Rnd898
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In a vacuum, if Chelsea were a different club, I wouldn't have any concerns about going for someone like Maresca. Slightly outside of the box but if they feel his ideas fits with the squad and his personality fits with the club, then cool, we move. The problem here isn't Maresca and whether he's good enough to get Chelsea competing at the top. It's whether Chelsea have the bollocks to persevere through the growing pains.
They keep saying they want a manager who can buy into a long term project but if they don't then show the required patience for a long term project, then it's nothing but empty talk and then they might as well go after the tried and tested experienced managers, put half the current squad on the transfer list and bring in 10 experienced players who have won elsewhere. We might not win like that but we have a better chance of not falling out of hte top 3 and winning some cups here and there, and maybe we catch fire one season and win the title. If it's not empty talk, then back the manager they've chosen, stick by him if he struggles and let's see where we are 18-24 months from now.
I think Winstanley & Lawrence are going to stand by Maresca. He's 100% their choice to become the new manager and they're also the ones who have decided on handing him a 5 year contract.
The main question is whether Eghbali is a patient man. If things go bad, the owners might get trigger happy and decide to get rid of not just Maresca but the sporting directors as well which could further reinforce the directors' willingness to make it work. I don't see a scenario where Maresca is deemed a massive failure and gets sacked within a year but Winstanley and Lawrence walk away unscathed.