“It’s not what we saw” – Rosenior’s key attacking tweak hailed by pundit | OneFootball

Marc Cucurella’s role as an inverted full back was a hallmark feature of Enzo Maresca’s time as Chelsea boss. Things have changed.

Jason Cundy was on TalkSport this morning speaking very positively about Liam Rosenior’s impact at Chelsea.

He picked out one tactical switch that’s already quite clear from Enzo Maresca’s time in charge.

Cundy on the Cucurella shift used by Rosenior in his first month

Marc Cucurella battles for possession against Wolves. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images)

“The inverted full-back is less obvious for me, even though they do and can come inside,” Cundy said.

“But it’s not what we saw with Cucurella [under Maresca] where he’s come in and literally been another striker, it’s a slightly toned-down version of that.”

It’s true, to an extent, but if you’d seen what Cucurella’s replacement Jorrel Hato was doing on Friday night against Hull, you wouldn’t be saying the role has changed that much.

Still, there’s no doubt that our style has changed, and that our formation is now build to get players like Enzo Fernandez and the wingers into dangerous positions rather than relying on Cucurella to join the front line.

You can see Cundy speaking in the Chelsea show on TalkSport embedded here:

The players are away on holidays for the most part now, but this week will finally give Rosenior a little more time on the training pitch when they’re back. There are a couple of free midweeks to come in the near future, and it will be really interesting to see what other innovations the new boss is working on.

In other news…

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