Is this guy still our manager? Unbelievable!

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

Speaking of sponsors, remember when a front of shirt sponsor was imminent? That was nearly a month ago.

Personally speaking I prefer our kit with no sponsor splashed across the front of the shirt but being realistic that's a hell of a lot of revenue we've lost for however long it's been now since our last proper shirt front sponsor. On the plus side I suppose it means we haven't been able to spaff as much as we might on the next big prospect.

It does seem odd though that no recognised brand is prepared to stump up and have it's name shown to an audience of millions worldwide.

Those speaking to the media are coming out and saying we were good. If they can't admit when they are bad, or can't see it, then they have no hope of improving. It was a sh*t performance, we created nothing.

Sack the terrorist

He said he regretted not starting Acheampong against Leeds and then benches him again? 😂

We are as many points away to being 15th in the league as we are to being level with Arsenal.

This is all down to the manager. Two seasons and zero progression.

Groundhog Day with this fraud at the helm.

I long for the day he is binned

Oh, well that's reassuring.

Not to worry guys, Maresca says he's going to train the team to try and score against Everton at home.

I feel so much better knowing he will tell them to try to score.

We've truly built a Super League team.

Seems like we only care about the blockbuster games and could not be bothered about the other low profile games.

Everyone is guilty of this, manager and players.

Trouble is that most of football is low profile games.

There are some People who still say its not Marescas fault, im not one of them, would he be the next manager of Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona of course not, but for some reason Blueco think he is good enough for us

We should move now for Iraola or Glasner and for people who say they arent good enough answer this

How many Bournemouth players would get into our team? Petrovic and Semenyo at most, Iraola had them up there last season until they run out of steam and finished 9th, this season they were above us until injuries hit them

Same with Palace, only Mateta and Ghaei would get into our team (Munoz is better then Gusto) Glasner is having to play games every 3 days with only 15 players as the rest aren’t good enough

Both of those managers would love to have our squad and i guarantee they would play much better football

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Oh, well that's reassuring.

Not to worry guys, Maresca says he's going to train the team to try and score against Everton at home.

I'm all fired up 😴

It's a shambles. Apart from Maresca:s shortcomings we are in a situation where after spending millions, players coming and going, it ends up that if Delap gets injured, we have to recall a 19 year old from Sunderland, or use the 19 George out of position. Or try to shoehorn Pedro into the position, where he's clearly not good.

Hopeless.

1 hour ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

There are some People who still say its not Marescas fault, im not one of them, would he be the next manager of Arsenal, Man City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona of course not, but for some reason Blueco think he is good enough for us

We should move now for Iraola or Glasner and for people who say they arent good enough answer this

How many Bournemouth players would get into our team? Petrovic and Semenyo at most, Iraola had them up there last season until they run out of steam and finished 9th, this season they were above us until injuries hit them

Same with Palace, only Mateta and Ghaei would get into our team (Munoz is better then Gusto) Glasner is having to play games every 3 days with only 15 players as the rest aren’t good enough

Both of those managers would love to have our squad and i guarantee they would play much better football

That is because Maresca is a “Yes Man”. He is the perfect BlueCo manager; works with what he is given, and he is honoured to be managing a “big club”.

Can’t see either Iraola or Glasner managing in these conditions without having a pop at the board. Glasner is already having a dig at his board for not strengthening in the summer, while you have Maresca saying his rotation policy is agreed with the board. That infers that the sporting directors are pulling the strings behind the scenes, and he is just a trainer.

Blaming the women’s loss on him today too because he deserves it.

Chelsea have taken just 3pts out of a possible 21 vs…

Brighton (H)

Sunderland (H)

Brentford (A)

Leeds (A)

Bournemouth (A)

Palace (H)

Man Utd (A)

1 minute ago, JM7 said:

Chelsea have taken just 3pts out of a possible 21 vs…

Brighton (H)

Sunderland (H)

Brentford (A)

Leeds (A)

Bournemouth (A)

Palace (H)

Man Utd (A)

What do the owners actually make of that? It's simply not good enough.

If it's the players, why are the directors getting extensions?

If it's the manager, surely he should be looking to be replaced soon?

23 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

What do the owners actually make of that? It's simply not good enough.

If it's the players, why are the directors getting extensions?

If it's the manager, surely he should be looking to be replaced soon?

Clearly the correct conclusion, with associated consequences, is that it is both !

3 hours ago, yaz said:

We've truly built a Super League team.

Seems like we only care about the blockbuster games and could not be bothered about the other low profile games.

Everyone is guilty of this, manager and players.

Trouble is that most of football is low profile games.

OGS was good against the big teams, pants against everyone else.

It's always good to be able to battle against the giants, I'll give Maresca that. The Arsenal performance was truly commendable, but that's also been undone by losing to Leeds and drawing against Bournemouth.

The performances are sh*t, and the results are average. I don't see any signs of progression, is the team actually getting better? Outside of the big games, I don't see it, we look really poor, especially in front of goal.

We have such an odd relationship with Maresca don’t we. In theory, we should love him for what he’s achieved (top 4, Conference and CWC) and yet most of us would sack him in an instant.

This the answer AI gave me to " who is Chelsea's top scorer 25/26

Chelsea's Top Goal Scorer 2025/26

Leading Goal Scorers

Player Goals Matches Played

Pedro Neto 52 15

João Pedro 43 15

Enzo Fernández 41 14

Pedro Neto is currently Chelsea's top goal scorer for the 2025/26 season, with a total of 52 goals in 15 matches. João Pedro follows with 43 goals, and Enzo Fernández has scored 41 goals.

We don't need another striker do we ??

Edited December 7, 2025Dec 7 by The Rising Sun
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4 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Oh, well that's reassuring.

Not to worry guys, Maresca says he's going to train the team to try and score against Everton at home.

Wait, what?! He hasn’t been telling the players to score goals until now?

Only a clown can say that.

26 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Clearly the correct conclusion, with associated consequences, is that it is both !

And the board are happy with the sh*t show.

2 minutes ago, RMH said:

Wait, what?! He hasn’t been telling the players to score goals until now?

Only a clown can say that.

What a fool. Now the opposition know we are going to try and score a goal

So many gripes with the dull football and Maresca's team selections. Hopefully he has learned what a bad idea it is to play Tosin and Badiashille. But his insistence on keep playing Enzo and Gusto and tending to leave them on for 90 minutes is just mind boggling. No wonder we are struggling to create much with these two getting so many minutes.

So bored of it all.