It was all going too well for Chelsea

We’ve played 20 matches so far this season(13 in the PL, 4 in the UCL, 2 in the EFL Cup, 1 which was the Community Shield). Below is the number of matches each player has missed to injuries this season so far.

GK: Raya - 0 matches Ramsdale - 0 matches Hein - 0 matches

DF: Saliba - 0 matches Gabriel - 0 matches Timber - 18 matches(cruciate ligament tear on PL matchday 1) Kiwior - 0 matches Zinchenko - 2 matches(first two matches of the season) White - 1 match Tomiyasu - 0 matches Cedric - 0 matches

MF: Rice - 0 matches Partey - 13 matches Jorginho - 0 matches Elneny - 6 matches Havertz - 0 matches Vieira - 0 matches Smith-Rowe - 5 matches Odegaaard - 3 matches

FW: Saka - 1 match Nelson - 0 matches Martinelli - 5 matches Trossard - 0 matches Jesus - 8 matches Nketiah - 0 matches

Tomiyasu hasn’t been that great either, most of his performances at RB have been unconvincing, he seems to be better at LB

He was in the TOTS in 15/16, most notably ahead of Walker(still with Spurs at the time)

2 reds doesn’t seem much when 7 other teams have had 2 or more

We’re already down to only three full backs, moving one of them into midfield is a bad idea