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I agree, sounds like it is Maresca that should adapt himself to the team in order to create the best possible lineup and go-to tactic but he is compensating a lot in order to make his way work.

Doesn't change the fact about how they suddenly played better once implementing the structure where Enzo was in the middle, DePaul and McAllister around him, my point stands as Enzo won also the individual award as the best young player, seeing the big picture shouldn't be so hard so keep learning.

This is not always the case, there are obviously world class players that have to be playing their way or in the role which makes them world class. Put Kante at the base of the midfield and he loses possession as history has shown but give him the freedom to read the game and he will win you possession. Enzo is the best while at the base of the midfield, that's how Argentina won the World Cup.

Enzo Fernandez is a worldclass player that is used in the wrong way.

My question was if since Tammy, that we haven't had a better striker than Jackson. Hard for you to answer that one though, since you thought that Werner was comparable to D.Costa so feel free to skip that one and take it as a hypothetical or something...

Jackson is still the best striker we have had since Tammy Abraham isn't he?

I think it's reasonable to say that a manager does influence his players while managing the u23 team, they get along quite well so it would be a pretty bitter take to suggest that Maresca has had no kind of input on Palmer's development.

Roman wouldn't invest so much on youngsters to begin with, he made our academy good enough for some young players to come out of it but for the rest we were spending on already established talent out there so Roman wouldn't have splashed the cash for he likes of a fairly unknown Mudryk or for an injury-prone Lavia and so on... The new ownership made it very clear, out with the old and in with the new so their philosophy is quite different from Roman's.

Seems to me that a lot of people are holding on to straws, we are one of the most attractive teams under Maresca right now, we would be scoring more if not for all the posts and bars which is unlucky. Before a lot of people complained about how boring we are and now when we are scoring more people still want to blame the manager... If all you can take from my whole post is that little thing then you prove my point, a lot of people are missing out on the big picture here.

The fact is that the last time we had a CF with 10+ goals was 5 years ago which was Tammy Abraham... So Havertz, Werner, Lukaku all failed to score. Jackson in his first season had 14 in 35 appearances, right now he is having a slightly better season but he's not going to score 18 unless he improves more.

My point is that we on average play with the youngest squad in the league which isn't an easy task at all, you can't expect the same level of consistency when you play like that regardless of the estimated quality of the team. You think that half of the current managers would finish top 6 with this squad and that Maresca therefore must finish top 4... So it's a way to simply disregard whatever work Maresca has been doing this far, making the narrative that he isn't doing anything but a below average job. We are currently 5th with the following team stats: 2nd in passes made 2nd in shots taken 1st in hitting the woodwork 3rd/4th in goals scored Maresca has done a great job so far given the circumstances, it's not like he walked in a team with established players with some veterans of the league in which he could count on and trust in, saying that he has an easy job to make a team and just finish top 4 is fully ignoring the unstable situation that this club has been having. I find it silly to just point the finger at the manager after 20 matches played when all of the previous ones that were brought by the new ownership hadn't managed to do anything better than Maresca.

Can you somehow prove that half of the current managers would finish top 6 with our squad? Sounds like a wild statement, the teams close to use in terms of average age are Brentford/Brighton, they are fighting for a top 8 spot. We have a world class player in Palmer and Enzo (some might even think they can debate this one) and we're still developing our wingers, our striker is basically just Jackson since Nkunku can't do much at all and our backline and keeper is not even close to have any hints of any kind of a world class talent there. I can assure you that Maresca walked in a big mess in comparison to Klopp and Pep.

Enzo hiring isn't a waste of time if we finish top 6. He worked with Palmer before and now Palmer is one of the best players in the league so what he did already it wasn't a waste of time. He just needs to continue to develop the squad, I would be happy seeing Madueke play every match possible and finishing top 6 because the investment in the younger players will only make sense in the future if the plan is done properly today. We are supposed to take care of our squad, winning a cup and finishing top 4 is not expected nor was it appreciated when we were doing it in the past so it's not a make or break for Maresca. Pep, Klopp didn't win anything in their first season why would the appointment of Maresca have higher expectations?

Who said that? We have the youngest team in the league, top 4 and winning a cup sounds like Roman's requirements, not the new owners vision, Maresca can only get the max out of this current squad in some ways but in most ways we're just getting started.

I do hope James can come back and start matches, would benefit Lavia and Caicedo a lot.

Had Isak made an assist and hit the post people would still praise him, Jackson doesn't have the support so it didn't matter. We'll see if Isak can replace Mbappe, till it happens it's only in your head, just so you know...

You missed watching us when Enzo debuted that winter? He took the number 5 and was playing solo making all the passes in that dead team and he was doing great in that role. Only after the first season there were reports of his dad telling him to play more forward and Poch suddenly gives him the number 8 and then you could see him going forward to receive a pass for the first time, he didn't start that way at all.

Osimhen would bully everyone in the current role Jackson is playing, just saying.

Enzo is actually a perfect upgrade on Jorginho but he didn't want to play that role. Poch spoiled him and allowed him to change, Sarri would have kept him at the base of the midfield and Caicedo and Lavia would work perfectly around him. Proof that sometimes ego ruins what could have been a stable system from the get-go.

Great man managment from Maresca, according to our new standard the 4 subs and James being one of them with the equalizer should make a strong passing grade. Caicedo, good signing but clearly not a good RB.

Sarri with the budget of the last 2 years wins the league.

Colwill will never win anything, not a top 6 player.

If we lose it won't be Maresca's fault but as usual the poor performance of our backline.

Welcome to CFC, great signing and perfect for our squad.

Out of all the players I have hyped he is by far the greatest hype there has ever been and thus by far the greatest disappointment. Ziyech and Nkunku should have been successful in the PL. What a waste.