Buying a Striker is CHEAPER than Chelsea LOSING out on Top 4!!

[@FootballTherapy]

Jackson is good, he does a lot of stuff right. But he is still a young player trying to define himself. I feel we need a DEFINED striker to be worthy of a top four finish. The likes of Isak and Haaland are looking to launch their teams into UCL

[@Barbariansdagger]

Jackson has Bambi legs. Softest shots any striker can have. Give me Osimhen,Gyokeres,Sesko,Vlahovic even Delap any day over Jackson!

[@Jebowski]

For sure, his build always looks threatening, but it felt like watching Tammy Abraham out there (constantly holding his head after another whiff). A goal would have been great for his confidence.

[@timmyjoshua276]

isak missed a sitter yan , haaland drew blank in 11, the problem to me regardless of jackson, was moving palmer to play closer to the left, maybe maresca felt palmers goal came from there so he should be there but clearly palmer is not comfortable there, he cant turn on the ball as properly, if maresca wanted someone there felix would have made sense you see the enzo chance in the second half palmer passes it and enzo sides it wide, that there should be the other way around, i dont get why he moved palmer in that space isak and jackson are similar both frustrating strikers

[@Monochromatic_Spider]

Why does it excite you to see Enzo on the right? Why does it excite you to see Palmer moved away from his right halfspace? Why does it excite you to see Cucu play out wide instead of inside the pitch as a DM? Palmer is probably our best player on the ball and he had third least touches.

[@Barbariansdagger]

@ Jackson has probably scored zero goals from outside the box. His aerial presence is almost nonexistent and he scores headers only when he isn't challenged and his shooting power is so soft. He is no killer.

[@rencapie-mills2070]

i think this game just had a really similar feel to the fulhma game. we create enough chances to win the game but cant put them away. then we concede late on because our defence is put under too much pressure and we cant hold a lead. you definately cant blame maresca. jackson with 3 clear cut chances, palmer giving the ball away that led to goal, we just couldnt take our chances. the positive out of this game is the josh achaempong played really well on his full debut!!

[@rsgory893]

Yup, we just need to work on finishing

[@KG-vn8ou]

Similar to a lot of our games lately. We cannot keep a clean sheet, neither can we see a game out.

[@hnaku8748]

Agree a lot.

[@zikorajoe7093]

So we can expect at least 5 more similar games this season right?

[@Seanself363]

Except they weren't clear cut chances. He made them for himself

[@davidanderson6839]

Getting a bit sick of teams getting a single good chance against us and taking it, yet we can't seem to get the ball in the back of the net with dozens of chances.

[@fernandoleyva8677]

Eze missed a great chance he should have scored so it was def more than one

[@Xyzfob463]

@@fernandoleyva8677ok it was 2 lol

[@1derekwinter1]

@@fernandoleyva8677🙄

[@enocknarh8935]

Yan , It is Maresca Job to help this young team with the game management. Simply changing the tired legs would make a whole lot of difference . The Fulham, Palace game even, the Everton game.

[@hnaku8748]

Players learning game management doesn't happen overnight as much as we want it. He bought on Guiu and we immediately conceded. Almost no one wanted Veiga subbed on. Would Nkunku and Felix have provided us the defensive energy to prevent transitions from which we conceded? I doubt it. Ideally we win this game via outscoring them(by actually taking the enough chances we already created) or by keeping a clean sheet, none happened, so it's a draw.

[@enocknarh8935]

Maresca game management in the last 15 minutes of games has been poor. Teams noticed we gas out in the last 15 minutes of games, so they wait and make changes, which causes the problems.

[@terry3252]

With the depth we have in the bench there is no excuse for not subbing in fresh players

[@ironicvirus1496]

And they're realising Maresca doesn't trust his squad as much as everyone thought

[@conspireality44]

I absolutely agree. Maresca needs to start making better use of the 5 allowed substitutes and counteracting teams tactics by changing it up second half as it's in the second half at the moment we seem to be getting overrun late on. We need to utilize a different tactic in those moments to turn the game and go on to win them

[@baronsamedi5224]

He has no players on the bench he trusts to kill off games. Lavia would be useful but he can't stay fit. No cover at the back unless you want to throw on Disasi to kill off a game. Beyond that you have Noni, Nkunku and Felix. That's not ideal

[@GavP75]

We should have kept Santos, Lavia’s fitness can’t be relied upon and we know KDH, Vega, Casadei can’t cut it.

[@neitherhereorthere7131]

Can all just appreciate how Sancho is an absolute baller for us. Utd must be ashamed of themselves for not getting the best out of him. I still think we will get champions league. Yes we need a striker and a top goalkeeper. Probably a decent centre back too. Remember Leicester slumped mid season too under the gaffer they still got over the line.

[@stormyb3739]

Ye Sancho was great in this game. Apart from the assist, so much defensive effort from him as well.

[@neitherhereorthere7131]

@ negativity gets you nowhere take it from me.

[@cyclingman1493]

@@neitherhereorthere7131?

[@neitherhereorthere7131]

@@cyclingman1493 ?

[@Jupitersonlyson]

One thing ill give Yan , after a terrible result he somehow makes you feel like its all going to be ok. You live up to the name Football Therapy 😂

[@absolutespoon2074]

Only KZbinr I watch if we don’t win haha

[@ironicvirus1496]

That midfield looking light. Not even one on the bench to play on the pivot. You can see them getting tired in these last 4 games. One injury and I don't even want to know what Maresca does because he doesn't think we need subs for that part of the field

[@conspireality44]

Exactly!! Veiga, solid, use him. Completely agree. Also no tactical switches when opponents improve second half? Got absolute quality on the bench and enough to change tactically. We need more back up tactic to adapt and transition successfully

[@terrypietru8012]

We have no more fit midfielders, none on the bench so who does he bring on for caceido/fendandez?

[@madziaciapko]

There is no scoring DNA in this team. We used to have strikers, defenders banging goals. Now it's just Palmer and occasionally Jackson. If we don't buy a proper no 9, the only European competition we can dream of is Europa League if we win conference...

[@daeball125]

This is so true it's like if Palmer doesn't score there's no hope for a goal🤦🏾‍♂️

[@hnaku8748]

True. Alex's free kicks, Ricky's forays, Ivanovic being a bear, JT we all know. Even the defenders had it in them. Apart from the GK and Makelele/Mikel spot, literally everyone could score. Right now the overall threat feels a bit lacking. The odd set piece goal, bullet headers, sudden screamers etc. not enough of them. There have been signs (Enzo against Spurs, Cucurella against Brentford) but we need more of them. I think proper winning teams combine that with a consistent threat up top.

[@luismontesinos3054]

You forget that before the christmás break we were the second highest scoring team in the PL so what You Say makes little sense

[@alexcrocker5329]

Osimhen was apparently close to signing. Get that over the line and let’s kick on for the rest of the season with a proper striker

[@terrypietru8012]

Even then he'll be at AFCON with Jackson from middle of Jan.

[@alexcrocker5329]

@ oh yeah, forgot about that. Bollocks.

[@Vesuvius081]

Not true, all fantasies…

[@alexcrocker5329]

@@Vesuvius081 what is?

[@dzisonline]

It was obvious to me that Neto and Gusto needed a sub just after half or at half. Gusto had a howler and Neto was trying hard but getting no results. I would have loved to see Neto and Palmer linking up. Reece for a half if possible would have been nice.

[@rickyroberts5215]

Only watched the highlights but I don’t think Jackson had really bad misses like if he scored them they woulda been outstanding finishes. They ain’t sitters or like clean through 1v1

[@Chigg5827]

Osimhen in January is a MUST. Huge fan of Jackson's game but he's costing us points week in week out. He gets some of the best service in the league from Palmer, Sancho, Neto, and does not capitalize. Osimhen would be contending for the golden boot with these chances.

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

If the game was 0-2 from him, it d have ended easily 0-5. The team d feel more stability n comfort. But...

[@stephenrice1592]

Clownlake not buying him fact 😂😂

[@scottcfc1613]

Bringing Osimhen don't mean he's going to be on fire. Look at Harland who's struggling for goals at the minute. We are in a different league

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

@@scottcfc1613 Dude... None claims the X striker will score 30 goals BUT in all honesty,jackson has been lately totally unreliable and yes he had costed us some games. I don't think Osimhen d have missed that chance today... Let s be honest.

[@ColePalmertheFrostMonarch]

@@scottcfc1613 maresca again made late subs for NO reason. I understand he wanted to keep Sancho even though he was tired BUT Jackson should have been on the bench since the 70th minute for Marc Guiu.

[@jah5076]

Need a striker badly, the pursuit of osimhen towards the end of the summer tells me the board knows this hopefully they get a striker in this window. I really fear that we might not get cl football again. Which from where we was a few weeks ago is a disaster. I believe in maresca People just wanna hate palmer for some reason he made a mistake big deal, how many times has he carried us.

[@justin_adams8]

Drop an Osimhen level striker in this side and we cake walk this game. It’s that simple.

[@GenesisSN]

We would of won all of the last few. Jackson's missing multiple big chances per game now it's doing my head in

[@justin_adams8]

@@GenesisSNfor sure. Jackson is progressing well, but heaping all this pressure on a young, winger turned striker with no other true 9 option other than a teenage Guiu is disgraceful from the board.

[@Vesuvius081]

Forget Osimhen once for all!

[@juniorrr3209]

Jackson misses, sulks and looks at the sky and repeat its boring now. Get us a real f’ing striker.

[@mcdudely]

Yeah we definitely need another striker keeping Jackson on his toes.

[@stephenrice1592]

Keeping him on his toes the man not got it sell him this summer

[@TBlow]

To me Jackson is right on par or very close to Drogbas first couple seasons at chelsea. He's so young he should grow into the game more. I wouldn't give him up just yet

[@stephenrice1592]

@TBlow your deluded mate he will never be on Drogba level

[@TBlow]

@@stephenrice1592drogba had 22 goals in 55 games in his first 2 seasons with Chelsea. Jackson has 23 goals in 1 less game. He's a winger turned striker so at 23 years old I personally think he's done very well. Not amazing like a Haaland or prime Zlatan but that's a pipe dream if you think a striker of that caliber will just pop up to a young still transitioning side that's going though growing pains seemingly all over the pitch besides the no.10 position.

[@codykull8300]

We can’t kill off games. Jackson is killing us. Timely goals go a long long way.

[@wbruzek]

Don’t forget Eze miss. Thought Neto had a tap in off a Palmer pass if he wasn’t busy playing with himself in the box.

[@Xyzfob463]

Neto had a tap in but so did Palmer

[@conspireality44]

Weeks ago we were saying how many goals we are scoring this season. Now we can't score at all, and we are creating the chances. Game management has started to become an issue and maresca needs to utilize the bench much better, and counterqct the fact that opponents are gaining on is in the second half periods of games. We need to tactically adapt a little more in these situations and choose the right method for this problem. Unfortunately the few injuries, and the fact he has started to mix the league team and europa team together and that's where it started going wrong. If he'd have used Veiga instead of Disasi it would have made more sense and probably a better result. We need to compensate a bit more and have a little bit more solidity between Fernandez and Caicedo. Lavia is perfect for the defensive and counterattack balance but obviously injury plagues him. Sancho defended really well today and as well as attack. I also don't understand why maresca hasn't thought about using nkunku and Jackson. I do love Jackson vut today why ob earth did he not use his left foot for that shot? He does need support and actually again, Guiu scored a hat trick in the cup, and next game he subs in nkunku instead of guiu. If the guys scoring he should be starting, let alone not even come on as a sub when you've just scored a hat trick. Anyhow, we were always going to have a blip. Now we must turn this around and get back to winning ways! Morecambe next so rhat should hopefully be a platform game for us to recapture our oast performance levels.

[@Jebowski]

Dang. The defenders constantly letting the Palace attack get goalside of them. Frustrating we couldn't finish a counter attack. Sanchez, what a mixed bag he is huh? Quite a few saves in there.

[@RefnRes]

Jackson is as good as he is through learning on the job. His whole career has been the definition of that because he never went through an academy. If you buy a big name striker just to try and secure top 4 this season its incredibly reactionary and lacking any foresight to the development of players like Jackson and Guiu. If Chelsea were to sign a striker to compete with Jackson then I would rather see us sign Delap and just stick with the project we're on. If we lose CL then its totally on Maresca. Its bs to try and scapegoat Jackson.

[@prxvatenino]

It infuriates me that he doesn’t use subs

[@roryasrorri701]

hey. careful there. some overly positive fans would call you a fake fan for your crticism on Maresca. he is an angel to them. can do no wrong and all.

[@prxvatenino]

@@roryasrorri701 he has done nothing yet , how are they giving him that much tolerance.

[@roryasrorri701]

@prxvatenino right? all he did was promoting Leicester back to the prem. and let's not forget. he almost failed doing it.

[@johnoneill192]

We had one shot on target, there’s your problem, we need to buy a top striker ASAP because at the moment we have one striker that isn’t a teenager, also with the injuries we have we need to get a decent centre half. Looks like it’s happening again ( the curse of injuries to important players )

[@joshbahr9188]

Two things I see that bug me. 1- we don’t have two teams, apparently we barely have 1. there is no reason Maresca doesn’t make changes earlier when the team is being ineffective. Making the first sub at 80’ bugs me. 2- no one wants to go to goal. I know the guys are probably coached to hold it up and create but when we get into the attacking third we start passing it around instead of putting it in scoring position or getting inside the box. It is like Chelsea wants to play against as many defenders as possible. We need to exploit the counter attack whenever possible. Neto is fast and so is Jackson I want to see them stretch the field with a long ball more often.

[@enocknarh8935]

Yan, Maresca, led us down again with his late substitutions. 15 minutes left of the it was clear Jackson, Palmer were tired, cos they have been doing lots of running. Maresca game inbthe 15 minutes of games has been poor.

[@user-pd8vh3dp3w]

Colwill may have high ceiling but is he currently good enough to be in starting 11? Not convinced

[@nonegativevybz5628]

I believe we conceded because of the fact Sanchez didn’t play from the back and passed to a marked Palmer with 2 players on him. We took one shot on target and it was from Palmer that’s extremely poor!!!!

[@afern_05]

Did you watch a different game? Palmer received the ball in space and proceeded to try and dribble past three players instead of making the easy pass to Enzo. Let's not make excuses.

[@nonegativevybz5628]

@ go watch the clip, you can revive a ball in space and just like that you think the player is to your left and when your turn right theirs another player beside that. That’s what happened, Sanchez has instructions to play from the back, that means passing within your defenders and playing out. He did a wild clear in the fullham game instead of passing to the defender and then it lead to a goal. That’s why he got benched in the following game. You don’t analyze the game, yes it was poor from Palmer but the keeper should do what’s instructed.

[@briantwj]

​@@afern_05spot on my brother. Palmer should have kept it simple and keep possession, instead of trying to dribble past the players. Game management is still something that both our coach and young players need to learn. Don't blame it on Sanchez. It was Palmer's mistake who led to the goal conceded.

[@tanmaydeshpande2409]

Observations : - Complacency is the theme after scoring the 1st goal. It is like we just stop playing. Intensity drop is too much. - Missing clinical finishing. We should have been 4 up in the 1st half. Same against Fulham. - Since Villa game, wingers & wingback have not been effective. It seems they are not involved or get caught out easily. - Enzo in the midfield is completely useless. Plays the safe pass around, does not have the vision to spot players, extremely poor in track backing and defensive capabilities, below average attacking input. He takes too much time on the ball & kills the attacks alot. - Caicedo is handling the midfield alone and I am afraid an injury is around the corner for him. Enzo is very bad in defensive qualities. - If Enzo persists with Enzo, I hope he atleast pays Felix in place of Enzo Fernandes. Atleast he will be better in attacking inputs.

[@lemacmac898]

Won 1 - 0 is not a shame and its something maresca can't do , stop blaming jackson cut it out, i'm always with you but not blaming maresca is delusional

[@user-pd8vh3dp3w]

Don’t want to be knee jerk but Maresca’s inability to do anything different is getting worrying. Catastrophic Xmas period and no end in sight We can’t defend a lead If maresca can’t see the fundamental problem is pairing Caicedo and Enzo then he isn’t watching

[@davidmcdonagh2611]

I think the headline says it all Yan. Seems to be the same algorithm- play well first half- second half we have no creativity. Manager needs to motivate the team at half time. Subs too late coming on AGAIN.

[@j8nnt4]

ONE SHOT ON TARGET, ONE SHOT ON TARGET!

[@garguirk2150]

A one man midfield is the problem. We need midfielders.

[@SmugglingBudgies]

Sack Maresca first. His negativity and in game management are killing us.

[@NoelRiley-g2o]

Lavia injured and we struggle

[@dlo11794]

Or hear me out. Stop being so rigid and actually get the best out of Nkunku. Play the box midfield, but start with Nkunku at CAM and Palmer at RM. Have our RB either Gusto or Reece overlap to RM and let Palmer tuck in to play alongside Nkunku. We need more creativity and goals, and that’s exactly what Nkunku brings if you use him correctly. Also let Guiu get some minutes

[@SW6Blue67]

Spot on title, there isn’t much difference in how we play now compared to the start of the season, in some ways we are better. ONLY main negative is we can’t score. Start of the season this would have been a 3-1, same with the last 3 games, we are just not converting our chances and it’s Jackson who has stopped scoring.

[@garyharris7208]

2nd half was poor Jan, intensity , lack of subs, must use three at 70 minutes, we are not fit enough to play 95minutes with the same line up. Game management is predictable, negative and ineffective . Don’t bring back the Potter factor xx

[@715stock]

We need a stiker.. Osimhen, delap... bloody anyone at this point but we need a No9

[@mohdroshidi1636]

Not delop,he is jackson level 😅

[@Vesuvius081]

Enough, Osimhen is not moving from Napoli hands and his loan to Galatasaray! Forget it once for all!

[@pauledwards499]

Poundland Pep is out of his depth when teams are controlling a game, his game management is abysmal.

[@martincvikl5321]

problem is palmer not taking enogh risks and stopping too many couters

[@thomasmurray3920]

Deja vu-score early and concede in the 82nd minute. At least we stopped the threat threat in extra time.

[@itsagoal182]

Hello to all those fools who drank the cool aid way too soon!

[@keithmorel2964]

We cant keep a clean sheet. Plus our game management has been particularly poor in the 2nd half the Fulham, Ipswich and again tonight. Thats down to the manager. Still learning on the job. Dont blame Jackson.

[@seanbristow3165]

Honestly we played well. Jackson was unlucky with his left footed effort, takes that one bounce as its spinning the spin gets worse. Good block on him once to. If the club could sign Isak I'd love it, but if not, sign a Duran or someone again 23 and younger to fight against Jackson to push eachother. Signing Osimhen does not excite me at all, nor does Gyokeres.. even get someone like a Jonathan David. He's been doing well for a few years, in a not so great team. There's a fair amount of strikers out there.

[@StephenStephens-jy9jj]

This coach is beginning to look like toast. The players have been doing it in spite of him because its been first half of season and are still fresh. Sometimes changes starting line up for a change! (Or whole team in Conference League.) No substitutes early enough to change course of game. No clue at all.

[@KG-vn8ou]

Similar to a lot of our games lately. We cannot keep a clean sheet, neither can we see a game out.

[@stitch2139]

We need Lesley back, we are lightweight in the midfield, making us easier to counter attack, or in transition whenever we lose the ball. For example if we have a Declan Rice in midfield we definitely do not lose this game. Rice can cover both distance and space, whereas Caicedo can definitely cover distance but not so good at covering space!

[@nothanks3236]

So how many goals have we given in the last 10 minutes of matches this season? Cause I count three just in the last two matches...

[@Freezageeza78]

Should’ve signed Tah from Leverkusen & an elite striker

[@lancehall9611]

I think we should try Guiu in the starting lineup. Yes, he's young, but maybe he can give Jackson a challenge for the #9 position if we are not gonna buy a STRIKER in this winter transfer window.

[@buka.a]

The thing with Jackson is that thing he was doing at the beginning of the season, the hold up play, I see less of it now. Now, his touch is sometimes heavy, his shots are off. He’s back to last season form that frustrated us. I have now come to the conclusion that he might be great, but it won’t be at Chelsea

[@Bjornandhisguitar]

We don’t finish chances. Could have been 3 up in the first half and you’re not even having this conversation. The faith in Jackson baffles me. We’ve messed up and treated nkunku terribly.

[@terry3252]

Palmer with another sloppy turnover that leads to the equalizer. The kid is creating some bad habits in regards to poor passing and turnovers. Maresca should have pulled him off immediately. That’s what it will take to get his attention. No excuse for dropping the number of points we have dropped over our last 4 matches. It’s embarrassing as hell

[@Dilllll26]

He isn’t a cm. I blame maresca. He is RW or 2nd striker. Why is Palmer deep creating when you have Enzo who is one of the best in the world at doing so?

[@terry3252]

@@Dilllll26 He has been given the license to roam. I realize the kid is an immense talent but Maresca has got to reel in these bad habits.

[@PesMLRyanGiggs]

​@@Dilllll26Bloody hell. The delusion in people. One of the best in the world at doing what? Bloody average as average can be.

[@daeball125]

Fans like you are funny quick to highlight the bad but how many chances did Palmer create if anything you should be fuming at the rest of the team because they don't score Neto ,Jackson, Madueke, Nkunku when was their last goals?

[@terry3252]

@@daeball125 I’m not here to write a book for you to read mate. I’ll make the points I want to and you point out players you want to point out. fYI I said the same about Palmer a week ago. So maybe “fans like you “ should grow up bit. As for Nkuku I did not see him on the pitch today.

[@Blue_Spear_1905]

When your goalkeeper is motm that means we were being dominated in the final 3rd

[@1derekwinter1]

No not necessarily. I thought he had a sound performance and nobody did enough to deny him that ‘accolade’

[@ramonruegg8653]

Since that with mudryk happend it goes downwards

[@khothatsomoshodi4465]

I've run out of excuses for Jackson

[@manofthenorth6372]

A striker doesn't fix our issues . The problem is collectively, some players relax when we're up and we're always prone to silly mistakes and miss too many chances. That's it. Were only gonna be cooking properly second half next season. That's my prediction.

[@shiloh2001]

The Crystal Palace DJ needs a raise 💀

[@notforplay84]

I said this when they lost to Ipswich, if they do not make moves in this window to either sure up the CB position or get a proven scorer they will not make top 4. Competition is too crowded right now and other clubs are taking their chances and scoring. All the technical ability in the world but can't put the damn ball in the back of the net. Every match lately has been a slow death, all this build up and nothing to show for it.

[@Zaza1458-j5c]

“Two draws and two losses against lower-ranked clubs. Trust the process.” - Enzo Maresca

[@anthonycooper4728]

Chelsea need a striker, Jackson is trash brah he made us lose this game/4 shots and two big chances with none on target 🎯 😤😤😤😤

[@BrandonKistler7]

We deserved more! Probably a few goals were missed out on. By Jackson and others. But the bright spot was achaempong because we need solid defenders badly!

[@KG-vn8ou]

Why the f*ck did Maresca wait so long to pull Sancho and get Madueke on. Apart from the assist Sancho was hopeless. At least Madueke attacks the fullback. You may as well put a wall on the left wing cos that’s all Sancho did.

[@coryf6460]

Jackson is good. He does the things he's supposed too. He wins corners. He controls long balls when he's isolated in the final third. His runs and positioning are good. He runs hard. I've been his biggest supporter. He was awful today. He Lacked confidence today. Should've had two. BUT also the team just looks wasteful and goes to sleep after going up 1-0.

[@user-pd8vh3dp3w]

Once lavia fit he plays I think we should try and sell enzo. He’d be great in Spain but there’s no place for him in a 4231 Plus Santos back next season We need to cash in a lot of players we don’t need- 3/4 keepers, Chilwell Disasi Casadei Carney Nkunku plus a few more fringe and loan players and sign a world class keeper, centre back and striker

[@Learn2Farm-h9w]

💯 - we are not good enough defensively to only score 1 goal and win. We need a striker!

[@bluesz1bluesz17]

I personally thought we should have had a penalty for the foul on Neto

[@stormyb3739]

First touch was from palace, evident from the replay.

[@bluesz1bluesz17]

@@stormyb3739 Yeah the palce player did get the first touch after he took Neto out with the momentum of the challenge

[@bensampson5610]

Manager has gone from being flexible first half the season to now playing the same way, makes subs far too late and only makes one or two, nothing wrong with counter attacking fast but we are constantly slowing it down

[@johnoneill192]

Your right we were always going to have a blip, we may have had it at the perfect time ( January window ) I agree we need to break the bank for a top striker because one shot on target is atrocious, you would expect with an attack of Sancho, Palmer, Neto and Jackson we would at least test their keeper

[@ronaldhearne934]

Jackson, as well as Guiu, are both quality strikers. Chelsea is in the middle of a long-term project. We need to keep faith and allow both players to develop,so stop panicking. Chelsea does not need an emergency striker brought in. If we bring in another expensive striker then we will have to play him and drop both Jackson and Guiu. That will be the end of our project because Both Jackson and Guiu will not be given the minutes.

[@user-su4nx4wb2u]

No we are crap and that’s it

[@stephanrose2565]

Not just Jackson. More players other than Cole Palmer need to start scoring.

[@davidpollock4060]

So many missed chances are what is costing us. Jackson should be the number two striker behind a world class striker.

[@PremierLeagueTactics]

It’s about that time where the critics hit Jackson and Jackson starts scoring again 😅

[@terrypietru8012]

Going to lose jackson from middle of jan for AFCON, we'll find out then if nkunku, felix & guiu are good enough.

[@Kabyean]

The way i see, only 2 reasons why we lose points from everton-fulham-ipswich-palace. 1. Maresca must bench Palmer, from starter/subbed in. Try Nkunku/Felix in that CAM, trust these men to make changes, because he really makes Palmer untouchable even when he plays not really well. 2. Make subs EARLIER, less than 75mins and make 5 of them. If those striker and 3 attackers behind not good enough, then subbed them. We all know this is the youngest team, so we must give them chances, apart from the results. If Maresca says this team feels a little exhausted, that's because of himself not giving subs a chance. We have Nkunku, Felix, Madueke, Guiu, and James, that's 5 to make changes, why so hard?

[@pesqueiraaa385]

We do need a big man up front to help. We should’ve been up 4 or 5 but no one could put it away. I’m a Jackson fan but we need help. You don’t win anything with one striker.

[@kuristofa1]

Thinking Palmer is a god at Chelsea is actually what’s holding this team back.

[@stephenrice1592]

What ever mate where would we be without palmer Jackson a donkey neto does fuck all and Santo just slow the game down

[@daeball125]

You're chatting it's you guys hyping players like Jackson, Neto, Madueke and Nkunku but where are their goals .....Palmer has created the most big chances in the whole league( 50) what are rest of the players doing

[@kuristofa1]

@@daeball125 you're a stats man Okay... I see

[@tomporter5599]

Interesting that Maresca went through a blip with Leicester at a very similar time last year too

[@Devon_Dan_Sailing]

This one hurt the most. We were so profligate. We need to realise with 2 Championship level strikers we aren’t going to get top 4. Offer Disasi, Sterling and Nkunku for Oshimen

[@Vesuvius081]

Forget Osimhen once for all!

[@Vesuvius081]

Napoli answer: NO!

[@shardiz730]

"We got our Chelsea back..." jinx in full effect.

[@bluesz1bluesz17]

Not being able to score set pieces is costing us challenging for the title

[@Shiru2k1]

Have you noticed that Caicedo and Enzo as the midfield is once again racking up disappointing results. Caicedo is gassed by the end of the game while he's running for two.

[@bobbysmokeysignals626]

Unacceptable result. Constantly missing goal scoring opportunities and playing games with your best players like Lavia. James and Fofanna unfit and chronically injured is not a way to make progress 🤷‍♂️

[@SeanTV_11]

Jackson is not good enough to lead the line for us, he had how many chances to finish the game. He had the most shots on goal from anyone on the pitch 😤 4 games without a win now!

[@nlsnmrgn_theblukid]

Need a striker to push for starting over Nico. Josh A is good enough to start over Disasi. More work is needed. #ktbffh

[@lukesenior4563]

Did people really think we were nailed on top 4!? I never did. We just had our run of great form at a time City and Arsenal didn't so got a fake inflated position of 2nd. At start of season i was hoping for top 6 and we are on for that

[@DenaNurwana]

A smart coach is quick to make decisions when players can't do anything and quickly replace them. It's clear that Jackson is not great at wasting opportunities.

[@simonbrooke8804]

If we’d scored even half our chances we would have been out of sight. We need someone who can score other than Palmer without losing the closing down.. No way Josh was our worst player.

[@MobehTaBlues]

We now live in a world where players are not blamed for what they are meant to do..Jackson had 4 clear chances

[@vitruviandrums]

What i'm really struggling to understand is why we have Felix, Nkunku, James & Viega on the bench - yet Maresca keeps waiting until 70-80 minutes to change thing up? I'm so desperate for Felix and Nkunku to succeed at the club, as I am with Sancho and Neto because all four are absolute ballers. I don't know if we need a better striker or not because we were bad across the board today (it would be nice to get someone like Osihmen to take the pressure off of Jackson, but also Jackson SHOULD be doing better. A lot of shots are quite awkward, I get that, the game is FAST, but he does miss a lot of shots other people at the same level would score. Can't fault his work rate, and I do really like him, but it's games like this which make you shake your head. Enzo, Caicedo, Palmer, Neto, Jackson.. a lot of people had a lot of shots today but none of them were all that close. They didn't sit back like Wolves, they gave us space, we just weren't clinical.

[@Vesuvius081]

Enough, Osimhen is not moving from Napoli hands and his loan to Galatasaray! Forget it once for all!

[@craigmacdonald391]

There is a lack of intensity when Chelsea are playing at the moment. They started to believe the press hype. Palmer does brilliant things but he plays as if it is just a kick about. He gives the ball away too easily.

[@positive-football-fan]

We did not use our chances, that's all. We saw a very good Achempong, so a positive. Palmer made a mistake in the middle, lost the ball and they scored. Don't get me wrong, the question here is what was palmer doing there? It is not his job to be there. I kinda get the Leicester Fans that got frustrated with Enzo's Football. Idk, but I really hope that they get us a good, strong striker who has a presence in the Box.

[@newgameplus1557]

Commentary were saying at 70 mins Jackson had the highest number of chances in the game, how many does he need to get 1 on target let alone to go and score 1. He is not good enough

[@Mark-gt4qj]

Turns out Maresca is a bin man

[@jeremyschofield8280]

Marc Guiu was sent on way too late to make any difference. Enzo needs to read the game better. I’d have given Guiu at least 20mins. Not 10 🤷. And Felix should have come on for Palmer last 20 aswell. Just my opinion 🤷

[@richardrichmann6439]

We have seen this before with Graham potter a couple of good results and then booom! This loses and draws started coming 😢

[@francisbainson1959]

Our main problem is the striker the striker who can dominate when crosses go in front for finishing, we need a striker that can teach Mac GUI , we have to sell Jackson just like we sold Timo Warner period