| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: 23:09 - May 27 with 6218 views | unstableblue |
1. Through the process Maresca showed in-depth research into the Chelsea squad, including youth players and loanees
2. He has a very fixed way of playing that he is committed to, with high possession and dominating the ball key attributed (I think Leicester called it one dimensional and no plan B!!)
3. He is a head coach only, not a manager, he can lock into another emerging 'modern high performance' footballing structure, and not speak out of turn, toe the line |  |
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 23:17 - May 27 with 6060 views | Churchman |
Wow, so he gets what he’s given, has no say in it and is expected to do better than Pochettino in the same timeframe.
Despite an exotic name and finishing first with Leicester, did he do the greatest job in the Championship? Leicester were a bit one dimensional and were found out more than once in addition to having far more resources than all bar Leeds and Saints. Aside from McKenna, both Rohl and QPRs manager did a far more impressive job. |  | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 23:27 - May 27 with 5957 views | unstableblue |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 23:17 - May 27 by Churchman |
Wow, so he gets what he’s given, has no say in it and is expected to do better than Pochettino in the same timeframe.
Despite an exotic name and finishing first with Leicester, did he do the greatest job in the Championship? Leicester were a bit one dimensional and were found out more than once in addition to having far more resources than all bar Leeds and Saints. Aside from McKenna, both Rohl and QPRs manager did a far more impressive job. |
Unfortunately for them the Chelsea fans have found the Leicester forum, and errrr, its not filling them with a lot of confidence.
If McKenna left us we'd be in meltdown, and rightly so, because we love him and rate him highly.
Indeed this Leicester fan's view, that a Chelsea fan has posted to theirs, confirms your view he did not do the greatest job, and yet with most expensive Championship team ever:
"I’m not bothered about him going at all. Not just saying that, I found us awful to watch last season, genuinely bored as sin. His refusal to adapt when we were on bad runs was shocking, credit for winning us the league of course, and credit for finally arresting the slide and getting us over the line. BUT on the other hand, blew a 17 point lead (as in we were second with 3 games to play), had by far the most expensive squad in championship history, and arguably the best, and didn’t break 100 points with them, his subs were always too late and rarely effective, didn’t utilise the squad at all and ran certain players in to the ground quite unnecessarily. Had a plan A and that was it, if it didn’t work we were b@ggered (happened way too often)." | |
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 23:43 - May 27 with 5772 views | N2_Blue |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 23:17 - May 27 by Churchman |
Wow, so he gets what he’s given, has no say in it and is expected to do better than Pochettino in the same timeframe.
Despite an exotic name and finishing first with Leicester, did he do the greatest job in the Championship? Leicester were a bit one dimensional and were found out more than once in addition to having far more resources than all bar Leeds and Saints. Aside from McKenna, both Rohl and QPRs manager did a far more impressive job. |
sacked by Xmas.
If i was a Chelsea fan i'be be pretty underwelmed considering what Leicster fans have to say about him |  |
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 02:16 - May 28 with 5457 views | bournemouthblue |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 23:17 - May 27 by Churchman |
Wow, so he gets what he’s given, has no say in it and is expected to do better than Pochettino in the same timeframe.
Despite an exotic name and finishing first with Leicester, did he do the greatest job in the Championship? Leicester were a bit one dimensional and were found out more than once in addition to having far more resources than all bar Leeds and Saints. Aside from McKenna, both Rohl and QPRs manager did a far more impressive job. |
In a strange way, I actually think this is bad news for us
Leicester could end up with a more attacking manager who plays at a higher tempo and gets them going for the jugular
Maresca was very conservative, seemed to get them playing a really slow tempo and was happy to sit on leads rather than killing sides off
There's no coincidence we came back strongly against them twice, finishing the game far better than they did
They looked better away from home where they broke, playing a lot of one touch stuff but the question will remain whether they were actually that good in the end, given the quality of squad they had at their disposal
They should have been winning the league by 10+ points
In the end, they limped over the line |  |
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 06:47 - May 28 with 4936 views | mikeybloo88 |
Let’s not forget that KM blew a 10+ point lead too and had a wobble when his tactics and substitutions raised some eyebrows. He too struggled in some games to overcome opponents who played a certain way against us and in the end it was the character shown by the players who got us through (character and team spirit developed by him of course). Just saying we should recognise he is still very much the unfinished managerial article despite all the hype in the media, but I feel he is absolutely the best man to keep us in the Prem and should we go down he is absolutely the best man to bring us straight back. I hope the rumours of him staying are true... |  | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 06:51 - May 28 with 4901 views | cressi |
4, A average manager who only got the job through his Pep link. A manager who was supposed to have the best championship squad by a mile who beat league one ipswich by one point who Leicester fans wanted sacked in February Not for me.
Chelsea are a basket case club I'm afraid. |  | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 07:18 - May 28 with 4750 views | tonybied |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 06:47 - May 28 by mikeybloo88 |
Let’s not forget that KM blew a 10+ point lead too and had a wobble when his tactics and substitutions raised some eyebrows. He too struggled in some games to overcome opponents who played a certain way against us and in the end it was the character shown by the players who got us through (character and team spirit developed by him of course). Just saying we should recognise he is still very much the unfinished managerial article despite all the hype in the media, but I feel he is absolutely the best man to keep us in the Prem and should we go down he is absolutely the best man to bring us straight back. I hope the rumours of him staying are true... |
Last time I checked we ended up 6 points ahead of 3rd so we didn't blow a 10+ point lead at all. |  | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 07:25 - May 28 with 4683 views | brogansnose |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 02:16 - May 28 by bournemouthblue |
In a strange way, I actually think this is bad news for us
Leicester could end up with a more attacking manager who plays at a higher tempo and gets them going for the jugular
Maresca was very conservative, seemed to get them playing a really slow tempo and was happy to sit on leads rather than killing sides off
There's no coincidence we came back strongly against them twice, finishing the game far better than they did
They looked better away from home where they broke, playing a lot of one touch stuff but the question will remain whether they were actually that good in the end, given the quality of squad they had at their disposal
They should have been winning the league by 10+ points
In the end, they limped over the line |
It amazed me that both times we played them that they had us on the ropes and didn't kill the game off. Naturally, we kept on at them , they didn't adapt and the team, and the fans,smelled blood in the water and if both games had played another 10 minutes I felt that we would have got the win.
Wasn't that impressed by him. |  | | |
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 07:31 - May 28 with 4617 views | tractorboy1978 |
I think number 3 is b0llocks personally. No self respecting, decent manager/coach is going to be happy with having very little or no say. It always becomes an issue for a manager when things aren't going well. See De Zerbi at Brighton. Fine last season when results are going well but when you start to drop off it becomes an issue and the go to 'excuse' that you aren't getting the players you want. | | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 07:32 - May 28 with 4609 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
Did we really expect anything other than a mediocre appointment for Chelsea. They’ve probably narrowed the list of people that will work for them by giving no manager control over transfers and no time to turn things round. May as well have got Lampard back…
Hilarious that they went for him though since Leicester fans didn’t even rate him, and the club probably snatched Chelsea’s hand off for 10m!
To lose 11 championship games with that squad is unforgivable. Totally outthought twice by McKenna. Particularly the home tie I’ve never seen such a game of two halves - first half they schooled us and had us chasing shadows. Second half a KM masterpiece as we took control and fought back a precious point. | | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 07:36 - May 28 with 4569 views | Tractorboy24 |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 06:47 - May 28 by mikeybloo88 |
Let’s not forget that KM blew a 10+ point lead too and had a wobble when his tactics and substitutions raised some eyebrows. He too struggled in some games to overcome opponents who played a certain way against us and in the end it was the character shown by the players who got us through (character and team spirit developed by him of course). Just saying we should recognise he is still very much the unfinished managerial article despite all the hype in the media, but I feel he is absolutely the best man to keep us in the Prem and should we go down he is absolutely the best man to bring us straight back. I hope the rumours of him staying are true... |
There is a big difference in context between Leicester, with one of the best squads in Championship history, blowing a 17 point lead and us, fresh out of League One, blowing a 10 point lead during a period where our star striker was injured. Never mind the fact we had another 2 teams chasing us down with ridiculous Championship squads.
Your line about tactics & substitutions is very revisionist to seemingly fit a narrative, McKenna’s tactics & substitutions won us far more points this season than they lost. |  | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 08:00 - May 28 with 4344 views | bournemouthblue |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 07:25 - May 28 by brogansnose |
It amazed me that both times we played them that they had us on the ropes and didn't kill the game off. Naturally, we kept on at them , they didn't adapt and the team, and the fans,smelled blood in the water and if both games had played another 10 minutes I felt that we would have got the win.
Wasn't that impressed by him. |
It's fair to say they should have killed us off at Leicester in the first 30 minutes but the lack of upping the tempo and going for the jugular was incredible for me
They have a lot of the ball but seems to lack urgency and just relied on having far more quality than the opposition to pick teams off without taking too many risks or chances
Earlier in the season they had the best defence by a distance, they'd conceded about 10 goals less than whoever was in second at the time but by the end of the season I think it was Leeds possibly who actually had the better defence whilst offering a fair more bit in attack as well?
Edit: I tell a lie, they still had the best defence and second best attack but I'd argue a more attacking approach would have seen them score over 100 goals
You can't argue with the result ultimately, they should have really been winning the league with over 100 points [Post edited 28 May 2024 8:04]
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 08:08 - May 28 with 4247 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 06:47 - May 28 by mikeybloo88 |
Let’s not forget that KM blew a 10+ point lead too and had a wobble when his tactics and substitutions raised some eyebrows. He too struggled in some games to overcome opponents who played a certain way against us and in the end it was the character shown by the players who got us through (character and team spirit developed by him of course). Just saying we should recognise he is still very much the unfinished managerial article despite all the hype in the media, but I feel he is absolutely the best man to keep us in the Prem and should we go down he is absolutely the best man to bring us straight back. I hope the rumours of him staying are true... |
We finished 6 points ahead of Leeds and 9 ahead of Southampton. So Leeds basically gained 4 more points on us over 23 games, five or six of those where we didn’t have a recognised striker, lost our most influential player in Morsy for a couple of games to suspension, lost Davis for a couple of games to injury and had illness running through the camp. |  |
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 08:29 - May 28 with 4023 views | Leaky |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 07:32 - May 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
Did we really expect anything other than a mediocre appointment for Chelsea. They’ve probably narrowed the list of people that will work for them by giving no manager control over transfers and no time to turn things round. May as well have got Lampard back…
Hilarious that they went for him though since Leicester fans didn’t even rate him, and the club probably snatched Chelsea’s hand off for 10m!
To lose 11 championship games with that squad is unforgivable. Totally outthought twice by McKenna. Particularly the home tie I’ve never seen such a game of two halves - first half they schooled us and had us chasing shadows. Second half a KM masterpiece as we took control and fought back a precious point. |
It was also noticeable they looked knackered in both games after about 75 minutes. Just after we made our substitutions |  | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 08:38 - May 28 with 3944 views | BloomBlue |
Re 3. Most of the big teams are heading towards that model. You have an analytics team who crunch the data and then they buy the players based on that. The coach then coaches the players he's given, he doesn't have a say on the players the club buys.
I think Brighton operate the same type of model, maybe that's why KM didn't like the idea of either role. |  | | |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 09:09 - May 28 with 3715 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 23:43 - May 27 by N2_Blue |
sacked by Xmas.
If i was a Chelsea fan i'be be pretty underwelmed considering what Leicster fans have to say about him |
He’s a good fit for Chelsea imo. They’ve always done well with boring, pragmatic football. That’s what he’ll give them. He’s like a crap Mourinho. Whether he’ll be good enough is another question. |  |
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| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 09:21 - May 28 with 3635 views | Stewart27 |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 06:47 - May 28 by mikeybloo88 |
Let’s not forget that KM blew a 10+ point lead too and had a wobble when his tactics and substitutions raised some eyebrows. He too struggled in some games to overcome opponents who played a certain way against us and in the end it was the character shown by the players who got us through (character and team spirit developed by him of course). Just saying we should recognise he is still very much the unfinished managerial article despite all the hype in the media, but I feel he is absolutely the best man to keep us in the Prem and should we go down he is absolutely the best man to bring us straight back. I hope the rumours of him staying are true... |
I’m not sure of the relevance here to Maresca’s situation?
And I’m not sure where we blew anything last year either. | | | |
| Ashworth recently stated the Sporting/Technical role integrated NINE departments on 12:12 - May 28 with 3228 views | unstableblue |
| Sky just reported Maresca was appointed for 3 reasons: on 08:38 - May 28 by BloomBlue |
Re 3. Most of the big teams are heading towards that model. You have an analytics team who crunch the data and then they buy the players based on that. The coach then coaches the players he's given, he doesn't have a say on the players the club buys.
I think Brighton operate the same type of model, maybe that's why KM didn't like the idea of either role. |
NINE!
From memory:
First team (head coach leads)
Academy
Recruitment and scouting
Player recruitment
Data and Analysis
Fitness and nutrition
Loan management
Woman’s team
Can’t remember last one
Again I don’t think McKenna has a problem per se with these models | |
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