MICAH RICHARDS: Thomas Tuchel's excuses for dropping Mason Mount and Reece James feel like a cop-out and there doesn't appear to be a plan after Frank Lampard's sacking... I can't see the new Chelsea boss winning the big prizes at Stamford Bridge

There was a time when Chelsea changed managers that we would look at each other in the Manchester City dressing room and think: here we go.

Chelsea were the benchmark when I started as a professional, they were the standard-setters. From Jose Mourinho to Luiz Felipe Scolari to Carlo Ancelotti, you would look at the new man and begin to wonder what world-class players they would bring with them.

You always knew Chelsea would be a force because they went for the best.

True, it did not always work.