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airmark:
I only answered you because you added Madueke who has been here more than a season. I wouldn't have answered you when both Sancho and Neto haven't spent a season with the team and haven't even played 31 matches for reasonable comparison with your washed Sterling.

Again, my washed Sterling. When did he become my washed Sterling?

bemeruca:
Both

You mean you are both guys.

raumdeuter:
Who told you Latinos didnt think he would do what he said? They actually wanted him to do it. Put the election today Trump will win Latinos by a wider margin. Do you think the Latinos were not affected by the economy and policies under Biden

3rd world countries are governed by leaders who say different things during campaigns and do different in governance

All those scare tactics of racism is old, Racism cries are coming from race hustlers to scare people into voting them while they do nothing for their voters. I have lived for many years in the US as a black man I have never experienced any form of racism, my children will even have more benefits than me

The only thing coming to a bus stop near me is more prosperity

It's funny how you keep making this promises made, promises kept statements as though it's supposed to be intriguing in this instance.

I don't care the promises kept. I care about the by-products of this whole shit-fest.

I care about the richest man in the world having an office next to the most powerful man in the world. I care about the conflict of interests that emanate from such improper alliances and how it potentially affects the world.

I care about Billionaires licking ass, towing the line, and becoming yes men. I worry about a powerless HOR and Senate, who now have no power to checkmate Executive excesses for fear of being primaried by guess who?... yes, the richest man in the world.

I care about the erosion of resistance to tyranny, racism and discrimination across all levels of government. I care about the likes of Stephen Miller having power in government. I care about all the racists coming out of hiding, who now think that by extension, they have a mandate to be outrightly racist and discriminatory.

I care about a Senate that has started to talk about handing Trump a 3rd term. I worry about the message that neo-autocratic governance would send to the world, if perpetuated by the US, the supposed guardians of the strongholds of Democracy.


As you already know, I don't live in the US. I live in the UK. And like you, I have not been raced against for 20 years. I have been in business with predominantly English folks for over a decade and never had to question my blackness. But because it doesn't/ didn't happen to me doesn't mean it's not prevalent. And to be insensitive to it is either flat-out stupidity or just politically-naivity of insane proportions.


It is not a prediction. I guarantee you, and you will see it with your eyes. At some point in the near future, the blacks and the Latinos that enabled this shit-fest will wish they didn't.

bemeruca:
Go edit it na. You are a liberal showing TDS. You will cry for four years even if trump cures cancer. That's TDS and if you like you can edit Wikipedia, TDS is still TDS.

I can't tell these guys apart. It's this the one that lives in the US or the one in Nigeria?

airmark:
I didn't type this, you did and i answered you.

It is not a Sterling v Madueke debate. How many times do I have to tell you? I already conceded that Madueke should not be added to this particular topic.

Why are you still hoovering around this point? Can't you just move the hell on?

airmark:
Madueke is one of those that dislodged Sterling, so why must i remove him and leave Neto and Sancho? You added him confidently, and he is still in our team. You can't be shifting goalpost all the time.

This is the problem with you. You have suddenly turned this into a Sterling v Madueke argument. It is not.

Do you even remember what it is?

bemeruca:
Denying reality won't change anything.

As you show your TDS, people continue to approve of Trump's work.
If you don't know how to research I will help you one time.

It does not exist but wiki is explaining it for you.

Are you gonna cry for 4 years

I told you it was a non-existent issue, parroted by stupid people to avoid criticism. You realise anyone can edit/update Wikipedia, including you, right?

The fact that one of you goes the extra mile of putting it on Wikipedia is no proof of existence.

I am not a Democrat but I see the number of times you guys mention Democrats every single day as well. It that equally DDS?

basilico:
Scientists are willing to diagnose Stockholm Syndrome , with very few subjects who were once hostages.
TDS dataset runs into hundreds of millions including those who believe Trump's ear was grazed by shrapnel or the teleprompter and not by Thomas Crook's bullet. They have a big presence here.

You are incoherent. When you can explain what TDS is, then feel free to hit me up.

basilico:
.I guess you don't believe there is something like Stockholm Syndrome too.

This is not a smart response.

bemeruca:
We have seen TDS so many times here. Look at Obrigardo, cococandy and ijebos for a start.

Again, there is no such thing as TDS. You are quoting names but not explaining exactly what it is.

bemeruca:
It's only people who have special kind of TDS believes shit coming to a bus stop near them

While you guys cry. Real people out there sees a good work


Donald Trump's Approval Rating Higher With Black People Than White People

Trump More Popular Now Than Ever Before


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAG4Z_AwNfs

There is no such thing as TDS. It is a stupid acronym coined and used by stupid people to deflect from real argument.

basilico:
The focus is on the negatives of his actions. That's all the media is reporting, sometimes lying For instance I saw something about Colombian president offering to send his presidential jet to pick deportees . After initially turning down a flight , he was threatened with tarriffs . He blinked.
MSNBC and other enemedia were celebrating his rejection. Trending topic today.

I read the news. The DOJ releases a bulletin, I read the bulletin. That's news, not MSNBC talking points.

What did you think there will be no negatives of all these Executive Orders? Why are you bothered that someone is reporting the negatives?

This is like my Latino buddy who voted Trump, reality don dey set in. Dude is now scared that he might lose his citizenship, because his parents were undocumented. I am like sorry buddy, but did you think they will not try to remove citizenship retrospectively? He thought that would be a crazy move, I am like who would stop them?

That's one negative instance of one EO, and that's the reality of voting Trump. Nothing to do with Democrats or MSNBC or CNN.

raumdeuter:
Most of these were the campaign promises he made that won him the election

It's refreshing to have politicians assume office and not develop amnesia about their campaign promises

Was there any of these that Trump didn't mention during the campaign season? Yet the majority of the country voted him

Right now he is at record high approval rating.

Sit back and watch America go from greatness to greatness

The talk be like Latinos who are now saying they didn't think he was going to do all he said he would.

This matter don pass whether or not he's doing what he said he would. I believed him 100%. The question now is the reality of actually doing what he said he would.

You sound like you were never a Nigerian. This is the how third world countries are governed.

But more importantly, this is the beginning of autocracy in the US, and you are celebrating it. For someone who has black children in the US, it will not be "greatness to greatness" for them, when white racists people start to push for Brown v Board to be abolished.

You think you belong to a movement. Like I said, one of these dey come to a bus stop near you very soon.

basilico:
I take it that those are the democrat talking points for this week? Where you got that list from? From the propagandist Ben Rhodes who coined the echo chamber quote.
In the spring of last year, legions of arms-control experts began popping up at think tanks and on social media, and then became key sources for hundreds of often-clueless reporters. ’We created an echo chamber,’ [Rhodes] admitted, when I asked him to explain the onslaught of freshly minted experts cheerleading for the deal. ’They were saying things that validated what we had given them to say.’
“The average reporter we talk to is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. … They literally know nothing,” Rhodes bragged.

Please take each point, and research it. I made the list myself because I am documenting this impending decline in 5D.

I am not a Democrat. I report facts and have no time for blind idiocy.

airmark:


Why should i? You added him with enough braggadoccio because of that washed Sterling.

When you answer like that, then you are docking a potential factual debate for fear of losing.

To be honest, I don't want to get into this debate as well because you have started that thing again. For the record, I am staunchly anti-Sterling and NOT anti-Neto/Sancho at this point.

airmark:
Those ones are not 30 years and there's room for improvement and they can dribble unlike Sterling that can't even dribble two cones successfully, as a winger.

Sterling's dross last season in Epl - 8 goals and 4 assists in 31 matches

Useless Madueke this season in Epl - 7 goals and 3 assists in 21 matches.

The only thing last season's Sterling get pass Madueke, is Ikebe.

Remove Madueke and do the same for Neto and Sancho.

airmark:
A Sterling giving Palmer's numbers, would have remained with us.

No sane coach wouldn't have asked Sterling to be ejected from his team with the nonsense he served last season.

Let's not go there Airmark. You and i don't support Sterling. But Sancho, Neto and Madueke, combined have not even matched half of Sterling's dross. But they are still here.

Why?

Caicedobets:
no you are talking nonsense by defending Maresca who is clearly out of sorts.
How will a true fan be supporting a coach doesn't know how to do his job

Your support of maresca shows how nonsense your opinion is.
You are an enemy of the club

And you lack critical thinking ability because according to you, viewing centre thugs are going to break your head open with bottles.

I have been a Chelsea fan since before you were allowed to go watch games by yourself in viewing centres.

The people who hired Maresca have paid and invested a combined £3.3bn so far. That's more money than you can make if you came for 5 lifetimes, paid into one club. They support Maresca.

But your N500 viewing centre ass thinks they are enemy of the club too abi? ..... and you are more passionate than they are...... because they support Maresca?

Alhaji, I have told you to dress go one side. Dress go one side permanently.

raumdeuter:
He has 4yrs to do it and the first few days have been great and awesome

Biden had his 4yrs and there was a referendum on his performance

What's been awesome about the first few days? He has done the following so far:

1. Pardoned violent rioters
2. Pardoned a drug dealer
3. Threatened to remove birthright,
4. Sacked 18 IGs from Federal Agencies,
5. Frozen all Police Reform Agreements. Agreements of reform including the proper use of force and discrimination by Police.
6. Started full implementation of ScheduleF of Project 2025.
7. Frozen the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. This is the department that looks after voting rights, election law, discrimination etc.
8. Issued order to DOJ cancelling all job offers to young lawyers after the hiring freeze signed by EO

... to name a few. These are just a few I have been noting myself.

Are you truly celebrating this? Shit is coming to a bus stop near you soon Dayo.

Ibime:
You don't throw more than $200 to $500 at shïtcoins, only listed coins with good volume and adoption

I was about to say the same thing. Never more than $500 for me.

Caicedobets:
I dare you to go there and cap the nonsense you spilled and let me see if they won't change it for u there
Online analyst

So I see you have no real views of your own, so you align your views with thuggery of viewing centres, for fear of not being stabbed by the UP-Shesi wing of the fan base. Right?

Abeg dress go one side. Viewing centre analyst

diggz:
I’m sure if I look through everyone’s posts, I’ll find people praising this guy’s ruthlessness, including you. But now you want us to believe he’s powerless?

This is the same guy who straight-up told Chilwell off, benched Chalobah at the start of the season, and sent Petrovic out on loan. Now you want us to question the board, and not him? Why?

Was it the board that told him to stick with that ridiculous high line yesterday, or that decided to loan out Petrovic and refuse to bring Santos back?

Maresca is silly!

If i have to explain this, then it means you guys are not following the news from your club keenly. Clearlake specifically announced that they were looking for a coach and not a manager. The coach will have autonomy over all on-field activities, but will relinquish decision-making about personnel to the owners and TDs. Basically a yes man!

How are you just knowing this?


The ruthlessness being praised was therefore in the action of being able to enforce what was needed by the board, ruthlessly. The directors put Chalobah up for sale, so rightly he didn't play him. Nobody came in for Chalobah until deadline day, and so he was sent on loan. Same for Chilwell and Sterling because the board wanted to align wage bill.

How are you just knowing this?

And so consequently, the high-line is an on-field activity which he has autonomy over. So asking if he should or should not do that is silly. Also, it nearly worked. If Palmer had weighted his pass well to Jackson, it would have been 2-0 and it will be a different story. Managers make mistakes all the time. I don't see anyone having anything to say when he win 10 on a bounce.

Instead I am seeing people revising history now, saying we were only 2nd on the top because others under performed.

drisham:
Lmao the only reason why we were able to sit seconds was because the other teams were messing up
Compare our points at both stages under poch


Maresca is just there, nothing special

Guys what is wrong with you? Why are you talking like this? We were one victory against Everton from going top of the table until the Liverpool game for that weekend. Are you claiming Liverpool was messing up as well?

If Arsenal and City performed as well as we did in the same period, we would all be joint second.

The way you guys forget history and change alliances on a whim. It's alarming.

diggz:
How do we help him figure out what’s gone wrong when he’s clearly sticking with The Chronic Gambler to build his confidence and team synergy?

It’s like driving your car down a rough road filled with sharp objects that could puncture your tyres, yet you keep going, hoping the same tyres that could get punctured somehow won’t.

Honestly, I think Maresca is being stubborn and arrogant, and that’s why he’s in this slump. If he doesn’t change his approach and remove The Chronic Gambler as our number one keeper, we’re only going to end up in a worse situation... unless, of course, he gets sacked before that happens.

Every game, The Chronic Gambler gives away a free goal! In fact, I can see him and his buddies retiring early from any active employment to enjoy their winnings at our expense.

By the way, this would be a good time for you to suggest another solution that could help Maresca, especially since you both share the same view on Sanchez.

I do not share the same view on the use of Sanchez. I criticised Poch for playing Sanchez. I only said I understand the tactical reason behind using Sanchez.

The whole of January has come and gone, why are you not asking the board why they haven't brought in a new goalie? Have they not been seeing the mistakes from Sanchez?

Do you think if Maresca has a better goalie, he wouldn't use him?

Caicedobets:
do not say this nonsense in a viewing centre
Dem fit deck u

You better stay the f..uck away from my mentions. What part of my profile spells viewing centre type to you?

rooftops:
I think this is where you getting it wrong, our current position is what matters most. If season ends today, no champions league for us. So him getting us to second earlier in the season is inconsequential if by the end of season we finish 15th.

I am not. You guys are trying to rewrite history. It's just surprising this history is only a few weeks old.

If Maresca was not an instant hit, and was losing 1 game and drawing 2 for every 3 and 4 respectively, we would all have been saying he's bedding in, considering only Championship experience, but he needs to pick up the pace asap.

Go look at the expectations of all football pundits after Maresca was hired. Every single one of them expected Chelsea to finish worse than Poch.

So where's all that expectation gone? I know where. Maresca came in and won 10 on a bounce, finishing top of the league in ECL with exceptional performances and squad management. And now, naturally, expectations have adjusted accordingly.

For that reason, it is unfair to him to say it is inconsequential that we rose to 2nd. It is the most consequential thing. It shows that with a few very good decisions, he can get even more out of the team.

As a matter of fact, Maresca has been so good, everyone expected us to take full 3 points against Everton and climb into 1st place, until Liverpool. Do you understand the magnitude of that achievement in only 6 months?

Instead of bashing him, we should be helping him to find out what's gone wrong, the reason for this slump, and how we can help him get back to this winning ways.

airmark:
Nateevs don abandon the werey. No more 'my boy' again.

What are you talking about? Who abandoned who?

Android17:
Oga Nateevs. Please let us not airmarkify this conversation. When Poch was here, the narrative was "it is all on the manager, another manager will handle these players better". You yourself said you'd never criticize the players until you saw them under another manager. A.K.A they will cook under another manager.

You even did victory laps here. No backpedalling. I like the energy. Let us keep it the same. No need for "give him the right tools". I've not made any conclusions on EM. He can still finish top 3 and the difference will be clear, but your arguments here won't hold up if he finishes below 6th - I'll tell you that.

Siddonlookmode.

You have completely misunderstood context here. I say this again.....

This season alone, Maresca has played 4 at the back, 3 at the back, inverted left back, inverted right back, inverted LB into 6, inverted LB into 8. Inverted RB into 6, inverted RB into 8. 2 attacking 8s, 2 defensive 6s, one DM, and one floating 6/8..... Palmer on the right 8, Palmer on the left 8.........To add to this, he's played high block, medium block, and low block at different times in the season.... all in a bid to achieve results.

Whilst at this, with largely the same players, no team has completely outplayed us all season. We've looked at every moment capable of dispersing any team, technically and tactically. Arsenal, a title competing side last season played defensively against us in our first meeting. That's fucking miles of progress in less than 6 months. Again, with largely the same players.


For context, Poch played almost the exact same way every single game, until the last 5, where he started inverting only the LB. In fact, it was the only clear formation/tactical modification he tried all season. We were lucky he was trying it out for the last 5 games of the season. By the 6th games, teams would have started to figure out how to play us, and we would have been back to no- clue management style. This was a guy who was playing Colwill at LB, Chilwell at LW.

We were out-played almost every single game, losing embarrassingly to Arsenal 5-0, and couldn't beat Liverpool kids with a full strength squad.

He played all season long with no identifiable pattern of attack, tactics or player development.

In contrast Maresca has shown us the capability of every single player, and possibly, the limit of every single player.

As opposed to Maresca, Poch had the autonomy of identifying the talents of Andrey Santos, Lewis Hall, Angelo Gabriel, Ian Maatsen, but didn't. Instead, sent them all out on loan. Instead he played his first 11 into the ground running running running, instead of tactical work, as corroborated by even his own players.


So yes, pound for pound, Maresca has shown with less autonomy, power, and manegerial experience that he can do more with less and inexperienced resources.

And so yes, Maresca deserves more tools, more time, more support.

It's not contradicting argument.

rooftops:
My view is that his tactic won us trophy the season before, so he is excused not this mid coach with mid ambitions.

And my view is that Mareca's tactics took us up to 2nd this season. A feat Poch could not smell at his best.

Maresca did not advertise himself as a PL winning manager before your owners hired him. So what is the misplaced outrage about?

rooftops:
I don't even know the tactics he keeps hammering on, tactic we don't see in times of crises. The team has been on a downward slope for a while and the great maresca tactic is no where to bail us.

How can one person be supporting Jackson and maresca at the same time? No be witchcraft be that?

We had a very strong Chelsea team on a downward slope to 11th with JM in charge. And tactics did not help at that time of the crisis.

What were your views at the time?

wman:
Someone that isn't tactically flexible?


Someone that Leicester fans disliked for almost bottling a 30 points Championship lead?

Chelsea is not a training club for mid championship managers. We are a club for top quality managers. Look at the club for the last 20 years and tell us how any mid-level manager performed or fared?

Endure mid-level managers and become a mid-club with a losing mentality. Mid-level managers that cower at the sight of big clubs and set up their teams to narrowly lose or get a draw against top clubs.

We don't care about his style of football or methods. Sarri had his unique style but we wanted him out. Conte had his 3-4-3 style but we booted him out.

Maresca is in no way better than or even equal to Poch. Poch even had serious injuries to senior players in his team. And he was bold enough to at least stand to these stupid directors and owners. Maresca is just a lap dog that will eat up whatever they say. It isn't a coincidence that multiple top managers rejected this failed £1.5bn project.

Carry your vex and meet the owners. Which one concern Mareca?

This season alone, Maresca has played 4 at the back, 3 at the back, inverted left back, inverted right back, inverted LB into 6, inverted LB into 8. Inverted RB into 6, inverted RB into 8. 2 attacking 8s, 2 defensive 6s, one DM, and one floating 6/8..... Palmer on the right 8, Palmer on the left 8.

Please don't tell me about Maresca not being tactically flexible. Y'all may not be paying attention.

Meanwhile, your owners and Directors are implementing a ban on transfers for over 25s. Your owners are leaving Madueke in the team as our main RW, Sanchez as our main GK, no experienced CBs, Andrey Santos on loan, stock-piling kids, selling English players and Academy for profit - Gallagher, Hall, Chalobah, Odoi, etc. Then they had one full month to address the matter, and not a single player walked through the door. Instead we shamelessly went to recall a defender they said had to be frozen out?

There's 3 goals between Sancho and Neto so far all season, and you want magic.

Please leave Maresca out of this shit abeg. How many of your favourites can take this team to 2nd place on the table? Abi you think it was by luck?

Android17:
Chelsea fans, remember Poch finished 6th last season. I ask again, if Enzo finishes 6th or lower, will you accept that you were unfair to Poch?

Still no. Poch is supposed to have over a decade's worth of top division football experience. He was here for a full year, and no Chelsea fan could identify us with any reasonable way or method of playing.

Maresca had only one full season of Championship football ever; yet has immediately imprinted his style and methods on the team, clear for everyone to understand and see.

The fact that he's contending in the same result zone as Poch, show that tactically and technically, he's miles ahead of Poch. Poch was not treated unfairly abeg.

On top of this, Maresca is a yes man in his own employment, with no absolute power over who stays, who leaves and quite frankly, who he must play because of circumstances of their contract length. Given all the conditions, he's doing fantastically well.

Is he going to make rookie mistakes? Yes. Absolutely!All those yapping are talking out of context. None of your favourite top class managers would work under these conditions, let alone produce results.

Let's dead that matter finally. With Maresca I stand. Give him the tools to work with, and he will do well.