[The Athletic] Last summer, Chelsea were world champions and the most optimistic set of fans in the Premier League. With just under two months of the season to go, now they are the most pessimistic.

I fucking wonder why that happened. Everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong, all because the board refused to sanction the players we actually needed and a backup for Levi, or support a manager that the players and, for the most part, the fans wanted in our standard December bed-shitting

_How could Maresca do this to us?_

Never rely to heavily on pre season tournaments or friendlies

Not long to go for the depression derby eh

The optimism was always misplaced people were just hyped from the CWC.

Because we’re back at square one, same holes in the squad. We’ve needed a good Cb and good left winger for two seasons and they refuse to sign anyone proven.

Then when the best manager we’ve had since Tuchel who all the fans and the players are behind asks to fill the gaps the board does weird shit and gets him to terminate his contract

I’m suprised they found 8% that are optimistic

I was optimistic then because I realised Maresca is clearly better than I thought he would be. Plus we’d just beaten the European champions. In a post season game on a different continent but still. We completely outplayed them that game.

Does somebody have the same picture from the start of the season. We were like 99% positive or something like that.

**Liam Twomey:**

*Coming into this season with the sheen of Club World Cup champions, the seeds of future difficulty were already there: a minimal pre-season, a new batch of very young signings and a head coach who was already starting to sound a little agitated. Enzo Maresca’s sudden departure punctured the sense of upward momentum, for many fans and even for some of their most important players.*

*It’s hard to keep your optimism when your new head coach is being widely mocked, your club captain is injured, your vice-captain appears to be flirting with Real Madrid and the league table increasingly suggests Champions League football will not be back at Stamford Bridge next season.*

**Back in August, it was a different story… Only two per cent described themselves as pessimistic. But what did they know… apart from everything?**

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Just shows how fickle football fans are. Embarrassed by this fanbase a lot of the time.