Calum McFarlane admits he’s failed to send a strong message to players about “unacceptable” performances | OneFootball

Chelsea interim Calum McFarlane called his team’s performance on Monday “unacceptable”, and was asked whether he had put that to them.

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In his press conference today, Chelsea caretaker manager Calum McFarlane was asked about his comments on Monday after the defeat to Nottingham Forest.

He called the first 15 minutes of that game “unacceptable” from the perspective of his side’s performance, and today was asked if he had told his players that was how he felt:

“My role as the coach is to review the game and explain the moments that have cost us or moments that we could have taken more advantage of,” McFarlane said.

“So, we’re looking at it more from a football perspective in some of the things that happened within that game that we can do a lot better and hopefully that shows on Saturday.

McFarlane hasn’t called out players for shocking performances

That sounds like a long way of saying “no”, to be honest. Maybe there’s no point in calling out the players for not being good enough, they’re not going to listen anyway.

They’ve had multiple managers tell them that, and haven’t raised their level at all.

In other news…

Chelsea look a broken team right now, and it’s not getting any easier. The Blues face Liverpool without several important players.

A major update from the boss made it clear that it was more than possible that two players will return, which is the good news.

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