Blue Armour

Wish they would stop rotating the back 4 so much. Unfortunately Clearlake have equipped Maresca with an army of data analysts that encourage him to slot in squad players like Badiashile and Tosin whenever possible

Youngest age and have a feeling these directors will want to keep it that way. They want Chelsea to be a better Brighton. Churning out players like Madueke for profit,.and luring fans with a false promise of genuine trophy challenges.

If Liverpool have fully recovered, even 4th would be a stretch. Seems like 5th would be the more realistic target right now. That would be something in terms of year on year progress.

Defense is almost always guaranteed to never help (except for Sanchez who has been the best member of the defense in the past few months IMO) I keep saying the likes of Badiashile or Tosin getting game time is partly because of the directors influencing line-ups, but that decision to bring Gusto on for Cucurella at LB, was one of the dumbest managerial move ever. Gusto a low football IQ player, being forced to play out of position. Genius move.

Regarding Maresca, it would be nice if there was a real good managerial candidate out there. Emery was good at Villarreal and he's good at Villa, but he's still a notch below real world class managers IMO. His horror show at Arsenal is something I won't forget, and pair that with Chelsea’s directors & board, it looks like a recipe for disaster. The biggest fear is that if Maresca leaves they go for someone like Rosenior and De Zerbi who also are unproven at the highest levels. Only interesting option out there is Fabregas, and thats a remote chance in hell, if we could get him.

That's fair. But when you said 'completely' disagree it was confusing.

The worst part is that even after all the shitty draws and defeats, the likes of Badiashile and Tosin will be there to stay. Why choose to drop Fofana (who is at least a notch above the rest) for the Villa game and save him for Bournemouth is mind boggling.

Completely? So, Badiashile and Gusto were fine?

Can't give Emery credit today. Villa were awful for two thirds of the match, but a stupid CB and a manger playing Gusto out of position were enough to break the game

Gusto at LB is Maresca nonsense. The guy has low footballing IQ and you make him play out of position. Amateurish moves. Inexperienced manager and this club board litters the squad with inexperienced players. And the only experience coming from shitty players like Tosin.

It will take Maresca to fight with the directors and the board for this to happen fast. Unfortunately he won't be able to take the directors with him when he leaves.

Thank you Maresca and Clearlake. Winnable match ruined with a shitty CB pairing and bringing on Gusto at LB.

Gusto at LB is an unsafe option. Not sure why Cucurella was hooked.

Yeah, we needed a minimum of 2 goals right from the off to win this match. Objective hasn't changed yet.

Finally Estevao. Wish Palmer stayed on though.

Dumb Delap getting a card too within minutes of coming on.

Another free-handout. Why TF does Gittens keep getting opportunity? I get it..he's a LW. But Neto can play there as well.

They need to stop giving free handouts to the likes of Badiashile and Tosin.

Sanchez single-handedly keeping Chelsea in the game now.

Self-inflicted goal. Shitty to concede. And what caused it? Genius pass from Benoit Badiashile

Pedro Neto looking a bit gassed. Might be a good time to bring on Estevao

Whats with these new age chants "you're just a shit Cole Palmer" or "you're just a shit Estavao" Both of those sound like an oxymoron If it was "shit Lord Bendtner" or "shit Karius" would make more sense. Palmer on a shitty day is still good.

Yeah

Or maybe a Joao Pedro goal..he touched the ball, lol

Did Reece James score directly from a corner?