​Former Premier League manager claims additions will bring standards to ChelseaChelsea Standards, Senior Leadership and Why Experience Still MattersChelsea’s move towards greater experience has become a major talking point, with TALKSPORT discussing what the arrival of senior figures could mean for a young squad packed with talent. The central theme was clear throughout, standards, and how experienced players can shape a dressing room, the training ground and the wider culture around a club.During the discussion, it was stated that “Jordan Henderson is to be confirmed. It’s a deal that’s close and well but confirmed to Chelsea” and that there are “rumors” around “Christian Norard Arsenal to Everton”. From there, the debate shifted towards a broader question, why players and managers are often written off too early because of age, even as the demands of the modern game continue to evolve.Standards set by senior playersAlan Pardew made the point that modern football should be extending careers, not shortening them. In his words, “with the current the current kind of standing with sports science and everything else, the longevity of players is got to increase.” He added, “their nutrition and the way they look, you know, the way they train, everything, the way they recover is so much is so much more efficient. So therefore, efficiency will will give them long longevity.”For Pardew, the real issue is not simply whether older players can still physically perform. It is what they bring mentally and culturally. “The key is experienced minds and uh an experienced mind on a mind on a football pitch. You you can’t it’s invaluable when uh when you are a goal down for example how to chase the game.” He explained why a manager needs trusted senior players on the pitch, saying, “you can give them a signal you can you can get a message to them that they can relay to the rest of the team. uh like young players just can’t do that and they have the authority to do that.”That authority, according to Pardew, extends far beyond a matchday. One of the strongest lines from the conversation went directly to the heart of Chelsea’s situation last season, “the standards you set at training are usually standards set by your senior pros”. It was a pointed observation, especially when linked to his suspicion that “at Chelsea last year some of those performances okay we could see there was a lack of experience but I can imagine there were so many training days that got astray that didn’t quite work out because they didn’t have experienced players”.Photo: IMAGOPardew then detailed what those players actually do behind the scenes, using direct examples of the standards they enforce: “that is not acceptable do not do that again d make sure you’re on time don’t talk to the manager like that. All those little things. Don’t gesture to him. Don’t react like that when you’re not in the first team. All that kind of managem