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CWC is not treated as some glorified friendly by the participants. The prize money and global coverage are enough make them taking it seriously. They' took their first team into that competition. real madrid even purposely paid 10 mils to get trent ready for that competition which they could get him for free a month later. I get why the importance of CWC is downplayed by some clueless pundits and those fans whose team either exited early or not even in it at all but for the fans of the winning team to belittle the competition is just a strange take.

Back on maresca, are you sure it's already maresca's city given he's just taking over about a month ago? How much time does he have with the world cup players? a week? Had city won (which could be considering raya motm performance), would you then say it's still pep's team?
It's okay not to rate him that much, me neither or dislike his playing style but I feel some people are getting overly personal with their review, some even went with the hyperbole.

Mourinho used to have fanatics on here but over the time it changed a bit, maybe because he went on to manage spurs and never evolve to the modern game aka washed. But I can see you're unaffected. The man is a legend for Chelsea but if he did wrong like the eva's case then apology is the basic proper thing to do.

CWC is not treated as some glorified friendly by the participants. The prize money and global coverage are enough make them taking it seriously. They' took their first team into that competition. real madrid even purposely paid 10 mils to get trent ready for that competition which they could get him for free a month later. I get why the importance of CWC is downplayed by some clueless pundits and those fans whose team either exited early or not even in it at all but for the fans of the winning team to belittle the competition is just a strange take.

Back on maresca, are you sure it's already maresca's city given he's just taking over about a month ago? How much time does he have with the world cup players? a week? Had city won (which could be considering raya motm performance), would you then say it's still pep's team?
It's okay not to rate him that much, me neither or dislike his playing style but I feel some people are getting overly personal with their review, some even went with the hyperbole.

Said he was sick of passing sideway, suggesting it was the instruction by the coach and opted to take it on his own to pass forward that yielded the desired result which just happened that day and some other times. The odd question would be why palmer and the rest couldn't replicate their brilliance after maresca was gone. Goals galore should have been expected since no longer bound by risky free tactic.

Said he was sick of passing sideway, suggesting it was the instruction by the coach and opted to take it on his own to pass forward that yielded the desired result which just happened that day and some other times. The odd question would be why palmer and the rest couldn't replicate their brilliance after maresca was gone. Goals galore should have been expected since no longer bound by risky free tactic.

If it's not for that pure-profit factor, I think he would still be kept. Some good games some bad games but overall good enough to be option on the bench.

It's been a while so maybe memory got fuzzy for some but Azpi was pretty quick as a fullback. He couldn't be dubbed as the best 1 on 1 fullback without being quick. The drop off of his speed after he got old is too obvious for us to not remember him by but still better than ivanovic.

Being racist and saying racist things are not the same. I didn't think JT was racist back even though he called someone black cnut and by your standard it should be flagged as racist already. Also the same JT didn't act like a role model when he cheated with his teammates partner. Fortunately for Chelsea, wayne was an insignificant influence both on the pitch and in the dressing room otherwise Chelsea would have suffered.
Sometimes people do get caught in the moment, not that it's right but it shouldn't be a lifetime crime as you put it. Apology doesn't matter anymore now? By apologizing means he admitted his mistake and better this than complete denial, right? For what it's worth, enzo case didn't even get to the court.
Driving ban on its own is minor, no need to bring out the what if worst scenario when it clearly didn't happen. Shooting into a crowd is a crime even though no one was hit, the intent was there. Driving ban for excessive speeding/drunk driving on the road do not have the same intent.

Mix review from the description I get out there. At one point he is described to be the best 1-on-1 defender, which is always a plus for me, but at another, it's said there is still a gap between him and guehi who I do not rate that highly.
It' good to have a pacey CB but more importantly it's the brain like thiago silva, vincent kompany that is needed to marshal the defence.

It's definitely overprice, however if the jackson rumor is true then it's like jackson+garnacho swap for rodgers, somewhat acceptable.

That absolutely zero attempt on goal for both on AND off target brings back nightmare conte's Chelsea against city. argentina deserved to lose for their pathetic performance in the final. For all spain's so called mighty defense, they didn't park the bus to achieve that. Only conceded 1 goal through out the whole competition, definitely well deserved winner.

And some of argentina players really acted like a bunch of punked kids while billions were watching. When they won, they mocked the opposition team, when they lost, they acted like a bully.

It's a simplistic reason alright, just because it's simple doesn't always mean it's the ultimate reason, a context should be in play. Your comparison example is not that accurate, might as well use taiwan and china. Do you think taiwan is part of china?

The last time Chelsea finished 10th, We won the league the following season with arguably the same core. There, history done it for you.

Your right, hopefully you manage to find some soon...

Some perspective need to prevail.

The bizarre thing is why sold him in such a hasty manner? I reckon Chelsea could have an additional 7-10 millions after word cup.. It's not like there were lack of suitors, he's already a euro winner.

The bizarre thing is why sold him in such a hasty manner? I reckon Chelsea could have an additional 7-10 millions after word cup.. It's not like there were lack of suitors, he's already a euro winner.

What is the issue for him agreeing a longer contract in the first place? Can't recall any manager who doesn't want it, longer contract means better security and the mindset for all managers is longer contract means more pay out if things don't work out. It's a pretty basic strategy for insurance.
His complain about Chelsea is just an excuse used as justification for him leaving while in fact without the offer, he would have stayed. You don't actually believe if things were rosy at Chelsea then he would have rejected city, do you?

I think an employee getting big headed when he got another offer on the table is pretty common thing. We can agree he doesn't deserve to demand anything based on his limited quality but he got a legit bargaining chip because if his demand is not met then he would just be somewhere else. Btw, I think that demand is smokescreen because he wanted to leave anyway.

How do you reckon other managers in his position would or should do if they want to leave? You know that maresca could have played a stinker until the end of the season forcing the blueco to sack him right? It's not like he has to join city immediately, he got the time. That's why he reported the city approach and resigned is better than he keeping it quiet and play a stinker to get the sack.

If he's doing very well with chelsea and done that then it's understandable the anger but most of us wanted him gone even before that. Had it not him having a lil bit of backbone (money wise) to resign then you people would blame him for stinking the place. His tactic got found out, he's not wanted by the fans then what's he supposed to do? You do realize he actually didn't stink the place until he got sacked like many others would do in his position, right?
And it's a surprise that you're actually buying the club statement in blaming his departure for ruining the season considering you never really rated him in the first place. If he's not that good then the sooner he goes the better don't you think? The club in ruin is mainly due the board incompetence for not replacing him correctly and sooner.

The outrage towards him seems like a case when a girlfriend wanted a break up but get upset when the boyfriend beat her to it.

Very strange and the irony to say no club wants to change its head coach midway like they have never done it toward other clubs before.

It's also strange with the outrage here toward maresca considering he's not rated and many would like him gone anyway. Instead of the standard sack-payout, this time Chelsea actually got compensation. They should be happy but instead they're getting all personal over this case. I think some people just have the tendency looking something to blame to vent their anger when things went wrong but maresca is the wrong target in this case due to the fact he's not really wanted here anyway.

Very strange and the irony to say no club wants to change its head coach midway like they have never done it toward other clubs before.

It's also strange with the outrage here toward maresca considering he's not rated and many would like him gone anyway. Instead of the standard sack-payout, this time Chelsea actually got compensation. They should be happy but instead they're getting all personal over this case. I think some people just have the tendency looking something to blame to vent their anger when things went wrong but maresca is the wrong target in this case due to the fact he's not really wanted here anyway.

It's getting weary now with his another injury news.. he's just like ledley king. Reece James is super highly rated but that also helped by the fact that he's not playing the game regularly to be rated objectively. People tend to only remember his good games and shrugged off his poor games easily.

Should have sold him for big money when madrid wanted him last time but it's too late now. Instead of selling him for cheap, it's better to keep him to play back up role as RB or CDM. He's taken a significant pay cut so we just need to adjust our expectation of him not being seen as the core player.

never rated him even when he got viral with his bicycle kick goal... need to sell asap

This sale is ridiculous for the fee quoted. Why chelsea sold him at 15 million lost when there are multiple rich clubs interested in him?
His desire to leave or his remaining contract length is irrelevant. Other clubs, smaller than Chelsea, managed to get the most under that condition.

At 27 years old, he's on his peak and also highly rated by many contrary to the views in this forum. Personally, I do not mind this sale if chelsea gain profit from it. This made Chelsea look weak even if the owners are desperate to sell him due to him questioning their strategy. Should at least play it cool, not hastily accepting such lowball offer.

These days average players cost a bomb, the quality is surely regressing but the price keeps inflating. It's difficult to get excited in the transfer windows there days because of the bad stocks and inflated price.