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Chelsea’s five most overrated players- Several starters make the list

By Barrett Rouen

COBHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Chelsea Head Coach Antonio Conte talks to the media at Chelsea Training Ground on September 29, 2017 in Cobham, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
COBHAM, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Chelsea Head Coach Antonio Conte talks to the media at Chelsea Training Ground on September 29, 2017 in Cobham, England. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 12: Cesc Fabregas of Chelsea and Oliveira Richard of Qarabag FK battle for possession during the UEFA Champions League Group C match between Chelsea FC and Qarabag FK at Stamford Bridge on September 12, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 12: Cesc Fabregas of Chelsea and Oliveira Richard of Qarabag FK battle for possession during the UEFA Champions League Group C match between Chelsea FC and Qarabag FK at Stamford Bridge on September 12, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /

Cesc Fabregas

Like Luiz Fabregas’ fans have let him down for years.  There’s no reason in the world why Fabregas shouldn’t be on the same level as the Xavi’s, Pirlo’s and Scholes’ of the world.   The only reason he isn’t is because Fabregas has so criminally gotten away with being half a footballer for too long.

Fabregas is a fantastic passer of the football there’s no doubt about that.  Anybody who think otherwise is either A blind, B dumb, or C just plain ignorant.  He’s got some of the best vision in the world.  However that coupled with his genuinely atrocious work ethic, poor tackling and lack of any semblance of pace makes him mediocre.

This is a player that Barcelona saw fit to let leave the club twice.  Barcelona are many good and bad things surely but they are phenomenal evaluators of talent.  As a teenager they let Cesc leave and then bought him back and then barely played him and sold him again.  To be in such close proximity to the player with the economic pressure of his purchase and still be unable to play him says something.
Fabregas needs a full extra player behind him just to clean up the amount of space he leaves unmarked and to tackle the players he can’t be bothered to track.  How is that at all helpful to a team?

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