Enzo Maresca Thread

[Pizy 19,032]

Bet you anything that it’ll have to get so extremely bad for this board to sack him. I’m talking losing the dressing room and being miles off 4th. This is “their guy.” 

If he does eventually go I’d also bet anything that the 2 candidates to replace him will be De Zerbi & Cesc.

[Laylabelle 9,591]

Just dont trust the boards judgement..not saying keep but whoever they bring will be the same level. Havent got that pull or they even try to pull anyone!

[Special Juan 28,352]

1 minute ago, Pizy said:

Bet you anything that it’ll have to get so extremely bad for this board to sack him. I’m talking losing the dressing room and being miles off 4th. This is “their guy.” 

If he does eventually go I’d also bet anything that the 2 candidates to replace him will be De Zerbi & Cesc.

Rosenior is a real board signing

[Pizy 19,032]

1 minute ago, Special Juan said:

Rosenior is a real board signing

Supporters will revolt if they do that and rightfully so.

[Special Juan 28,352]

6 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Supporters will revolt if they do that and rightfully so.

The board do not give a fuck about the supporters

[OneMoSalah 8,955]

2 hours ago, Special Juan said:

Rosenior is a real board signing

Rosenoir will likely a candidate. It will not only be financially viable for BlueCo but also something they’ll see as a real plus with the multi club model. I mean he hasn’t done too badly there but he is definitely not the right guy as he is going to be another spineless BlueCo puppet.  

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Supporters will revolt if they do that and rightfully so.

Fans can revolt… they won’t care. Look at the situation at Strasbourg, the fans don’t want them there yet they do not give a fuck and are running it as a feeder club. Sporting will be the same if they make it happen. Amongst whoever else these go for.

Regardless. Winstanley & Stewart need to go. How many wank signings have those made? How much value for money have we gotten? How many poor managerial appointments? As much as Maresca is hopeless & also needs to go, without changing the personnel above we will never get any real traction.

I cannot think of any signings barring Caicedo, Palmer, Estevao & to a lesser extent Pedro Neto which actually look like good signings for Chelsea FC (not Strasbourg) under those sporting directors. 

Edited yesterday at 01:09 by OneMoSalah

[DDA 10,051]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Bet you anything that it’ll have to get so extremely bad for this board to sack him. I’m talking losing the dressing room and being miles off 4th. This is “their guy.” 

If he does eventually go I’d also bet anything that the 2 candidates to replace him will be De Zerbi & Cesc.

Or the fella form Strasbourg.
 

I’d rather De Zerbi out of the lot tbh… but it doesn’t matter who we get as manager… It’s the owners and SDs that are the problem 

[Vesper 30,564]

10 hours ago, Fernando said:

Well they did got a defender but he won't be here for a while, Deinner Ordonez. lol

you are forgetting the inbound (this coming summer, we already bought him and then loaned him back) Mamadou Sarr (from Strasbourg and who is a replacement for Disasi and hopefully the SHIT OF SHITTERS Tosin)

BUT

Sarr is another right-footed RCB

same for the returning-from-loan Aarón Anselmino (unless cheap AF Dortmund meet our price, which is unlikely)

 

we have only 2 lefty CBs (plus the hybrid lefty teen Hato, who is 75 per cent a LB, not so much a LCB)

one is injured and out for the season (probably) Colwill (and NO guarantees on how bad the injury has perma fucked him (hopefully not at all)

and then the TURGID Badiashile

[OneMoSalah 8,955]

5 hours ago, DDA said:

Or the fella form Strasbourg.
 

I’d rather De Zerbi out of the lot tbh… but it doesn’t matter who we get as manager… It’s the owners and SDs that are the problem 

They’ll never go for De Zebri, I know he has Brighton ties but he’d potentially be too volatile a personality for BlueCo. 

He would want a lot more say than Maresca & Pochettino got in terms of recruitment also. He was extremely critical of Brighton’s recruitment in his second season which led to their desire to part ways with him. Could you imagine dumb & dumber’s egos here if he called them out for shockingly poor recruitment (despite most of their signings being gash)? 

He has never lasted longer than 2 years at the 8 clubs he’s been at other than at Sassuolo, which is alarming. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,598]

2 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

He has never lasted longer than 2 years at the 8 clubs he’s been at other than at Sassuolo, which is alarming. 

The last manager to survive around 3 years at Chelsea was Mourinho

Conte had about 2 years, Tuchel less than 2, Maresca will be on about 2 years if he survives till next season. 

[Special Juan 28,352]

Maresca a yes man, Poch the same...we would never entertain the like of De Zerbi, Enrique etc....they wouldn't allow the team to be selected above them like Maresca

[milka 3,407]

Maresca is not the problem, but he is not the person who will show qualities in such moments and win certain matches instead of losing them. So same thing every season again and again .

[iceboy 1,040]

I highly doubt this board will take any action on Maresca. As someone said he is a yes man and that's it.

[Vesper 30,564]

The scary thing is we are actually pretty easy to beat, and Everton will know that right now

You don't need data or some scientific tactics, it's much more simpler

https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/the-scary-thing-is-we-are-actually

 

I call it as I see it. And I see this current Chelsea team as being able to beat literally any other team in the world right now. And I’ve said over the last few weeks that I am actually more confident these days going into a game against a Barcelona, Arsenal, PSG, or a Liverpool for example.

We get ourselves up for these games. We play better with less pressure and as the underdogs.

But the moment we go up against a team we are expected to beat, we hide, fold, and show the lack of maturity amongst this squad. And when I say squad, I mean the coaches as well. Because it’s just a fact that they are all inexperienced as well as the players.

I’ve been out here praising our good performances, and there has been many of them lately. How good did it feel to thrash Barcelona? That was literally just weeks ago. That’s what this team is capable of, it’s important for us all to remember that.

But when we come up against a low block, or a team who simply want it more than us, we fade away. That is our big issue right now and that is what we need to work on and transition from. We need to be able to create ways to be better against the lesser teams and not just the best sides. There is many things we can do to help this, but for this article at least, I have other more pressing fears and concerns.

Starting this weekend against Everton. I think this Chelsea team is vulnerable, particularly after not winning in four games, and that scares me ahead of facing Everton, a team full of confidence and in some fine form.

For me, Chelsea are actually pretty easy to beat. Dissecting recent games, it’s simple to see. As an opponent to Chelsea, you need to just want it more, have more energy, pace, intensity, and a strong mentality. If you do that, win the second balls, give Chelsea no time on the ball, out-muscle them, and then have two or three players of quality in attack and a stubborn defence, you have a very good chance of at least getting a point against this Chelsea side. That scares me.

Everton have those players of individual quality, players who can hurt us. Namely a familiar face in Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall who will have plenty of points to prove this weekend. And then the criminally under rated Jack Grealish, who was held back and almost destroyed by Pep Guardiola’s tactics at Manchester City. Flair maverick players need to freedom to be those mavericks.

Everton have won four of their last five games and could leap frog us in the table. That will truly motivate this side who are playing with belief and strong mentalities right now.

They’ve also got a goalkeeper who I think is also criminally under rated and disrespected by too many, a solid defence, and players who can hurt us in midfield and attack.

Can Chelsea win this? Of course they can. Why not? But it’s down to Enzo Maresca now to make the right calls, to motivate his players. He’s the head coach after all, that is his job, to lead his players. Then it’s down to the players to dust themselves off from this rough run of form, pretend they are up against PSG and not Everton, and just go out there with zero excuses, every ounce of energy they have, and the belief to go and win it. They will need to be tough, get the tackles in, and run all game. They have to match Everton in physical attributes as well as quality. But of course we can win it, that isn’t what I am saying with this article.

All I am saying is that I have some genuine fears back and I actually think that if I am a coach playing against Chelsea, no matter who my team is that I am coaching, I would really fancy it right now and I wouldn’t need data or any clever tactics to beat them. Just go old school and eat them alive.

[MoroccanBlue 5,392]

On 10/12/2025 at 04:41, milka said:

Maresca is not the problem, but he is not the person who will show qualities in such moments and win certain matches instead of losing them. So same thing every season again and again .

He is undoubtedly a problem. 
 

SDs poor decision making shouldn’t mask that Maresca is a bang average manager.