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We are the only club ever to survive an Ornstein bomb but I doubt if we’ll ever survive a second one. 
 

It may be Maresca. Phillips basically tapping in an Ornstein cross. 


 
Sconnie Blue said:
We are the only club ever to survive an Ornstein bomb but I doubt if we’ll ever survive a second one. 
 

It may be Maresca. Phillips basically tapping in an Ornstein cross. 
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That may be what he says on Twitter and I don't know what time Twitter shows but the latest newsletter I have from his site dated 6 hours (12:41 am London time)  ago says no such thing.

 
And Romano jumps on the same bandwagon. Romano is relatively weak on this topic maybe because managers make more of their own decisions and rely less on agents. That is speculation on my part.

It's unlikely that Chelsea management are leaking much about this. They might have some incentive to do so, to fly a kite and see the reaction, but basically the  team managers being interviewed have much more incentive via intermediaries to leak to journos in the hope of creating positive support and boosting their case. 

My conclusion is that there were talks with Maresca over the weekend.

"Enzo Maresca remains keen on Chelsea job as he’s given his availability after positive contacts over the weekend, still waiting for club’s final decision." Romano

 
TheCeleryKing said:
Maybe David Webb can come out of retirement?
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As a comparison, if this were 2000-01 our managerial shortlist to replace Vialli would be Jean Tigana, Graeme Souness or Glenn Hoddle instead of Claudio Ranieri, who at least had taken unfancied teams to domestic Cup success

 
Sconnie Blue said:
Anyone know anything of Maresca?
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A has a very much possession base style where the ball is knocked around with the idea that the opposition will lose their shape & and an opening will arise. He plays a back four with one of them stepping into midfield when the club has possession. He uses a single striker with wingers and two tens. His biggest failing for me is that he is very slow to make substitutions. His style of football was not overly popular with the  Leicester fan base who really didn't care for tippy tippy football.

 
gurru991 said:
A has a very much possession base style where the ball is knocked around with the idea that the opposition will lose their shape & and an opening will arise. He plays a back four with one of them stepping into midfield when the club has possession. He uses a single striker with wingers and two tens. His biggest failing for me is that he is very slow to make substitutions. His style of football was not overly popular with the  Leicester fan base who really didn't care for tippy tippy football.
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Nor do I. I really dislike that kind of football. Boring to watch. 

Back and forth and back and forth. Left to right, right to left. Back too the goalie. New build up. 

All the pace out of the counter attack. Everyone back in position of the opposing team. 

I guess that all works when your team is way better than the opposition and you have some killers. 

But when you have a team with no ideas and efficiency,...

 
Night-T said:
Nor do I. I really dislike that kind of football. Boring to watch. 

Back and forth and back and forth. Left to right, right to left. Back too the goalie. New build up. 

All the pace out of the counter attack. Everyone back in position of the opposing team. 

I guess that all works when your team is way better than the opposition and you have some killers. 

But when you have a team with no ideas and efficiency,...
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I don't really care for the whole play it out from the back possession based strategy. As the season wore on at Leicester the opposition just got wise to things & let Leicester knock it around knowing that there was no real danger. It might work ok at Chelsea because you have higher quality players who can play this system . For me personally I'm happy to see him move on as I think with the players we have we will get murdered playing that style in the Premier . Shades of Burnley !!!!

 
It's been RDZ all along. Rest is owners/directors using the media as a smoke screen. Like they did with Kompany and Big Ange last summer to soften the reaction to Poch.

 


Tell me if you get past 6 minutes. He didn't manage to motivate me to watch the entire thing.

 
BS66 said:
Were we wonderful 30-50 years ago? I’d take this any day over the season we were challenging for relegation to the 3rd division. 
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NO, there were times when we were absolutely useless, but Its not about just the "UPS" of supporting Chelsea. The downs were bloody hard, but I kept going because the hope and expectation were always there to sustain me. Now at 67 years of age, spoiled no doubt, by 20 years of almost consistent success, I just do not have the energy or the money to spend close to £200 per game to watch the Club, which has become a rudderless ship, meander from one crisis to another under the collection of idiots currently running it.

 
loz said:
I can't really see it being anyone other than De Zerbi which, being blunt, excites me as much as reruns of Last of the Summer Wine.

I wasn't fussed about Poch leaving but see it as pointless if De Zerbi replaces him.
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I'm actually more interested in who our manager will be in 2025, i.e. de Zerbi's replacement at Brighton this season.

 
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