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Atalanta vs Chelsea (UCL) Tuesday 9th December 20:00 GMT

I am surprised that the horrendous miss from Reece James at the beginning of the second half, when their defence suddenly froze, hasn't been wheeled out as a difference maker. But realistically, how many other testing attempts did we have in that second until the end of the game and desperation took over. Shocking management
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Jason Cundy mentioned it immediately after the miss in commentary on the club website.

Agree with you, we didn’t exactly ‘bombard their goal’ in any shape or form.

 
I went on holiday for the week because I thought surely after drawing, the players would be up for it and Maresca's gonna pull off a win despite me hating his football philosophy

I was wrong and f**k Maresca

 
I went on holiday for the week because I thought surely after drawing, the players would be up for it and Maresca's gonna pull off a win despite me hating his football philosophy

I was wrong and f**k Maresca
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@Deino I'm shocked! Surely you know better than to be hopeful!

 
No we don't!

We have quality in Caciedo, Palmer and James, some attitude and effort in Cucurella and potential in Estevao and Acheampong.

The rest are largely squad fillers. Fofana maybe slightly better than that.

This squad is nowhere near challenging for major trophies. Far too many also rans in it.
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But they're not totally squad fillers are they? I mean they are young players included in the World Cup squads of Brazil and Argentina and France, highly regarded in the footballing world. No doubt we are doing our best to ruin their careers, but the players we are bringing in are players highly regarded outside of our club. Players keenly respected in the football coaching world. What happens when they get here - is another story.

 
God what a hard watch that was yesterday...

I've been somewhere inbetween giving Maresca time and sacking him for quite a while, but I just can't see us competing in CL or PL as long as he's here. There were some rare great matches under him but I guess that just came down mostly due to individual moments of brilliance and a highly-motivated matchups. Tactically, he really seems out of his depth, lost with no real shape or idea.

Real Madrid seem to have the same issue with Xabi Alonso, but of course they have much more individual quality so perhaps it doesn't show quite as much as for us.

But then there's another question... IF we could sack him tomorrow - which jobless manager would we want to bring? There's no good options out there at the moment.

Also, why are we pretty much the only big club that keeps giving 5-year contracts to new managers???? I will never understand that.
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Crystal Palace manager

Sunderland manager.

Aston villa manager..

They will all be much better..

 
Crystal Palace manager

Sunderland manager.

Aston villa manager..

They will all be much better..
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True, but I was asking about managers that are free at the moment. Also, I doubt Glasner and Emery would even want to come. Can't blame them, honestly.

 
Definitely!! Good shout!

Fully expecting this line up :

Sanchez

Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella

James, Caicedo

Neto, Fernandez, Garnacho

Joao Ped
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I reckon this will be a tough game for us. We need to put our best side out and make sure we get all 3 points.

 
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