Culture is something so often overlooked on football twitter. Culture and environment. Sufc in a negative place. COVID world aside they need a break from routine of negativity, go away together, bond, spend time away from football. Chris needs a break from football full stop.

Chelsea are a great example of this too. Started a culture last season of younger, home grown players, triers if not lacking in elite quality. They demolished that in summer with their recruitment, all excellent players in their own rights individually, all could well go on...

To have top class Chelsea or otherwhere careers but what they had drilled into last year is no longer there and it's knocked down the foundations and having to build again

When any manager in any league doesn't know their best 11, something has gone severley wrong.

Not saying Chelsea were wrong to bring in those players but did they NEED them? What was the long term plan for where they fit and progression pathways they would be taking up? How did their personalities fit within the group?

Listen to any footballer speak in candid interviews post their career. Mark Hudson spoke so well on this on a podcast recentl. Culture is everything. Characters need to fit and blend.