Quick remark. Chelsea played vs Tottenham with the following formation last weekend:
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Midfield with Joriginho, Kovacic and Mount. My question is: why the f*ck couldn't we play with Bennacer, Tonali, and Brahim against Juventus?
Nobody please say Bennacer was tired, cos he played a total of 150 minutes in the AFCON. He was probably the freshest out of all of our players, and it showed on the pitch after he came in.
Every time Pioli insists with this idea of Krunic, be it CM, AM or even on the f*cking wing. And it's like Bennacer-Tonali is an incompatible pairing (how many games have they started together?), when in reality you've got players like Jorginho and Kovacic (just an example on the top of my head) playing together no problem.
I admire Pioli a lot, and I think he's done a great job during his tenure with us. But his formation decisions are always, always, always incredibly myopic and horrible! This team needs quality more than anything else on the pitch right now, and a dud like Krunic is never gonna deliver that. When is he ever going to realise this?