15 Jan 2026 08:04:42
That was possibly the worst we have played all season, it was a total rubbish show of a performance, particuarly at the back and Arsenal could and should of been 4 or 5 up. Credit to Garnacho for keeping us in the tie although if Liam continues to set up his defence and the quite ludicrous way we played out from the back and he won't last the season. Grass greener? of course not and it was never going to be, those who called for Maresca to be sacked, you got what you wished for.

rant over. As a positive whilst still in a daze at how terrible that back 4 and keeper were what a player Estevao is, he could go on to be the most expensive player on the planet over the course of his 10 year contract which no doubt will have egghead rubbing his hands in glee.

{Ed001's Note - I don't remember anyone wishing for Maresca to be replaced with a novice manager. There are plenty of better managers that could have been brought in, I think you will find that is what people were actually wishing for.}

1.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 10:09:18
I didn’t think changing manager mid season would happen but he has gone, so thanks for everything, good luck and goodbye.

I have virtually no idea about Rosenoir as a coach and although he wouldn’t have been my choice, I will give him my support and some time before I make any comments about his coaching abilities.

2.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 10:25:38
Maresca, in my opinion, this is of course a site for opinions, should of stayed until the end of the season ED01. Who is out there, and available, at this time? my point is, leave him in charge and then review at the end of the season and make a decision, he had a good record against the better teams and would not of set up from the back like Liam did last night.

Liverpool fans were calling for Slot to go but the board held firm, we should of done the same and held a review at the seasons end and this is another example of rash decision making. I repeat, the grass is not always greener.

{Ed001's Note - but no one wished for this, so your comment was just nonsense. All it does is start aggravation over nothing. Why do you want to start a fight rather than a discussion? Because that's what you were doing with that little dig.}

3.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 11:21:56
What little dig ED01? this page is becoming a nonsence if you are not allowed to question why others think the grass is greener on the other side. No wonder so many positive supporters are leaving this page.

{Ed001's Note - the little made up crap about people wishing for this. It is not a nonsense, it is petty people who can't handle that others have a different opinion. Tom is positive, he doesn't go off in a huff because others aren't, he just gives his opinion on things. You started off by having a dig at people, rather than just giving your opinion on what is happening, then you are crying because it has caused the reaction you intended.}

4.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 11:33:06
I don’t recall too many people calling for Maresca to be sacked. Most, like me thought that the football was boring and he was not good enough to take us to a higher level and he got himself sacked. No Chelsea supporters I know wanted Rosenoir. More pain to follow.

5.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 11:59:42
Leeds away was the worst we have played all season, defensively we were poor but have been for ages.

Looked good going forward.

6.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 12:20:52
Certainly not crying ED01 and your comments pretty much sum up this page nowadays, any positive poster is shot down by you which never happened under ED02. I think it is quite obvious that your hate for Chelsea shines through on this page hence your constant digs at anyone who posts something positive about the club and yet you say nothing when a poster talks in a negative way.

{Ed001's Note - right. If you say so. You really do not know me, I don't hate anything, I am not pathetic like that to waste my time hating, particularly a football team. Anyone over the age of 12 that spends their time hating a football team is really in need of help.}

7.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 13:19:01
Greenaway

Not sure how many times it has to be saud but it was Maresca who walked out, nothing to do with fans who he loved apparently.

8.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 14:04:57
Greenaway nothing wrong with being positive but I don’t see anything to be positive about. The owners and SDs strategy of buying young players is pie in the sky; it is not even a plan just a process for player turnover: nothing to do with football. We have no spine in the squad : top class keeper; top class experienced CBs ; creative midfielder and a striker who can score more than 10 goals a season.

Since Tuchel we have appointed several coaches who have no pedigree and should never have been near the club and we’ve done it again.

9.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 14:40:56
Jimbo has summed it up nicely Greenaway, you should be having a go at the SD's not the posters on here who have no say what goes on within our club.

10.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 15:24:12
Maresca clearly wants the City job if he can get it but I cannot remember any on here - except perhaps nib? -- calling for him to be sacked before he 'parted company' with CFC. Certainly quite a few of us have been worried and puzzled by seeming almost complete fixation on buying young and often very young players and lack of attention to what used indeed to that route to a strong side that was focusing on a really strong spine that served us so well in the past. It has seemed that the club is content to build slowly for success in EPL or ECL in the 2030s but not give a series of relatvely inexperienced managers the squad readily to challenge for either trophy now.

Though again most of us have thought we were moving slowly in right direction with squad building if still with some problems up front and at the back in this respect if the necessary rotation in a 60 plus game season is not to lead to poor results when injuries or players rested.

11.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 15:25:49
I’m sorry but surely posters can just express their opinions positive or negative. In my opinion it’s not for another poster to tell another poster who to direct their criticism.

Remember, we all have no say, it makes zero difference if we are so called positive or negative about the club we support.

I sometimes think that fans actually believe their opinions are spot on accurate when we are all only guessing.

Just relax, wake up tomorrow morning and be thankful.

12.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 18:08:50
It is Tom when the criticism is directed in the wrong area.

13.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 18:27:26
Well said Tom.

14.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 18:47:38
Surely not. It’s “your opinion” that its directed in the wrong area. It’s my opinion that other posters shouldn’t dictate who direct their comments at.

For me it’s up to each and every poster to decide who or what he or she criticises or praises.

This might come as a shock but for a significant percentage of the time we are all wrong.

I repeat we are generally all guessing, so how can any poster be so certain that their opinions are correct?

15.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 18:56:27
Tom, anyone with any sense is thankful for waking up in one piece in the morning Bill Shankly’s “ Football isn’t a matter of life or death…” quote is generally misunderstood. He expanded on it in interviews. To put it in context in those days football was the peoples game. He said that working people knew the reality of life and death and football gave them a communal spirit, joy and an identity. Football obviously isn’t the be all of life but for me being a Chelsea fan has given me, friendships, memories and enjoyment.

Regrettably, over the last few seasons I go to the Bridge more out of loyalty than pleasure.
I think many opinions of posters are accurate ( including yours) . I didn’t see the game last night as my Sky isn’t working. It’s easier to get a mortgage than to talk to someone to get an engineer booked.

16.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 20:24:41
Jimbo, my point is not about having the “sense” to be grateful, it is about not dictating what other posters opinions should or shouldn’t be.

I also generally believe people hunt out quotes that satisfy or support their own opinions.

I agree that sport can and does create friendships that can last a lifetime. I have had many a long heated debate at my local about all sorts of sporting issues but I personally don’t try and dictate other people’s opinions and while “many” of our different opinions may well be right, I repeat “many” will be wrong!

17.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 21:29:42
I didn’t see anyone dictating what other peoples’ opinions should be. Some people see what they want to see to suit their own agenda.
As for hunting out quotes: no football fan would need to hunt out that quote by Bill Shankly.

He tried to put it into context which I tried to convey to illustrate the by gone days when football was “the peoples game”. Yes, you are right certain posters are mainly wrong.

18.) 15 Jan 2026
15 Jan 2026 22:56:58
Bill, I don't need to be told by you or anyone else who to direct any criticism towards and I generally don't have any to give. My point was and still is "the grass is not always greener" and in my opinion Maresca should of stayed until the end of the season and that is regardless of whether he was sacked or he was pushed.

19.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 04:54:26
Jimbo, you are agreeing with my point, you have used a quote to support your point. It’s what we all do. Using a quote doesn’t mean a poster is more right ir wrong.

You are correct people do sometimes interpret posts to support their agenda. That’s what part of this thread is partly about.

Most fans have biased opinions and agendas to match their opinions. I personally think that also applies to lots of subjects in life. The one that makes me chuckle are the lurkers, who can’t wait to say “I told you so, ” as if they are always right.

I repeat, In my opinion we as fans are sometimes right and sometimes wrong but we are all generally just guessing.

20.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 08:43:58
Tom, there are a large body of opinions about Chelsea that. regrettably, are true. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but equally there are times when you must face up to the truth.
I am not surewho these alleged “lurkers “ are. For my part, I am willing to give my views at the time and not when the circumstances are obvious to all.


Greenaway, whether Maresca was sacked or resigned is irrelevant. His relationship with the Board had irretrievably broken down and there was no way he could or should have stayed until the end of the season. The same would apply to any company or organisation.

21.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 09:32:53
Greenaway
I also believe that posters should not tell each other that they were wrong as you or anybody else does not know who we want in charge, if you ask most posters, it certainly would not have been LR.

That been said, Maresca has done a runner mid season and the owners were left to make a decision.

Greenaway I admire your respect for Maresca but he wanted to leave and did abruptly leaving us in the lurch.

I should also say that I respect you and all other posters on this site, we all have differing opinions and from tim to time the discussions, like other sites, get heated.

You are probably right in that LR will be gone by the summer but I'm hoping he is successful which means the club are successful as well.

22.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 10:51:32
Jimbo, my point was and still is that the "grass is not always greener". Yes, his relationship had broken down and yes he had to leave but that still doesn't mean the "grass is always greener". My original comment said just that and was preceeded by my comments that the performance was the worst I have seen all season.

I then included the statement that "those of you who wanted Maresca out got what you wished for" and again I stand by that. If posters or ED's take that as inflammatory then so be it but it is my view.

23.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 12:22:49
Greenaway, of course the grass isn’t always greener and with what has happened the grass is a lighter shade of green. However, sometimes the grass is greener if you bother to have a look on the other side .

24.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 12:37:48
Jimbo, another posters “opinion” isn’t necessarily the “truth” and that’s my point.

25.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 13:22:29
ED001 said this is exactly what would happen once this thread and it has.

26.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 14:21:29
I’m not sure why a positive or negative post deserves more or less criticism. They are just opinions and guesses.

27.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 16:17:05
Totally right Tom and well said.

28.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 18:16:13
Tom, Greenaway,

8 have said many times on here that all posters are entitled to their own opinions, and it does not mean that they are right or wrong.

I think that all ED001 was trying to point out that the opening tread could start a heated discussion and that is exactly what happened here.

I'm pretty sure like other posters on here we appreciate both of your opinions and long may it continue.

29.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 20:13:36
Bill, my point had zero to do with Ed01’s comments.

30.) 16 Jan 2026
16 Jan 2026 21:47:22
Fair enough Tom.