The Next Manager?

[Special Juan 28,153]

I will say it now and said it last season we need a clinical number 9, if we dodge this again we deserve every thing we fucking get

[Fulham Broadway 17,335]

Maresca's promise to Chelsea

According to the

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, Maresca impressed the Chelsea hierarchy with his plans for the club, most notably how to properly utilise Enzo Fernandez, a favourite of owner Todd Boehly. Fernandez's form was up and down in 2023/24, but Maresca believes he has the right formula to get the best out of the Argentine and is prepared to mould the team around the player.

Furthermore, Chelsea are impressed by Maresca's approach to playing the game and believes it matches the talent available to him at Stamford Bridge. He likes to play in either a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 formation which is what the club deployed this past season under Pochettino.

He likes his full-backs inverted, so the likes of Reece James and Ben Chilwell may see their roles change slightly if fit and available.

[cosmicway 1,333]

26 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

I will say it now and said it last season we need a clinical number 9, if we dodge this again we deserve every thing we fucking get

Was n't Nkunku supposed to be the clinical number 9 ?
He was injured but do you thing this has died ?

[Special Juan 28,153]

Maresca to Chelsea is now Here We Go. it's done

[cosmicway 1,333]

Leicester finished neck and neck with Ipswich.
Was Lecester a better team ?

Edited May 28, 2024 by cosmicway

[Vytis33 1,276]

 

[Milan 17,959]

Can't really get excited.

[Fulham Broadway 17,335]

Saying hes good because Diet Pep worked with Guardiola isn't a valid recommendation. We heard the same thing about AVB being good because he worked with Mourinho.

[xPetrCechx 13,573]

Meh... 🫠

[Special Juan 28,153]

The contract length doesn't matter one jot- If he fails and I mean fail completely as in loses five say of the first ten then his head is on the block. Don't fool yourself for one moment by the words project, patience and time.....Get the popcorn ready

[Thor 2,730]

3 hours ago, Laylabelle said:

Find it intresting/bit worrying the comments from Leicester fans don't seem to be sad he is leaving more wtf are Chelsea doing.. fun times ahead.

City fans also laughed at us for buying Cole Palmer for the price we did. In fact, most of the league did. 

 

Reality is - no one knows shit. 

[cosmicway 1,333]

Ranieri's Leicester with Vardy seemed to be the diametrically opposite from what you describe.
No possession at all even against weaker opponents, counterattacks only, long balls to find Vardy.

Edited May 28, 2024 by cosmicway

[Clockwork 1,794]

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. 

Edited May 28, 2024 by Clockwork

[nyikolajevics 2,703]

3 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

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. 

If he could play his football with Dewsbery-Hall, Patson Daka and Jannick Vestergaard then he should sort it out with the 40-50 players available in the first team, loan army and development squads. I feel it is a fair expectation from the new manager not wanting to make lots of changes in the squad, recent 1-1.5 years we completely changed the entire group.

Get him the players needed? We pretty much have players with any possible profile.. Especially winger, midfielder or left back. I will lose my shit if we have to buy Ndidi because none of our midfielders "fit his football".

[Clockwork 1,794]

17 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said:

If he could play his football with Dewsbery-Hall, Patson Daka and Jannick Vestergaard then he should sort it out with the 40-50 players available in the first team, loan army and development squads. I feel it is a fair expectation from the new manager not wanting to make lots of changes in the squad, recent 1-1.5 years we completely changed the entire group.

Get him the players needed? We pretty much have players with any possible profile.. Especially winger, midfielder or left back. I will lose my shit if we have to buy Ndidi because none of our midfielders "fit his football".

That was in the Championship though. No we are not buying Leicester level players.

Need GK and CB that fits his profile. 

[YorkshireBlue 3,279]

7 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

That was in the Championship though. No we are not buying Leicester level players.

Need GK and CB that fits his profile. 

Championship doesn't get the credit it deserves tbh, it's a bloody hard league and most weeks more enjoyable to watch than the prem

[NikkiCFC 8,343]

10 hours ago, manpe said:

 

I know nothing about Maresca, but I hope he's at least flexible enough that he can play counter-attacks too when that's appropriate. If he's a one trick pony that tells the players to only play out from the back and retain possession at all costs, then he's gonna fail quickly.

Recently they beat Southampton 5:0 with 34% possession. 

[nyikolajevics 2,703]

3 hours ago, Clockwork said:

That was in the Championship though. No we are not buying Leicester level players.

Need GK and CB that fits his profile. 

I don't know, I have felt for years that GK is the last thing we should worry about, profiles and passing abilities don't count as much as it is discussed.. Real Madrid won the league and reached CL-final with their 3rd choice, Liverpool and Manchester City are not worse teams at all with their noname goallies. I firmly believe that we would have been still 6th if we had Oblak or Ederson or whoever.. There are like 50 goallies around who can do the job, we can just go with Petrovic, Sanchez or Kepa. They are not outstanding but not bad either.

CB will be needed either way.

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

5 year deal 🤣 be a nice payout when he gets sacked within 12-18 months. Absolute insanity. 

[Laylabelle 9,536]

16 hours ago, Thor said:

City fans also laughed at us for buying Cole Palmer for the price we did. In fact, most of the league did. 

 

Reality is - no one knows shit. 

True but he did manage their team and they saw the results and performances etc...which ended up throwing a huge point lead with 6 defeatsin 10 games. 

I just hope he is given time. If results are iffy at times and performances are bad hope it isn't a case of give him a season and fire again because what be the point. No one is a miracle worker and this side needs work so hopefully he isn't a one season hiring cause be silly if so.