God I hate this team, irredeemable mediocre nothing players, with an ever worse manager. What a mess this club is in. Truly. Enzo Fernandez being the poster boy of this horrible era.

Just now, dkw said:

Great hold up play by Fernandez there to see the game out....not like we needed to get the ball up the field or anything....

It’s becoming suspicious how he’s being protected from criticism in the media and press. Not one direct criticism.

£100m for a bottom half midfielder.

I’m so drained of Maresca. Just get rid of him and then our season can start properly.

He’s sucking the life out of this squad.

Just now, Jangz said:

More than Maresca it’s the players .. garnacho is sh*t .. Gittens is sh*t .. badiashille is sh*t .. Gusto is sh*t .. delap is sh*t .. hato is sh*t ..Neto is very average .. where is the quality ?? The sporting directors have failed massively.. we are Brighton.. the owners are criminals

I can pick a great team that doesn't feature any of those mentioned though .... it wouldn't have Enzo in it either of course, who you inexplicably left out LOL

What the f**k did the ref book Reece for? Did he yell ‘you’re a useless c**t’? Because if he did he was right.

Their subs completely wrecked us. No answer to Watkins or Onana. What a disappointment after bossing the first hour.

Just now, SFL82 said:

He didn’t make one change did he he made 4

Well I understand Cole sub… not the rest. Certainly not f**king Gittens that’s for sure lol

Enzo has completely lost whatever respect he had from me tonight.

We aren’t going to finish in the top four.

This is tiring.

We can't kill a game off yet again.

Badishile makes a mistake yet again

Enzo Fernandez for a midfielder does nothing yet again

Maresca just made like for like changes instead of changing something to combat Villas changes.

Absolute joke.

Seriously guys, what other manager in the world would not be playing Cole Palmer and Estavao together?

And wtf did he bring on Gusto for ?

Or Delap or Gittens for that matter.

He's just a f**king w**ker.

1 minute ago, Jackbuchanan said:

Unai Emery should be our next manager target, no more flavour of the month, just a proper manager with loads of experience.

Why on earth would a manager of his quality want to drop to a mediocre club with no ambition and a squad full of dross players.

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

It’s becoming suspicious how he’s being protected from criticism in the media and press. Not one direct criticism.

£100m for a bottom half midfielder.

I think Clearlake are paying well for that lack of attention ...

The most comfortable 60 minutes I’ve seen in a while and somehow we still f**ked it. This is a special team that’s for sure. Just not the right kind of special

This game sums Chelsea up. If you wanted to know what the last 2-4 years are like, just watch this game.

The pattern is truly well set. We’re just average, and have a well below average manager

Maresca is worse than the f**king Grinch. Ruins Christmas for Chelsea fans every year.

Our biggest problem is that it's always enough for our opponents to have a few good minutes in the game.

Just now, Bebe1980 said:

Seriously guys, what other manager in the world would not be playing Cole Palmer and Estavao together?

^^^^ THIS IN SPADES ...

Just now, WhiteWall said:

Why on earth would a manager of his quality want to drop to a mediocre club with no ambition and a squad full of dross players.

Pochettino walked out. No experience coach wants anything to do with this, only amateurs that see it as a way to gain a bit of experience at a big club.

Minute 60 it still looked like a League Cup match against a League Two side. 75% possession and Villa could not string two passes together. They only had like five touches inside our own box by minute 60. Five!!! And that f**ker Malen in their attack barely touched the ball three or four times all over the pitch...

How the f**k do you lose a match like that is beyond my understanding. Absolutely disgusted and frustrated. This should not have happened in any way. And I swear I just saw the same handball on Maatsen being given a penalty somewhere else just recently.

Unbelievable really.

10 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Good job Sanchez has been awake this half ... it could be even more embarrassing than it already is ...

Oh ... brain fart time LOL

The irony this season is that Sanchez has become one of our better players which shows how much we’ve regressed from last season

These commentators are fking morons as well. We weren't brilliant in the first half. Far from it. The quality of our passing, control , crossing and link up play is horrendous. It's two bob West Ham level football.

The f**k happened at half time.

4 minutes ago, Imran_CFC said:

It wasnt just the subs, we got tactically outclassed in the 2nd half.

If we had anything about us it would have made no difference. We should have been home and dry before half time. It was his tactics that he got completely wrong. Only our sh*tness that saved him.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

He's the manager. In moments like today when we go 2-1 down, managing a players minutes isn't a consideration, anybody that is considering it shouldn't be in the game. If Maresca's subs are dictated by people off the pitch or how many minutes a player has played, then he isn't fit to be a coach at this level and those clowns thinking they can have a say need to get the f**k out of football entirely.

It’s very common for the coaching staff to determine a player will only play for 70min or so—there is a technical term as practice-level minutes or something like that. This is my understanding not an opinion.

Whether that’s happened here or not is speculation until we know more.

Personally I have no problem with sub. Much rather play safe with him given the severity of his injury—and to avoid risking it becoming chronic.

Still disappointed with the options and the managers choices tho. Not to mention the CBs… not good enough.

Bring in JT for the rest of the season!

1 minute ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

The irony this season is that Sanchez has become one of our better players which shows how much we’ve regressed from last season

To be fair to Sanchez I don’t think it’s based on how much we’ve regressed. He’s been really good all season, apart from Man Utd game.

Just now, Sconnie Blue said:

The f**k happened at half time.

Maresca spoke to them....