Next time we'll probably see Badiashille ahead of Acheampong. It's not the first time he feeds us lies or PR BS.

1 hour ago, Nibs said:

Just seen the clip of interview on Twitter / X, where Mareca says one of his regrets from Leeds game in not playing Acheampong.

FFS, we all regretted it as soon as we saw the starting line-up.

Incredible isnt it, and I`m sure he`ll definitely learn from this mistake like all them other times.....

7 minutes ago, dkw said:

Incredible isnt it, and I`m sure he`ll definitely learn from this mistake like all them other times.....

His diary is now at learnt from mistake #101. He surprises me time and time again with new brain dead mistakes. Such a creative guy.

Just now, KonaKai Blue said:

His diary is now at learnt from mistake #101. He surprises me time and time again with new brain dead mistakes. Such a creative guy.

It amazes me, literally every single person watching that game will have been baffled by him moving our in for CB to RB to fit one in whos been rubbish, while also having 2 actual right backs on the bench. No coach I have evert known or played for would have even considered doing that, ever.

Like I said, I genuinely now think he believes hes some kind of tactical genius and needs to show it every game.

1 hour ago, bisright1 said:

Based on those comments I have to assume even Maresca now won't be putting Tosin in a game before Acheampong.

Nah.

He will.

57 minutes ago, Andy2461 said:

Did he really say that ?

Yep it’s all over social and there is a video also which I have watched.

Here you go.

https://www.reddit.com/r/chelseafc/s/9TB7HAuYqk

Edited December 5, 2025Dec 5 by El regreso

LOL. What a load of rubbish

Badiashile is comfortably our worst centre back aerially. 2nd percentile for Aerials Won according to FBREF LOL

Fofana 92, Tosin 92, Colwill 81, Chalobah 50, Josh 39 and Badiashile 2.

So if you want to pick the best available centre backs for aerial ability, and have to rest Fofana, then it's Tosin, Trev and Josh.

So I call "bo**ocks" that they even use the data to decide line ups LOL. All about keeping players they might want to sell in the shop window ...

When you look at Leeds, down near the bottom, manager under stress, playing against Chelsea who were being considered as title contenders, you would be forgiven if you believed they might be scared of us and sat back and tried to hit us on the break .

Not a bit of it , they tore into us , didn't even sit on a one goal lead and continued to attack...

Compare that to our tepid, tired, shameful effort..

7 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

LOL. What a load of rubbish

Badiashile is comfortably our worst centre back aerially. 2nd percentile for Aerials Won according to FBREF LOL

Fofana 92, Tosin 92, Colwill 81, Chalobah 50, Josh 39 and Badiashile 2.

So if you want to pick the best available centre backs for aerial ability, and have to rest Fofana, then it's Tosin, Trev and Josh.

So I call "bo**ocks" that they even use the data to decide line ups LOL. All about keeping players they might want to sell in the shop window ...

Please tell me this is an AI generated spoof.

f**king hell, what a load of nonsense if it's true FFS

9 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Please tell me this is an AI generated spoof.

f**king hell, what a load of nonsense if it's true FFS

Eh ?

Look on FBREF for yourself !

Here's Badiashile : Bottom line of the table.

It's quite incredible for a guy as tall as he is ... LOL

Edited December 5, 2025Dec 5 by Sexyfootball

2 hours ago, Nibs said:

Just seen the clip of interview on Twitter / X, where Mareca says one of his regrets from Leeds game in not playing Acheampong.

FFS, we all regretted it as soon as we saw the starting line-up.

Judging by those comments I’m now assuming Tosin won’t even be allowed the shuffle the cards on the team bus let alone play as centre back again.

Let’s see if he’s sticks to it in the next week or so when the “need for rotation” rears it’s ugly head again.

So Josh starts against Bournemouth then? Or is Fofana playing that one? Perhaps Josh starts against Atalanta? Has to be one of the two now right Big Enz?

Just seen the interview. He said he played 3 cbs to combat Leeds height. What an idiot. We're better than Leeds so just play your best available 11 in their correct positions and win the game!

The fact you have to fit square pegs in round holes to negate promoted opposition is absolutely stupid.

What next.

2 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Just seen the interview. He said he played 3 cbs to combat Leeds height. What an idiot. We're better than Leeds so just play your best available 11 in their correct positions and win the game!

The fact you have to fit square pegs in round holes to negate promoted opposition is absolutely stupid.

What next.

I don't like all this "reactive" approach of his. We never set up to impose our best game on the opposition. We're always setting up to counter whatever it is he thinks they might do ... and all that does is consistently bring us down to the level of the opposition and put us on the back foot ...

3 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Just seen the interview. He said he played 3 cbs to combat Leeds height. What an idiot. We're better than Leeds so just play your best available 11 in their correct positions and win the game!

The fact you have to fit square pegs in round holes to negate promoted opposition is absolutely stupid.

What next.

Classic over thinking, a sign he's out of his depth for sure.

Also a sign he still isn’t learning.

1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

I don't like all this "reactive" approach of his. We never set up to impose our best game on the opposition. We're always setting up to counter whatever it is he thinks they might do ... and all that does is consistently bring us down to the level of the opposition and put us on the back foot ...

We're Chelsea let THEM worry about us !!

3 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Just seen the interview. He said he played 3 cbs to combat Leeds height. What an idiot. We're better than Leeds so just play your best available 11 in their correct positions and win the game!

The fact you have to fit square pegs in round holes to negate promoted opposition is absolutely stupid.

What next.

Its a major problem with him, he thinks more about the way the opposition are going to trouble us than how we are going to trouble them.

9 minutes ago, dkw said:

Its a major problem with him, he thinks more about the way the opposition are going to trouble us than how we are going to trouble them.

It’s the absolute mentality of the bloke ‘I must outsmart the opposition by studying them intricately’ Pep mentality,

We ‘play down’ to these smaller teams and pay the price every f**king time.

Jose, Carlo, Conte all had a preferred system and a preferred XI & stuck to it throughout the season whether it was against Manchester City or West Bromwich Albion, the end result? League Titles.

Just now, The Boehly Babes said:

It’s the absolute mentality of the bloke ‘I must outsmart the opposition by studying them intricately’ Pep mentality,

We ‘play down’ to these smaller teams and pay the price every f**king time.

Jose, Carlo, Conte all had a preferred system and a preferred XI & stuck to it throughout the season whether it was against Manchester City or West Bromwich Albion, the end result? League Titles.

Why do you think I call him £land Pep? He over complicate simple things and that’s never good especially for young players.

It’s actually an insult to £land as you can get some quality stuff there.

I refuse to believe those aerial win stats.

Tosin is chicken sh*t at winning headers, which is so very clear to see, yet he’s in the 92nd percentile?

11 hours ago, dermott said:

It was both. Lack of support, certainly, but starting at this level at his stage of development, against seriously physical oppo, is an entirely different thing to impacting off the bench. The signs were there -v- Arsenal.

Thing is, he'll face teams like Leeds eventually, start him now but give him all the support.

With all the money in the world and access to many facilities and experts, you're telling me a manager can't tweak a game plan that lets a player thrive?

12 hours ago, dkw said:

It amazes me, literally every single person watching that game will have been baffled by him moving our in for CB to RB to fit one in whos been rubbish, while also having 2 actual right backs on the bench. No coach I have evert known or played for would have even considered doing that, ever.

Like I said, I genuinely now think he believes hes some kind of tactical genius and needs to show it every game.

I think that comes from hanging out with Pep at Man City. Always having to prove that he knows more than anyone else !!

5 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I refuse to believe those aerial win stats.

Tosin is chicken sh*t at winning headers, which is so very clear to see, yet he’s in the 92nd percentile?

Yes that one surprised me too LOL

I guess it helps being 6'5" ...

“in life, in any job, there is a level. Andrey [Santos] unfortunately is not Moi [Caicedo]. Tosin is not Wes. They have different skills. They are different."

“If I say to you that Andrey is like Moi, you can understand for yourself that I am a liar. There is a level at all jobs. Like me. Plenty of managers are better than me. Some not. But there is a level at all jobs. So, for me, [this] is the reality.”

Somebody in PR department forget to give Maresca his script