Enzo Maresca Thread

[Fulham Broadway 17,524]

2 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

He finished 7th with Hull too and sacked for the non attacking football..finished 7th last season so maybe we'll end up 7th! Mean there's constiency if nothing else

Thats true

Saw him play for Bristol City and also his dad for West ham

[Vesper 30,639]

 

[Fulham Broadway 17,524]

3 minutes ago, Laylabelle said:

He finished 7th with Hull too and sacked for the non attacking football..finished 7th last season so maybe we'll end up 7th! Mean there's constiency if nothing else

What they'll do when it becomes obvious hes out of his depth, is they'll say ' he was an interim appointment'

Meanwhile several media are reporting Maresca has been having advanced talks about replacing Pep

[We Hate Scouse 10,350]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

 

Another former Man City youth manager by the way. Couldn't make it up 😅

[Special Juan 28,409]

Who the fuck is this guy they have put in charge on Sunday?

Ha ha ha

 

[Vesper 30,639]

Manager with insane 84.62% win record not interested in Chelsea job

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2026/01/01/francesco-farioli-Chelsea-manager/

Chelsea may reportedly struggle to land a replacement for Enzo Maresca as one exciting candidate is not interested in the job.

The manager in question is Porto head coach Francesco Farioli, who is not currently keen on moving to the Premier League, and particularly to Chelsea’s current project.

That’s according to a report from Portuguese outlet O Jogo, which also states that Farioli has a €15m buy-out clause in his contract.

Porto fans will certainly be glad to hear that the talented young Italian tactician is keen to stay, as he boasts a hugely impressive 84.62% win record with the club.

[mkh 661]

🚑Joe Shields is bringing all former City employees and players to Chelsea and Strasbourg!

He already did this in Southampton and helped himself generously at City.

[mkh 661]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Manager with insane 84.62% win record not interested in Chelsea job

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2026/01/01/francesco-farioli-Chelsea-manager/

Chelsea may reportedly struggle to land a replacement for Enzo Maresca as one exciting candidate is not interested in the job.

The manager in question is Porto head coach Francesco Farioli, who is not currently keen on moving to the Premier League, and particularly to Chelsea’s current project.

That’s according to a report from Portuguese outlet O Jogo, which also states that Farioli has a €15m buy-out clause in his contract.

Porto fans will certainly be glad to hear that the talented young Italian tactician is keen to stay, as he boasts a hugely impressive 84.62% win record with the club.

AVB 2.0 😄🚫

[Mário César 1,392]

2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Manager with insane 84.62% win record not interested in Chelsea job

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2026/01/01/francesco-farioli-Chelsea-manager/

Chelsea may reportedly struggle to land a replacement for Enzo Maresca as one exciting candidate is not interested in the job.

The manager in question is Porto head coach Francesco Farioli, who is not currently keen on moving to the Premier League, and particularly to Chelsea’s current project.

That’s according to a report from Portuguese outlet O Jogo, which also states that Farioli has a €15m buy-out clause in his contract.

Porto fans will certainly be glad to hear that the talented young Italian tactician is keen to stay, as he boasts a hugely impressive 84.62% win record with the club.

and he did the right thing

if he is a smart person, ofc he will wait for better opportunities

[Laylabelle 9,611]

13 minutes ago, Vesper said:

 

Anyone who has a vison,wants to build their own team or has a long term goal will turn us down its very obvious. Unfortunately we aren't who we used to be so scraping the barrel it is 

We'll be back here in a year time or so

[Special Juan 28,409]

We will be back here in the summer, never mind a year on

[YorkshireBlue 3,324]

At this point I couldn’t give a rats ass

[Laylabelle 9,611]

12 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Who the fuck is this guy they have put in charge on Sunday?

Ha ha ha

 

Our under 21s

[Fulham Broadway 17,524]

Real culprits are our jokingly named 'Sporting Directors'

[Blue Armour 4,608]

44 minutes ago, Strike said:

Seems like there's no other manager in the frame. 

Any serious footballing operation would have a serious replacement readied behind the scenes. If Rosenior is heading the shortlist (as it appears so far), we are clearly run by an unserious bunch.

Probably because it came a bit sooner than expected. Pretty sure the club would have preferred to wait till end of the season like with Poch. Maresca decided to walk when his stock was still high. Top 4, two trophies and manager of the month in November.

Let's see what happens.

[OneMoSalah 8,982]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

 

 

And another job for the boys moment, the guy is the ex City u21/EDS manager isn’t he? Maybe he’ll get the job full time? 

Now the club putting the daggers in on Maresca also, claiming a lack of mental fortitude & emotional maturity on top of disrespect for him talking to Juve & City although he had a clause put in his contract stating he was to inform them if he was to talk to any other club 😂😂😂😂 Genuinely hilarious.

The circus continues. Wasn’t a fan of Maresca at all but he is 100% coming out of this on the other side, getting another decent job like all sacked Chelsea managers do. As it always happens. Whereas us, continue to be a laughing stock but only this time now, on a colossal scale.

Only one side coming out looking like they have a lack of mental fortitude & emotional maturity… will give you a clue, it is not Maresca. 

[Pizy 19,078]

We genuinely feel completely cooked as a club. When Rosenoir inevitably looks in way over his head and we finish midtable we’ll be right back to looking for a new manager in 6 months. If he even lasts that long.

We’ll then look even more like a shit show for sacking the guy who we sacked the previous guy for within the span of a few months. 

Why not just fucking appoint a true interim now and then wait to see who is available and willing to come here once the season is over? Why jump to appoint a guy who nobody from the players to the supporters will respect?

Feels like intentional sabotage of a great club. 

[Special Juan 28,409]

Put Terry in charge for 5/6 months, get the dressing room fired up as fuck and make these fucking fannies realise what the badge is like to play for

[Laylabelle 9,611]

They must have been planning this for a while and unfortunately this is the best they've come up with.

[mkh 661]

💣🗯Liam Rosenior is Chelsea's new coach!

The agreement with him was reached over a week ago.

This meant that Chelsea couldn't turn down a new coach, as Chelsea had always seen Rosenior as Enzo's successor.

There are still a few minor details to be clarified.

An announcement will be made after the game against City.

Rosenior is practically a Blue!!!

(@SimonPhillips)