Former Chelsea -midfielder John Obi Mikel destroyed the blues after their recent bad form of form while choosing a number of stars for criticism.
Friday's 3-0 defeat against Brighton means that the blues have won only two of their last nine Premier League matches.
The men of Enzo Maresca would be in the title race in December, but all hope for a top flight of glory has long since disappeared.
Nevertheless, Maresca believes that his direction is on schedule in terms of progress, after he was told to deliver Champions League football in two years when he took the job in the summer.
And on the OBI One -Podcast, Obi Mikel was far from impressed by these comments.
'Who did the F *** told them? Are you a joke for a joke? This is Chelsea Football Club, “he said.
'You can't be for the schedule, this is the F *** ING Chelsea Football Club, no lack of respect for Leicester where he comes from, this is F *** ING Chelsea Football Club. We are a Champions League football club, that's what we are.
'He can't come out and say if the club employs you, if they have told you, no, size. This is a Champions League football club. We have always been to the Champions League. I can now swear that I have never viewed a AF *** NG game in the Conference League. I never watched it, I don't care, that's not who we are.
'We are a Champions League football club. So for me, for him to come out and say that we are for schedule, no, you are not. We should be there.
'I think that the remark that the manager made that we are not contenders to win the Premier League, who has since come into the heads of the players and the whole thing has been a disaster. We have no idea what we do. '
Obi Mikel also focused on Manchester United -Loingen
'I watched the matches, the match against West Ham was even worse than the match against Brighton. There was no character against Brighton, there was no intensity, there were no leaders on the field.
'There was no one who told Jadon Sancho, Sancho, the first goal you had to deal with before, was there no one told Sancho what the F *** was doing?
'He (Sancho) cheated on us with a good pair of games, you know we thought that oh f *** ing Hel now we get this Jadon Sancho from Dortmund, but he is gone again. He has disappeared from the grid. He takes the ball, he doesn't pass people, he no longer creates chances, you know he doesn't help the team as he should be.
“Paul Winstanley (Sporting Director) I know you're looking, please listen and you commit and Todd Boehly, we need a striker.”
'Nicholas Jackson is a fantastic guy, fantastic striker he needs. It is not only his shape, not just scoring his goal what happens when he gets injured and we have seen it here and we have come in the crucial part of the season where we have to win games and we have to win games.
'They are not bad players, but they have to do more, they need leaders, they need someone who will hold them by the neck of the neck and say Listen, Wake the F *** up size. You need a leader who will say wake up awake the f *** up.
“They are too soft. I mean that. I know that I keep going back to when we were in the club, but that is something that helped us.
'If you don't do things well, JT calls you in, you might meet in the gym, maybe you meet at the pool, and say to listen to what happens, you have to do more. The club needs you to do more because we win games here.
And Obi Mikel does not think that the current Reece James does that.
'Ah f *** That, no, do you think Reece James will speak with Enzo Fernandez? No, I don't see that happening. Reece James has to do more as a captain, you can only do more by showing your performances by being on the field, showing leadership on the field. He was injured in half of his career in Chelsea.
'You can't say to a player you know you have to do more – no, you have to be on the F *** ING pitch. That is a disaster if we are not eligible for the Champions League that I will consider this season as a massive massive disaster disaster.
'December is not time to drink red wine and have turkey. You can enjoy your Christmas, but then we knew this is the test when you have to win the Premier League. It is not a holiday period. It is never a holiday period. So to win 2 out of 10 since then it is a huge, huge disappointment. I just hope we find our way back.
'Cole Palmer, his shape has fallen a bit, but the man cannot do everything alone. The pressure must always be with the owners. They bought this football club for the only goal to win – not make a profit. If you buy Chelsea Football Club and think that you are here to make a profit, not a buddy, you can get off, you can get rid of it. You have to win trophies. You can make your winnings, but you have to win trophies. '
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