We havent got a credible striker in the squad. JPedro should be competing week in week out with Enzo for the position behind the striker.

The best most effective striker is out on loan at Bayern, he has many faults but once again the wrong decision has been made. Chalobah is not perfect but hes a professional and has a first class approach yet we sent him away and had to bring him back.

For pity sake bring that mad fella back from Bayern.

Delap and Gittens need sending to Strasbourg, Eurostar is running again, send them tonight!

Edited December 30, 2025Dec 30 by OTL

28 minutes ago, Jackbuchanan said:

You know those weird blokes that say "I don't watch football" when you ask what team they support... well I wish I was one of those.

I've become one of those people.🥲 And whenever I want to watch a game, I turn it off after 30 odd minutes. There are just so many things that give me more joy than watching Chelsea play at the moment. #Blueco#Maresca

Edited December 30, 2025Dec 30 by True Blue23

Level in fifth with United and two points clear of Sunderland and Everton after 19 games. Impressive stuff!

16 minutes ago, STATS said:

I agree with you, but the thing is Palmer was not affecting the game at all. We say Pedro is not a natural no.9, so then he tried to change it. Look, yes Delap was poor and could have easily came off but then yet again I don't blame him for trying two strikers up top. I genuinely am worried how ineffective he has been recently from a player who is considered to be arguably the best player in the league.

I disagree. Palmer was moving the ball well and getting into areas to get shots away. Maresca f**ked up by putting Neto on and killing the link up play between Palmer and Estevao. Delap, who has a touch worse than Lukaku, should have been hooked off and then we may have got a better forward link up between Palmer and Pedro. The minute Palmer went off, I knew we weren't scoring.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

I disagree. Palmer was moving the ball well and getting into areas to get shots away. Maresca f**ked up by putting Neto on and killing the link up play between Palmer and Estevao. Delap, who has a touch worse than Lukaku, should have been hooked off and then we may have got a better forward link up between Palmer and Pedro. The minute Palmer went off, I knew we weren't scoring.

Agreed - Delap should have gone and he should have let Estavao and Palmer play on together as they had been - little chance of scoring after Palmer went off ... and why when it's 2-2 with a couple of minutes left to get the winner he took off Estavao ???

He really is a f**king moron.

Honestly not surprised, nor disappointed as this is where we are. We have been set up to be failures.

More gutted about Villa getting battered by Arsenal. That is a surprise.

So Maresca is ill and sent Willy out to talk to the media and spout the same old sh*t word for word as Maresca does after chucking away more points.

1 hour ago, dkw said:

Maybe he should start doing that then...he was utterly atrocious tonight.

And still left with an assist, imagine when he gets going

1 hour ago, loz said:

And zero conceded due to Garnacho's piss poor defensive contribution after he went off. We can call it a draw

Yeah Reece is one hell of a defender, should have started him

15 minutes ago, Snedger said:

So Maresca is ill and sent Willy out to talk to the media and spout the same old sh*t word for word as Maresca does after chucking away more points.

Or Willy was on media duty because Maresca was getting fired, we can only hope!

19 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

And still left with an assist, imagine when he gets going

Yeah, a simple square pass to an unmarked player that slotted it. He then did absolutely f**k all for the rest of the game, other than lose his man at 2 set pieces who scored.

I know your now basically just here as a wind up, taking the piss etc, but you once were a decent poster, real shame this is what you've become.

Edited December 30, 2025Dec 30 by dkw

We’ll drop out of the top 4 lose semi to Gooners miss out on CL KO rounds, out of FA cup and his bald brow will still stink out our dug out and training complex come May. If all that occurs then and only then will he leave if we are lucky that is because our old benefactor Lady Luck left the Bridge when Roman did.

Edited December 30, 2025Dec 30 by General

30 minutes ago, Snedger said:

So Maresca is ill and sent Willy out to talk to the media and spout the same old sh*t word for word as Maresca does after chucking away more points.

What a sh*t house, fits with his game plan.

19 minutes ago, dkw said:

Yeah, a simple square pass to an unmarked player that slotted it. He then did absolutely f**k all for the rest of the game, other than lose his man at 2 set pieces who scored.

I know your now basically just here as a wind up, taking the piss etc, but you once were a decent poster, real shame this is what you've become.

Taking the piss for supporting our player?

I was busy having fun tonight, just need someone to confirm it was once again all Marescas fault please.

1 hour ago, Carloseyebrow said:

He’s sucking the life out of these players, the fans.

Makes a change, normally its Gusto sucking off Maresca

3 hours ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

Don’t worry marescas sex toy will give away a goal

And he did

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1 hour ago, Snedger said:

So Maresca is ill and sent Willy out to talk to the media

I think we’re all feeling pretty sick having to sit through that dross.

Bournemouth had 17 shots, 6 on target, 6 big chances. Meanwhile, we had 17 shots, 3 on target, 2 big chances. How does that happen at home to a Bournemouth team in terrible form who just lost to Brentford 4-1? Embarrassing.

1 hour ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Yeah Reece is one hell of a defender, should have started him

As ideas go it isnt a belter but it is still better than playing Garnacho there.

Looking at the media this evening after the game, I still have a strong sense that nobody gives the slightest sh*t about us any more, or they’re just so happy at our predicament that they won’t comment on it for fear of something changing.

Edited December 30, 2025Dec 30 by Snedger

Credit Bournemouth for the result.

Long second half to the season incoming and I expect Maresca to be here till the summer. Our owners dont know what theyre doing, therefore, depressingly, they havent got a replacement ready to go in January.

I'd like the FA Cup this season and Maresca to be handed his P45

32 minutes ago, Snedger said:

Looking at the media this evening after the game, I still have a strong sense that nobody gives the slightest sh*t about us any more, or they’re just so happy at our predicament that they won’t comment on it for fear of something changing.

It is because we are entirely irrelevant in the league now. Nobody expects anything of us but dont expect us to go down. . We are just a making up the numbers team now.

Will win nothing credible but not collapse. Utterly tedious to watch. There are Doctor Who episodes I've seen 20 times which still surprise me more than our performances.

5 minutes ago, loz said:

It is because we are entirely irrelevant now.

Fixed that error for you Loz.

1 minute ago, axman2526 said:

Fixed that error for you Loz.

Oh contraire. We are massive players in the mickey mouse pre seasion warm up Club World Cup . A tournament with as much prestige and credibility as the Argyll and Bute Museum Curator of the Year World Championship