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Why has Chelsea FC’s campaign gone so wrong? Will Antonio Conte fix it?

By Ben Croft

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 13: Head coach Italy Antonio Conte reacts during the intermational friendly match between Belgium and Italy at King Baudouin Stadium on November 13, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images)
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 13: Head coach Italy Antonio Conte reacts during the intermational friendly match between Belgium and Italy at King Baudouin Stadium on November 13, 2015 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images) /
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Chelsea's Burkina Faso midfielder Bertrand Traore celebrates scoring their fifth goal during the English FA Cup fifth round football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in London on February 21, 2016. Chelsea won the game 5-1. / AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Chelsea’s Burkina Faso midfielder Bertrand Traore celebrates scoring their fifth goal during the English FA Cup fifth round football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge in London on February 21, 2016. Chelsea won the game 5-1. / AFP / ADRIAN DENNIS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or ‘live’ services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images) /

Next Season

The youngsters have to be used more next season. The likes of Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Bertrand Traore and Kenedy need to be given more game time. Also players such as Izzy Brown, Dominic Solanke and Jeremie Boga who are coming back from their loan spells must be in and around the first team squad in order to gain experience and to play the odd game here and there.

Chelsea have won four of the last six Youth Cups and won last season’s Youth Champions League as well. They’re on the verge of reaching another Youth Cup final and are in the semi finals of the UEFA Youth League so there’s clearly talent there to be utilised.

With Champions League football for next season looking in doubt, will top players be attracted to a club not in Europe’s main competition or with they choose to go elsewhere? The Premier League is becoming harder and harder to win each year so there is no guarantee of winning the title like there is in France, Italy or Spain.

I hope Conte can transfer his enthusiasm to the players and make Chelsea a force both domestically and in Europe again. He might have the Europa League as an avenue through which to make the Champions League in two years’ time, but his target next season has to be to qualify through league position.

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Hopefully, the good times will come back to Stamford Bridge sooner rather than later.

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