Chelsea 1-2 Fulham

[Mhsc 1,097]

3 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Guiu. If he has no faith in him, it's just another stupid decision from those concerned.

Guiu for NJ? I don't buy that man - we'd be fuming. Guiu has had one good conference league game, lets not get ahead of ourselves about the kid. Maybe if you think he can do something out on the wing instead of Sancho or Neto, idk. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

1 minute ago, Mhsc said:

Don't know why Maresca is getting so much stick tbh, don't think I would change the XI and actually when you look at the bench today (Noni not on it) who the fuck would you bring on really? Felix to do what? He's not really shown anything in PL.

Nkunku for Jackson sub was probably his only major mistake. 

agreed. It’s easy to say what if’s in hindsight. Now we know he had nothing to lose, but at the time he did have something to lose by opening up even more.

lets not forget that Fulham have plenty of quality players. For ex, Brazil are not what they used to be, but bad players don’t get called up by being poor players: Andreas pereira is always there for ex.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

Top 4 and a conference league cup for this season would be a great improvement from last. Build on from there.

[Vesper 30,195]

15 minutes ago, IMissEden said:

After you both took the time to randomly insult me? Yes. Get a grip you fucking pileon weirdos who cannot engage with information as provided so do what lefties do. Grow up. 

you are a shitty WUM and currently the worst (by far) poster on the board

you have go after go at multiple posters here and then have the jacobs to say:

and now you are using a second account to troll

[LAM09 7,056]

2 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Guiu for NJ? I don't buy that man - we'd be fuming. Guiu has had one good conference league game, lets not get ahead of ourselves about the kid. Maybe if you think he can do something out on the wing instead of Sancho or Neto, idk. 

Like no one bought D.Fofana, Washington, etc.

Are we going to actually play any CF we buy or are they just pawns? 

Edited December 26, 2024 by LAM09

[Mhsc 1,097]

Some nasty stuff in this thread during the holiday season! What a sad state of affairs. Hopefully the mods/admins will do something, usually they've been good about such things to be fair to them.

[robsblubot 3,595]

5 minutes ago, whats happening said:

seems like lavia is our most important player.

Think he’s a good/decent player at this time. Perhaps the niggling injuries have hindered his development, but I don’t see a great player there just yet.

he’s young tho, so plenty of time to get there and he does have good skill on the ball.

Our system relies a lot on Caicedos ability to cover—he’s really good at that. Enzo is more of a luxury player, so we need the base to work.

could’ve done without the mistakes at the back today too. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,277]

3 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Some nasty stuff in this thread during the holiday season! What a sad state of affairs. Hopefully the mods/admins will do something, usually they've been good about such things to be fair to them.

Why I don’t come on much at all anymore, pathetic 

[robsblubot 3,595]

5 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Some nasty stuff in this thread during the holiday season! What a sad state of affairs. Hopefully the mods/admins will do something, usually they've been good about such things to be fair to them.

Yup. Game thread should be about the game. We are not the stars.

it appears someone wanted attention today. 😆

Edited December 26, 2024 by robsblubot

[MikeDance 3]

How did we manage to throw that away at the last minutes of the game, our defence keep passing back to the keeper and that caused us to loose, but why?

[mkh 596]

Gusto has been playing underground bad the whole season since he intevened!!!

Nkunku is also a joke as a striker 
as we have 2 non goal scoring wingers and Jackson only shines against middling to poor teams everything up front depends on Palmer who for me is playing completely wrong he needs to play as a right winger not centrally.

Neto had to iron out everything defensively for Gusto because he only ever passed to the back and was and is completely off track!!!

Leicester City fans have warned us that Enzo only has a plan A not a plan B and is sticking to it.

Also concerning the substitutions.
Looks like Maurizio Sarri 2.0 vibes at the moment unfortunately.

[Vesper 30,195]

1 minute ago, mkh said:

Gusto has been playing underground bad the whole season since he intevened!!!

he has regressed from last season

[MoroccanBlue 5,383]

Maresca and Gusto lost us this game. 

No idea why he is still instructing Gusto to run up the pitch when Robinson and Iwobi have been destroying our left side. Felt sorry for Neto. 

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

25 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Like no one bought D.Fofana, Washington, etc.

Are we going to actually play any CF we buy or are they just pawns? 

I did not expect guiu to play and I have to assume he has not been impressing in training. 
The PL is a tough league to develop in. It’s either the toughest league in the world or it isn’t, so when we make the claim that it is, would it make sense for a club like Chelsea to start 19yos who have not really shown anything yet?

so, I have to trust the manager that he does not see PL players in those youngsters just yet. Can’t imagine the club signed them for immediate impact tbh.

Edited December 26, 2024 by robsblubot

[robsblubot 3,595]

11 minutes ago, mkh said:

Gusto has been playing underground bad the whole season since he intevened!!!

Nkunku is also a joke as a striker 
as we have 2 non goal scoring wingers and Jackson only shines against middling to poor teams everything up front depends on Palmer who for me is playing completely wrong he needs to play as a right winger not centrally.

Neto had to iron out everything defensively for Gusto because he only ever passed to the back and was and is completely off track!!!

Leicester City fans have warned us that Enzo only has a plan A not a plan B and is sticking to it.

Also concerning the substitutions.
Looks like Maurizio Sarri 2.0 vibes at the moment unfortunately.

Good points. Maresca isn’t the finished product yet just like our squad.

yeah gusto was one of the worst performers today.

Edited December 26, 2024 by robsblubot

[robsblubot 3,595]

14 minutes ago, Vesper said:

he has regressed from last season

Wasn’t he good pre-injury? Though his games after returning have most been meh.

that would explain some.

reminder that he is 21yo and inconsistency is to be expected.

Edited December 26, 2024 by robsblubot

[TheHulk 2,463]

The only good thing from this is that now we might go back to being more grounded to earth and forget about the title vibes, I feel like players were playing with more pressure to deliver instead of being relaxed.

[LAM09 7,056]

1 minute ago, robsblubot said:

I did not expect guiu to play and I have to assume he has not been impressing in training. 
The PL is a tough league to develop in. It’s either the toughest league in the world or it isn’t.

so, I have to trust the manager that he does not see PL players in those youngsters just yet. Can’t imagine the club signed them for immediate impact tbh.

I feel like keeping such players affects their development more than anything. Youngsters need to play fairly regularly to actually develop rather than 5 games in a season.

Signing KDH to just make a financial loss in less than 6 months doesn't give me much faith in this manager where incomings are concerned. The same could be said about the club signing Felix against Enzo's will (couldn't be more evident).

[robsblubot 3,595]

9 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

I feel like keeping such players affects their development more than anything. Youngsters need to play fairly regularly to actually develop rather than 5 games in a season.

Signing KDH to just make a financial loss in less than 6 months doesn't give me much faith in this manager where incomings are concerned. The same could be said about the club signing Felix against Enzo's will (couldn't be more evident).

Agreed. Which is reason I wasn’t crazy about the signings. At that age, for us, the player needs to be really special, or at least very premature in development, or he won’t play.

Ah the other fofana—had forgotten about him. Dunno maybe the club does not rate him. He could perhaps be a better alternative than nkunku

yeah Felix was a weird one; I suspect the club leadership got scared, like I did, with the lack of depth in attack last season.

Edited December 26, 2024 by robsblubot

[mkh 596]

Madueke being left out was a technical decision according to Maresca. [@kierangill_DM]

Despite 2 GK’s being on the bench.

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