Enzo Maresca Thread

[Mhsc 1,093]

I don't really think we've seen Maresca's football since Wes got injured. We have improved in many areas structurally but the way the players have en masse all individually turned to shit has to be down to something and the best hope is that it is down to Maresca's man management. Maybe he simply doesn't have it when it comes to really being a charismatic leader and man manager, as much as he can coach them on positional play.

Seen many times elite support staff try to take on the top job for a few years and it doesn't work out and they go back to being support staff for a top manager. Maresca would be incredible working under a man manager like Carlo for example.

[Atomiswave 6,117]

Mareca is done for, the owners either fire his ass or the fans will give them all hell till the last game.

[Vytis33 1,261]

19 points from 15 matches since Christmas 

 

[Laylabelle 9,534]

17 minutes ago, Vytis33 said:

19 points from 15 matches since Christmas 

 

17 minutes ago, Vytis33 said:

19 points from 15 matches since Christm

 

Can tell its been a long week was looking at that thinking eh we haven't won 10 games since Christmas 🤣 ooo that was at Christmas..woops! 

Again shows how lucky we've been to be where we are atm. City won't slide down and we won't be 5th but really it's down to luck we are anywhere near there. 6/7/8..more likely and that's where we should be with our performance 

Edited April 18 by Laylabelle

[Pizy 18,851]

I love Carlo but talk of wanting him back at this point is silly. He seems to have moved firmly into the “vibes” manager role like late stage Sir Alex where he’s basically the figurehead and his assistants are the ones who do the actual coaching. He’s absolutely not a manager who would be ideal to coach up a young team like ours. 

Tbh, if Maresca goes I’d take a chance on Marco Silva. He consistently gets his teams playing good football and maximizing his squad with very limited funds. Him knowing the Premier League and not needing months to get up to speed would be a bonus.

[Mhsc 1,093]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

I love Carlo but talk of wanting him back at this point is silly. He seems to have moved firmly into the “vibes” manager role like late stage Sir Alex where he’s basically the figurehead and his assistants are the ones who do the actual coaching. He’s absolutely not a manager who would be ideal to coach up a young team like ours. 

Tbh, if Maresca goes I’d take a chance on Marco Silva. He consistently gets his teams playing good football and maximizing his squad with very limited funds. Him knowing the Premier League and not needing months to get up to speed would be a bonus.

Agreed about Carlo. Hard to imagine him really doing anything with this group - he has always thrived at maximising the returns of an established group of experienced pros. Players that fundamentally know how to play the game and how to win, he gets them to their max (no doubt incredibly valuable in the right situation). I just can't see it with our group.

Replacing Maresca with Marco Silva would just be groundhog day.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

3 hours ago, Mhsc said:

Agreed about Carlo. Hard to imagine him really doing anything with this group - he has always thrived at maximising the returns of an established group of experienced pros. Players that fundamentally know how to play the game and how to win, he gets them to their max (no doubt incredibly valuable in the right situation). I just can't see it with our group.

Replacing Maresca with Marco Silva would just be groundhog day.

Hard to imagine anyone doing well with this group atm..though if someone can make our goalies a bit less dodgy then job is theirs 🤣

[Mhsc 1,093]

1 hour ago, Laylabelle said:

Hard to imagine anyone doing well with this group atm..though if someone can make our goalies a bit less dodgy then job is theirs 🤣

Yeah I don't think anything will really get better, unless we see a change in SD and the general vision

The best we can hope for is a short term boost from a manager coming in, gets the attackers happy and scoring freely, we get a brief run of wins and feel good factor, before people figure us out again and we go back to being shit

This team will only truly become good when we sort out the fundamental structural problems in both the squad and the club as a whole.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Things started turning around for Arsenal when they struck gold with their CB pairing and backed it up with a decent GK between the sticks.

Unfortunately for us, the bone-headed directors in Winstanley and Stewart don't see the back line as a priority and keep thinking all problems will be solved when the ever-injured Fofana somehow returns to the line up.

 

[King Kante 1,643]

On 18/04/2025 at 12:17, Mhsc said:

I don't really think we've seen Maresca's football since Wes got injured. We have improved in many areas structurally but the way the players have en masse all individually turned to shit has to be down to something and the best hope is that it is down to Maresca's man management. Maybe he simply doesn't have it when it comes to really being a charismatic leader and man manager, as much as he can coach them on positional play.

Seen many times elite support staff try to take on the top job for a few years and it doesn't work out and they go back to being support staff for a top manager. Maresca would be incredible working under a man manager like Carlo for example.

I actually pinpoint it to the Forest game at home. Up to that point, he was rotating the squad quite nicely and making changes early. Essentially, we were wearing teams out then putting on fresh legs to try and finish them off. 

However, in that game Felix and Nkunku fluffed two good chances, at which point he stopes the subs until last knockings, made the tactics more conservative and essentially went to the policy of defend and keep possession at all costs and hope Palmer bails us out. The wheels fell off about 1 month after. Essentially, it appears he got cold feet about that more expansive style - lost trust in the squad members outside the core and reverted to type. 

[Vytis33 1,261]

Simply put the team is noticeably regressing.  As are individual performances minus Cucu and Caicedo

[TheHulk 2,402]

Doesn't matter we're 7th we have been Top 4 most of the season that's what matters according to this fraud. 

[LAM09 7,043]

His comments about us no having any leaders really got to me - https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/you-dont-have-a-leader-Chelsea-boss-enzo-maresca-aims-veiled-dig-at-captain-reece-james-again-as-he-bemoans-lack-of-dressing-room-commanders/ar-AA1DdySM?ocid=BingNewsSerp

It's his role to lead from the touchline and help encourage a youthful squad, not complain about the obvious especially after our current run of form.

[Blue Armour 4,436]

On 19/04/2025 at 06:52, Vytis33 said:

Simply put the team is noticeably regressing.  As are individual performances minus Cucu and Caicedo

Any guesses as to why Cucurella, the previously derided LB of ours, is now a star performer., while previously quality full backs in James and Gusto are looking like shite.

I wonder which of these 3 full backs are being made to invert or play out of position.

[milka 3,390]

One lucky win cannot mask the truth - this is not Chelsea clownlake out !