awful boring tactics giving me potter vibes that he won’t last a season . Don’t blame him it’s the boards fault 💩💩

14 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

We've downgraded on Maresca haven't we

Im not sure if he could get any less out of this squad.

System where strikers die.

58 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

We've downgraded on Maresca haven't we

Understatement of the year so far there mate!

Enzo is a real manager (and like Poch, no longer wanted to be Clownlake's gimp) and the poor results he got at the end were because this clown board were making it so f**king hard for him! He'll go to a big club this Summer, play the team how he wants, sign who he wants and win trophies!

Liam is Potter-level, not Maresca's.

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

System where strikers die.

By design, but that is a relic of Marescaball more than anything. Rosenior's Strasbourg were much more oriented towards creating changes for their strikers, whereas Maresca's system is all about creating "chances" from the flank to the opposite back post.

I don't think this is the 'system' Rosenior wants to play but he doesn't strike me yet as having the gumption to make any sort of meaningful change.

8 hours ago, Mod said:

Understatement of the year so far there mate!

Enzo is a real manager (and like Poch, no longer wanted to be Clownlake's gimp) and the poor results he got at the end were because this clown board were making it so f**king hard for him! He'll go to a big club this Summer, play the team how he wants, sign who he wants and win trophies!

Liam is Potter-level, not Maresca's.

Sorry, Maresca was a clown that didn't even know where to play his best players, making us so blunt, ineffective and boring that it was dreadful to watch us. Rosenior may be a downgrade, but let's not rewrite history here on Maresca.

8 hours ago, Mod said:

Understatement of the year so far there mate!

Enzo is a real manager (and like Poch, no longer wanted to be Clownlake's gimp) and the poor results he got at the end were because this clown board were making it so f**king hard for him! He'll go to a big club this Summer, play the team how he wants, sign who he wants and win trophies!

Liam is Potter-level, not Maresca's.

Maresca will have a mediocre managerial career, he might get a big job next but he'll flop and end up at Besiktas within 3 years.

16 minutes ago, RMH said:

Sorry, Maresca was a clown that didn't even know where to play his best players, making us so blunt, ineffective and boring that it was dreadful to watch us. Rosenior may be a downgrade, but let's not rewrite history here on Maresca.

Agree with everything apart from Rosenior being a downgrade. We've got nothing to really go on it, if anything it's a sideways step because that performance last night looked like a lot of performances we had under Maresca, it's like he never left.

Of course I'll give him time to put his stamp on the team but I thought whoever replaced Maresca would stop this inverted full back nonsense and we've somehow managed to find the only other manager that thinks Malo Gusto is an effective attacking midfielder.

Still playing with inverted fullbacks then I see.

I have often witnessed a dull lack lustre performance and consoled myself with a win regardless of how poor we have played, thinking that a win is a win hey ho. However this has to be the worst performance i can remember versus a lower level team where we have won. This was beyond dull, it was dreadful. Liam has clearly started to put his stamp on the team and style of play. The interim bloke did better, at least the players looked like they wanted to be on the pitch.

Maresca would have been great for this club if only our foolish directors and owners would just have given him a littlebit of room to work instead of sticking their ugly noses into his dressing room on every conceivable occasion. Or they could have listened to him about a centreback instead of scrambling about like idiots trying to overpay for another mediocre teenager fra France.

As for Rosenior: Maresca literally did all the groundwork for him and he's still sh*t. Just wait until next season, that's when it becomes really, really bad.

Though I chuckle about all those who were happy Maresca was sacked and said something along the lines of "as long as he doesn't invert Gusto and play quicker football i'll be happy"

Ooooooops.

3 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

Maresca would have been great for this club if only our foolish directors and owners would just have given him a littlebit of room to work instead of sticking their ugly noses into his dressing room on every conceivable occasion. Or they could have listened to him about a centreback instead of scrambling about like idiots trying to overpay for another mediocre teenager fra France.

As for Rosenior: Maresca literally did all the groundwork for him and he's still sh*t. Just wait until next season, that's when it becomes really, really bad.

Though I chuckle about all those who were happy Maresca was sacked and said something along the lines of "as long as he doesn't invert Gusto and play quicker football i'll be happy"

Ooooooops.

Right sentiment ... wrong person ...

Forget Maresca ... it was Pochettino that BlueCo should have got behind, and given him the handful of experienced players he wanted to help the younger ones develop, and then taken a step back and let him get on with it. They had actually stumbled into the perfect appointment for where we were after the Potter fiasco, but Eghbali of course f**ked it all up.

Poch would have built the team around the best player (Palmer), not Enzo bloody Fernandez.

We'd have been great to watch and with a couple of better options available at centre back, he would have had us competing for the title last year AND this year ...

Pochettino had an aura as manager that the likes of Maresca and Rosenior will never achieve in ten lifetimes.

24 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Right sentiment ... wrong person ...

Forget Maresca ... it was Pochettino that BlueCo should have got behind, and given him the handful of experienced players he wanted to help the younger ones develop, and then taken a step back and let him get on with it. They had actually stumbled into the perfect appointment for where we were after the Potter fiasco, but Eghbali of course f**ked it all up.

Poch would have built the team around the best player (Palmer), not Enzo bloody Fernandez.

We'd have been great to watch and with a couple of better options available at centre back, he would have had us competing for the title last year AND this year ...

Pochettino had an aura as manager that the likes of Maresca and Rosenior will never achieve in ten lifetimes.

As much as the whole Sp*rs connection and comments rubbed me the wrong way and as ropey as we were at the back, it wasn’t half entertaining was it? Been bored to tears ever since.

Not backing Poch was such a sh*t power trip move.

2 hours ago, timetowaste said:

Agree with everything apart from Rosenior being a downgrade. We've got nothing to really go on it, if anything it's a sideways step because that performance last night looked like a lot of performances we had under Maresca, it's like he never left.

Of course I'll give him time to put his stamp on the team but I thought whoever replaced Maresca would stop this inverted full back nonsense and we've somehow managed to find the only other manager that thinks Malo Gusto is an effective attacking midfielder.

Reality is there is no way for him to get a meaningful stamp on the team this season, we have far too many games. He can tweak and tinker.

If he goes too hard on change, it'll crumble.

1 hour ago, OriginalS said:

Maresca would have been great for this club if only our foolish directors and owners would just have given him a littlebit of room to work instead of sticking their ugly noses into his dressing room on every conceivable occasion. Or they could have listened to him about a centreback instead of scrambling about like idiots trying to overpay for another mediocre teenager fra France.

As for Rosenior: Maresca literally did all the groundwork for him and he's still sh*t. Just wait until next season, that's when it becomes really, really bad.

Though I chuckle about all those who were happy Maresca was sacked and said something along the lines of "as long as he doesn't invert Gusto and play quicker football i'll be happy"

Ooooooops.

I guess im one of those "as long as" people... ;-)

If Maresca's style of football is something you treasure, follow him at his next club, or watch a freshly painted wall dry. I dont know about you but from December 2024, the football served up is... is.. no other word to describe it... Dogsh*t. plane and simple... Free flowing ballers like Palmer look disinterested playing it. I cannot defend Maresca the manager, I will stick up for him and say he's a nice guy. But nice guys dont cut it at CFC.

If Rosenior continues the inverted BS, I'll be calling for his ouster before the season ends. If the next manager comes in and does the inverted full back, I'll be calling for them to be sacked too. It just doesnt work. Full backs are typically chosen to be full backs because theyre good at other things than being creative. Dani Alves would be a monster player in this era of football, Cafu too... Imagine Maresca asking Ivanovic or Dave to invert?

Reece James can do it but is asked to make up the teams deficincies elsewhere.

28 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

As much as the whole Sp*rs connection and comments rubbed me the wrong way and as ropey as we were at the back, it wasn’t half entertaining was it? Been bored to tears ever since.

Not backing Poch was such a sh*t power trip move.

Poch walked. Tuchel saw the writing on the wall and walked. There is a pattern.

30 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

As much as the whole Sp*rs connection and comments rubbed me the wrong way and as ropey as we were at the back, it wasn’t half entertaining was it? Been bored to tears ever since.

Not backing Poch was such a sh*t power trip move.

Fully agree. We were a side that played football and went toe to toe with teams. Should have been allowed to run the side without interference. Note to board: winning sides tend to be able to sell players more easily... See Stirling transfer from City to us.

1 hour ago, OriginalS said:

Maresca would have been great for this club if only our foolish directors and owners would just have given him a littlebit of room to work instead of sticking their ugly noses into his dressing room on every conceivable occasion. Or they could have listened to him about a centreback instead of scrambling about like idiots trying to overpay for another mediocre teenager fra France.

As for Rosenior: Maresca literally did all the groundwork for him and he's still sh*t. Just wait until next season, that's when it becomes really, really bad.

Though I chuckle about all those who were happy Maresca was sacked and said something along the lines of "as long as he doesn't invert Gusto and play quicker football i'll be happy"

Ooooooops.

Maresca’s football ideology goes directly against what I want to see on a pitch, it was boring to the point of tears.

He had an atrocious footballing outlook coupled with an overinflated ego against the lesser teams.

His ‘philosophy’ died a death years ago, even Pep has moved on from the recycling bo**ocks.

Maresca had to go, Rosenior is no better is the issue.

56 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Reality is there is no way for him to get a meaningful stamp on the team this season, we have far too many games. He can tweak and tinker.

If he goes too hard on change, it'll crumble.

You're right tbf, at this point I'm just taking any win possible. If we can limp over the line in the league and get top 4 I think it's a short term success, I'll judge the style of play next season.

42 minutes ago, bluelightening said:

Fully agree. We were a side that played football and went toe to toe with teams. Should have been allowed to run the side without interference. Note to board: winning sides tend to be able to sell players more easily... See Stirling transfer from City to us.

If toe to toe means failing to beat any of our rivals not named Spurs at home and getting absolutely spanked away, then yes. We went toe to toe.

Fact of the matter is as exciting as we were going forward under Poch, we were still a defensive calamity at the back and the midfield void was an abomination. Not to mention in classic Poch fashion, we lost a cup final against Liverpool's B team and academy. Could of built on the good form at the end of the season by keeping him on, but I'm not going to pretend it wouldn't of capitulated just as it had under Maresca. Especially when it fits Poch's managerial tenure.

I hate this revisionism or lesser of two evils stuff. Neither of which were good enough when Enrique and Nagelsmann were there. An L we all have to take.

1 hour ago, bisright1 said:

Reality is there is no way for him to get a meaningful stamp on the team this season, we have far too many games. He can tweak and tinker.

If he goes too hard on change, it'll crumble.

Yes, from what I can see his current plan is for all the players to carry on as they were, but from now on in a more caring way. I am particularly impressed with how the players now all walk off together. I think if he can get them to hold hands at the same time we should make top 4.

20 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

If toe to toe means failing to beat any of our rivals not named Spurs at home and getting absolutely spanked away, then yes. We went toe to toe.

Fact of the matter is as exciting as we were going forward under Poch, we were still a defensive calamity at the back and the midfield void was an abomination. Not to mention in classic Poch fashion, we lost a cup final against Liverpool's B team and academy. Could of built on the good form at the end of the season by keeping him on, but I'm not going to pretend it wouldn't of capitulated just as it had under Maresca. Especially when it fits Poch's managerial tenure.

I hate this revisionism or lesser of two evils stuff. Neither of which were good enough when Enrique and Nagelsmann were there. An L we all have to take.

I dont think it is revisionism to say we were a lot better to watch than Maresca's side. I'd take his football over what we are seeing now. Enrique nad Nagelsmann werent hired, to include them in this is revisionism. Sorry bud.

1 minute ago, bluelightening said:

I dont think it is revisionism to say we were a lot better to watch than Maresca's side. I'd take his football over what we are seeing now. Enrique nad Nagelsmann werent hired, to include them in this is revisionism. Sorry bud.

It's fine chief. 😂

The way some of you are glazing Poch is 100% revisionism. Other than Palmer being a world beater, what positive element did Poch's football bring? We conceded the most goals in the club's Premier League history which completely balanced out Palmer's influence up front. Our midfield void was diabolical, and we lost a cup final in classic Poch bottle fashion.

That's fine if you prefer his football. I think its a redundant argument much like this whole Neto v Garnacho debacle. Like saying the sh*t last night was better than the sh*t I took this morning. What's the point? It's both sh*t.

12 hours ago, Mod said:

Understatement of the year so far there mate!

Enzo is a real manager (and like Poch, no longer wanted to be Clownlake's gimp) and the poor results he got at the end were because this clown board were making it so f**king hard for him! He'll go to a big club this Summer, play the team how he wants, sign who he wants and win trophies!

Liam is Potter-level, not Maresca's.

I read this and thought Is this idiot serious? Only then I saw you wrote it @Mod 😁

40 minutes ago, Andy North said:

Yes, from what I can see his current plan is for all the players to carry on as they were, but from now on in a more caring way. I am particularly impressed with how the players now all walk off together. I think if he can get them to hold hands at the same time we should make top 4.

LR has had a really good conversation with Disasi too. I think our defence is sorted now.