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03 Jan 2026 09:28:11
So merasca has gone the board has decided its you! They want to take over first team duties.
You can get rid of 3 players maxium and you can bring in 3 players maxium but you can't go into the red by more than 10million. Balance the books if you can.
And what would be your starting lineup after your transfers.
1.) 03 Jan 2026 09:51:26
I don't understand this post! bizarre comment.
2.) 03 Jan 2026 10:38:07
Sell Tosin, Badiashile, Disasi, Washington and Sterling. Bring in Anderson and Sesko.
Start the usual team against City.
3.) 03 Jan 2026 10:55:53
Sesko hahahahahhahahaha.
4.) 03 Jan 2026 11:27:36
Can I sell 30 players instead?
5.) 03 Jan 2026 11:57:08
Of course you can but you then you have to buy 30 players. My guess is a lot of fans wouldn’t be happy with the majority of your signings, blame the SD (if applicable) and call the owner (you) an idiot. Sound familiar?
Impossible to make fans happy as thankfully we all have different and sometimes biased opinions! My guess would be that someone will say something like “it couldn’t be worse. ”.
6.) 03 Jan 2026 12:21:35
Tomb is Washington not already sold? I would be very surprised if he wasnt.
7.) 03 Jan 2026 12:23:43
Basically greenaway. You can't just say buy yamal for £200m. It has to be within the clubs means.
Not sure how hard it is to understand.
8.) 03 Jan 2026 12:25:52
Tomb why Anderson and sesko? Just interested really.
9.) 03 Jan 2026 12:27:18
Standard you don't really want to sell 30 players. You know as well as I do. 1 they aren't all that bad and 2 it would cost another 2 billion.
So just be realistic.
10.) 03 Jan 2026 13:03:19
Sell - Badiashille, Disasi and Sterling.
Sign - Guehi and Wharton
Starting 11 -
Sanchez
James
Fofana and Guehi (Colwill for Fofana when fit)
Cucurella
Caicedo, Wharton and Fernandez
Palmer and Estavao
Joao Pedro.
11.) 03 Jan 2026 13:20:40
CfB, Anderson because I think he would work well with Caicedo and might be needed if Lavia never comes back.
Sesko was my first choice forward last year. To my eyes he would have been perfect for us.
Costa because I think he is the best keeper in Europe.
12.) 03 Jan 2026 13:34:34
I would sell Fernandez, Garnacho and Chalobah should get £130 M plus
Would buy Wharton and Guehi.
13.) 03 Jan 2026 14:05:04
Washington is still at the club.
14.) 03 Jan 2026 14:48:54
Wow tomb i genuinely thought he was gone.
15.) 03 Jan 2026 14:49:44
J. Actually like that team. I am still unsure on joao Pedro.
16.) 03 Jan 2026 19:09:07
Im sorry but the valuation you giys are placing on our players is outrageous. Enzo garnacho and chalobah 130m?
17.) 03 Jan 2026 20:47:15
Not outrageous just not aligned with yours or maybe another supporters valuation. I personally think £130m is on the low side.
I also wouldn’t sell Caicedo for anything less than £175m.
What on earth difference does a fans valuation make? There are only two valuations that count and that’s the selling and buying club.
Fans generally value a player on biased opinions anyway!
14 Dec 2025 15:55:40
Oi oi oi Hudson-odoi
Loved that lad at chelsea. My lad has a picture of them together at the bridge. Now we love him more for tearing spurs to peices.
1.) 14 Dec 2025 17:17:36
In my opinion CHO would have been a truly top talent if it hadn’t been for that horrible Achilles injury.
2.) 14 Dec 2025 17:36:56
Agree Tom and he was someone who had stood out for. me in terms of skill on display when I. managed to watch some of our youth sides.
09 Dec 2025 22:49:42
Here we go. We can't play every 2 days according to merasca.
Everyone else manages. Poor excuse in my opinion. In Times like this he should keep his trap shut and say nothing. Get on the training pitch and try harder.
1.) 09 Dec 2025 23:15:18
He would then be criticised for not facing up to the media.
I may well be wrong but I took that as was more about to many players who have had injuries can’t play every two days.
2.) 10 Dec 2025 06:56:40
Sometimes you can speak tomb without actually saying anything. He doesn't need to not face the media but don't come out with this rubbish.
If arteta came out with it. People would say that he is making excuses.
So in my opinion he is making excuses.
Its a fact that our fans lambast arteta for it.
3.) 10 Dec 2025 09:22:05
The problem is that there are too many rotated players each match.
You can easy move one, maximum two players each game without disrupting the first 11.
It did not work for Claudio and it defiantly is not working for Maresca.
He is doing this to save injuries, how many blooming injuries have we had this season with his in out, in out, shake it all about rotation.
Personally I don't think he can turn this around and will be gone latest by the end of the season.
4.) 10 Dec 2025 10:32:23
CFB
Joe Cole called it right re Maresca's excuses, he called them "Bul***it" (sorry for the language) .
5.) 10 Dec 2025 11:09:55
I would take Joe coles opinion over most. Again just his opinion. But at least it aligns with other professionals ie the legend that is John terry.
6.) 10 Dec 2025 12:09:18
CFB, that’s because I acknowledge I am only guessing. It’s what’s us fans are the most of the time. EM in my opinion, has represented himself and our club in a very professional way.
Joe Cole like other pundits and fans are perfectly entitled to their opinions.
We want to see our club playing in all competitions and that amount to about 60 games a season not including internationals. Rotation is now an important part of any teams success.
7.) 10 Dec 2025 12:45:08
Tom,
I'm not against rotation per se, just that too many changes each game does not work, I'm ok with one or two changes.
8.) 10 Dec 2025 14:17:43
Again teams manage it every season 3 games a week and as bill says swapping 1 or 2 players a game not 50% of the outfield players.
9.) 10 Dec 2025 15:09:07
Yes it happens in every team every week. Maybe other teams haven’t got the same injuries, the same suspensions.
We have a squad. FGS use it. If you say the rotation is bad because the squad is bad that is a different argument but neither of you are saying that.
10.) 10 Dec 2025 15:20:59
No we are saying pick your best 11 and create unity.
But you seem to think we are wrong.
11.) 10 Dec 2025 16:27:23
Just more thing. As far as I know JT has only said positive things about EM. I would also add so has Lamps.
If you want to pick out pundits that have the same opinion as your agenda, that’s up to you!
Some pundits will like him some will not. It’s the same with fans.
12.) 10 Dec 2025 17:24:17
The best 11 cannot be picked for every match. Like all teams we will have injuries and suspensions. Rotation is just a fact of football.
13.) 10 Dec 2025 17:55:24
When has any of us said rotation shouldn't happen we are saying one or two a game maximum. Which is what pundits are also saying as more disrupts the flow of the team. And again its our opinion you don't need to keep fighting it.
And again we have 2 first team players injured. Both of which have played no more than about 30 competitive games for US.
Sorry I missed colwill but he hasn't been avaible all season.
He didn't have to change trev at half time. But he did. Because he wants to tinker. Trev hasn't been injured recently but bad as he'll has so why not take him off if its about managing their minutes back into games. And plenty of players play on with a yellow card. If he's bothered about him getting sent off then he should sort the discipline issues he has had all season.
14.) 10 Dec 2025 18:27:22
He said the main reason he substituted Chalaboa was the yellow card. That seems reasonable to me.
I would not have brought on Tosin. I would have moved Josh to CH and played Gust at RB. I would have also brought on Eatavao and Santos. We all see games differently as fans but it’s the manager who makes the calls. If he gets the. Wrong and we lose he gets criticised but that doesn’t make him an “idiot” or a “clown. ”.
Chelsea-forever-blue's rumour replies
01 Jan 2026 13:30:51
Or maybe not bill.
30 Dec 2025 23:53:50
You never said boring win. You said a 0-0 over a 2-2.
30 Dec 2025 22:12:38
Tomb you prefer a 0-0 draw over a 2-2 draw. Suppose it says the difference in our personalities.
You like a good old bore fest 0-0 and I want to be entertained with goals with a 2-2.
No wonder you keep beating the bore. Sorry I ment drum from merasca.
30 Dec 2025 18:55:02
I said I would rather watch us lose 5-4 than watch some of the boring football we have endured recently.
That being if we score 4 its at least entertaining every game. At the minute we are lucky to score one or two if we manage to bore the pants off the opposition first. And sneak behind their low block. All so boring and slow
Would I want then beaten so someone gets the sack no. I just want he to actually entertain us.
14 Dec 2025 17:40:23
It was actually ed001 that said he knew what he signed up for.
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18 Jan 2026 17:43:44
And standard where in my comments did I say not a real fan or not a fan.
My whole point is that tusole and now kazblue for that matter remind me of the people on all social media which when you look at their profiles are African people. Which may or may not be chelsea fans and just post or troll for that matter to get a reaction.
You can't even admit to what you have said yourself in the past so don't put words in my mouth.
And you staying up till 3 in the morning woohoo good on you. Some of us have travelled in all types of weather and time zones following our club, getting back at "3am" to then go to work so don't talk some much tosh.
18 Jan 2026 17:35:30
Ha ha ha ha no remarks about being a better fan but from your reaction it says kazblue has never been to the bridge and standard we know you are from aus and have never been. You bored us with that before whilst also lieing. And claiming you didn't say something when you was proved wrong you disappeared for ages. By the way caicedo is not a donkey he is actually world class
Maybe you guys should ask tomb for his ticket some time. That way you can actually provide to the club you supposedly support.
I have a liverpool fan ST holder that goes to every game. But buys his shirt from a fake Chinese Internet shop because he doesn't want to pay the money. Naturally as football supporters we take the Michael and say he is actually robbing the club he supposedly supports.
18 Jan 2026 10:54:44
It was Guillem Balague who said he was clueless. Keys has a long standing criticism of pep.
It seem that every man and his dog has ran with what Richard keys has said. A prime example of how social media takes something toxic and multiplies it.
18 Jan 2026 10:47:50
Richard keys basically posted the exact same thing after the man city loss. So maybe he just read it on his phone and requoting.
A respected person after said keys was clueless.
{Ed001's Note - he said it on BeIn Sports as a guess while presenting their Premier League coverage. He also said he thought Pep would quit this week. It was just a guess/hunch, he even said as much later in the show. Though we know Maresca held talks with Citeh over the job, their preference is Enrique, so nothing is certain.}
18 Jan 2026 10:45:29
I won't be posting often tomb. I am still popping in every now and then. I have removed myself from all social media as I find it all fake or miss leading much the same as the media outlets.
I brought myself back to ask where tusole is from as he reminds me of the hundreds possibly the thousands of Africans on social media that rant. But have never even been to england. Never mind to the bridge. Don't get me wrong he may live under the seats in the Mathew harding upper for all I know. But for most of us that go regular (even tho i can only go 5 to 6 times a year now I have moved) they are more balanced arguments. Even jimbo and nib please keep giving your opinion guys or gals for that matter.
Just remember whatever you put in here will never make a difference. And we are all wrong with our opinions because we are not within the club. So we just jump on the Internet for our information. If anyone has ever read the reddit posts or the replies on Facebook X or Instagram its full of toxic misleading fake news. If you get your head full of this, its no wonder we get negative opinions.
This is why it was so good having the eds in here to straighten out some of the rubbish. Just like ed001 did with the guehi wages post. Thanks eds keep up the good work.