Clockwork

Lack of league titles would be my biggest criticism of him, especially at Milan. Only one league titles with a core team of Cafu, Maldini, Nesta, Pirlo, Seedrof, Kaka, and Sheva. Greatest Championship league manager, i'll definitely give him that.

I don't blame him for the set piece, second one okay. He was overall very good, if anything his price went up.

Not sure i believe it apparently it is 100m euros, there are PSG smoke. I would be all over that. Imagine Palmer on one side and Kvara on the other. Anyway one of the biggest issue at Chelsea and discussing some of the holes and needs of the squad, it is we have some players that are very good we don't need reinforcement but the issue is they spend the vast majority of 2023/2024 injured and some didn't even play. For example Nkunku when healthy is locking up that left side of attack, Lavia will be Maresca deepest midfielder, and Fofana will be the RCB. But the problem can you count on them when they have not shown they can be healthy? One thing for sure Fofana cannot be counted on, look at this shit.

I would make an exception for khvicha kvaratskhelia or Nico Williams, i think they are absolute upgrades. I wouldn't ever say no to such signings, where they are a no brainer over your current attackers.

We need quality not quantity, i am not impressed. He was doing nothing noteworthy in the PL. Hutchinson is better than him, if you take account that Omari was in his debut senior season. Liverpool can have him.

This may sound ridiculous but i am tired of French CBs; Fofana, Badishile, and Disasi have all been a let down. Okay maybe i would make an exception for Leroy Yoro. He seems to have generational CB potential.

Brother the issue here is you are overrating the shit out of him. "Huge upgrade on what he is replacing." Like you said he is on a free, don't think anyone is bothered by him coming in if he is depth player. But as an automatic starter that is an issue. Hope Axel Disasi is also sold, and we get another CB that is counted on to be a main starter.

Have you watched him extensively, because given what Fullham fans are saying and given the attention he is getting no way he is a 8/10 CB.

Pep compared Lavia to a Basquets type midfielder, Enzo played in a possesion style midfield in Benfica, Caicedo played under De Zerbi and was wanted by Arsenal. Gallagher might not be a great fit for Maresca, but i won't surprised if he becomes a main player under him. Mudryk was also wanted by Arsenal, and players like Noni are utilized in those type of football. Clearly there are players that are not a good fit for possession football. City are a possession side but tbh, if they played Pep Barca they would have trouble getting on the ball. I do not think any team can replicate possession football as Barca and Spain did a decade ago. Disasi is terrible, he has no place in a direct side or possession side. We have players that are huge availability concern, but that is nothing to do with style. I do have concerns like if they wanted this type of football, some of the signings they have made don't make sense. But so does a lot of things they have done.

Pythagoras is one of the best youtube channels.

Think he would be much better as technical director or some role like that at the club.

Size, pace, dribbling, hold up, work rate, finishing(need more consistency but the variety is there)etc. I see everything you need to be an elite striker. Once he realizes he is 6’5 and be aggressive in the box he is going to be a monster.

I am a huge believer in Sesko, mark my word if we miss out and he goes to Arsenal we will regret it.

With Xavi gone and a new manager coming in, that will probably change that or he is hoping so.

Fabrizo keep talking about Sesko, and being very vague about it. I think that is what Chelsea wants.

That was in the Championship though. No we are not buying Leicester level players. Need GK and CB that fits his profile.

Maresca is going to need the players to play his football, quite frankly how his tenure going to go is going to be on Chelsea ownership and directors. They know what they are signing up for, a manager who is very set on how he is going to play and not changing. Get him the players needed. If they are all on the same page, i very much expect Maresca to succeed.

He missed a lot of time last season, at least he is free.

I like him as a prospect, he is going to be a problem once he realizes he is 6'5 and uses is size.

He was going to be sold regardless imo for FFP reasons.

I am personally excited about this; ultimately it comes to down to alignment between recruitment and the manager. If we sign players that compliment and Maresca wants to do he will be a success. Purchase players that are square peg in round hole and we know how that will go.

One conspiracy is that De Zerbi will be appointed and his name is being kept under wrap, and that the reason Frank, Maresca, and McKenna name are being pushed as frontrunners by Chelsea PR is when RDZ is hired, he looks like a much better hiring in comparison those trios. Not going to lie, if true it sure worked on me.

Yes he criticized if you want to call it that Barca financial situation, but he did not criticize Barca hierarchy in fact he did the opposite by defending them. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomsanderson/2024/05/19/fc-barcelona-president-xavi-criticizes-fans-following-rayo-vallecano-win/?sh=69b294d4406a

I don't rate Barca squad, and that is without all of the injuries. I actually think he had done a great given Barca squad and resources. I firmly believe that will be evident next season, unless they upgrade their squad immensely. Which is very unlikely given their financial situation. Since he toke over, Madrid has only 5 more points than them. There is a huge gap between them if you look at their squads.