{"id":3071,"date":"2026-05-02T06:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2026-05-02T06:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T06:25:20","slug":"the-biggest-thing-matt-law-points-out-flaw-in-chelseas-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=3071","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The biggest thing&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Matt Law points out flaw in Chelsea&#8217;s squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chelsea\u2019s sporting directors have spent hundreds of millions of pounds to totally refresh the squad \u2013 but they\u2019ve missed something crucial.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Matt Law was on the London is Blue podcast this week trying to be positive about Chelsea\u2019s future:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe squad isn\u2019t as far away as it feels. My biggest thing is the character,\u201d Law said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe talent and the players are there \u2013 not all the players (are good enough), and the squad does need improving. But they\u2019ve got a lot of talent and good players in that squad. But they\u2019ve <em>got<\/em> to sort out the character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can see Law speaking in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Law_DT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Matt_Law_DT<\/a>: This squad isn&#8217;t as far away as it feels, but my biggest thing is the character. There&#8217;s a lot of talent and good players in that squad. But they&#8217;ve got to sort out the character.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa7\ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/t.co\/7y8Xt6VyH4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1WaAoPpSM\">pic.twitter.com\/m1WaAoPpSM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 London Is Blue Podcast \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f (@LondonBluePod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonBluePod\/status\/2050263562170605594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Chelsea face huge question over how to get squad serious<\/h2>\n<p>He\u2019s right in that the character shown by the majority of the players brought in has been incredibly weak. They make mistakes, they fold easily under pressure, they struggle to come back when things go against them, they down tools when they don\u2019t like a coach.<\/p>\n<p>The question is \u2013 what do you do about that? There isn\u2019t another \u00a32bn to spend on another refresh of the group. We need the right manager to make these mice into men.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Barcelona are obviously very keen on signing Joao Pedro, but we can\u2019t see Chelsea making a deal happen at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Fernandez\u2019s holiday to Madrid caused a bit of a stir, but nobody was actually annoyed by that, and his manager defended him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Matt Law<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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