Enzo Maresca:

"We have just one injury: Reece James. The rest are all fit [for Man City]."
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He’s suspended anyway.

Maresca working his magic already

Pep Guardiola on Enzo Maresca:

"My advice? Give him time. It will work. All managers need time."
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Music to our owner's ears

Pep said same about potter Poch and Lampard

True

comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 2 hours, 8 minutes ago
Best time to play them and best time to play us. It’s gonna take our new manager time to fix this mess of a squad and implement his new tactics.
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I reckon had we kept poch we would have a huge chance to win this weekend. I'm now expecting haaland to score a hat trick

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 22 hours, 47 minutes ago
comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted about 2 hours ago
comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 9 hours, 17 minutes ago
Fantasy Football H2H league

https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/ehdxgs
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Last chance to join the league. Closes tomorrow when the PL begins. 8 of us only this time. 😢
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at least it's even...not many in CPL currently either
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The champ is back

Howdy

Nice. 13 of us now.

comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 5 hours, 9 minutes ago
Enzo Maresca:

"We have just one injury: Reece James. The rest are all fit [for Man City]."
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He’s suspended anyway.
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He can basically fack off for all I care

comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 5 hours, 9 minutes ago
Enzo Maresca:

"We have just one injury: Reece James. The rest are all fit [for Man City]."
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He’s suspended anyway.
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He can basically fack off for all I care
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I still think his sister is the better option

I really hope we’re not looking at bringing in Sancho.

comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 1 minute ago
I really hope we’re not looking at bringing in Sancho.
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Highly doubtful, I'm expecting 2 or 3 more signings Felix, Osimhen and a CB

comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted about 5 hours ago
Nice. 13 of us now.
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Lucky

So Felix actually coming back. Beyond whether he's good enough just odd considering we seem, if anything, overcrowded in midfield.

Some reports say he'll be the LW ahead of Sterling but he's not really a 1v1 pacy winger like Maresca uses, so that would be a bit odd.

Must be Nkunku's replacement once he eventually breaks down

Maresca has basically told Chilwell to find another club lol

Should say the same to James

Maresca has basically told Chilwell to find another club lol
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Ruthless

comment by g7 (U12473)
posted 45 minutes ago
So Felix actually coming back. Beyond whether he's good enough just odd considering we seem, if anything, overcrowded in midfield.

Some reports say he'll be the LW ahead of Sterling but he's not really a 1v1 pacy winger like Maresca uses, so that would be a bit odd.
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I hope we're not paying more then £40m for him. No one wants him other then Villa.

Are we actually buying or just getting him on another loan

comment by Our Bald Manager > Yours (U1641)
posted 2 minutes ago
Are we actually buying or just getting him on another loan
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Buying him this time. Can't be a loan, Atleti need the money to buy Gallagher

They spent all their money on City’s backup striker, and as a result we have to give them money for Felix

So we've now got Kepa, Petrovic, Chalobah, Chilwell, Gallagher, Broja and Lukaku all on the transfer list
Have I forgotten anyone else?

The fact that we are now selling Petrovic just shows how knee jerk the club's transfer decisions are.

What I can say is that nobody from the club asked me for the Champions League this year. Nobody said that we need to finish in the first four,' Maresca said on Friday.

What they said is that we need to arrive and compete, step by step.'

Asked if the club's hierarchy had given him any targets for the season, Maresca replied: 'Just to have the feeling that we are going in the right direction. This is a very good target already when the owner, sporting directors, the manager and the players all have the same idea - that we are going in the same direction.

'If it is not now then probably it could be in one month, two months, in one year but we will be there very soon.'
He also knows Chelsea have a tough job closing the gap on those teams above them, having finished sixth after spending most of last season in mid-table, and qualifying for the Europa Conference League.

My dream is to compete with the teams that dominate the top four. But we know to cross that gap is not automatic. We need to work every day together. We have to be together. Nobody has said that we need to be in the top four otherwise we have failed. Nobody.'

The reason we are looking for something for five years is because we want to be consistent in what we do.'