I will have to eat ny humble pie today. He got it right I was wrong well done LR

Edited March 4Mar 4 by El regreso

On 03/03/2026 at 05:02, Caps_Lock_King said:

IS IT NOT TIME THE SO CALLED "SET PIECE COACH " IS QUESTIONED AS TO WHAT HE ACTUALLY DOES

EVERY CORNER IS THE SAME, ONE PLAYER STANDS 10 YARDS AWAY AT A 35 DEGREE ANGLE AND ANOTHER STANDS 5 YARDS AWAY DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM, THEN THE TAKER RAISES HIS ARM AND THE TWO PLAYERS THEN RUN AWAY AND THE BALL IS PUT 90% OF THE TIME TO THE FRONT POST

IM SURE WE DONT NEED A SET PIECE COACH FOR THIS, OTHER TEAMS COME UP WITH DIFFERENT THINGS, MAN UTD SCORED WITH A GOAL FROM A CORNER 2 WEEKS AGO BY MBUEMO, WHEN IT WAS PLAYED IN AND PASSED BACK TO HIM TO SHOOT, LIKEWISE THERE WAS A GOAL AT THE WEEKEND SAME SORT OF THING

SAME AS THE DEFENDING AT THE WEEKEND, IN THE CUP SECOND LEG WE FOXED ARSENAL BY PUTTING 3 PLAYERS UP THE PITCH, WHY NOT PUT OUR 4 SMALLEST PLAYERS OUT OF THE PENALTY AREA, THIS CREATES A LOT OF SPACE ASTHE OPPOSING TEAM WILL PUT 5 BACK, THINK OF IT LIKE THIS WHEN AN ATTACKER GETS TO THE BYLINE AND CROSSES THE BALL THE GK NORMALLY WOULD TRY AND COME AND PUNCH OR CATCH THE BALL AS THERE ISNT MORE THEN 3 ATTACKERS TRYING TO HEAD THE BALL, AS LONG AS THE DEFENDERS ARE MARKING THEIR MAN THEN THERE IS NO REASON (UNLESS THE GK IS CLUELESS) THAT HE FALLS ON THE FLOOR OR GETS BLOCKED OFF

just wonderful blueco how the set piece coach was the one person not sacked when maresca left.

2 hours ago, Chelsger said:

Another bum

Come back when you understand the concept of a full stop.

magnifico gaffer

Good result, much needed.

Completely destroyed Villa's high line and actually I think this set of players we have are perfectly made to play against teams that press high and leave acres of space in behind defences.

If the defence has some good days, I think we can be a dark horse in the UCL this season with the way the other teams play. PSG, Liverpool and Bayern are always on the front foot and we just need the defence to hold on tight in this type of matches as I am absolutely sure our midfielders and attackers will find ways to break through their back lines. We really look competent when we do not have to play against low blocks.

Good result and good game. Well done to Eghbali, the SDs and LR for last night's game plan 😅

48 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

Completely destroyed Villa's high line and actually I think this set of players we have are perfectly made to play against teams that press high and leave acres of space in behind defences.

If the defence has some good days, I think we can be a dark horse in the UCL this season with the way the other teams play. PSG, Liverpool and Bayern are always on the front foot and we just need the defence to hold on tight in this type of matches as I am absolutely sure our midfielders and attackers will find ways to break through their back lines. We really look competent when we do not have to play against low blocks.

That hasn't often been the problem. Low blocks are the problem and they way outnumber the high lines. Garnacho doesn't have the skills to penetrate a low block, nor Gittens, and therein lies the problem. Only Estevao does and he's still learning on the job. Thank the SDs for the frustration.

Villa match reminds me of the PSG match high line tones of space and we ripped them apart.

Any team in the world who try to play football against us is at risk of getting spanked.

The problem we have is very few teams want to play football against us as they know what we can do.

On 05/03/2026 at 23:19, El regreso said:

Villa match reminds me of the PSG match high line tones of space and we ripped them apart.

Hmm, very different. Villa is just a very strange team defensively. high line with traditional 442 defense which is a rarity.

8 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Hmm, very different. Villa is just a very strange team defensively. high line with traditional 442 defense which is a rarity.

And currently missing midfield protection of the defence courtesy of injury to McGinn and Kamara.

On 05/03/2026 at 09:19, El regreso said:

Villa match reminds me of the PSG match high line tones of space and we ripped them apart.

Any team in the world who try to play football against us is at risk of getting spanked.

The problem we have is very few teams want to play football against us as they know what we can do.

Certainly Arsenal don't have to worry about that.

On 04/03/2026 at 22:15, dermott said:

Come back when you understand the concept of a full stop.

🤣 what on earth are you on about

He coached us a win today.

LR didnt have a clue what to do before or during that game, he looked gormless at the end, whereas Parkinson tried everything and looked exhausted. Its insane that this moron should be allowed to look after a premier league team.

Made quite a few mistakes tonight

• Too many changes

• Left half of our best players out of the squad

• Started Tosin and Badiashile together

10 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

Made quite a few mistakes tonight

• Too many changes

• Left half of our best players out of the squad

• Started Tosin and Badiashile together

If you got Rosenior on his own, away from the cameras, and asked him what his ideal team would have been tonight, he wouldn't have picked that 11 and he wouldn't have made some of those subs.

Fans need to start taking notice of the outside influences here. I'm not joking when I say Minutes FC, I'm dead serious about it. These players have to play so BlueCo can get the maximum value out of them.

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

If you got Rosenior on his own, away from the cameras, and asked him what his ideal team would have been tonight, he wouldn't have picked that 11 and he wouldn't have made some of those subs.

Fans need to start taking notice of the outside influences here. I'm not joking when I say Minutes FC, I'm dead serious about it. These players have to play so BlueCo can get the maximum value out of them.

And if he doesn't toe the line he knows what happened to Pochettino and Maresca LOL

The sooner he is gone the better, and the same for the next yes man, we need to work through Blue Cos stock of yes men asap.

5 minutes ago, OTL said:

The sooner he is gone the better, and the same for the next yes man, we need to work through Blue Cos stock of yes men asap.

Route to disaster. Sooner or later we'd end up being coached by Igor Tudor 😎

1 minute ago, Sexyfootball said:

Route to disaster. Sooner or later we'd end up being coached by Igor Tudor 😎

100% he got lucky again tonight the two bob manager having his strings pulled again who would play those 2 centre backs and that many defenders to negative again

16 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

If you got Rosenior on his own, away from the cameras, and asked him what his ideal team would have been tonight, he wouldn't have picked that 11 and he wouldn't have made some of those subs.

Fans need to start taking notice of the outside influences here. I'm not joking when I say Minutes FC, I'm dead serious about it. These players have to play so BlueCo can get the maximum value out of them.

But that is just stupid, the more these players play, the more their value drop! I’m not against LR, but he surely deserves the rap for allowing them powers above to pick up a team with seven defensive players and match the 343 formation of Wrexham. It is just the bad attitude to go to an FA Cup game.

35 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

If you got Rosenior on his own, away from the cameras, and asked him what his ideal team would have been tonight, he wouldn't have picked that 11 and he wouldn't have made some of those subs.

Fans need to start taking notice of the outside influences here. I'm not joking when I say Minutes FC, I'm dead serious about it. These players have to play so BlueCo can get the maximum value out of them.

The line up was nothing out the ordinary to suggest outside forces at work. Every top team rotates in cups, especially early rounds.

We still had about 5 to 6 players starting that have played a lot of games in the first team.

This is all getting a bit silly.

2 minutes ago, RMH said:

But that is just stupid, the more these players play, the more their value drop! I’m not against LR, but he surely deserves the rap for allowing them powers above to pick up a team with seven defensive players and match the 343 formation of Wrexham. It is just the bad attitude to go to an FA Cup game.

Their value can't drop to any less than they would be if they didn't play at all though, even if they play bad. This is why they play. Liam Rosenior deserves criticism, but he deserves criticism for taking on a job like this in the first place, but I can't criticise him for the players he picks because I don't believe he has the final say.

The role of any head coach at Chelsea now is not one of a traditional football manager. You'll never see Mourinho, Conte, Ancelotti or Tuchel type of figure at Chelsea again, not under these owners, they would never accept the restrictions in place. It will be coaches looking for that stepping stone in their career. Why do you think Maresca went along with all of it until the end? What was his options when he promoted Leicester? Get sacked around November at Leicester, or go to Chelsea? It's easy. He went to Chelsea and immediately became the yes man. He never upset those in charge, he kept his down, did as he was told, raised his profile with the CWC win. The next season starts and a few months in, the City rumours started, he spoke out in the media saying he was unhappy, and he left within weeks. Reputation intact, profile raised, Maresca comes out smelling of roses.

I wasn't a fan of Maresca (and his atrocious football) and I'm not a fan of Rosenior for the same reasons. They don't have the clubs best interest at heart. I wanted Maresca gone long before he left, but I wanted him gone based on the football he had us playing, I never wanted him gone on his terms, but that is exactly what happened. That told me everything I already suspected and now I know that owners will never get the right coach, so my energy is on pointing the finger at them rather than any coach.

7 minutes ago, Remodez said:

The line up was nothing out the ordinary to suggest outside forces at work. Every top team rotates in cups, especially early rounds.

We still had about 5 to 6 players starting that have played a lot of games in the first team.

This is all getting a bit silly.

Starting 5 defenders against Wrexham? Making subs that had nothing to do with tactics? I don't think that's normal personally. I don't think any sub made today was made with the intention of improving us on the pitch outside of Pedro. Everybody else was about giving minutes, even before the game was won.