Just now, Zola_25Fan said:

Bring in JT for the rest of the season!

No

2 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

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

I was literally thinking to myself before 60 mins that this is looking like one of our best performances in the league this season especially against a team in third and then it just changed instantly. The worst part is that there was no response from the manager when the manager ode started changing.

1 minute ago, Bebe1980 said:

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.

I'm almost certain that Gusto was bought on to rest Cucurella. Yes, he's thinking about the amount of minutes a player has played when the game is 1-1 instead of trying to make a tactical change to influence the game.

No suprise here.

Our 45 minutes of football is never enough.

Maresca literally coaches 45 minute performances.

He’s not ingratiated himself with those subs and losing from a game we were dominating

Edited December 27, 2025Dec 27 by SFL82

Just now, SFL82 said:

Well as I said when he took him off Cole wasn’t up-to speed yet but I would have given him 10-15 minutes more played him along side Stevo he can always produce a moment, and that was his least silly sub, Gittens wtf, taking off MC for gusto, absolute nonsense subs, 4 subs in a game you’ve dominated

His tactics are so f**king frustrating.

That is a nail in Maresca's coffin whether it is the first or last I cannot tell though that will not go down well in management circles they want us in Europe and we should have been capable of beating Villa at home,

They had 8 shots on target to our 3 on target, disappointing does not really cut it and I tell you this VAR was biased against us today too.

Not sure he’ll survive this one. That said it’s new ownership so you never know, but this feels very game over to me.

8 minutes ago, acaeus said:

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

Well as I said when he took him off Cole wasn’t up-to speed yet but I would have given him 10-15 minutes more played him along side Stevo he can always produce a moment, and that was his least silly sub, Gittens wtf, taking off MC for gusto, absolute nonsense subs, 4 subs in a game you’ve dominated

3 minutes ago, Zola_25Fan said:

Bring in JT for the rest of the season!

If it’s up to me, I would bring in Xavi on a contrat, if he achieves top 4, he’s secured a 3 year deal.

Challobah will need to explain wtf he was doing in the first! Just watching the replay here and he’s on same line way too far from Watkins

4 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The f**k happened at half time.

We were woeful in the final third overplaying .. under hitting the pass.. garnacho had a player on yellow but didn’t know what to do .. no ideas .. 3 step overs and hopeful ball inside.. Neto would beat 3 people and hit the first defender.. the goal was lucky .. our forward line is below average . When we make defensive errors we won’t be able to win..

Under Roman, this would have been enough to fire Maresca. With these owners you just never know because they change their script every year

That was grotesque. How on earth did we let Villa back into that game?

The player changes made things worse.

Several of the players are useless at premier league level.

Really disappointing. If we had taken a few chances/ or created a few more we could have been out of sight.

Maresca needs to look at his own decisions and some of the players lack of ability.

8 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said:

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.

Badiashile shouldn't have started first place. why our best defenders were on the bench.. all blame goes on bald f**k

did Palmer need resting? He was doing fine.

Garnacho really wasn't doing enough - but why Gittens - you just bring on the Esta-wow!

Too many changes at the wrong time - poor substitution decision making and poor game management and just bad/poor decisions from the manager.

Just now, Frankie8Lampard said:

Under Roman, this would have been enough to fire Maresca. With these owners you just never know because they change their script every year

He’d be gone in January. Xavi or Motta would be brought in.

9 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

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.

Correct!

Said this a year ago.

Poch quit because of the transfer policy at this club.

He done the right thing for himself.

9 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The f**k happened at half time.

I thought a ban was from all areas. The useless twat must have got into the dressing room. When your changes are Delap, Gittens and fking Gusto, it screams fking sabotage

6 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I'm almost certain that Gusto was bought on to rest Cucurella. Yes, he's thinking about the amount of minutes a player has played when the game is 1-1 instead of trying to make a tactical change to influence the game.

Yeah and gusto made the error for them to win the corner and score from.. The sad part is we bought a LB in hato and then realised he is so sh*t .. we only spent 40 mil on him.. at this point this feels like deliberate sabotage..

I am sure sterling will offer more than fckin gitten and garnacho.. embarrassing .. while Maresca takes the blame .. it’s the ownership and sporting directors that o despise that have ruined this club.

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He’d be gone in January. Xavi or Motta would be brought in.

3 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Under Roman, this would have been enough to fire Maresca. With these owners you just never know because they change their script every year

this clown would never ever have appointed Under Roman

Edited December 27, 2025Dec 27 by fun2sh
update

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He’d be gone in January. Xavi or Motta would be brought in.

He'd have gone in January 2025 !

Actually scrub that, he'd never have been hired in the first place LOL

you know your f**ked when Chalobah is your best centre back, wolves level

1-1 at home and no chance of seeing Palmer & Stevo together.

Far too risky to go and try and win the match eh Maresca??

The directors will throw Maresca under the bus to defend the sheer idiocy that these inept management has shown.. I really am seething with the ownership and the sporting directors.. - what RA showed us was if you have the right players and structure the coach can change.. we almost won the UCL with Avram Grant.. these cnuts winstanley and Borglum and co are the real plague that are killing the club.