Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea tenure got off to a rather dull start as the Blues drew 0-0 with Wolves on Wednesday evening.
Just 48 hours earlier, club legend Frank Lampard was shown the door after a run of only two wins from eight Premier League games.
German coach Tuchel was only sacked by Paris Saint-Germain in December but wasted no time in taking up a new position at Stamford Bridge.
While Chelsea had a lot of the ball against Nuno’s side – totalling 79 per cent possession to be precise – they did little with it against a Wolves outfit who came to west London with one thing on their minds – claiming a draw and a valuable point.
Tony Cascarino, who was critical of Tuchel’s predecessor Lampard, was stunned by Tuchel’s approach to his first outing as Blues boss.
“I was surprised by his comments even before the game started,” Casc told talkSPORT. “He said it was probably one of the most difficult selections I’ve ever had to make.
“I was thinking, ‘have you not watched a certain amount of videos before you coach your first game?’
“Watch their last ten games and you might have got a good idea what their best team is! I found it a very strange comment.
“And the performance? I hated every minute of it!
“Especially the first-half. I could have gone and put the kettle on and made a cup of tea when Chelsea started to move.
“I probably could have got to my tea and started drinking it by the time they got to the 18-yard box.”
Cascarino continued: “I’ve watched a lot of Dutch football and one of my biggest criticisms of it is that everybody plays the same way – possession-based with no purpose.
“You’ve got a similar scenario with France in the past ten years where teams will play this way; dominating the ball, never want to lose possession, but never really scared you.
“I hated what I saw in the first-half because, to me, possession-based football in the Premier League does pose different problems for you when you adopt that style.
“Wolves offered nothing’ they had two glorious chances but they offered nothing in the game. I didn’t like it.
“I could be totally wrong here, but if that’s the way Chelsea can play then Stamford Bridge… if there were any fans in there they’d be booing!”