Enzo Maresca Thread

[OneMoSalah 8,804]

4 hours ago, King Kante said:

Problem is that he is running people into the ground. Palmer for instance, has needed to come off around the 60 min mark for the past 4 games. Yet he has played every minute. Sancho is a half a game player. Plays 75 mins plus every time he starts give or take. 

I just don't get why he doesn't make subs. Sure Felix is a downgrade on Palmer at 100% each. But Felix at 100% and Palmer at 60% is when you need to swap. Not never. 

Not trying Nkunku as a 10 more has been a huge issue for me. Or even m as a 9 to take Jackson out for a rest/when underperforming/struggling to convert big chances.

Palmer is the best player we have but he cannot compete every game at that level, we’ve already seen it. He was also heavily used under Poch last season and he is starting to look leggy at times in this last 5 weeks. Really not surprised at the lack of minutes for Felix though, he is the biggest definition of a luxury player and if the rumours are the manager didn’t want him then I can see why he’s maybe not played a lot either from that side, like KDH and even Jorgensen.

Completely agree on Sancho, can be severely lacking at times and tends to drift in and out of games far too often (but I think all of our attackers tend to do this barring Cole without considering this last month to 6 weeks). For me, like Felix, Sancho is more of a luxury player than someone you can count on every week to show up, do the business and put a shift in. I am a bit worried that Maresca sees him as a key part of the team in the long run. Don’t get me wrong prefer him to Mudryk, least he can provide some moments of quality but needs to take himself to the next level and be consistent if he wants to make good on his potential.