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This seasons goal, ‘top 4 finish’ After spending £2billion

Difference.

unbelivable

So no LB in the squad.

Ah duh you fools have not bought good defense!

Who knows anymore Man U more likely to win at Wolves. Liverpool at Leeds.. Ohhh we've not won home games in a row so could be okay!

Win here, and rearrange this Cracks, will, this, paper, the, over....

£72m or so combined

Who appointed Maresca?? That’s where the real problem exists.

🔴Chelsea injury updates ahead of Bournemouth : - Cole Palmer and Reece James’s workload to be assessed - Hato is OUT ❌ - Cucurella’s hamstring being checked still - Wesley Fofana is back ✅ (@NizaarKinsella)

I was really optimistic from the first half performance, as it's usually the first half that we're half asleep. and struggle to get out of second gear. However, the failure to execute three clear cut chances had the old doubt surfacing, like a cop waiting round the corner to arrest you, and you knew that we'd rue missing those chances. So it came to be....

I was at this game live watching from The Bridge, and believe me, it was a disgusting watch.…View the full article

Gut feeling he starts Delap and Gittens here

Fofana should be back, probably rest Cucurella depending on his recovery

They went from being whatever it was clear to fighting for the Championship title when they did win it. That should've rung alarm bells for the board but instead nope lets hire him!

Listened to a fan cast from a Leicester fan and he said this.. "Once the honeymoon period is over you will see how basic a manager he is. Zero plan B, bizarre substitutions and starting line ups and shackles players who should be playing"

Read this somewhere The difference between maresca and madness is just the arrangement of letters.

Pre/Post Match Discussion, Live Chat & Analysis Tuesday Dec 30th, 2025 Stamford Bridge 7:30 PM UK

Whilst I agree with what you are saying is true, it is only true if you were talking about a club that hasn’t purchased a Gazillion players. If you combined all the wages from the endless amounts of players on the books (no exaggeration), you could most probably acquire a squad of far better quality by buying less in quantity and more in quality. The bloated roster could easily be trimmed and streamlined by cutting away the fat and brining in serious ballers whilst complying with PSR. The stadium excuse is being used a lot in recent times, which may be true but they could do more to help themselves by maybe getting a FOS sponsor and spending their money in more productive ways.

I agree, but now that we’ve put this structure in place it’s going to be super hard to bin it. You sign a player and put them on £200k+ (or much more in Osimhen’s case) and then you’d surely have all these players who we signed recently on “cheap” wages questioning why they aren’t on similar. Like if a top new signing is put on £200k per week players like Caicedo, Palmer, Cucu etc will quite rightly tell the club that they deserve that too. Then our wage bill explodes again. Now, you can say “who gives a shit, it’s not my money” and in the past we would all agree. But with PSR and whatever else combined with our tiny stadium and match day revenue I don’t think we really could do away with this wage structure and comply. Under the current circumstances we’re kind of locked in to either buying kids and praying they turn out like Palmer or Estevão or we buy good but not great senior players like your João Pedro’s, Pedro Neto’s, Garnacho’s etc who won’t demand top wages but are also not the very top level we need.

Yeah, this has all the makings of an ugly (as if it wasn't already) situation. Palmer showing discontent. Its not the first time he has expressed annoyance against Maresca (remember his comments after the conference league final) .The fact we go onto lose the match against Villa after his sub doesn't help Maresca. Yes, Palmer was below par in that match but the subs that came on afterwards hardly covered themselves in glory. Maresca on the other hand is probably at war with the board, and to be fair, Eghbali & co. have left him short-handed with their transfer strategy. No defensive reinforcements, and a lot of money spent on spent on squad-level wingers and underperforming strikers. Unfortunately, none of this gives Maresca any leverage.

🔴💣Cole Palmer was not too pleased with being substituted against Aston Villa. He asked Maresca’s assistant Danny Walker why they had decided to hook him, and gave the back of his seat a smack. At full-time, Chelsea’s hierarchy walked across the pitch to head to the home changing room as usual. The whole gang was there – Behdad Eghbali, co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, as well as recruitment chiefs Joe Shields David Fallows and Sam Jewell. Maresca may face questions, from inside and outside, on why his side are throwing away so many leads. (@kierangill_DM)

You have to pay the high wages to get the best players. Everyone uses the Sterling situation but it was obvious he wasn’t worth those wages and was already underperforming at City. The recruitment needed to be better and getting Osimhen in his prime was no brainer. They need to lift this wage and age cap if we are to ever compete again.

Much as I hate it, from their POV I can understand it. At least for players over a certain age. They want to avoid another Sterling situation at all costs where we’re stuck with deadweight for years because no other club can afford his mammoth wages. Limiting ourselves wage wise on players 25 and under is silly, though.

What baffles me the most is this stupid wage cap nonsense.. it doesn’t even make sense!! You can get Osimhen in on his wage demands and it surely won’t be more than Garnacho, Gittens, Delap, Pedro & Jackson combined?? Osimhen would be far more beneficial than having all the said players in the books like we currently have.