Even if it's very early days under Enzo Maresca, this team looks like a side that will offer up a host of chances to opposition.
The Blues were awful defensively against reigning Scottish champions Celtic as they fell to an embarrassing 4-1 loss in the second pre-season friendly of their US tour at the Notre Dame Stadium in Indiana.
The Hoops annihilated the Blues' rubbish defensive display with goals by Matt O'Riley, Kyogo Furuhashi, Luis Palma and Michael Johnston. The Blues got a consolation goal late in the game with a spot-kick by Christopher Nkunku.
Conceding four against the Celts off the back of a stalemate 2-2 with League One side Wrexham is hardly a positive start for Maresca, but it's always likely to take some time for his squad to get used to the significant change in approach.
Maresca also admits that his troops are still a bit "confused" when it comes to possession and movement on and off the ball.
Maresca said after Chelsea's defeat: "As we said, the result is always important.
"For us, we need to analyse the game in general. I think on the ball, the team were 10 times better than in the game against Wrexham and that is important because we can see the amount of chances we created first-half and second-half.
"And off the ball, for sure, we can improve things and you can see sometimes we confuse when we need to play short, a little bit longer. It’s part of the process.
"For sure, we need many things to improve off the ball. One of the things we did bad today was when the ball was not under pressure, to maintain the high-line. When the ball is not under pressure, you need to drop.
"We still confuse some things on and off the ball. For me, it’s normal in this moment. We are trying to do something new. But for sure, game after game, training after training, we are going to be ready."
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When asked whether he has enough time to instill his ideas into the Chelsea squad before the new Premier League season kicks off, Maresca responded with optimism: "We are, for sure, going to be ready for that game or at least we are going to improve things for that game.
"But I am not thinking for the first official game that everything is fine. It’s a little bit difficult.
"The result is always important but in this moment we need to judge and analyse different things.
"On the ball we created chances, off the ball we probably conceded too much and that is something we need to improve."
The outcome of the match against Celtic is unlikely to be a major concern for Maresca at this juncture. Celtic had already played four pre-season games prior to this encounter, while Chelsea had only faced Wrexham. The disparity in match fitness and preparation time between the two teams was also highlighted by the Chelsea boss.
Maresca added: "What was important to realise was the difference between us and them in terms of physical condition.
"You can see they played already three or four games and they start the season soon. For us, you can see we struggled a bit physically."