Chelsea and the striker making a mistake – this is a match made in heaven and a story as old as time.
The great strikers we’ve had over the years – Didier Drogba, Diego Costa, Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink – have all been the exception rather than the rule. There was a lot of debris stuck in between.
Take a look at our efforts since Costa: Most of them shone brightly for a brief moment, but none of them could quite fill his boots. We have tried and failed many times, but the curse of the number 9 shirt still seems to linger heavily.
We’ve been very successful without a true successor, but I think it would be really useful to have one. One of the common issues over the past few years has been the lack of consistent scorers. This isn’t just about us. Most teams in the league are always looking for regular scorers. But for the billions of dollars we spent, the returns were significantly lower.
Just a few months ago, most of us were confident we had finally solved the problem. Nicolas Jackson had a strong start to the season, building on his progress from last year and we really thought he had reached a new level.
By the end of November, reports from the club regarded him as one of the three best strikers in the Premier League.
He’s not a natural finisher, but his link-up play and off-the-ball effort seemed to compensate. And he was still scoring goals regularly. Even after the win over Brentford in mid-December, he still managed nine goals in 16 Premier League starts. This brings him to a 21-goal season without a penalty. it’s okay.
Let’s not forget, Drogba was never a prolific player, but his other qualities more than made up for it.
But since that game, he has recorded zero runs in five starts. His confidence seemed to have disappeared and his poor finishing skills came to the fore. Even the AI ​​image generator struggled to figure out how he distorted the shape of his body at his near post against Bournemouth on Tuesday and missed that opportunity. It wasn’t an easy task, but with his lethal finishing ability, he was able to at least achieve his goal.
That mistake probably cost us two points. If you look at the other four games in this match, you’ll see more points slipping away from the attackers’ toes.
He could still be offered a huge amount of money, but without a dramatic improvement in his finishing, he will never make it into the elite strikers in the Chelsea history books.
