Mário César

ahah

2-0 to arsenal

And there aren’t even any financial excuses. We secured Champions League qualification, won the Club World Cup, and it was the perfect moment to bring in proper, top-level reinforcements. What’s happened is unbelievable.

It’s unbelievable how bad this transfer window actually was when you really think about it. Signing Estêvão — a young winger with talent — fine, that makes sense. But then what did the board do? They went and signed three young wingers with “potential” for the future — Gittens, Estêvão and Garnacho. There isn’t a single proven, top-level player in there. It was obvious we needed a centre-back. Maresca himself asked for one, and they ignored it. We needed at least one established, top-quality centre-back, and we got nothing. It’s honestly shocking. We moved on from Jackson and brought in Delap — another young player. The goalkeeper situation still hasn’t been sorted out. And for Cucurella, instead of proper competition, they signed another youngster with potential, while Gusto is being played there out of position to cover. It’s ridiculous. And everyone knew we’d need proper depth because there was no pre-season. Liverpool won the game and now it’s only a matter of time before we drop out of the top five. Arsenal and Villa are next — I honestly think this is going to be a tragic end to the season.

If we compare what we were before Abramovich to what we are now, the club made a massive leap. Even if we can’t fight for titles right now, we’ll never be completely irrelevant — but we could end up in a drought of major trophies for many years. Truth be told, we haven’t really challenged for the league since Conte’s first season. We hit the jackpot with Abramovich, and now we’ve got terrible luck with this new ownership. We’re two-time European champions, we’ve won everything — including the UEFA Super Cup, Club World Cups, and Europa Leagues — but it’s sad not to have any real hope of competing for the biggest prizes again.

I think the times of fighting for major titles like league championships and the Champions League are over. Even if a new management comes in the future, we won’t find another Abramovich spending huge amounts for the club to compete. I don’t think those times will return anytime soon, at least.

But at least they made top4 we are a joke

loool ofc we will not get top5. no way lol

he probably will ask to leave in the summer

The idea of playing only youngsters is one of the most absurd things I can remember seeing at a club of this size. This obsession with kids, inexperienced coaches, and the notion that they will later fight for titles is an error of unbelievable amateurism. The last summer transfer window, with Garnacho, Hato, Gittsen, and Delap, says everything that’s wrong with the management and shows we won’t have a future until a new owner comes in.

I had told a user on the forum a while ago that we weren’t going to make the Champions League this year—too many points lost, too many red cards, a disastrous season. And the project goes like this: a 12th place, a 6th place, a 4th place, and now probably out of the Champions League again. A failed project, always with the idea of “endure a bad moment now because the youngsters will fight for titles later”—so stupid to believe in that. The management blew it and ruined the club.

and fully deserve that

fofana sent off ahah what a joke

lool too old

Cucurella I guess