Is probably BlueCo PR but if Palace really are interested in him do the sensible thing Liam and take their job.

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Is probably BlueCo PR but if Palace really are interested in him do the sensible thing Liam and take their job.

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Is probably BlueCo PR but if Palace really are interested in him do the sensible thing Liam and take their job.

It's complete bullsh*t from this ridiculous outfit again. They did exactly the same with Maresca and Man City. Utter tripe.

On 24/03/2026 at 15:12, 19seventyone said:

I’m not one for stats but I just saw an interesting one.

Every single league game this season we have failed to outrun our opponents.

On the running issue:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/28/running-on-empty-premier-league-teams-falter-under-weight-of-endless-schedule

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

On the running issue:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/28/running-on-empty-premier-league-teams-falter-under-weight-of-endless-schedule

I was going to post the same article. Wilson, as ever, cuts through the bullsh*t.

2 hours ago, dermott said:

I was going to post the same article. Wilson, as ever, cuts through the bullsh*t.

Thought the article was bull sh*t myself.

Basically said there is no direct correlation yet wouldn’t rule out laziness.

Cool. Cheers for that.

One of the points being made is that the exploits from the summer and the club world cup is a driving factor behind the reduced energy levels and the poor running stats against the rest of the division.

The natural response is that we chose to compete in the Trump Cup and have routinely given it large about the shiny gold badge. Tough titty so to speak. However this is also a bit of a superficial answer.

I think the deeper context is that we committed as heavily as we did to this tournament simply because of the financial constraints that our earlier decision making brought on. Maresca's qualification for the CL was extremely fortuitous especially due to the failures of other teams around us. Without that we were really staring down the barrel. With some of the financial shenanigans that we undertook to cover the potential cost of the horrendous mismanagement by the board and their delegated SDs, we all knew we needed that £100m.

Therefore we went all in. We took the tournament seriously and played our best players throughout.

Yes it's had an impact now and yes it's our own fault for playing our strongest players but it's deeper than that. The embryo of that decision started when the clowns behind the scenes wantonly threw the money away on overpriced average players, creating a complete squad imbalance by stockpiling poor players in similar positions whilst at board level they displayed a staggering lack of understanding allied to total arrogance. So much so that one of the most valuable employees these muppets have employed is the feebleminded feckless moron heading up the division that peddles this 'its all part of the plan' bullsh*t through their ridiculous PR machine fronted to us all by Johnnie's 'brown envelopes '.

LR could choose from Palace or Spurs now, i dont think we should stand in his way. He will be a massive loss but we will have to cope.

1 hour ago, OTL said:

LR could choose from Palace or Spurs now, i dont think we should stand in his way. He will be a massive loss but we will have to cope.

Palace makes sense and about his level.

It seems the manager appointment strategy is now to appoint previous Championship managers with no Premier League experience.. Seems that's the level we are at these days. Oh, and the manager has to say "YES" to everything and everyone.

27 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

It seems the manager appointment strategy is now to appoint previous Championship managers with no Premier League experience.. Seems that's the level we are at these days. Oh, and the manager has to say "YES" to everything and everyone.

Like parents trying to find the right nanny to deal with their spoilt c**ty twins

13 hours ago, dermott said:

I was going to post the same article. Wilson, as ever, cuts through the bullsh*t.

Jonathan Wilson has been one of the biggest bullsh*t merchants for the last two decades, and this article is similar waffle. The only difference between him and the Twitter crowd is that the latter think games are won on a spreadsheet and Wilson thinks games are won on a tactics board.

The "running stats" are interesting because there are far more in-form, possession-dominant teams (Arsenal, City) who also run a lot more, and "running" teams are overperforming in the league.

We've known our football is boring, predictable and low-energy for over two years, regardless of data. We've also been told that the team has been 'conserving energy' for the same period of time, either side of the CWC.

The data merely supports the idea that, rather than conserving energy as purported, the lameness of our play actively impacts our performance. Which is pretty obvious.

Edited March 29Mar 29 by SydneyChelsea

6 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Jonathan Wilson has been one of the biggest bullsh*t merchants for the last two decades, and this article is similar waffle. The only difference between him and the Twitter crowd is that the latter think games are won on a spreadsheet and Wilson thinks games are won on a tactics board.

I'm a fan of Wilson's. I don't know that he thinks games are won on a tactics board (ignore the fact that he wrote an entire book making that basic point). He's a historian more than anything; I think his default position is a weary sigh and an interjection that the trend of the day is not a new idea and in fact originated from some guy you've never heard of in the 1960s (inevitably in the Eastern Bloc).

Get the good managers while they were young, similar to players 😄 Just loan them out to one of the feeder club if it doesn't work out well.

Imagine getting compensation for LR🥳

On 29/03/2026 at 18:26, Sconnie Blue said:

Palace makes sense and about his level.

We chose LR to manage Chelsea.

Palace chose Glasner, the guy who had won the Europa League and got Frankfurt to the CL Knockout phase.

I never thought I'd see the day when Palace, with a fraction of our finances, would have chosen a better manager than us. .

I don't regret winning the World Club Cup. Had we lost the final, we would still be as crap as we are now. Had we lost 3 games earlier, we would still be as crap as we are now. The style of football and tactics we play is not down to fitness. We've had games where opponents have had injury crisis or less rest and we still bottled it. Good players, playing in good systems will win games and not fold like we have done. Maresca's tactics were dreadful and LR is just as bad. One was a hard stool, this new coach is a soft stool. Sh!t is sh!t.

2 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

I don't regret winning the World Club Cup. Had we lost the final, we would still be as crap as we are now. Had we lost 3 games earlier, we would still be as crap as we are now. The style of football and tactics we play is not down to fitness. We've had games where opponents have had injury crisis or less rest and we still bottled it. Good players, playing in good systems will win games and not fold like we have done. Maresca's tactics were dreadful and LR is just as bad. One was a hard stool, this new coach is a soft stool. Sh!t is sh!t.

Never regret winning anything, I hope to god we win the FA cup. But yes sometimes we have to go backwards to move forward.

Paul Merson: "They [Chelsea] have got to get back to Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, put Palmer in the No.10 and then put Estevao and Pedro Neto on the wings and put Joao Pedro up front. Get Palmer in the middle of the pitch where he can make things happen. At the moment, he’s playing out on the right, he gets the ball and he’s never ever going to run past the full-back. He’s not the quickest in the world."

Maresca was smart enough to only play Enzo in the “10” role against big teams, which is why our points total against the big 6 was awful. Rosenior has made Enzo a permanent fixture upfront, when it is obvious it’s causing problems out of possession.

@SydneyChelsea In a moment of serendipity which reinforces both of our points, I found this on the floor on the way to work this morning:

7 hours ago, markpitts said:

Paul Merson: "They [Chelsea] have got to get back to Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, put Palmer in the No.10 and then put Estevao and Pedro Neto on the wings and put Joao Pedro up front. Get Palmer in the middle of the pitch where he can make things happen. At the moment, he’s playing out on the right, he gets the ball and he’s never ever going to run past the full-back. He’s not the quickest in the world."

Maresca was smart enough to only play Enzo in the “10” role against big teams, which is why our points total against the big 6 was awful. Rosenior has made Enzo a permanent fixture upfront, when it is obvious it’s causing problems out of possession.

Do pundits even watch us are do they simply talk out of their arse?

That midfield has shown time and time again to be run through in transition. I am not even a fan of Palmer at CAM anymore as he can easily be taken out of the game when teams just pack the middle, which is what they've been doing since January 2025.

8 hours ago, markpitts said:

Paul Merson: "They [Chelsea] have got to get back to Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez, put Palmer in the No.10 and then put Estevao and Pedro Neto on the wings and put Joao Pedro up front. Get Palmer in the middle of the pitch where he can make things happen. At the moment, he’s playing out on the right, he gets the ball and he’s never ever going to run past the full-back. He’s not the quickest in the world."

Maresca was smart enough to only play Enzo in the “10” role against big teams, which is why our points total against the big 6 was awful. Rosenior has made Enzo a permanent fixture upfront, when it is obvious it’s causing problems out of possession.

I guess Poch was wrong to play him on the right then?

Palmer plays where he wants and that should be his role

Palmer's best games have always been on the right cutting in.

Interesting that 2 senior players have now come out with criticism of the transfer policy and direction - Cucu and Enzo.

It’s going to be a big test of the clubs strategy and confidence.

1 minute ago, JM7 said:

Interesting that 2 senior players have now come out with criticism of the transfer policy and direction - Cucu and Enzo.

It’s going to be a big test of the clubs strategy and confidence.

We just need Neto to pipe up now and we'll call "House" !

9 hours ago, El regreso said:

I guess Poch was wrong to play him on the right then?

Palmer plays where he wants and that should be his role

He has no pace out wide, doesn’t want to play on the RW, and according to the media feels the tactical switch under Rosenior denies him space. Didn’t he end the season under Pochettino playing as a “10”?