{"id":174274,"date":"2024-04-23T13:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/23\/joe-cole-names-problem-mauricio-pochettino-must-fix-at-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T13:41:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T13:41:01","slug":"joe-cole-names-problem-mauricio-pochettino-must-fix-at-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/23\/joe-cole-names-problem-mauricio-pochettino-must-fix-at-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Cole names problem Mauricio Pochettino must fix at Chelsea \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chelsea favourite Joe Cole has urged Mauricio Pochettino to find a solution to the club\u2019s ongoing injury crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fitness issues have plagued Chelsea all season, with big players like Christopher Nkunku, Reece James, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia all missing enormous periods, while the number of setbacks suffered by returning players has also left fans searching for answers.<\/p>\n

Many have blamed Pochettino himself for the injury crisis but the\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0boss has insisted he has never seen anything quite like the current fitness bug which has ravaged his squad all season. For Cole, fixing that should be Pochettino\u2019s top priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing I\u2019d like to figure out what\u2019s going on at Chelsea this season is why we are getting so many players break down,\u201d he told\u00a090min<\/em>\u00a0in association with\u00a0TNT Sports<\/em>. \u201cI understand things happen in football, players get injured, and there can be an element of luck to it, but I also think when it\u2019s happened like it\u2019s happened\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the physios. It\u2019s not the sports scientists and it\u2019s not the coaches. It\u2019s like making a recipe, everything goes into getting your players right and on the pitch at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you could figure that out and take the injuries down by 50% \u2013 I don\u2019t know how you\u2019d do it but there must be people out there who are experts in it \u2013 that\u2019s the one thing I\u2019d like to figure out both for Mauricio and for Chelsea. If he had Nkunku, Reece James, [Ben] Chilwell, Fofana and Lavia, it could look like a very different season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he can figure out one problem, I think that\u2019s the problem to figure out at Chelsea.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chelsea favourite Joe Cole has urged Mauricio Pochettino to find a solution to the club\u2019s ongoing injury crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fitness issues have plagued Chelsea all season, with big players like Christopher Nkunku, Reece James, Wesley Fofana and Romeo Lavia all missing enormous periods, while the number of setbacks suffered by returning players has also left fans searching for answers.<\/p>\n

Many have blamed Pochettino himself for the injury crisis but the\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0boss has insisted he has never seen anything quite like the current fitness bug which has ravaged his squad all season. For Cole, fixing that should be Pochettino\u2019s top priority.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing I\u2019d like to figure out what\u2019s going on at Chelsea this season is why we are getting so many players break down,\u201d he told\u00a090min<\/em>\u00a0in association with\u00a0TNT Sports<\/em>. \u201cI understand things happen in football, players get injured, and there can be an element of luck to it, but I also think when it\u2019s happened like it\u2019s happened\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the physios. It\u2019s not the sports scientists and it\u2019s not the coaches. It\u2019s like making a recipe, everything goes into getting your players right and on the pitch at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you could figure that out and take the injuries down by 50% \u2013 I don\u2019t know how you\u2019d do it but there must be people out there who are experts in it \u2013 that\u2019s the one thing I\u2019d like to figure out both for Mauricio and for Chelsea. If he had Nkunku, Reece James, [Ben] Chilwell, Fofana and Lavia, it could look like a very different season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he can figure out one problem, I think that\u2019s the problem to figure out at Chelsea.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nkunku has been a major loss this season \/ Visionhaus\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

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Ahead of Tuesday\u2019s meeting with an Arsenal side that has avoided such significant injury issues, Pochettino admitted the Gunners are evidence of what can happen with a settled team.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing consistent is to have all of the players fit or a higher percentage during the season,\u201d he said. \u201cTo increase the possibility of players available is going to be a challenge for next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing consistent is having all of the players fighting for a place on the pitch. Days like today or yesterday when you train. It\u2019s true that we didn\u2019t have the possibility during the whole season, for different circumstances, to have all of the squad available to create this way to compete.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot complain, this happens in football and we need to accept it. I repeat again, to match the history of the club is difficult but if we can split the team, the evolution and all of the circumstances, I think we are doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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