The one important takeaway from Enzo Maresca that I’ve observed up to now is that he’s attempting his perfect to make use of a daily ‘greatest Xl’ at Chelsea.
Clearly this has been tough for earlier Chelsea managers to do as a result of now we have battled with SO many accidents currently. However Maresca has absolutely the luxurious and what many people thought we’d by no means see once more, a totally match squad! Once more, props to the membership, coaches, and medics for getting on high of this, it deserves large reward, no matter they’ve completed to get there.
Even with accidents although that may nonetheless occur and are unavoidable, Maresca goes to be utilizing his ‘greatest Xl’ however with fill ins. So his greatest Xl proper now could be changing into fairly clear.
When everyone seems to be match, proper now, it’s this:
Sanchez, James, Fofana, Colwill, Cucurella; Caicedo, Lavia, Palmer; Sancho, Madueke, Jackson.
This doesn’t imply that others can not problem after which get within the group forward of a few of these names, and as I’ve stated, now we have a couple of knocking very onerous on the door proper now.
However by selecting Lavia over Enzo Fernandez within the joint greatest recreation of our season up to now on Sunday, was very telling. This was the one key resolution that I spoke about some weeks again saying I used to be intrigued to see what he would go together with. And he went with Lavia.
So does this imply that Maresca has made his greatest and most vital squad choice up to now? I consider it does.
Lavia and Fernandez I really feel will rotate greater than most although, attributable to Lavia’s accidents of late. However I consider this now factors to the truth that Maresca sees Lavia over Fernandez if he was to choose his ‘greatest’ Chelsea 11.
I don’t assume many would disagree with this choice both. However what does that imply for Enzo, who the membership invested over £100m to signal? It’s a giant query mark behind that now.
I really like our midfield, however I nonetheless assume it lacks some metal as I’ve beforehand spoken on, and likewise maybe creativity if Fernandez just isn’t going to be beginning as a lot. Lavia and Caicedo provide extra management and stability in deeper areas and enjoying out from the goalkeeper. However in these superior areas, there’s a large onus purely on Cole Palmer to be the creator and naturally, he’s not all the time going to have the ability to flip up each single recreation (extra on that in one other article right now).
I fee Caicedo and Lavia increased than Fernandez, however I additionally do nonetheless fee Fernandez. I do marvel although, whether or not what our man Jai has been saying on our SPTC Podcasts just lately holds weight and that really, Fernandez is simply not going to be a Premier League participant and would swimsuit someplace like La Liga significantly better. I do fee him although and all the time have completed so I’m not writing him off within the slightest. He simply doesn’t begin in our greatest Xl proper now, and I agree with Maresca on that one.
