Mauricio Pochettino perhaps has a wildcard option for Chelsea to play in the No.10 role against AFC Bournemouth should the Blues head coach revert back to what he did in pre-season
The opening four games of the season have been far from ideal for Chelsea and Mauricio Pochettino.
After a strong performance against Liverpool, there was disappointment seven days later at West Ham United. A win against Luton Town the next week followed but the Blues were beaten at home to Nottingham Forest before the international break.
In the early weeks of the season, we have seen a rather surprise formation and system used by Pochettino. The Argentine spent the whole of the club's pre-season tour of the United States using the 4-2-3-1 formation – a shape and style he has used plenty throughout his managerial career, so it is what we expected to see at the beginning of the campaign but that has not been the case.
Instead, what Pochettino has used is a bit more complicated and has some roles in there that some Chelsea supporters are still a bit bemused by; even now after it has been used for four Premier League matches. Ben Chilwell is being used in an unorthodox role as a left winger, where he is usually used as a full-back.
Chilwell certainly has not set the world alight in his new role and there have been numerous calls to push the England international back into defence sooner rather than later. Levi Colwill, instead, has been the man used at left-back, with Axel Disasi and Thiago Silva forming a partnership in the centre of defence.
While Colwill has not played badly as a full-back, his attributes definitely suit playing as a central defender more. Chelsea's long-term plan will surely still see Colwill playing as a centre-back and
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