1 minute ago, WhiteWall said:

Tallest bloke on the pitch, can't win a header. Mertersacker level of pace and movement

Yup. And the bloke still selects him.

1 minute ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

He knows if he really says what he thinks he wont be allowed anywhere need Stamford Bridge

He actually said that after one of our games. at the Bridge..." I've got to be careful what I say , I do a lot of work here" !!!

Maresca out………Avram Grant in………..bring him home. Honestly embarrassing all round tonight

2 minutes ago, dan_cfc said:

Honestly he’s dreadful

Said it before .. can’t defend can’t pass can’t mark .. he is relegation level.. better off with Disasi there than tosin..

Great overhead kick by Garnacho! His foot didn’t even go over his knee you silly wench. Right I’m off to bed. Oh wait it’s only 8 o’clock, f**king stupid early kickoff. Right I’m angrily staring at the wall all night.

4 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

It's basically guaranteed this team will concede a goal if Tosin is on the pitch.

He is a complete liability.. don’t understand this team selection too..

Our chances to get automatic qualification are hanging by a thread.

We now need to beat one of Barca or Napoli while also beating pafos and Atalanta. We needed these 3 points imo.

Disaster. We can probably still scrape into the playoffs but we will almost certainly be paired up with a top team after that. We rely on special players to magic up something on a night like this and unfortunately tonights performance isnt too rare. We have too many players who cant be trusted. Not good and i guess Maresca will have to keep bluffing his way through the season. Its not at all convincing. Hey ho.

Lots of changes for Wolves rinse and repeat.

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41 minutes ago, alwayshopeful said:

how long is palmer out for

If he was watching that, probably as long as he can hang it out for. Probably hoping to outlast the cretin in charge

5 minutes ago, SevilleBlues said:

-Enzo is at best an average substitute player worth 40 mil even in this market. He is of no consequence to our play.

I've said it so many times at this point. Change his nationality to English and his name to Dave and he isn't getting in this team.

We are simply not good enough to rest players and give youngsters a run out in a CL game

It's the Champions League, not the Conference League FFS

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

I've said it so many times at this point. Change his nationality to English and his name to Dave and he isn't getting in this team.

If he was from the Academy he would be out on loan to a Championship club

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Our chances to get automatic qualification are hanging by a thread.

We now need to beat one of Barca or Napoli while also beating pafos and Atalanta. We needed these 3 points imo.

Top 8 is gone now. We had to beat Benfica, A**x, Qarabag and Pafos to stand a chance. No way are we winning all 3 of our games against Barcelona, Napoli and Atalanta.

1 minute ago, The Rising Sun said:

We are simply not good enough to rest players and give youngsters a run out in a CL game

It's the Champions League, not the Conference League FFS

Liverpool, City, Newcastle and Spurs have basically played their best 11 every CL game so far. Enzo thinks he’s still in the conference league.

This is where the step-up in champs league Vs conference league will hurt. Saturday is another banana skin given our recent form against ‘lower’ opposition at the bridge.

We really should be putting this lot away to give ourselves a chance. Frustrating to say the least.

Just now, Scott Harris said:

Top 8 is gone now. We had to beat Benfica, A**x, Qarabag and Pafos to stand a chance. No way are we winning all 3 of our games against Barcelona, Napoli and Atalanta.

Yup I think you are right.

I think sconnie is on to something. Let's just get to may and arsenals coronation.

Better yet let's get to the time blueco no longer own Chelsea...

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

Top 8 is gone now. We had to beat Benfica, A**x, Qarabag and Pafos to stand a chance. No way are we winning all 3 of our games against Barcelona, Napoli and Atalanta.

After what I've just watched, I think we will be lucky to get 3 points out of those 9.

4 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I've said it so many times at this point. Change his nationality to English and his name to Dave and he isn't getting in this team.

Hmm 🤔

6 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Our chances to get automatic qualification are hanging by a thread.

We now need to beat one of Barca or Napoli while also beating pafos and Atalanta. We needed these 3 points imo.

Stop stressing about top 8. It's top 24 I'm looking at!

The clown still thinks he's in the conference league. Always makes to many changes and as fornthe CB pairing dog and duck level. We will struggle to get anywhere in the C.L with clown in charge.

No need to dissect yet another quality Marescaball performance

But how about Qarabag, hey? Deserved to win, outplayed us and only fell to the two rare moments of quality.

Best game of the season to watch to date thanks to their relentless energy, but what really impressed me is how tactically flexible they were. They took everything Maresca threw at them and spat it out. Played 4-5-1, 4-4-1-1, dominated us in possession, played high line with a back 5, reverted to a deep line with a back 9 when we took momentum. So fluid and flexible that even their defending was a joy to watch in comparison to whatever the f**k was going on in white.

The only thing worth saying about Chelsea performance is that it lacked respect. Pedro, Gittens, Hato etc. all played with the air that they were "too good" for this game and were roundly embarrassed as a result. Their body language communicated they weren't taking things seriously, that scoring would be inevitable, and it really fired up the Qarabag players.

Maresca and the players have to be blamed for this but our sporting directors have a lot to answer for too. All that money spent and look what it's yielded in terms of CB and wingers. It's truly embarrassing.

Realistically we aren’t beating Barca with how sh*t we are so could very well not make it through to the next round here

17 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Great overhead kick by Garnacho! His foot didn’t even go over his knee you silly wench. Right I’m off to bed. Oh wait it’s only 8 o’clock, f**king stupid early kickoff. Right I’m angrily staring at the wall all night.

Watch Newcastle instead mate. they might win, they'll probably lose cos they're not all that. But at least they will try to win, they will run a lot, try to entertain and there will be a bit of atmosphere there. Ho hum

9 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

We are simply not good enough to rest players and give youngsters a run out in a CL game

It's the Champions League, not the Conference League FFS

Agreed. On the other hand, the first options for many/most positions are green 20yo... Neto is listed with a muscle issue/discomfort.

Do we actually know that resting players was unnecessary (and not a demand from the physios) and it was just down to Maresca's? I've read speculation regarding how this may be Maresca's decision, but no actual information from the club.