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If I personally had to place blame it would be maybe 70% the owners/directors fault and 30% on Maresca. The recruitment by and large has been abysmal and the wage + age cap’s have severely affected said recruitment. They haven’t given Maresca the tools to compete with Arse/City etc like we should be doing. Even when he was asking publicly for a specific thing that we badly needed (a top CB) they ignore him. At the same time though, Maresca has not come close to maximizing the talent and squad we have. There is no way on Earth a squad with Reece James, Palmer, Caicedo, Estevão, Cucu, Enzo etc should be miles and miles behind Aston Villa, never mind the actual title contenders. It’s obvious that we severely lack quality in a couple of super key positions (striker & CB) but this is still a squad that should be comfortably finishing in the top 4 without much worry as is. That even 4th seems a super long shot at this point is unacceptable and insane and that’s why Maresca’s job is and SHOULD be under threat. If we get smoked and embarrassed by City this weekend I think he’s hanging on by a thread. One more poor result after that match and I think he’s gone.

ChatGPT could run Chelsea better….

maybe yes maybe not lets see what will happen with other manager but I think we all agree that the summer market was a disaster

Maresca is not 90% of the problem. Fans like you are a bigger problem than Maresca. Wake up and smell the coffee… The owners are 99% of the problem here.

I dont think this is true at all. We are weak in key areas - CB, LW, ST (JP is a second striker) + we have the youngest squad of the lot The team played well vs Newcastle, Villa and Bournemouth but came away with 2 points. We've had very few professional, no-nonsense 90 min performance this season and that's because of the squad we have assembled which was not a Maresca call. Maresca is not 90% of the problem at all. We will need a new coach but more than that, we will need to refresh the starting XI with experienced players.

No one Wait till the summer and see if Emery or anyone else (Cesc?) becomes a serious option.

Xavi.

Our players are inconsistent because they aren’t put in positions to succeed. That’s on the manager. Literally stifling our offence and making players play scared.

💣🗯I think if E. Maresca has to leave soon, Chelsea will be one of the options. ⛔️The fact the average life expectancy of a Chelsea manager since 1974 is two years, means to me its almost a losing battle expecting a long term manager -✅️Iraola's contract runs until 2026 and has an exit clause. -✅️Rosenior would be an immediate and easy option as he wants to return to England and is employed by the sister club. -✅️De Zerbi Sam Jewell and Wimstanley are huge admirers of him and will bring him to Brighton. There has already been an exchange between Jewell Egbahli and De Zerbi. -✅️Farioli is doing a great job at FC Porto and has an exit clause. He is a student of De Zerbi's coaching! ️-✅️Xavi is unemployed, wants to join the Premier League, plays offensively and is fully committed to youth, thanks to him so many young players are integrated in Barcelona. -🚫Fabregas is difficult to get, Inter Leverkusen and Juve were already rejected in the summer, I think he will stay in Como, where he is still co-owner of the club, until at least summer 26. -🚫McKenna almost joined Chelsea ahead of Enzo Maresca, but at the last moment he turned down United, Tottenham, and Chelsea and extended his contract. I think he's still on the directors' list! -🚫Glasner i think will move to his dream club Manchester United as soon as they sack Amorim by summer 2026 at the latest! -🚫Lampard will be promoted with Coventry City and spend at least one more season with them in the Premier League. -🚫Filipe Luis is a great coach who has unfortunately just extended his contract until 2028. He will become a full-time coach and make his way, maybe even at Chelsea!

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Enzo Maresca is ending 2025 as the Chelsea head coach, but he is unlikely to make it to the end of January unless results improve quickly. (@SkySports)

And 15 from the top..closer to 17th then first. Know we'd never challenge for the title but still to be so far behind again...and potentially 5 from 4th if Liverpool win already...who were in 'crisis'. Once again we're hoping teams below us drop points so they dont leap us! Maybe can start the year with a bang. Or a diaster

20/21 lampard was sacked. 22/23 was a disaster sason and 23/24 we finished outside top4 and with this board poch was not sacked resume all

all the players you mentioned have been inconsisent. we could play better thats a fact but I think we all agree that the board make a lot ot mistakes in the summer and downgrade our overall squad

We’re in a serious bind in that there isn’t anyone out there to replace him midseason who would turn things around in any meaningful way. So while I do believe it’s possible he goes I’m not sure it’ll do anything positive for us the rest of this season. It would surely be an interim coach because no top manager is out of work and no top manager who is currently employed would leave their club midseason to jump into this shit show. Could we see JT or Ashley Cole come in for a few months? Maybe. All I know is that of these clowns eventually appoint Rosenoir the fans will explode.

100% agree, board should get the stick for hiring him but player wise we are stacked and have some serious talent, problem is the manager has a choke hold on them, half our counter attacks end up back at the keeper

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A German coach for sure!!! Who can develope young players and have some atack paterns of play.. not slow sideway passing .

Who are your choices to replace him?

Do you know what would hit harder? Missing out CL

Thats the thing recently Arsenal are building a team to win trophies. A lot of their signings and clever and make sense! Strengthening in areas they need to strengthen. Only team with a 100% record in the Champions league atm and although might not win it come the end they look capable of challenging on all fronts. Meanwhile our signings seem to be all over the place or youth players who we'll loan out and never see again. I very much doubt if he gets sacked like you say our next manager will make sense either. And do we have the pull for quality anymore?

Maresca is 90% the problem. People can harp on about the missteps in buying or not buying some players but that is every club. This team is far and away good enough for top 3. We have Sunderland, Man United and Villa doing as well or better than us... None of them are close to us in our best 11 or depth. The excuses for Maresca have to go. We've all harped on about how boring we are going forward even when we scrape wins. Its ridiculous to have players of the calibre of James, Enzo, Palmer, Estevao and JP attacking and you can't put an exciting team plan to score goals. Its nonsense. Its absolute bollocks. Talk about the board, owners and sporting directors all you want - Maresca can't even get this high propane offensive team to play nice attacking football. Poch would have us 10 points higher right now and we'd love watching the games.

We have Palmer, Enzo, Estevao, JP and people act like its a player problem. Maresca can't make a decent attack with some amazing offensive talent. Yes we have a hole at LCB, but squad is not an excuse. People need to get their heads out of their asses and realise this is 90% Maresca. We have a better squad than Villa, Man United and Sunderland, yet there we are with them. We saw what happens when you sign Isak, Wirtz, etc. It doesn't matter. These players are fine bar a few tweaks. This team shouldn't be putting up the performances they are. It is a Maresca problem.

Not bothered but I can’t watch backwards ball any longer