Enzo Maresca Thread

[Pizy 19,069]

Hope Maresca reveals EVERYTHING to the media about what led to this. Tell us what’s going on with the directors etc so we know exactly where to direct our anger.

If they try to play the “this was only about results on the pitch” card we know they’re lying.

[DDA 10,073]

Liam Rosenoir 😂

Happy New Year Chels!! 
 

[Strike 7,641]

10 minutes ago, DDA said:

Liam Rosenoir 😂

Happy New Year Chels!! 
 

The next yes-man 

Just hope we don't freefall into mid table. 

[DDA 10,073]

3 minutes ago, Strike said:

The next yes-man 

Just hope we don't freefall into mid table. 

Trust the process for another 2 years before Liam is sacked … then do it all over again! 
 

Fun, Fun, Fun.

The only way this ends well for us as fans is the next manager which i reckon will be Liam pulls of a miracle and gets us playing put of our skin and surprises everyone. I see no evidence of that happening with any of the managers on our shortlist. 

[Mário César 1,388]

46 minutes ago, mkh said:

💣One solution would be for Chelsea to turn to Liam Rosenior, who has long been viewed as a potential successor to Maresca. [guardian]

(@guardian_sport)

lol they said that he is very inexperient and young

Edited 9 hours ago by Mário César

[whats happening 1,649]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

Jacob Steinberg now reporting Maresca is out the door tomorrow

this will be a big mistake

[TheHulk 2,601]

1 hour ago, DDA said:

Trust the process for another 2 years before Liam is sacked … then do it all over again! 
 

Fun, Fun, Fun.

The only way this ends well for us as fans is the next manager which i reckon will be Liam pulls of a miracle and gets us playing put of our skin and surprises everyone. I see no evidence of that happening with any of the managers on our shortlist. 

Don't have much hope with Rosenior but least we have that tiny bit of hope he might turn good, with Maresca we have nothing, guy isn't good enough for a top team and never will be.

[Blue Armour 4,606]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

Hope Maresca reveals EVERYTHING to the media about what led to this. Tell us what’s going on with the directors etc so we know exactly where to direct our anger.

If they try to play the “this was only about results on the pitch” card we know they’re lying.

As part of his compensation package, he probably won't.

Wish these things were open though. Like the Torres transfer under Ancelotti.

[mkh 656]

💣🔥Maresca and Chelsea could part ways in next hours. Very tense. (@FabrizioRomano)

[DDA 10,073]

Seeing Xavi being touted as a possible candidate! I couldn’t be assed to keep track on his management of Barca but seen a few things around the web that it didn’t end well and Barca fans were really not happy with him. Anyone rate his managerial stint??

[Thor 2,785]

8 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

@Thor weren't you saying that Pochettino would have us playing better? What does that table tell you. How much of this is really down to the manager?

Are you seriously comparing the current team to the one Poch had, and the injuries he had to deal with? Are we actually pretending to have this conversation.

 

Honestly. Holy balls this forum is ass now. 

[Thor 2,785]

7 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Poor sod, I said it before this clown is hiding behind Clownlake gross incompetence of being crap and the cowboys pointing to him for this inconsistency.

TheHulk spitting truth. 

A guy with our offensive firepower can't even get close to a competent offence. 

"Its the sporting directors!!!"

Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth... all similar goals to us. Man United with all their problems... more goals than us. 

Get real. Stop blaming the squad. Every team has gaps. We need a CB, a LW and maybe a ST (I'm not convinced seeing as Maresca stagnates any offensive movement). Plenty of teams out there need as much if not more and are competing with us. 

[Nero 1,884]

I can't believe this is happening again. Another two years of "believe in process".

Maresca won two titles in his first season. Why do you think City wants him? And these clowns fired him instead of buying him a new CB

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Nero

[mkh 656]

🗯💥I compared which coaches Chelsea could sign and am interested to see whether they would also rely heavily on attacking full-backs like Guardiola and Maresca in their formation.

✅️

-Xabi Alonso does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to the line in his system.

-Rosenior does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to the line in his system.

-Filipe Luis does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to the line in his system.

-Nagelsmann does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to the line in his system.

-Marco Silva does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to the line in his system.

-Lampard does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to their lines in his system.

-McKenna does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to their lines in his system.

-A. Ferreira does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to their lines in his system.

-Glasner does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to their lines in his system.

-Jaissle does not allow his full-backs to inverted; they remain glued to their lines in his system.

 

⚫️Unfortunately, the following coaches also prefer a formation with attacking wingers in midfield, as Pep and Maresca love to do:

-Fabregas⛔️

-De Zerbi⛔️

-Farioli⛔️

-Iraola⛔️

-Xavi⛔️

Since I no longer want to see a Maresca formation at Chelsea that only limits players, I would prefer one of the above names and no more inverted managers!

 

Edited 5 hours ago by mkh

[Strike 7,641]

45 minutes ago, Nero said:

I can't believe this is happening again. Another two years of "believe in process".

Maresca won two titles in his first season. Why do you think City wants him? And these clowns fired him instead of buying him a new CB

 

Always remember “We are two windows into a four window strategy” 

It has now been six windows since they made that statement 

[Strike 7,641]

1 hour ago, Thor said:

TheHulk spitting truth. 

A guy with our offensive firepower can't even get close to a competent offence. 

"Its the sporting directors!!!"

Brentford, Brighton, Bournemouth... all similar goals to us. Man United with all their problems... more goals than us. 

Get real. Stop blaming the squad. Every team has gaps. We need a CB, a LW and maybe a ST (I'm not convinced seeing as Maresca stagnates any offensive movement). Plenty of teams out there need as much if not more and are competing with us. 

There are marginal gains to be made with a different manager. We need the owners to change their policy and put together a serious squad. Some of our starting players are too young and inexperienced and they want to compete in the toughest league in the world with that squad. 

[Blue Armour 4,606]

3 hours ago, Thor said:

Are you seriously comparing the current team to the one Poch had, and the injuries he had to deal with? Are we actually pretending to have this conversation.

 

Honestly. Holy balls this forum is ass now. 

Ah, so the squad matters when it comes to Poch and it doesn't matter when it comes to Maresca? So the injuries to Palmer and Colwill are insignificant this season?

Honestly, disregarding the condescending nature of your post, the fact is that you seem too willing to give the owners and directors a free pass at every opportunity. You rarely seem to call them out, and I was curious to know why.

[Thor 2,785]

2 hours ago, Strike said:

There are marginal gains to be made with a different manager. We need the owners to change their policy and put together a serious squad. Some of our starting players are too young and inexperienced and they want to compete in the toughest league in the world with that squad. 

We had a season where we went from 10th to 1st the following season given a manager change... and we looked completely revitalised.

Inexperience is a cop out. The youngest NBA team won a championship just recently - why? Because they're good enough. On top of that our team is plenty experienced. Played in big finals, CWC, Champions League winners, World Cup winners, etc. 

We have a better team than Villa - yet they look miles better. We're significantly better than United and Sunderland... yet you wouldn't know it looking at the ladder.

[Thor 2,785]

15 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Ah, so the squad matters when it comes to Poch and it doesn't matter when it comes to Maresca? So the injuries to Palmer and Colwill are insignificant this season?

Honestly, disregarding the condescending nature of your post, the fact is that you seem too willing to give the owners and directors a free pass at every opportunity. You rarely seem to call them out, and I was curious to know why.

Again - you're comparing the team then to the team now. Yes - they both have dealt with injuries, but it was a joke at how frequently injured our players were when Pep was here. Even now, with Cole sitting out we have plenty of options. 

Why don't I call out the sporting directors/owners? Because they aren't going to get every call right. They've actually set us up well with Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer, Estevao, JP, etc. These are all great players. Cucu and James are great at the FB positions. 

Every team has holes. We have less issues than a whole bunch of teams yet they crack on and do better than us. Man United I can pick holes in for days, yet they are better than us this season... Should we talk about Everton and Sunderland? Do they have a Reece James level player? Cole? Estevao? Caicedo? 

These owners own other sports teams. All those teams have done is win. Its asinine trying to chat here with people who think all they want to do is flip players. Well... they aren't doing it in any other league. 

We have two of the best FB's in the world. We have two of the best midfielders in the world. We have Cole Palmer who is one of the best players in the world. We have Estevao who is the best young talent in the world along with Yamal. 

So a CB and a ST are apparently holding us back so much that we can't even beat Leeds and Bournemouth are they? How about get a decent manager who can put a team together with an actual plan? You don't outplay Barcelona and Arsenal then look shit against relegation teams because of a squad issue. You do get it playing players out of position and having a toothless plan going forward. 

Ignore it all you want - but when your best players like Reece James and Cole Palmer are saying they don't think the tactics are great (or its leaked - where there is smoke there is fire) - then you should probably take that as a sign. 

Its like I'm saying something y'all don't agree with when you actually do - because everyone in the match threads says how boring we are. That is a tactics issue. That is the manager. That is not a squad/team buying issue. 

[Vesper 30,638]

Chelsea Could Now Appoint Shock Manager With Enzo Maresca Expected to Leave Today

https://www.givemesport.com/Chelsea-could-now-appoint-shock-manager-with-enzo-maresca-expected-to-leave-club-today/

Enzo Maresca is ‘highly likely’ to leave Chelsea on Thursday (January 1) after a ‘complete breakdown in his relationship with the club’. This is according to a shock report from The Guardian, who understand that emergency talks are being held over the Italian manager’s position at Stamford Bridge.

Maresca is no longer expected to be in charge for Chelsea’s upcoming Premier League clash against Manchester City on Sunday. Sources have indicated to The Guardian that Maresca wants to leave the Blues, although it’s unclear if he is willing to walk away without a payoff.

Chelsea currently sit fifth in the Premier League table, 15 points behind leaders Arsenal, but December’s results have put Maresca under increased pressure. The west London outfit have won just one of the previous seven league matches.

Maresca, 45, was appointed by Chelsea in June 2024, replacing Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge. The former Italy Under-21 international, who played for the likes of West Brom, Juventus, Fiorentina and Sevilla during his playing career got the Chelsea job after guiding Leicester City to the Championship title.

While Maresca has enjoyed success at Chelsea - winning the UEFA Conference League and FIFA Club World Cup titles - it appears the breakdown in relations between him and the club’s hierarchy will lead to his imminent departure.

Early Contenders to Replace Maresca at Chelsea

It’s currently unclear who will replace Maresca if the Italian does leave, although The Guardian say that ‘one solution’ would be to appoint Liam Rosenior - the current Strasbourg head coach.

The 41-year-old Englishman, who spent most of his professional playing career with Hull City before managing the Tigers between 2022-2024, may jump at the opportunity to coach one of the Premier League’s biggest clubs.

Rosenior has impressed at Strasbourg, who are Chelsea’s partner club, although his potential appointment will depend on whether his current employers are able to find a quality replacement now.

Other names that currently among the bookmakers’ favourites include Como boss Cesc Fabregas, Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner and Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez.

In any case, it feels increasingly likely that Chelsea will now be on the hunt for their fifth permanent manager since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital completed their takeover of the club in 2022.