I don’t know what Maresca was thinking when he said they won’t be signing another striker. Seriously Jackson poor performance affected Chelsea performance last season, Chelsea do dominate matches, they do create chances, but the only problem which they were having last season was that they don’t have striker which will be able to convert those chances which they had into goals.
Enzo Maresca saying Chelsea wouldn’t sign another striker then was just simply a way of trying to support Jackson then and not throw under the bus, many managers do this to help boost the striker confidence and probably see if it will help the striker back to their best but I am sure it was Enzo Maresca that actually requested another striker, it was seriously clear that Jackson wasn’t fit to lead Chelsea attack alone and it was the reason why he was dropped in games last season due to his performance. This season the signing of Other strikers most especially Joao Pedro has actually made it clear where there missing piece is.
Although Chelsea seems to be complete with this new strikers I think Chelsea in the long run will have a defense problem, currently I don’t actually rate their two center backs high and it got worse after Collwill injury. For now the team is not showing signings of having this problem because of the brilliance back up that Caicedo is providing at the defensive midfield position, should Caicedo gets injured today Chelsea will have to suffer more.
This is what victory feels like for the Blues, a total annihilation of West Ham. I so much love the energy with which Chelsea played tonight, no much mistakes and their chances were well converted. To gamblers, it was a free 1.7 odd, given to us by the bookies as a welcome gift to the new season. I had no doubt that Chelsea was going to win the match and I did not hesitate to bet on them to win. This match have made up for the draw they had with Crystal Palace last week.
Seriously many didn’t have any doubt about Chelsea winning this game most especially after the way West Ham played against newly promoted Sunderland last week. The only scare came in when it was announced that Chelsea star player Cole Palmer was out injured during the match warm ups. But Chelsea responded brilliantly by making a statement that they aren’t heavily dependent on one player alone