2 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

That would be crazy. We have too much to play for to throw away the entire season like that. It wouldn't surprise me if they do that though.

Yeah unfortunately this board is crazy so expect the unexpected

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

I think it was accepting the results of the last transfer window that ultimately led him to where he is now. He clearly wanted a decent replacement for Colwill and didn't get one, and he wanted a replacement when Jackson left too. His comments at the time about being happy with the squad were clearly to placate the board, but the truth seems to be that he wasn't happy with the squad and that has started to unravel.

Regardless his position at the club now looks unretrievable. As others have pointed out this reflects terribly on the board with a second manager in a row choosing to leave over differences. When you consider that several candidates turned down the job last time around due to the conditions of the deal (working with SD's etc) it makes you wonder who will be willing to take the job now?

It’s a very unfortunate situation. Only low level managers like Maresca who are looking to make a name for themselves are going to come to the club now because of the sh*tty environment. It’s no surprise Enrique wanted demands when he was linked and they didn’t go with him.

Rumours all over the place

Yeah likely gone tonight.

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Yeah likely gone tonight.

Yeah he’s done

4 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Have you got the data in the same format for games 20-38 please ?

18/19: 32pts (Sarri)

19/20: 34pts (Lampard)

20/21: 38pts (Tuchel)

21/22: 33pts (Tuchel)

22/23: 16pts (Potter/Lampard)

23/24: 38pts (Pochettino)

24/25: 34pts (Maresca)

25/26: ? (Maresca)

That Potter/Lampard 2nd half was dark times.

5 hours ago, JM7 said:

Points after 19 games in the Premier League:

18/19: 40pts (Sarri)

19/20: 32pts (Lampard)

20/21: 29pts (Lampard)

21/22: 41pts (Tuchel)

22/23: 28pts (Tuchel/Potter)

23/24: 25pts (Pochettino)

24/25: 35pts (Maresca)

25/26: 30pts (Maresca)

Since it became a 38-round competition (first 19 games).

• 1995/96: 28pts (Hoddle)

• 1996/97: 31pts (Gullit)

• 1997/98: 38pts (Gullit)

• 1998/99: 36pts (Vialli)

• 1999/00: 31pts (Vialli)

• 2000/01: 26pts (Vialli/Ranieri)

• 2001/02: 30pts (Ranieri)

• 2002/03: 37pts (Ranieri)

• 2003/04: 42pts (Ranieri)

• 2004/05: 46pts (Mourinho)

• 2005/06: 52pts (Mourinho)

• 2006/07: 45pts (Mourinho)

• 2007/08: 38pts (Mourinho/Grant)

• 2008/09: 41pts (Scolari)

• 2009/10: 42pts (Ancelotti)

• 2010/11: 34pts (Ancelotti)

• 2011/12: 34pts (Villas-Boas)

• 2012/13: 38pts (Di Matteo/Benitez)

• 2013/14: 40pts (Mourinho)

• 2014/15: 46pts (Mourinho)

• 2015/16: 20pts (Mourinho/Hiddink)

• 2016/17: 49pts (Conte)

• 2017/18: 39pts (Conte)

• 2018/19: 40pts (Sarri)

• 2019/20: 32pts (Lampard)

• 2020/21: 29pts (Lampard)

• 2021/22: 41pts (Tuchel)

• 2022/23: 28pts (Tuchel/Potter)

• 2023/24: 25pts (Pochettino)

• 2024/25: 35pts (Maresca)

• 2025/26: 30pts (Maresca)

20 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Yeah likely gone tonight.

Sounds like the prospect of Maresca departing is become more real by the hour.

Happy new year indeed!

They are going to appoint Rosenoir according to the Guardian.

Yeah think i'm officially clocking out this season.

Rosenior makes no sense, all they are going to do is alienate the Strasbourg fans even further.

I hope Maresca is leaving, I can't stand the guy with his style of turgid football, awful tactics and subs.

Great another shot championship manager coming in

Surely it won't be Rosenior, pissing off the Chelsea fanbase with a sh*t appointment and pissing off the Strasbourg fanbase in one move would be a pretty spectacular case study on what not to do.

13 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They are going to appoint Rosenoir according to the Guardian.

Yeah think i'm officially clocking out this season.

It would be funny if it wasn't so predictable and horrifying.

Not sure I even care much who they bring in.

Eghbali is just a total c**t in my book, and unfortunately he will still be here.

It will be a good day indeed when he f**ks off for good.

Could all be paper talk ?

No 💨 without 🔥

💭 dry ice !

Resonoir fits their profile unfortunately.

They're about to get clowned on for years if the next post announces Maresca has been sacked.

Well, all the big betting sites are now no longer even showing the next PL manager sack odds, so I guess it is all suspended, pending announcement

43 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They are going to appoint Rosenoir according to the Guardian.

Yeah think i'm officially clocking out this season.

I read the Guardian article and they are just speculating that he is one option who is highly regarded and has been viewed as a possible future Chelsea manager. While it would no doubt be easier to manage the paperwork given that they also own Strasbourg, I think it would be a total disaster bringing somebody with such little experience to take over at this stage of the season. Shades of Lamps coming in after Potter. We could go into total freefall.

Unless we make an inspired managerial appointment, which seems highly unlikely, at this stage the season is likely a writeoff and goodness knows where that leaves us as a club.

49 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They are going to appoint Rosenoir according to the Guardian.

Yeah think i'm officially clocking out this season.

Talksport today mentioned that pretty much everyone knows who they are going to appoint and it’s Rosenoir.

We are completely done as a top football club until these clowns leave.

What a total sh*tshow this football club has become.

Maresca was the never right fit for us in my opinion, but we have some serious structural problems with our owners and SDs.

7 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Talksport today mentioned that pretty much everyone knows who they are going to appoint and it’s Rosenoir.

We are completely done as a top football club until these clowns leave.

Agreed. Rosenior has done a pretty decent job at Strasbourg the last year and a half but it is a huge step up to manage Chelsea. The current team is in desperate need of some experienced management, given we have such a young squad. Combining a young squad with a young, inexperienced manager feels like a recipe for disaster.

Well I guess Eghbali will be looking for a manager of similar calibre to his "talented" directors ... so we'll probably end up with Russell bloody Martin LOL