Maresca needs 5 years remember. 

1 minute ago, Drogba1 said:

The fact that we won the CL with Werner Mount and Havertz up front is still baffling to me

Brilliant coaching won that. The goal we scored, starting with the rolled out pass by Mendy, was essentially a set piece. We had tied it on 3 earlier occasions. A move designed to exploit City's weakness. Genius. 

1 minute ago, Dubair said:

Gone off a cliff the last 6/7 games but it was very good and I’d say definitely better for the first 15 or so. Remains to be seen if the manager can sort it out…

I think that was just the carry over from the end of last season. 

The more coaching Enzo gets to do the worse we get ...  

1 minute ago, Zola_25Fan said:

Swapping Pochettino for Maresca is like taking a Mercedes and swapping it for a skoda. 

Hahaha revisionist history at its finest.

2 minutes ago, charierre said:

Piss poor, only chances if we can get quick transition 

Sancho misses his chance , Bowen shows how to finish

Colwill with another mistake 

I just don't see why anyone thinks Colwill is a genuinely good defender.  Never seen that in him.  Don't think he is any more reliable than our other iffy defenders.

7 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

I need a drink

Only one lol

I’m not even upset when our players make mistakes like Colwills anymore. All part and parcel of who we’ve become

Just now, dR3 said:

I think we were great until December. Done a true 180 since then, I actually can't believe we've become so sh*t and boring all of a sudden with no end in sight.

Let's be real, the difference was an out of this world Cole Palmer. The problems going on around him were still there. Look at the games we did win and you will find so many issues with those performances.

6 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

He's set this team up in the most rigid, boring, soulless system I've seen since AVB.

Very fair comparison actually. 

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

They won't go anywhere near a coach expecting to win.

Daniel Farke is top of the championship.

Probably would be the favourite. 

Already relegated from prem once.

No manager with any sort of aspirations goes anywhere near us now.

 

4 minutes ago, dR3 said:

Yeah, just in the league.

Premier League only? Surely Sexton beat us at the Bridge when he was at Man Utd (maybe at QPR too)?

No Sanchez. No Disasi. No Badiashille.  No problem. Someone else would rise to the occasion with the assist for the opposition.

1 minute ago, loz said:

I just don't see why anyone thinks Colwill is a genuinely good defender.  Never seen that in him.  Don't think he is any more reliable than our other iffy defenders.

Cobham glasses does that to some fans.

7 minutes ago, Zeta said:

We had super Tommy Tuchel,
He knew exactly what we need,
Tiago at the back, Timo in attack,
Chelsea went and won the champion's league.

I will never get over TT. He was the man to take us forward and the most likely one to possibly create a dynasty, regardless of the results in his last few months. 

Goddamn I miss that man so much. True aura.

Just now, loz said:

I just don't see why anyone thinks Colwill is a genuinely good defender.  Never seen that in him.  Don't think he is any more reliable than our other iffy defenders.

I think his mentality is poor (acceptable given his age) but he is far, far too weak to be a top CB in the Premier League. Gets bullied so easily.  Even before the goal Colwill almost did a similar thing where he misplaced a pass in a dangerous area because he was easily shoved off the ball. 
 

Our entire front 4 have been an embarrassment. All of them missed chances 3 months ago they would’ve finished. 

 

2 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Hahaha revisionist history at its finest.

Agreed. More like swapping a Lada for a Trabant.

13 minutes ago, Victor90 said:

Not a Maresca fan by any stretch, but at what point do you also not blame these spineless twats on the pitch? A pack of bums who are too lazy and too fragile, we're not that far away from United when you think about it. 

We weren't like this last season when we had 14 injuries though.
We regularly fought until the last seconds and scored a lot of late goals. Something we haven't seen much of at all this season.

We were already struggling to score before this. Now imagine this second half. 🤮

2 minutes ago, dR3 said:

I will never get over TT. He was the man to take us forward and the most likely one to possibly create a dynasty, regardless of the results in his last few months. 

Goddamn I miss that man so much. True aura.

Didn't see eye to eye with the owners, no coach worth anything would. Even Pochettino wanted out.

8 minutes ago, dR3 said:

Yeah, just in the league.

Ahem

https://www.stamford-bridge.com/match.php?mid=3509&opp=Manchester United

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I think his mentality is poor (acceptable given his age) but he is far, far too weak to be a top CB in the Premier League. Gets bullied so easily.  Even before the goal Colwill almost did a similar thing where he misplaced a pass in a dangerous area because he was easily shoved off the ball. 
 

Our entire front 4 have been an embarrassment. All of them missed chances 3 months ago they would’ve finished. 

 

I'd probably give Sancho a pass. Think he has looked the best of the front four but rest very poor

1 minute ago, dR3 said:

I will never get over TT. He was the man to take us forward and the most likely one to possibly create a dynasty, regardless of the results in his last few months. 

Goddamn I miss that man so much. True aura.

He got it. I’m not even sure what IT it, but he got it

4 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Hahaha revisionist history at its finest.

I think quite a few of us wanted Poch to stay. Not saying he was the guy to get us winning titles again, but replacing him because it was clear the board didn't like him questioning the transfer policy was never a good omen.

3 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Let's be real, the difference was an out of this world Cole Palmer. The problems going on around him were still there. Look at the games we did win and you will find so many issues with those performances.

It might be true and I'm not saying it was all perfect but the thing I know is that I very much enjoyed watching us and couldn't wait for the weekend to come.

It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen a worse centre back performance than Colwell’s shambolic performance just now .. a total utter and complete embarrassment .. surely he will be hooked!