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Horrible performance – Brentford were much the better side. Both goals we scored were not down to us but rather opposition errors; we continue to look unable to unlock other teams.
Anyway, 3 points I guess.
If Fabrizio Romano is to be believed, we look to set to spend 60m on a 20 year old defender from Rennes – Jacquet. Whether or not he is good is irrelevant, that much money for a 20 year old in a position where we desperately need a proven, experienced professional is just nuts.
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Nice to see Garnacho finding the target with 2 good finsihes.
Overall, not encouraging. It seems that Rosenior will play a similar style to Maresca which is troubling. He even said the team is ‘well coached’ which troubles me.
The intensity of the team is encouraging – Enzo really is world class. But we need a stronger central defence behind him. And we need a far better Keeper. Sanchez is a shot stopper, but not a top GK.
We have always played to our best with the players available when we had a top Keeper, be that Cudicini, Cech, or Courtouis.
Sanchez is a liability.
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No need to worry 1967 – Rosenior was brought in because he plays similar football to Maresca and is familiar with the BlueCo project and structure. What could go wrong?
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A 6.5 year contract? If the board are so sure about Rosenior then why was Maresca ever in charge…?
More madness. This board doesn’t want to win, they just want to scrape Top 4 and win a few trophies whilst farming players and making a profit.
Apparently he was favoured because he plays the same system as Maresca. What a joke.
I hope for the best of course but I’m filled with no optimism.
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Editor, in what forms would the potential ads take place? If they’re banners down the side of the site then that wouldn’t be much of a bother. If it was constant pop-ups then obviously not a good thing.
I live abroad and when accessing the BBC website there are ads, but they’re not very obtrusive and don’t really detract from the user experience. The donation approach may not work very well, is what I’m getting at. I donate money regularly to charity and, whilst I mean this in the sincerest form possible and with the greatest respect, donating to a football forum website isn’t high on the list of priorities for donation.
Happy to discuss privately if there is a means of doing so. I sincerely mean that.
I’m quite sure everyone here doesn’t want this to be a loss-making endeavour for you.
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It’s irrelevant whether you or I condemn or condone.
To your point about China – they couldn’t do what the US did in Venezuela, let alone do it in Taiwan.
Both the Dems and Republicans agreed that Maduro was facilitating narco-terrorism. The Democrats offered something like 25m USD for information that would lead to Maduro’s arrest – such information would presumably be where and when he could be found. Trump found him, and I’m sure the US will be paying out that reward to whoever helped. Yet now there is this weird situation where freedom-loving Venezuelans and American patriots are celebrating, and bleeding heart lefty liberals are complaining. What is the left’s agenda exactly?
The US, under Trump, was never going to allow a country in its own backyard fall into the grip of China, Russia and Iran, nor allow it to be led by a tinpot Communist dictator that peddled huge amounts of drugs into the US.
This doesn’t set a precedent for Russia or China – they never respected ‘International Law’ anyway.
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Not by using those precise words.
But absolutely he did.
Maduro did not watch his ass.
The result of him not doing so is evident. The World should take notice.
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Judging by some of your posts ‘MUFC’ – you have an unhealthy obsession with arses. Happy New Year, kiddo.
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Rover – the top clubs don’t set themselves up to negate and frustrate our very obvious strategy of trying to constantly set up 1 v 1 situations with the wingers, which is what lesser clubs do; they then punish us from set pieces or wait for the errors to be made that consistently appear in our squad.
The reason top clubs don’t do that is because they don’t think they have to set up to negate – they can play their own game. Hence why we were so much on the backfoot in terms of possession etc, against City. Against lower teams we’re always 65%+ in possession, even against Villa.
Our only other tactic to score goals is to win the ball high up the pitch and capitalise on mistakes… which you can negate with long ball, another lesser team get out clause.
We lack a Drogba/Costa type that can score out of nothing.
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’emotional, unpredictable and inconsistent behaviour wise’
I’ve dealt with lots of Portuguese people. You can add immature to that list. They’re fine when things are going well, but when faced with adversity or things not going their way, they lash out, try to cover their arses and blame everyone else. Terrible communicators as well.
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Was Maduro a prepubescent teenager?
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Maresca’s available.
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Aindro – I sadly agree. If this lot remain in charge for the next 20 years then who knows, we might fluke a league title but we won’t dominate. We’ll mostly be in the hunt for Top 4 and be a cup side. However, the league must be our priority.
Just seems bizarre because with a couple of signings and a top manager, we’re not far at all from being one of the top contenders for years to come.
Why put next big thing players on long-term contracts, which represents a huge investment both in terms of transfer fees, wages, the incumbent risk of doing so (think Mudryk, Disasi etc), and not appoint a top manager on a 2 year contract to manage them to reach their potential?
Winners breed winners. That’s been clear with Mourinho, Ancelotti and Conte.
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The thing that worries me most is that one of the reasons Rosenior is favoured is because he plays the same sort of football that we currently play. That’s scary.
Apart from being fairly decent at winning the ball back high up the pitch, our football is absolutely diabolical, boring, predictable and easy to negate. We’ve been absolutely terrible and there seems to be no recognition of that, since Maresca has gone because his relationship with medical staff and other management broke down. I mean, if that’s all they care about, and not the absolutely turgid performances, then we’re in trouble.
We need a proper, top class manager with credentials earned at the highest level, and who is empowered to have proper input to signings. Not another roll of the dice on an up and comer.
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Young Blue – we’d all love to see a manager stay at Chelsea for a long time, succeed and establish a culture like Fergie, Klopp or Guardiola did/have done, but Maresca’s ‘system’ has been found out and our football is utterly putrid, not to mention the bizarre team selections and illogical substitutions.
We need a top manager now with a proven track record. I’d love to have Ancelotti back but it won’t happen.
I fear they will go with Rosenior which would be another foolhardy choice. We have some excellent players who deserve a top class, proven Manager to help them reach even higher levels. That’s the only way we succeed with this group of players – that and targeted recruitment for a top keeper, CB and striker.
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Looks like the penny is finally starting to drop:
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Pajero – we’re constantly being gaslit by the management and their cronies. It’s pitiful.
Anyway, I wish you all a Happy New Year and a fantastic 2026.
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Young Blue – we need to get rid of Maresca. At this point we’re at risk of losing our best players. Long contracts only ensure a decent re-sale value, they don’t shackle players to the club for the full term of the contract.
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Villa – We were good in the first half but again we show no ability to score a goal unless it’s from a set piece or an opposition error. Second half was abysmal. Having good possession stats means absolutely nothing if we are toothless. All we do is play down the wings, check back and pass backwards – it’s so easy for opponents to negate.
I don’t care if we keep losing. I want Maresca gone ASAP. We will never succeed with him.
We also most likely won’t succeed with the current owners. We’re fucked.
It’s futile to talk about the potential of the individual players unless there is a culture that breeds success. We clearly don’t have that, and we never will with the current owners and manager.
And let’s face it, whilst we do have world class players, we lack quality in far too many areas. The team that won the Premiership under Mourinho had quality everywhere – not necessarily the very best, but world class nonetheless. We’re not even close with this current batch.
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We should take no solace from achieving a draw having been 2 down at Newcastle.
It was an utterly putrid performance.
We’re so slow and predictable in our build up play. We’re dreadful under Maresca.
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