Feels like a massive gamble.  Wouldn't be Chelsea without some self-imposed drama.  Just always prefer an established manager; not sure he is ready for the expectations that come with Chelsea.

Feels like globally it’s a bit of a dead spot for legit world class managers. Pep, klopp, ancelotti are the top tier realistically. Then there’s a huge group of excellent managers who are either retiring soon, should’ve retired already, have their best days behind them, or reputation precedes them / become hired guns (Jose unfortunately falls in this group along with tuchel, Simone, conte, etc.) Then there’s a whole host of up and coming managers who haven’t truly proven anything over an extended period yet Nagelsmann, arteta, xavi

so chels is stuck trying to find the next great manager as we’ve basically tried a LOT of the best managers to no avail.

 

long way to say “fook it, what’s the worst that can happen?” Knowing full well it’s gonna be the same boring tactics and attempts to play possession when our players / our nature is better geared to hitting on the counter 

9 hours ago, Sheva said:

There’s talk of a minimum 5 year deal for him. 
 

edit- already posted didn’t see.

I'm guessing that on that basis, they are paying him a lot less per season than Poch was on. 

13 hours ago, Drogba1 said:

1. Leicester City – £60,190,000
2. Southampton – £40,014,000
3. Leeds United – £39,513,000
4. Norwich City – £24,196,000
5. West Bromwich Albion – £23,060,000
6. Cardiff City – £19,444,000
7. Stoke City – £18,340,000
8. Watford – £14,952,000
9. Sheffield Wednesday – £14,584,000
10. Middlesbrough – £13,582,000
11. Birmingham City – £13,228,000
12. Bristol City – £12,894,000
13. Hull City – £12,333,200
14. Swansea City – £12,276,000
15. Queens Park Rangers – £12,020,000
16. Ipswich Town – £11,378,000
17. Preston North End – £10,942,200
18. Coventry City – £10,008,000
19. Millwall – £9,856,000
20. Huddersfield Town – £9,258,000
21. Sunderland – £9,150,000
22. Blackburn Rovers – £7,678,000
23. Rotherham United – £6,674,000
24. Plymouth Argyle – £6,060,000

 

He barely won the league with this kind of advantage. McKenna is miles better in comparison

😱😱😱

60m salary in championship? 

8 hours ago, just said:

We need to have a new song for him.

Enzo, whoa, ho, ee, oo.

He came from Italy.

He is a baldieee.

Enzo, whoa, ho, ee, oo.

 

Struggling a bit now. Need to fill in a few blanks. Any suggestions?

You don't know what you're doing! You don't know what you're doing! 

11 hours ago, gurru991 said:

I think if he’s hired he will go after Leicester‘s Danish goalkeeper. Mads Hermansen is the Danish international back up keeper and is very good with his feet  as well as being a very good keeper 

I am not worried about his football, I am more concerned about how he handle kids. 

Did he play many kids last season? 

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11 hours ago, big blue said:

Arteta shipped out massive names in his 1st couple of seasons  and had masisve say in who comes into the club. Its really not comparable. All reports coming out have said the sporting directors will be in total control of transfers. Nothing has suggested otherwise. I get you like Arteta, but this is not the same situation. No manager will get that power under our current structure.

I despise Arteta, i think he's an unbearable man child and i wish nothing but the worst for him professionally and personally. I pray for his downfall to every major god from every major religion in the hopes one of them may smite him down with a bolt of lightning. Having said that i can acknowledge the fantastic job he's done on the pitch with an Arsenal team that looked destined to rot in mid table for the next decade. I think you're underestimating the power and the job Edu has done at Arsenal and attributing it all to Arteta. Edu was the mastermind behind the Martinelli deal etc. Arteta will have his opinion but Edu has the say on everything in and out.

I have no problem with the technical directors having control of transfers. It stops us being put in a position of managers leaving and us being stuck with deadwood and players that don't fit the system. Chelsea's squad right now is fantastic. Its inexperienced but its brilliant. Get a striker to share the workload with Jackson and we should be up there in most competitions. 

9 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Mudryk needs the space to attack though. If we keep balk most sides will sit deep and it won't just be one man for him to beat.

Please watch Leicester's build up play from last season.

14 hours ago, Frawdulant said:

You might be taking the comment a little more personally than is warranted. I’m talking about the posts as a whole as opposed to any individual. More than half of these comments would have been posted whether it was McKenna, RDZ, Frank or even Xavi for that matter. That’s endemic of how spoilt the fan base have become. Never happy, always negative. What happened to cheer us on through the sun and rain. What happened to getting behind the manager and being the 12th man? Because all I can see is a thread with 90% of messages throwing hate on a manager who hasn’t even signed yet, has had zero opportunity to stake his claim and all that breeds is people looking for any flaw to fulfill their own confirmation bias who’ll end up jumping down his throat 2 minutes into his career. How can anyone succeed with that kind of mentality from their fan base, it’s the sheer definition of toxicity. The media do enough of that without us adding to the circus.

 

 

 

13 hours ago, Frawdulant said:

I fully understand the frustration and where it comes from. In my original message I make clear I’m not happy with the potential appointment.

My point is about how people are going on about it. Of course fans should voice their discontent. But as I’ve said some of these posts are ridiculous. I’m sure a lot of it is a defense mechanism so that fans can say “I told you this would be a disaster” when/if ends up that way but it all just becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. We have to believe, we have to have faith. We have to get behind our club. Without it we’re doomed before we start, regardless of who’s in charge.

This...100% Most are adding a bit more tinder to the fire with every post. I'm surprised ppl haven't sent him hate msgs yet. Lol

 

I haven't been online much this season but I've managed to finish the 3 or 4 threads about poch and his replacement (still not signed yet when posting this) but jeez guys!

The doom and gloom gets worse every year. I know as Brits, it's in our blood to moan but as posted above the tone being set before he's even signed up is just sad/mad imho. Maybe a sprinkle of hope and dash of optimism is needed and try and look at the positives he may bring.

 

In rgds to the Leicester forums. I suggest ppl check the posts their fans posted when they won the league instead of the most recent ones of him leaving. 

Also...

1) maybe he organised Leicester to play a style that suits their limits. He has much better talent at Chels, lets see what he does with them. 

2) I've seen Leicester's stats vs West Brom on 2 or 3 separate threads, even his last few games that were off and other teams caught up with them...a head coach can have a slump, they still won the league though.

3) cheer up guys, we had an amazing run with roman but now we have new owners that have thrown the book out the window and trying something new and absolutely insane. It's a 4yr project right.

4) I understand why poch was let go. He wanted more input over players, but did he really deserve it with the results we had this season and how long it took him to adapt/change! I'm hoping they follow the arsenal route if and only if the new guy shows progress, then maybe give him some input after a couple of seasons in charge (if he is our long term project coach and says that long that is).

5) These kids needed poch for their first season to nurture them, I'm on the fence wether the second season should be more of that or time to get a proper tactical coach. I didn't want poch to go because of stability and the way he nurtures young talent but he is not a crazy tactical genius that will win us trophies imho (pep, klippy, tuchel, etc). I hope the kids are ready.

6) can't remember 6....d**n kids!

 

We need a positive thread on this forum guys.

 

This whole ordeal is absolutely baffling. From Poch leaving to the candidates to replace him. 

The best indication of the quality of "signings" is often the reaction of the selling team, and it seems like Leicester fans are more than happy to see this guy leave.

Next season is going to be long. 

3 hours ago, Bob stark said:

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60m salary in championship? 

Hence the FFP issues.

I can't believe it... These twats actually make me want to beg for RDZ now

8 minutes ago, dermott said:

Hence the FFP issues.

50% more than the next team is mental. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

3 hours ago, Nibs said:

I'm guessing that on that basis, they are paying him a lot less per season than Poch was on. 

Unless they are trying to amortise the compensation fee

Not even sure that's possible with managers and compensation.

They are now set for discussions with the 44-year-old and are expected to agree a contract spanning a minimum of five years.

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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5521771/2024/05/27/chelsea-enzo-maresca-contract/

I love how they give Pochettino two years, but two incredibly unproven managers absurd contracts... 

This will be the first managerial appointment where every Chelsea fan dislikes the appointment right? 

We all hated Benitez of course, but he was just an interim for the Mourinho MK 2 appointment, and he had some silverware to his name, not a terrible manager. 

I think I've only seen Gol who is excited about this appointment, and that tells me everything I need to know. 

4 minutes ago, Victor90 said:

I love how they give Pochettino two years, but two incredibly unproven managers absurd contracts... 

I think it’s becoming clear they never wanted him but probably got spooked by Potter and got someone experience for one year.

They have an ideology in their heads and they are going to implement it no matter what.

Unfortunately for us our club is the sandbox for their testing.

If Winstanley and Stewart chose Maresca we're DOOMED! DOOMED!!

One thing I am pleased of Maresca is that he will pick up where Pochettino left off in terms of tactics. Pochettino implemented the 3-2-4-1, inverted full back tactics late in the season and the players responded very well to it. It seems like the right fit for our squad.

Otherwise I would have preferred De Zerbi, but I guess the days of managers with a bit of arrogance and personality are over at Chelsea. The board need a puppet to just take care of the training ground activities and match day tactics. The rest are in the hands of others.

 

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As a Leicester fan It’s interesting reading Chelsea views on Maresca. He is definitely the real deal and undoubtedly has what it takes to challenge Pep and Arteta. He won’t take any petulance from those Chelsea players either.

 

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Tom: I'm a Leicester fan, I'm not sure what the other supporter was on about earlier. Maresca isn't the real deal. He's stubborn, has no plan B and doesn't know when to use substitutes. We stumbled over the line to win the Championship. After defeats to Millwall and Plymouth, most of our fans wanted him sacked. Chelsea are welcome to him for the reported £10m, Top will think he's won the lotto. Chelsea just want a yes man.

Seems Leicester fans can't agree on what they've seen this season.

Uninspiring appointment to say the least. Didn't watch a whole lot of Leicester last season but there are three full 90 Leicester games out on Youtube (Sunderland x2, Leeds) and to be nice about it I can only say they failed to impress me. We may have hired a Pep-disciple but his build-up and ability to keep possession and control games was average at best in all three games despite winning two of them.

10 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

One thing I am pleased of Maresca is that he will pick up where Pochettino left off in terms of tactics. Pochettino implemented the 3-2-4-1, inverted full back tactics late in the season and the players responded very well to it. It seems like the right fit for our squad.

Otherwise I would have preferred De Zerbi, but I guess the days of managers with a bit of arrogance and personality are over at Chelsea. The board need a puppet to just take care of the training ground activities and match day tactics. The rest are in the hands of others.

I think that the difference though is that Cucurella inverting under Poch allowed for overloads in attacking areas and created opportunities which Palmer, particularly, was able to exploit.

The concern here is that being as risk averse as he appears from the evidence so far, these overloads will be in the central midfield areas without the attacking penetration. So we will have more control and more possession, but it will be in the middle third where the majority of teams will let us have the ball next season. Pochettino's biggest failing throughout last season and, arguably throughout his career, is his inability to combat a low block. How will Maresca do this if we are constantly passing the ball around the centre circle with no pressure from the opposition, because they are all camped twenty yards on, protecting their box. I have no problem with a possession heavy tactical approach, providing there is danger, penetration and the ability to unlock a low block. The evidence from last season, confirmed by numerous Leicester fans is that is not the case here.