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  EPISODE 5 - ENGLAND CATCH UP

 Thomas Tuchel's time at Chelsea was marked two-fold: him managing his 100th game in charge at the club and his dismissal the day after... When Frank Lampard was sacked as the Chelsea manager, fans were doubtful that whoever came in to replace him would be able to measure up. However, Chelsea fans were probably even more doubtful that in less than a years’ time, Chelsea would be Champions League winners. When Tuchel came to Chelsea, he turned everything on its head; his strong defensive style of football mixed with his clever tactical attack is something that moved Chelsea from ninth to third place in the Premier League in under four months. Under Tuchel, Chelsea made it to two domestic cup finals, won the Club World Cup for the first time in the club’s history, won the Champions League, won the Super Cup, had 22 different scorers, and out of the 36 different players selected over all competitions, 14 of those players came from the academy. Where then did it all go wrong? The

TRANSFER TALKS

  Well, the summer transfer window has now shut, and our squad is locked in until the winter window opens in January. The Blues seem to have faced a lot of backlash for their signings or lack thereof this transfer window. After what has been a less than impressive pre-season for Chelsea and a tumultuous start to the Premier League season, Chelsea fans have been calling for change/additions to be made to the squad. If you look at Chelsea’s form in their last fifteen Premier League games, Chelsea has bottom-half form and their slow start to the season seems to be continuing even after spending £140 million on Koulibaly, Cucurella and Sterling. The key issue going into the transfer window was to replace the missing pieces of the backline after the likes of Rudiger and Christensen left, however now the Blues have padded this out a little more with Koulibaly, Cucurella and now Fofana, the goal-scoring and play-making roles within the squad are what is crying out for attention. With Tho