The one most important takeaway from Enzo Maresca that I’ve observed to this point is that he’s making an attempt his best to make use of an everyday ‘finest Xl’ at Chelsea.
Clearly this has been troublesome for earlier Chelsea managers to do as a result of we have now battled with SO many accidents currently. However Maresca has absolutely the luxurious and what many people thought we might by no means see once more, a completely match squad! Once more, props to the membership, coaches, and medics for getting on prime of this, it deserves big reward, no matter they’ve performed to get there.
Even with accidents although that can nonetheless occur and are unavoidable, Maresca goes to be utilizing his ‘finest Xl’ however with fill ins. So his finest Xl proper now’s turning 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’t problem after which get within the group forward of a few of these names, and as I’ve mentioned, we have now a couple of knocking very onerous on the door proper now.
However by choosing Lavia over Enzo Fernandez within the joint greatest recreation of our season to this point 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 along with. And he went with Lavia.
So does this imply that Maresca has made his greatest and most important squad choice to this point? I consider it does.
Lavia and Fernandez I really feel will rotate greater than most although, on account of 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 ‘finest’ 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 an enormous 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 will not be 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 isn’t all the time going to have the ability to flip up each single recreation (extra on that in one other article at this time).
I fee Caicedo and Lavia greater than Fernandez, however I additionally do nonetheless fee Fernandez. I do surprise although, whether or not what our man Jai has been saying on our SPTC Podcasts not too long ago holds weight and that truly, Fernandez is simply not going to be a Premier League participant and would go well with someplace like La Liga a lot better. I do fee him although and all the time have performed 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.
