Enzo Maresca - Chelsea manager - Sack watch

[WeePat]

It's mental that an out of form United everyone knows are struggling getting beaten 2-0 by a decent Newcastle team makes more headlines than Chelsea, supposedly competing for the title, losing to Ipswich

Well one is seen as a blip, for now, while the other is Manchester United, the biggest clubs in the land, in free fall. United fans always post this stuff as if we all don’t already know United are the biggest story in town no matter what is happening at other clubs

 

[tomaldinho1]

Well one is seen as a blip, for now, while the other is Manchester United, the biggest clubs in the land, in free fall. United fans always post this stuff as if we all don’t already know United are the biggest story in town no matter what is happening at other clubs

Are you lot not bored of it by now, seems like there's only so many times you can read the same stuff with different adjectives. I saw Maresca started Felix, a bold move!

 

[WeePat]

Are you lot not bored of it by now, seems like there's only so many times you can read the same stuff with different adjectives. I saw Maresca started Felix, a bold move!

Bored of what? Media going hard on United news? Not really. I’m not inundated with it and I don’t go out of my way looking for it. I know it’s there though, as the top line news item on all the main sports news platforms is United.

 

[Reezy]

Very concerning signs this month - starting to worry that my fears around this appointment were founded.

35 points after 19 games would’ve had us 6th last year. I think if we finish outside of top 4/5 come the end of the season, it won’t have been good enough. Not convinced about his ability to set up a defence, or change the system when required. He’s told us time and again that Nkunku isn’t a lone 9, and yet he started him there tonight. Why not change the shape when we’re chasing a two goal deficit & go two up top? How Disasi even started, let alone lasted 77 mins is beyond me. Absolutely stealing a living.

Need a big second half of the season, hopefully James can be the catalyst for that. Think we’ve missed him & Lavia hugely in recent weeks.

 

[FootballHQ]

Real crisis developing if you don't beat Palace once in a league season. That will be a very tricky game with what they have on the break.

I think you'll still finish top 4/5 which was the main objective of the season.

 

[RDCR07]

Very concerning signs this month - starting to worry that my fears around this appointment were founded.

35 points after 19 games would’ve had us 6th last year. I think if we finish outside of top 4/5 come the end of the season, it won’t have been good enough. Not convinced about his ability to set up a defence, or change the system when required. He’s told us time and again that Nkunku isn’t a lone 9, and yet he started him there tonight. Why not change the shape when we’re chasing a two goal deficit & go two up top? How Disasi even started, let alone lasted 77 mins is beyond me. Absolutely stealing a living.

Need a big second half of the season, hopefully James can be the catalyst for that. Think we’ve missed him & Lavia hugely in recent weeks.

He was overrated last month and now he is being underrated. Nothing new in football.

 

[Reezy]

He was overrated last month and now he is being underrated. Nothing new in football.

I don’t think acknowledging the fact that he’s had a pretty shocking month means he’s now being underrated.

These criticisms also aren’t anything new - they were highlighted by Leicester fans last season when they had a dip. Particularly around his tactical rigidity. He managed to get things back on track last year, albeit with the strongest squad in the Championship. He doesn’t have the best players in the league this time, but I certainly hope he can arrest this downturn in form as he did last season. Time will tell.

As someone who was admittedly hugely underwhelmed by his appointment, I’d still probably give him around a 7/10 so far. There’s been a big improvement in some patterns of play, and he did well to get us to 2nd. But as mentioned, I think the latter is hugely down to other teams underperforming. Despite City’s awful run, we’re now only 4 points above them and I’m not confident we’ll finish the season above them. Maresca was obviously right to downplay any ‘title-race’ talk, but in emphasising it so heavily I think he’s bred some complacency into the squad in recent weeks.

 

[Rajiztar]

Things not going well in dressing room it seems. The moment maresca said under utilised players can move on if they feel didn't get game time after final conference league game.