Why Chelsea’s rotation policy is a significant problem for Dream Team gaffers

CHELSEA are sitting beauteous successful 4th aft 10 Premier League games.

Only Tottenham and Manchester City person scored much league goals than the Blues successful what has mostly been viewed arsenic an encouraging commencement to Enzo Maresca's reign astatine Stamford Bridge.

It's lone earthy that Dream Team managers would beryllium drawn to 1 of the league's strongest teams but Chelsea's bloated squad has caused an antithetic occupation for gaffers.

Much has been made of the excessive spot and extent of the subordinate database caused by Todd Boehly's recruitment strategy.

As a result, Maresca has consolidated a halfway radical of regulars for the Premier League portion making extended usage of rotation for the Conference League and the Carabao Cup.

This is not wholly unsocial to Chelsea but the grade to which the line-up changes from league fixtures to European outings is noticeably much pronounced erstwhile compared to the Champions League clubs.

This is partially due to the fact that the Conference League is not arsenic prestigious (or competitive) arsenic the Champions League and truthful the ex-Leicester manager feels comfy resting his apical stars.

The occupation is that Dream Team bosses don't privation the likes of Cole Palmer (£6.3m), Nicolas Jackson (£4.4m) and Noni Madueke (£3.1m) to beryllium rotated.

More appearances adjacent much opportunities to people points and truthful it's achy for gaffers to spot their Chelsea assets miss retired against favourable Conference League opposition.

Palmer wasn't adjacent included successful the squad for the league signifier of the continental competition, with Maresca keen to negociate his talisman's workload.

The 22-year-old, who features successful 61.8% of teams, averages 10.7 points-per-game this play compared to Mohamed Salah's (£7.3m) mean of 9.6.

However, portion Palmer rests successful midweek, Liverpool's main antheral has banked 26 points from 3 European outings to date, hence wherefore the second is up successful the rankings contempt his inferior average.

Similarly, Jackson has scored six goals and provided 3 assists successful conscionable 10 league outings but helium hasn't played a azygous infinitesimal extracurricular the apical formation - Christopher Nkunku (£4.2m) has led the enactment successful the further competitions.

The Senegal planetary averages an awesome 7.9 points-per-game, a complaint lone bettered by 4 forwards, but his wide tally of 79 points enactment him conscionable 11th among assets successful his position.

The information helium sits retired connected Thursday nights is simply a immense stroke to his viability.

Last season, Dream Team managers were capable to people the Conference League match-ups due to the fact that galore of Aston Villa's regulars successful the contention were besides starters successful the league.

That simply isn't the lawsuit with Chelsea this clip astir and truthful gaffers would astir beryllium amended disconnected treating the West Londoners arsenic a non-European team.

Maresca mightiness spot things otherwise if his broadside suffice for the knockout stage, which they are good connected people to bash arsenic existent league leaders, but that's a portion distant yet.

Such is Palmer's quality, his comparatively relaxed docket hasn't been an contented truthful acold arsenic he's racked up 107 points from 10 outings via 7 goals and 5 assists - Bukayo Saka (£6.7m) is the lone midfielder supra him successful the rankings.

But his backers indispensable beryllium somewhat frustrated helium won't beryllium unleashed upon the likes of FC Noah, Heidenheim, Astana and Shamrock Rovers betwixt present and Christmas.