Chelsea 2-1 West Ham

[Milan 17,880]

We got very, VERY confused when we were getting nice results and performances. It was an anomaly. Because clearly, Maresca has no clue. Sanchez, Madueke and Jackson are not the way forward. And enough is enough.

Maresca OUT.

[lluubbeenn 157]

Veiga deserved a chance. Colwill should probably be tried in midfield. He has a great on the ball ability, but can’t defend well enough…

[Milan 17,880]

2 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Yes, at least one... He looks like a pen waiting to happen in the box, and he is a consistently poor decision maker under pressure.

Sanchez hit a particularly dreadful run of form recently but before that Colwill was the number 1 cause of my high blood pressure during our games, even with Sanchez on the pitch.

and he is constantly moaning to refs, can't stand him at the moment to be honest.

[Vesper 29,221]

Just now, lluubbeenn said:

Veiga deserved a chance. Colwill should probably be tried in midfield. He has a great on the ball ability, but can’t defend well enough…

yes, Veiga is a left footer

could have slotted in at LCB

[DDA 9,731]

Never felt more depressed about this club than i do now and we have been through some absolute shit. There was always at least the hope we would buy big important players in the transfer windows but we dont even do that now. These fucking owners are complete cunts. I want them out and wont change my mind until they are gone.

[Pizy 18,537]

We have all these wingers who are simultaneously out of form and offering nothing, we’ve got a striker who constantly fluffs his lines and fucks up the most basic things, and we’ve got defenders who make catastrophic errors EVERY match that directly lead to awful goals.

And when even Palmer is out of form you know we’re totally fucked.

I really don’t know what we can do to turn this around. It’s not like our levels have dropped due to a bunch of injuries. Every attacker is fit and they have had this long mini break since our last match and yet they still walk around like zombies who played 90 minutes 2 days ago.

[Mhsc 946]

3 minutes ago, Milan said:

Because clearly, Maresca has no clue. Sanchez, Madueke and Jackson are not the way forward. And enough is enough.

Maresca OUT.

Despite everything, I disagree about Maresca. Have not agreed with all his decisions but you have to put responsibility on someone other than the manager at a certain point - the Directors who assembled the squad, the players who fail to deliver, the owners who orchestrated it all. Maresca could have done better, sure, but I think he is the least of the problems here and still the best manager we've had since Tuchel.

[DDA 9,731]

You know your club and manager is dusted when they are relying on Cucurella to perform miracles at LB/LAM

[Mhsc 946]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

We have all these wingers who are simultaneously out of form and offering nothing, we’ve got a striker who constantly fluffs his lines and fucks up the most basic things, and we’ve got defenders who make catastrophic errors EVERY match that directly lead to awful goals.

And when even Palmer is out of form you know we’re totally fucked.

I really don’t know what we can do to turn this around. It’s not like our levels have dropped due to a bunch of injuries. Every attacker is fit and they have had this long mini break since our last match and yet they still walk around like zombies who played 90 minutes 2 days ago.

We don't have a single player who looks like they know how to score a goal - same old Chelsea. Cole's super clinicalness when in form papered that crack nicely and maybe I underestimated how far short we were in the rest of the squad - as when he was scoring, it was so much easier for the rest to play well, it seems. They all played under far less pressure.

In truth we did create several reasonable chances in that half but didn't even look close to converting any of them.

[bigbluewillie 1,868]

14 minutes ago, Pizy said:

How has this happened to us? How do we go from what we were earlier in the season to THIS? 

One word mate.

Maresca😡

[Vesper 29,221]

left footed CBs

Alessandro Bastoni  (insanely hard pull)
Murillo 
Piero Hincapié  
Dean Huijsen (ambipedal)
Castello Lukeba (injured atm)
Gonçalo Inácio
Dávid Hancko   
Jorrel Hato (can play LB as well)
Yarek Gasiorowski   (youth)

 

[Reddish-Blue 2,398]

3 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

Cole's super clinicalness when in form papered that crack nicely and maybe I underestimated how far short we were in the rest of the squad - as when he was scoring, it was so much easier for the rest to play well, it seems. They all played under far less pressure.

Probably also the fact that teams are now looking to drop off our other attackers and focus on marking Palmer, keeping him away from the box where possible. 

It's a shame but top 4 is well and truly gone, and if Potter does beat us at the Bridge, leaves plenty of question marks for Maresca's future. 

[Pizy 18,537]

3 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

We don't have a single player who looks like they know how to score a goal - same old Chelsea. Cole's super clinicalness when in form papered that crack nicely and maybe I underestimated how far short we were in the rest of the squad - as when he was scoring, it was so much easier for the rest to play well, it seems. They all played under far less pressure.

In truth we did create several reasonable chances in that half but didn't even look close to converting any of them.

You’re right about Palmer and him giving the rest of the team a lift but I don’t know how we can explain the energy levels and the incision of our team going completely out the window. Why everyone is just walking around slowly looking clueless.

It looks like we haven’t worked on anything in training all week, ffs.

[Nero 1,849]

We need a player like Felix against these blocks. Oh wait....

[Mhsc 946]

1 minute ago, bigbluewillie said:

One word mate.

Maresca😡

Guess its just me that doesn't think this is Maresca's fault then!

I don't think there is really that much he could do differently. He was too patient with Sanchez, and he's become less flexible with his tactics and his subs as the season as gone on - seemingly as he's lost faith in some of the rest of the squad.

But our foundational issues can 100% be blamed on the directors that assembled the squad and the owners who created the strategy they're trying to execute.

So far, it simply doesn't work and they've wasted a LOT of money.

[Mhsc 946]

2 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Probably also the fact that teams are now looking to drop off our other attackers and focus on marking Palmer, keeping him away from the box where possible. 

It's a shame but top 4 is well and truly gone, and if Potter does beat us at the Bridge, leaves plenty of question marks for Maresca's future. 

True, perhaps clubs just take Cole more seriously now 

i don't think top 4 is gone! We can still get a result from this game, but even if we don't it is not gone - not because we are that good, but because the other teams are also incredibly inconsistent and there's plenty of games left.

[Milan 17,880]

no proper transfers and losing to WHU at home

oh enjoy the booing at the end

[Vesper 29,221]

Guiu and Neto coming on