If he was concerned at player workload, did he really need to start Werner, Lukaku, Hudson Odoi, Pulasic, Kovacic against chesterfield in the FA cup 9 days ago?
On the flip side and people are forgetting this - this game was originally scheduled for next month but had to be rearranged due to the Club WC. Presumably both Brighton and Chelsea agreed this date, rather than it being forced.
And they went into this season, having won the CL - knowing they...
To be fair though - they have had 6 more games than us in the same period. So clearly that has an impact regardless of size of squad. They also have probably as many injuries as us + AFCON to. But for any manager to give excuses like that is weak. And did Chelsea really need to start with the...