""The players want to play, they want to build relationships," the former England captain said on the Wayne Rooney Show. "When you keep chopping and changing then the players won't be happy. I think that will come back to bite them. "If they are getting results all the time then you can't question it but if they're not, there has to be questions asked.""
""The [selection] is always because we think the plan with the players is the correct one," he said. "Today, we started the right way, scored the goal but then we conceded two, the first one when they had 10 players. We can avoid both goals. In their box, we need to be more clinical.""
Enzo Maresca made seven changes for the 2-2 draw with Qarabag, marking the fifth consecutive match with similar alterations. Frequent chopping and changing is creating frustration as players seek consistent playing time and opportunities to build relationships. Chelsea's recent form across five games stands at three wins, one draw and one league defeat to newly-promoted Sunderland. The squad's leadership group faces pressure to raise questions over selection decisions given mixed results. Maresca defended his rotation as part of a planned approach and cited workload management and the need to rest players after the Club World Cup run.
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