{"id":4320,"date":"2026-05-05T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:19:28","slug":"stats-show-romeo-lavia-doesnt-offer-enough-in-attack-or-defence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=4320","title":{"rendered":"Stats show Romeo Lavia doesn&#8217;t offer enough in attack or defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Romeo Lavia had another shocker for Chelsea as the Blues faced Nottingham Forest yesterday. He needs to be dropped.<\/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>Chelsea\u2019s performance against Nottingham Forest yesterday was truly terrible, and young Jesse Derry was maybe the only Blue to emerge with some credit from the game after making his senior debut.<\/p>\n<p>FotMob\u2019s player ratings from the game show just how bad some of our players were. The lowest outfield score was Romeo Lavia, who picked up a 6.0\/10.<\/p>\n<p>It was the Belgian\u2019s third start in a row, but even getting up to speed after his latest injury doesn\u2019t seem to have helped his form.<\/p>\n<h2>Lavia playing more \u2013 but not playing better<\/h2>\n<p>The former Man City man had 3 defensive contributions in the game \u2013 no outfield starter had fewer for the Blues. As always, he was tidy on the ball, with 40 of 44 passes completed. But just 5 of those were passes into the final third, and he created 0 chances. Compare that with his fellow midfielder Enzo Fernandez who had 7, and you see the real difference.<\/p>\n<p>Lavia doesn\u2019t offer enough defensively, and too little offensively too. Having a midfielder who looks after the ball can be handy when the whole team is functioning, but right now Lavia isn\u2019t doing anything well enough to deserve a place in the team.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea are apparently considering appointing Xavi Hernandez as their new coach, for the laughable reason that he fits with the \u201cfootball identity\u201d that we\u2019ve apparently established. <\/p>\n<p>Current coach Calum McFarlane isn\u2019t able to give any good answers as to why we\u2019re so bad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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