17 Mar 2025 06:21:05
That game yesterday was an awful watch from both teams. We were simply devoid of invention, slow and utterly obsessed in keeping possession and Arsenal have become a modern day Wimbledon focusing on set pieces to score goals coupled with rolling around on the floor, faking injuries and time wasting. That free kick must having taken 5 minutes to take! It was so boring. A yawn fest. What is happening to the game.
17 Mar 2025 09:22:20
Anna, the after match summary from Arteta was very strange. They must have some interesting stats at gooner land.
17 Mar 2025 10:06:30
The only important stat Tom is that they scored and we didn't, nor did we look like scoring.
17 Mar 2025 10:40:10
And it's not going to improve with pass back Leicester Maresca at the helm.
17 Mar 2025 12:51:01
Bill, just to think you have the remainder of this season and probably at the very least the start of next season to dig the manager out.
17 Mar 2025 12:53:56
We had 2 goalkeepers and 4 defenders on the bench for the game yesterday. What does that say about Maresca's intent?
17 Mar 2025 14:01:12
CFC, regardless of the thread my comment and question is just the same.
18 Mar 2025 08:15:59
Cheers Tom, LeicesterMaresca is the gift that keeps on giving.
I would love to be proved wrong which would mean we are successful and play hood football however I won't hold my breath.
Happy for you Tom that you are delighted with LeicesterMaresca's performance as a chelsea head coach and that you enjoy watching boring football upto now.
18 Mar 2025 09:46:05
Bill, your reference to me being delighted with EM and the so called “boring” football being played is total “boll@x.
I have said the following:-
a) He wasn’t my first choice he was my 3rd Choice.
b) I wasn’t critical of his or the teams first 15/ 16 premiership games. I also said that I wasn’t getting carried away but would judge him at the end of the season.
c) I have been generally critical of the last 13 games. I have said that those poor games coincided with some key player’s injuries, particularly Fofana but latterly Jackson, Lavia and to a lesser extent Noni.
d) I have not change my position through this bad run of performances. I will judge him at the end of the season.
e) I have said, along with others that EM needs to more tactically flexible.
f) I do not find his interviews any more boring than all the other managers who all talk in Cliches.
g) I have guessed that “if” Chelsea qualifies for the CL he will not be sacked and therefore start as our manager for net season.
h) I have remained constant with my prediction of a 3rd-5th place finish even when some pundits were saying we were title challenger’s.
i) I do not want this manager or the majority of our previous managers sacked because is usually an indication of failure.
For the record I have also not defended or been overly critical of our SD’s. The reason being I don’t know what they have been asked to do. As far as I know the owners could see there performance as good.
At the end of the season if the owners believe that any of its staff members have underperformed then I’m sure they will be relieved of there duties. I have also said that they should look at there own performance more closely rather they laying all the blame on others but that is what a lot of owners do.
18 Mar 2025 12:48:41
Tom,
After your last post, I'm not sure if you think LeicesterMaresca is doing a good job or not and deserves to be here at the end of the season.
18 Mar 2025 14:47:57
Bill, I have consistently said I will judge him at the end of the season. I also said the same thing after 15/ 16 games when some were getting carried away.
Me saying he will be the manager for the remainder this season and the start of next season has nothing to do with how I think he has generally performed as a manager. It’s me guessing what I think the owners will do.
I have zero interest in calling for him to be sacked because the season isn’t over and I will Judge him on the seasons performances.
If supporters want to call for him to be sacked or booed that’s up to them. I believe in giving people time. In the same way Klopp was given time and in the same way Arteta was given time and before some start saying I am making manager comparisons, I am NOT. I just want EM as I did with MP to be given time.