Blue Armour

Love that protest foul by Fofana, lol.

Dang. Saved by Pickford.

Looks like Reece James territory

Dang. How did we not score there

Grealish doing us a favor by not finishing that

Cucerella and Ndayie out there looking like Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone

Jamie Gittens coming on! I'll assume its only because its LW on for another LW., otherwise it just looks like the directors and manager giving minutes to specific players.

Sanchez's throws to setup counter attacks always look promising. Wish the players made the most of it more often than they have in games

Andrey Santos coming on for Palmer. While I do see the importance of maintaining the clean sheet, wish Maresca would be a bit more bold and considered Estavao

Garnacho forgot his shooting boots today

Well done Gusto

Gusto has been playing well so far.

Garnacho with 2 glorious chances..

Palmer back!!

The most baffling thing to me is that Maresca brought on Tosin but refused to give minutes to Estevao in a match where we desperately needed to score.

Yeah, keep rotating the squad. It's obvious who you're trying to please. Maresca is not going anywhere anytime soon. This is exactly what the directors want.

I think the board will actually congratulate him for giving minutes to their players, raising their value. Although Tosin's value is probably going down with each showing

Give more exposure to the players like Tosin. Force Chelsea to play in the playoff rounds. Additional games. Even more exposure for Tosin. Genius move by directors and the manager.

This one is probably down to Maresca, who never seemed to rate Veiga.

Wonder whether Tosin will start over Josh Acheampong again. I guess eventually he will give a good performance with all these opportunities.

Our best hopes currently lie in Colwill making a full recovery, and Josh Acheampong sticking around to realize his full potential as a right sided CB. Considering that amount of leeway they gave to Fofana, I've no doubt that they will patiently wait for Colwill. I wish there was a Thiago Silva type option out there (to get a quality CB on a low or no fee). Feels like thats the only option this administration will consider.

Said the same thing, there is an article in the Mail describing the strategy employed by the directors. They are aware that it could risk getting some terrible results during the course of the season, but its a risk they are willing to take. Apparently it will yield "long-term benefits" whatever that is. IMO, that long-term benefit is just boosting the resale value of these players. It's no coincidence that this Chelsea team has seen one of the highest number of starting 11 player rotations in the league. And no surprise that Maresca himself comes out after the Leeds match saying that he 'regrets' not starting with Acheampong.

At least Caicedo should hopefully play this one. And pick a proper CB pairing. Give Josh the minutes he needs. No need to revert to Tosin.

Bringing on Tosin for aerial duels. The guy just isn't capable. He did that for Sunderland earlier this year, by subbing him on for Josh and it ended in disaster.