By his own admission, Graham Potter has been in the proverbial washing machine since taking charge at Chelsea at the beginning of September. Games have come at a rapid pace. Injuries to key players have been frequent. And results have been largely underwhelming.
"It's been a unique situation," Potter admitted after this weekend's 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace. "As we went along, players kept dropping away due to injury and we were struggling for stability and any real confidence that stability brings. You learn a lot from that even though it is not nice as I’ve said. We’ve had to deal with what we’ve had to deal with. It’s pretty unprecedented I must say."
As Chelsea approach the halfway point of their Premier League campaign, they sit 10th in the table. It is a position few anticipated in the summer and one that will not be acceptable to supporters come May. Improvement is required, both in terms of performance and points.
