Thomas Tuchel's tactics - There needs to be options to change moving forward.

Thomas Tuchel has made an outstanding start to life as Chelsea’s manager. A record fourteen games unbeaten, having conceded just two goals, the tactical formation he has implemented since his arrival is working wonders so far. The question is, how long will it last?

There is a lot of positivity regarding Chelsea and Thomas Tuchel at the moment and rightly so. Having been given little time to prepare, he studied the Chelsea squad he was about to take over, watched some games of ours previous to his arrival, and decided to implement the 3-4-3 formation with three center-backs and two wingbacks. You would have placed your bets at best au online casinos rather than think it would have the results it has. 

As a result, Chelsea’s defensive issues have been resolved. We look solid, organised, and hard to break down and everyone has bought into the tactical approach and are playing really, really well.  

I sincerely hope it continues leading us to major honours once again adding to our already impressive record since Roman Abramovich’s arrival back in 2003. 

Looking at the situation from a different point of view, there could be similarities between how Thomas Tuchel started his Chelsea career to how Maurizio Sarri had a couple of seasons ago. Sarri adopted one tactic, implemented his philosophy as to how the game should be played, and for ten to twelve games at the beginning of the season it was impressive to see. You would have found better odds at machine a sous en ligne rather than to bet against Chelsea at that stage. 

However, once Premier League Managers and Scouting teams had studied “Sarriball” working out you could counteract the tactical formation, Chelsea’s fortunes changed. Chelsea became exposed at times, we struggled to have the same impact in games that we had previously, and the manager would never change tactics either ahead of games or even in-game to change our fortunes. But for Olivier Giroud’s goals coupled with the individual brilliance of Eden Hazard, it could have turned out to be a disaster. 

Sarri refused to adapt his tactics to suit the Premier League, he refused to look at the players he had available within the squad to alter the way we played to get the best out of them. Despite a Europa League win (with the most challenging game we realistically faced being Arsenal in the final itself) and a sneaked top-four finish (due to how poor everybody else was), it was enough for the Italian manager to jump ship back to Italy with Juventus. 

I want to see Thomas Tuchel get the best out of EVERYONE in his squad, for each player to reach their maximum potential and take this club where it needs to be. Two-thirds of our team is there right now all playing fantastically well with the final part of the jigsaw far from it. Tuchel is asking players to fill roles with the tactical framework that is foreign to them. It is working currently as a temporary fix, hoping that it continues to do so until the end of the season but long-term we need alternatives up his sleeve. 

If we are to challenge for the Premier League title again, we need something different. We need to have the flexibility to change in-game to force a result that seemingly looks beyond us with the way we have set up to play. The options to make the decision to switch and give the opposition something different to deal with having been comfortable to that point. We must evolve as a unit with EVERYONE making an important contribution in their natural positions moving forward. 

If we do not have these different tactical options to change it could seriously hamper our chances of future success.