Gusto disappoints in chance to seize backup left back role with one moment frustrating fans | OneFootball

Marc Cucurella is going to miss a few games, and Liam Rosenior is trying to work out how best to replace him tactically.

CFC Central was on the London is Blue podcast this morning giving his take on the Burnley draw from last night.

His strengths are on the tactical side, and it was interesting to hear this thoughts on how Rosenior is trying to compensate for the absence of Marc Cucurella in the team, while the Spaniard is out injured:

“Cucurella was asked to be a little more advanced on the left, and Reece James would tuck in as the extra centre back on the right hand side,” Central said.

“With Cucurella out, we were seeing the opposite. We really saw James pushing up in an advanced position on the right wing… I think Rosenior was trying to figure out what the situation was in Cucurella’s absence. Is he going to try to go with the less proven Jorrel Hato, or is he going to play Malo Gusto there.

You can hear their discussion in the clip embedded here:

Gusto flops in his chance to be Cucurella understudy

Malo Gusto playing for Chelsea. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

It was Gusto who got the nod from the start, and it’s fair to say it didn’t work super well. His most notable moment in attack was trying a silly look-away cut back that would have quickly been forgotten had we won the game – but we didn’t.

In other news…

One bad habit we had from Enzo Maresca’s time in charge has just been repeated by Liam Rosenior. We hope to see something change.

Chelsea’s recent form has been a little masked by an FA Cup win and a late winner over West Ham, as pundits have pointed out.

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