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Finally someone fucking crosses the ball, as opposed to a backwards pass, and would you look at that…
and that 😂 wow

Maresca not allowed to speak to players even at HT. This is the problem. 

Our players seem to lack courage to play football. The easy back pass or sideways pass has become a disease for this team....

Lavia not helping both CBs there either… one direct ball, shocking. Could be 2-0 down here already.

Josh looks lost out there 

Think he needs a run of games, seems he doesn’t have the managers trust as much as Colwill, Fofana and Tosin do but only one way to earn it: performances like that.
In a good place going into the international break but can’t let this be a passing moment, need to kick on and win the next few games. And play more to the standard shown in this game.
Next 4 games in October (PL, CL & cup) should all be very much winnable before what will be a tough match against Spurs in November. Then after that, 3 more games we should be winning before playing Barcelona & Arsenal at the end of November. Cant afford to not win these games outside of Spurs, Barca & Arsenal. 

Think he needs a run of games, seems he doesn’t have the managers trust as much as Colwill, Fofana and Tosin do but only one way to earn it: performances like that.
In a good place going into the international break but can’t let this be a passing moment, need to kick on and win the next few games. And play more to the standard shown in this game.
Next 4 games in October (PL, CL & cup) should all be very much winnable before what will be a tough match against Spurs in November. Then after that, 3 more games we should be winning before playing Barcelona & Arsenal at the end of November. Cant afford to not win these games outside of Spurs, Barca & Arsenal. 

Think he needs a run of games, seems he doesn’t have the managers trust as much as Colwill, Fofana and Tosin do but only one way to earn it: performances like that.
In a good place going into the international break but can’t let this be a passing moment, need to kick on and win the next few games. And play more to the standard shown in this game.
Next 4 games in October (PL, CL & cup) should all be very much winnable before what will be a tough match against Spurs in November. Then after that, 3 more games we should be winning before playing Barcelona & Arsenal at the end of November. Cant afford to not win these games outside of Spurs, Barca & Arsenal. 

He is not world class, but the flack he got on here was OTT. The amount of times I see people called him 'Badiashite' and names like that was not nice, but he has been brilliant for the past 2 games. When he first joined, he was actually really solid but then got hampered with injuries, however I really like his composure on the ball and his ability to pass between the lines. Decent amount of pace too. Hopefully his injury was just a knock and he is back after the international break, as he deserves his spot on the team.

I'd like t think yesterday's result was a moving point but we have seen too often with this side that we chuck things too easy
Maresca needs to start Estevao, he's a huge threat and we need to stop using his age as a safe zone, if your good enough your old enough, take the shackles off and let him play, the kid is smiling from ear to ear

If lavia stays fit,  enzo is in big trouble 

Place was rocking at the end - late goal was heaven

Gusto has really regressed under Maresca, he looked good when he played under Poch.
Good offensively and solid defensively - thought we got a good deal on our hands - but looks out of his depth in this new set up. It is strange.

Caicedo & Palmer will be looking to leave end of season if we don’t buck up our ideas. Talk about another uninspiring performance….
Another red card. Lot of stupidity. You’d think the manager be banging the drum on keeping your head/not making stupid decisions to even give the referee a chance. We were lucky Moises didn’t get anything in the aftermath of the Brighton game too….

Estevao doesn't quite thrive in this central role, never runs where he should.. Much better on wing

Van Dijk with some sleepless nights ahead thinking about Tyrique George up top 

Without him we're fooked 

He can run at pace but thats about it

Dortmund laughing at the transfer fee they were able to get for such a limited player. 

By the way, Gittens was fucking tragic, is there anything he can do well...he looks like a league 2 player

Joao Pedro was like: "We didn't get a red card today. Hold a moment"

Context is needed here. Can we stop already using Conference league like it's some sort of achievement, would've been beyond embarrassing if he didn't win it. He scrapped past Top 4 in the last game of the season. As for CWC great win against PSG but an absolutely comical road to the final if we got the draw PSG got we wouldn't even be in the final as Bayern showed.

Some are young still and not played often enough in the PL. The guys like Estevao, Santos, Essugo, Hato etc. 
For guys like Robert Sanchez (27), Reece James (25), Trevor Chalobah (26), Tosin (28), Marc Cucurella (27), Enzo Fernandez (24), amongst a few others, now they have a good amount of games at the club and even outwith that, a lot of collective experiences between them from club and international level for some good competitive nations. 
The captain, vice captain & third captain have got nearly 700 games between them at club level if my maths is right. And about 120-130 international caps.
So it just shows that it is not necessarily just experience but accountability and actual leadership skills. Said it before, James & Fernandez should’ve never been given those roles under Poch when Thiago Silva was there. Was too quick of a shift in the squad, losing and offloading experienced players who were leaders in there. BlueCo have a lot to answer for. 

Enzo Maresca retains the full faith of the Chelsea board and sporting directors.
Injuries and red cards seen as biggest factor in recent results. Chelsea's aim remains to finish inside top four and have a run in the cups. [@Matt_Law_DT]
🤐😌

The board think we have real quality in the squad, simple fact we don't, we have middle of the road average players, some of the starting 11 are bog average

Not surprised.
Imagine being Cole or Reece.
Reece especially, one of the best fullbacks in terms of final delivery and being asked to tuck in and play as a number 6 when we have the ball instead of bombing up and down and getting crosses into the box….
Players don’t tend to want to work as hard or as much as they should if they don’t respect/feel the managers tactics/philosophy. Would partly explain the softness in this side aside from the glaring lack of leaders and accountability in the squad because they are all being mollycoddled with the young side tag.