04 Dec 2025 18:55:11
Still fecked off after last night. Roll on the cherries and hammer them.
04 Dec 2025 18:37:46
Greenaway, Caicedo is still out, won't happen, Bournemouth are far better than Leeds and they destroyed us.
04 Dec 2025 19:35:58
We will destroy Bournemouth. James will play and so will Fofana.
04 Dec 2025 20:10:46
Bill, why are you always so unhappy with all things Chelsea?
04 Dec 2025 20:25:35
They should have played last night Tom, poor, poor decision making by Maresca.
04 Dec 2025 20:32:23
Bill, I disagree, both players past injury issues have to be managed.
However I would be critical of the manager for not picking Josh.
05 Dec 2025 12:47:10
Greenaway
My moan is that the Leeds game should have been a 3 point banker, poor team selection and tactics and when it was not working, nobody changed the way we played.
When coaches who were struggling in the past, the likes of Terry, Lampard and others managed the games, that did not happen on Wednesday.
Tom,
I come back to the point if we have players who can't play 2-3 games in a row, then we should get rid. There is no way we can carry passengers if we are to progress. Yes they are good players but not when they are not on the pitch.
This is not me being negative just highlighting the flaws we have in our club at present and is why we won't be challenging anytime soon.
05 Dec 2025 16:26:05
Bill, I have no way of knowing if the players we are managing through there historic injury issues will gradually be able to perform on a regular basis given time. I can only assume that you do?
We have three players we currently having to injury manage.
Lavia in my opinion will prove to be a class act. I would prefer that to be at Chelsea. James playing two out of every three games at any time is good enough for me. When fit Fofana is a big plus for us, it wouldn’t be clever to see him playing for another team.
Getting “rid” of these three players would be a massive mistake in my opinion.
05 Dec 2025 16:56:13
Tom
I like your optimising but but I doubt that Lavia will move away from his abysmal injury record, I also think a lot of it is in his head.
Fofana might improve but I also have my doubts.
On both i would be more than happy to be proven wrong, if that is the case we will have 2 excellent players.
05 Dec 2025 17:15:28
I’m not a doctor/medical expert. I’m just saying when they are fit you want them playing for Chelsea. If that means they play two out of every three games that’s still ok with me.
That would be approx 40 games per Chelsea season. Happy days.
05 Dec 2025 20:14:37
Bill, I was at the game and the tactics did change in the 2nd half but I guess you didn't notice if watching on TV? You are of course entitled to your opinion but it doesn't mean you are right just as others including myself are entitled to our opinions even if we are not right, that is what makes this page so much fun.
Last season you said we would finish 10th and not win a cup, we finished 4th and won 2 cups. It is all fun mate and I enjoy your contribution to this page. I look forward to the banter carrying on mate. What is your prediction for tomorrow v Bournemouth?
06 Dec 2025 07:56:06
Greenaway
I'm always happy to be proven wrong and I have said that about Sanchez's recent form.
I still don't beleive rotating a number of players works as you lose player understanding.
You may be right about the play changing but with relegation haunted Leeds all over us, nothing really changed.
I beleive another poster said we were worse off at this stage of the season compared to last, to me that is not progress.
I was happy to win trophies last season but let's be honest with our squad, we had to win the ECL and although winning the CWC was nice, it really is not a major trophy, nothing compared to the CL.
Injuries this season have had a major affect which is why I'm saying we can't rely on Lavia and Fofana, yes they are excellent when they play but since both signed, the DoDo bird would have played more games for us.
06 Dec 2025 09:00:19
Bill, you along with others would have sacked the manager mid last season. We then finished in a Champions League spot, won the conference cup and finished it off by winning the Club World Cup and becoming the only club to “have won it all. ” That by most fans was seen as progress.
In my opinion the end of the season will be the time the judge if we have made further progress.
Let’s also add up the games players have played at the end of the season.
06 Dec 2025 12:23:31
Fair enough Tom
But that should not stop us applauding or critiquing the coach or injuries if things are not going well.
Should we also kick rhe FOS down the road for another season or do we moan about that issue now?
06 Dec 2025 12:42:36
Bill, I have not stopped being critical of our performance against Leeds. I have also been critical of our managers tactical performance after a few games but it’s the season that counts.
I’m not what the FOS sponsor has got do with this thread but if we don’t get one at some
stage this season, I will be critical of the owners.