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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by Ibime(m): 4:45am On Jan 02
Raumdeuter, do you care to point out the impact of DOGE on National spending, past the soundbites about Colombian bellydancers and gay Sri-Lankan frogs.


Ibime:
The DOGE thing is just political opportunism and sensationalism to make political capital out of the norms of US spending for decades. Most of it is sensationalism to win voters just like Elon shouting about 130 year old people on National database. To make you think Democrats are stealing money and win your vote eternally
Ibime:
At the end of the year, we would just judge the growth or decline in deficit, National spending and Social Security spending to judge the truth or otherwise of the matter

Men lie, women lie, numbers dont

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 4:19am On Jan 02
Enzo Maresca clashed with Chelsea over team selection, he didn’t want decisions on line-ups or substitutions taken out of his hands.

Chelsea insist their model hasn’t changed and that any input on rotation came only from the medical staff, focused on player workload.

Maresca believed the problems went deeper, he felt pressure from above to rotate and boost the value of several young players.

— @JacobsBen




Chelsea coach is not a coach but an asset manager or portfolio manager, sharing minutes everywhere to maintain asset value after TDs have bought hundred wingers. Have been stating this fact since Clearlake came in

All those funny substitutions of Gittens, Tyrique, Delap, Blomblom, Felix, JP, centrebacks pairings and constant wholesale changes of wingers every match around 60 mins regardless of the needs of the match are testament to this.

Maresca simply got tired of being a portfolio manager and wanted to be a football manager. Ease of Conference league last season confused these clowns that you can overstock with mids everywhere and rotate anyhow, but now there is no conference league but serious business. CWC final and certain big games shows that Maresca knows what is needed to lock down big games and didn't make funny team changes or substitutions in those games. The rest of the time, he was just an asset manager for Clearlake
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:30am On Jan 02
Rosenoir is a good manager whose opportunity has come too early. He supposed to cook for another 2 years at least
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Nairaland Fantasy Premier League 2025/2026 by Ibime(m): 11:17pm On Jan 01
Ipukulu with 50 points, that's a good gameweek
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 10:07pm On Jan 01
Chelsea official statement read out on Sky Sports stated ,"Maresca lacked mental fortitude and emotional maturity"

Clowns
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 9:58pm On Jan 01
Caicedobets:
Whoever the new coach will be
Once Enzo Fernandez becomes your starter you won't last 18 months

Enzo will pull you down
The truth of the matter

You can never be consistent with the jogger in midfield
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 9:57pm On Jan 01
Leyqute:
Mukiele no wan give Haaland any chance lol. Interesting matchup between the duo.
As in!

He will lose one of these duels soon enough though
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 9:26pm On Jan 01
lol. Mukiele dey contest every ball with Haaland like say na UFC Octagon dem dey
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 3:41pm On Jan 01
StarchAndBanga:
I just tire for User09

Maresca request for Delap as how grin grin grin
He could request for Delap. He has worked with him and Delap was a reasonable buy. Still is because we can get back £30m for Delap easy if it doesn't work out

But all those Gittens, Garnacho, Buonanote, Hato instead of strengthening the midfield and defence na the TDs work
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 2:51pm On Jan 01
diggz:
Bro, all these conspiracies na for wetin na?
Hope you realise that you’re low key giving the energy of those conspiracy theorist that you love to hate?
Ireti is incompetent. Shikena! We move!

By the way, Congratulations Nateevs! 😂
grin grin grin
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 2:26pm On Jan 01
Maresca was playing a game with the Technical Directors from the start. He knows they are incompetent and have built rubbish but told them at his interview that Chelsea cannot fail to win big things in the future with all the young players they have bought. They were happy with his false praise and gave him the job.

So he got what he wanted which was enhancing his CV while dancing to their tune, and now he is ready to step up to work with people that know what they are doing. And he absolutely has the skills to coach City.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 2:22pm On Jan 01
lordfalcao:
Then another sack looming in two years
Na normal thing at Chelsea na

For those hoping on Fabregas, Fabregas is not going to leave Como where he is a co-owner to come and answer to bozos at Chelsea. They could kill his coaching career before he establishes himself.

The only real contenders I'm seeing are Xavi and Marco Silva
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 2:07pm On Jan 01
timbros:
Why not wait for the sack? You would have been going home with your compensation package.

Maresca mess up big time.
lol. He will get compensation but any compensation will only last till he gets his next job - for example they could put him on gardening leave like Potter, still drawing his wage until he finds a new club
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:31pm On Jan 01
I will take Xavi as next coach, at least that one is headstrong to follow his own direction
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:29pm On Jan 01
Sportsweb:
Cole Palmer back to RW please.
3 man Midfield pls.
Loan Gittens
The SDs saw Maresca scramble this together from limited options, even converting James to achieve this and still set up the summer window for failure
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:28pm On Jan 01
Maresca gone
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 8:31pm On Dec 31, 2025
I told you guys Maresca is asked to share minutes among useless players, una dey drag. He is managing assets not a football team

From BBC - The Italian is encouraged to rotate his squad, but he often feels that when he does so in the Premier League, his team drops points. He has also openly urged reporters to question the hierarchy.


The eediots did not give him better solid central midfielders to rotate but a hundred useless wingers, putting him in 4-2-3-1 strait-jacket. This is Emenalo all over again. The prevailing wisdom among most TDs is that wingers have the highest financial ceilings and they would rather see a team set up with 4 wingers and just 2 CMs, rather than a solid 3. This theory was written upon by Emenalo repeatedly and is an industry school of thought. That's why Emenalo would leave us with just Mikel and Ramires midfield and pack the AM/winger positions. Mourinho had to force through the Matic purchase to give us small midfield stability. We are seeing the same nonsense repeat irself. Unfortunately one of our CM (Enzo) is a defensive passenger and not capable of carrying an AM heavy team.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 8:27pm On Dec 31, 2025
Mozambique beating Cameroon 1-0

Gabon beating Ivory Coast 2-0

Village people want to send Cameroon or CIV in our path in round 2 instead of Mozambique
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 8:25pm On Dec 31, 2025
Maresca is a great coach handed nonsense

And I believe he is deliberately doing one or two to show the eediots Winstanley and Stewart how useless their squad is
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:22pm On Dec 31, 2025
What's the difference between Madueke and Iniesta when it comes to going a calendar year with no league goal and assist

The difference is Iniesta was not a substitute or injured like Madueke and played full minutes

Shame on the carryalong!

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:27am On Dec 31, 2025
By the way Garnacho has now cost us 4 points this season by sleeping at the back post from a long throw

First against Brentford and again today

And Maresca will still give him back post marking detail next match
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 1:24am On Dec 31, 2025
MorataFC:
Which defence are you actually referring to?
When Colwill was injured and Maresca openly complained about the need to sign another centre-back, I was the one who shared that news here. At the time, more than 60 percent of the fanbase here reject the idea. Many explicitly said, “I stand with the board on this,” while others argued that Maresca already had enough defenders at his disposal and should simply make better use of the options available.

Fast forward to now, and the narrative has shifted. This is precisely why the earlier concerns about defensive depth and suitability should not have been dismissed so casually.

He raised the issues about the need to sign an additional defender, but the majority of fans here go against it. Many openly stated, “I stand with the board on this,” implying that the manager should make do with the defensive options already at his disposal .
Maresca had Anselmino, Sarr and Veiga and was making noise.

He should be quiet. Midfield is the beginning and ending of all of our problems and inconsistency. That's what he should be making noise about
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 11:39pm On Dec 30, 2025
Nateevs still hoping for Arsenal to lose so we can chase them in title race grin grin grin

Better put mind on fight for 5th spot with Manure and Newcastle and hope UEFA allow 5 teams into UCL

Only pesin wey no know ball will believe a team with our midfield will compete for league

We have dropped 13 points from winning positions this year. No midfield solidity, no midfield control, just useless wingers everywhere
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 8:53pm On Dec 30, 2025
Enzoooooooooo
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 7:24pm On Dec 30, 2025
airmark:
I don't understand this their fixtures.

I saw in your past post that we would face Algeria. Why should we face a table topper from another group?
In quarter final

First we will face Mozambique in 2nd round
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 6:57pm On Dec 30, 2025
Tanzania have qualified as the fourth best 3rd place team with just 2 draws
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 6:46pm On Dec 30, 2025
Chukwueze is not strong enough for African football

Every attempt at a dribble sees him fall on the floor once the defender steps across him
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 6:42pm On Dec 30, 2025
Dessrs has been begging for opportunity to join a tournament squad for years and has always showed up for every friendly he has been invited to, yet coach won't give him 10 minutes against Uganda. Na this kain human aspect coach need factor to avoid players becoming dispirited.
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 6:39pm On Dec 30, 2025
Osimhen has obviously told Chelle to let him statpad to improve his AFCON record and will rake for him if he is substituted
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 6:31pm On Dec 30, 2025
Onyedika again
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 6:29pm On Dec 30, 2025
rooftops:
I dey feel this dele bashiru o. He is not playing like a typical Nigeria midfielder.

Make this uganda keeper comot now!! You are injured and still trying to force yourself to play
He's a powerful box to box
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga)Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Ibime(m): 6:28pm On Dec 30, 2025
This coach should bring off Osimhen, Bassey and Onyemeachi to avoid stories that touch

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