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Ibime:
There has been rotation between Tosin and Fofana etc

Chalobah decision today was the right one. You take that red card at 55 mins. Any decent team should see it out

Hato and Chalobah is the right combination right from start. Infact he had the right combination in Sarr and Chalobah and was making noise and Sarr was sent on loan to Strasbourg

The Colwill he is shouting about, he had Colwill looking shaky till just January. He is not even shouting about Colwill for his defensive skill but for his left footed passes.

He doesn't know anything about stabilising defence. Conference league final is proof.

forgiveness:
Let us agree it was a defensive error. And who's fault is it to have Tosin and average defenders in the team? Maresca?

Realtord43:
Look at the fine pass Enzo lay for Gusto to just run through and score or square for Neto, but he foolishly cut back almost immediately. And he have the pace to push through.

Gusto can never make it here
https://x.com/felix_jnf/status/1971963506477129984?t=SGneEDMYiuSlFvhiemdW3Q&s=19[/quote]That Gusto fumbled that ball. The thing pain me die.

If na JP, he would had ran towards the goal.

nateevs:
I am not going to get into a Maresca argument. Two stupid things happened in back-to-back games that have got nothing to do with Maresca.

If Sanchez and Chalobah allowed United and Brighton respectively to score, instead of choosing the stu.pid option, we both games. But in both games, we showed defensive naivety.

Roland17:
This is quite generous coming from you, especially considering that your ignorance precedes you.

Since the season started, you have been grinding out wins with unconvincing performances and today you ran out of luck. The last time you defeated anyone with a 2 goal margin was 7 games ago.

Take the L and move on.

Ibime:
He had and still has enough for the LCB in Hato, Sarr and Renato Veiga. He made his choices and was screaming from high heavens for decisions he made with his own hand

lordfalcao:
Chalobah decision at 55 minutes a right one when we no dy 89 minutes ?

Thunder fire agenda.

forgiveness:
Hato!!! So, Maresca should ignore the board that brought those average defenders to the team for profit, abi?

Which Renato? We all saw what he played when he played for us before he was loaned to Juventus.

Hato!!! He is a fine player but don't you think he should not be rushed into the games? One flop, em career do spoil for Chelsea.

People like you will be the first to critics him.

Sarr!!! Ligue 1 na farmer's league though.

timbros:
How is he incompetent? For asking for defenders after Colwill injury?

Ibime:
So the money they spent on Hato is for decoration?

Veiga bossed Nations League as Portugal starting centreback and at Juventus. What more does he want higher than that realistically? The Veiga that played for us, he played him LB, similar to when Colwill was used as left back. Infact Veiga gave that as his reason for leaving. That he is a centreback not a LB, and he proved it without doubt for Portugal and Juve.

Unlimited22 that keeps shouting about centreback is the one that made me go and study Mamadou Sarr when he praised him as being very good, and I saw Sarr has everything needed. Yet somehow Sarr does not figure as a decision open to Maresca

Maresca should stop making noise. He can make Maldini look like Titus Bramble. I don't take anything he says about defence seriously.

Altern8tor:
Wat about the red card.... Is dat d fault of maresca?

Ibime:
90-55 is what?

Give any coach a 1-0 lead with red card and 35 mins to play; or 1-1 with 11 men, and I know the vote will lean to the side of 1-0 with red card

You can help us conduct the poll

lordfalcao:
Them wan use error finish maresca

lordfalcao:
Chalobah decision at 55 minutes a right one when we no dy 89 minutes ?

Thunder fire agenda.

Ibime:
So the money they spent on Hato is for decoration?

Veiga bossed Nations League as Portugal starting centreback and at Juventus. What more does he want higher than that realistically? The Veiga that played for us, he played him LB, similar to when Colwill was used as left back. Infact Veiga gave that as his reason for leaving. That he is a centreback not a LB, and he proved it without doubt for Portugal and Juve.

Unlimited22 that keeps shouting about centreback is the one that made me go and study Mamadou Sarr when he praised him as being very good, and I saw Sarr has everything needed. Yet somehow Sarr does not figure as a decision open to Maresca

Maresca should stop making noise. He can make Maldini look like Titus Bramble. I don't take anything he says about defence seriously.

As for Chalobah, he is an England centreback certified by Tuchel. Maresca has/had 3 options to partner him and was screaming nonsense, then playing Tosin and moving Chalobah to LCB

lordfalcao:
Maresca go set plans finish, players go sabotage him efforts.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Thank you [/color]

Realtord43:
How can we bounce back from this when almost all our first team players are injured.

This quite unfortunate and I blame the transfer policy of the board, going for profit than football performance

Lana1:
To some extent I understand why Arteta has focused so much on making his defence a fortress.
Premier league teams go humble you. Conceding 2 goals every match as a team looking to compete for titles is not sustainable.

popizaino:
When we start using this term "sabotage" to defend a coach's incompetent,then the matter has already been decided.

Ibime:
I will add my edit

The error is on the players behind him who are not danger aware to ensure Mbuemo is not through on goal. Even in University football, we always make sure we have 1 man drop 5 yards from any striker to mop up. Somehow Caicedo and Tosin were not "goalside" of Mbuemo from that header. That is a disgusting lack of awareness. Something that was second nature to us at amateur level should not have to be explained to pro footballers. Before every match we discuss as defenders. I will go up on the striker and "clap him" - you maintain 5 to 10 yard distance to clear up anything that drops - or vice versa. From this simple rule, we did not concede from open play all season. The error in that play is highlighted below, not losing a header against a 6ft 5 striker

Arizoner:
What is going on here? Where is raumdeuter when you need him to perform his duty of trolling

lordfalcao:
Three matches, three errors. Keep blaming maresca