Forest, Chelsea generated numerous opportunities, yet none were successfully converted into goals.
Evidently Chelsea’s striker has just one goal to his name since the start of the season but i refuse to agree with the statement chelsea is “struggling with a less-than-productive striker”. So far Nico Jackson have had a decent performance and a good start so you should not put the blame on him for scoring just one goal, I would have agreed with you if he has had many chances and failed to score them but with chelsea’s performance you will know the entire team is underperforming which is why he doesn’t have so many services. His contributions have been decent but with the strategy being adopted by the coach it will be difficult to succeed in the premier league with just two attackers and if he doesn’t change strategy the attackers would be overworked and will find it difficult to convert chances.
Is acquiring Oshimen the right move? Are there other aspects beyond the attacking line that are influencing Chelsea's current performance?
You never know the right move until you sign the player and he performs to expectations. Signing Osimehn will boost the attacking department and having two african players upfront will be disturbing for opposing defenders but even with Osimehn in the squad if the manager doesn’t adopt a 3 men attacking formation i don’t think there will be much difference. Osimehn is a kinda of player that needs the services of a winger, he can’t do much on his own when there is no one to feed him the ball just as Kvaraskelia did for him last season. Mudryk lost the confidence he build in the preseason because of lack of playing time and i think mudryk can be the provider for Osimehn but he’s already lost his confidence again.
Moving to chelsea will be a strong decision for Osimehn because if he doesn’t perform to expectations that would be the end of his career and also if he is able to score goals for Chelsea he would reach unimaginable heights because everyone thinks he will flop when he moves to a bigger club. So if i am Osimehn I would avoid a move to Chelsea right now because they are in bad shape.
Nicolas Jackson scored a goal in a friendly match with Chelsea but when he entered the main match he looked barren, only one goal and he got more yellow cards than he scored, and Enzo Fernandez also hasn't shown what he should show, there are no assists that he made this seasons, or is there something wrong with the strategy implemented by Pochettino?
This is just the beginning for him so i feel its too early to judge him. Some players have scored less at the start of a season and still end up with many goals at the end, let’s give Jackson more time to settle in properly. I have been impressed with his performance though but a striker is being judged by the number of goals he scores not by his performance and work rate. If pochettino eventually changes his strategy of 3 man defense and adopt 3 man attack instead things may change for him.