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13 Aug 2026 09:35:12
Hey Ed, wanted to get your thoughts on how the transition under Maresca will go? Interested to see how he shapes the team. Who do you seeing being the benefactors from his management and any players who will struggle. Have seen it suggested that his wide players often sacrifice their goal scoring ability which I would worry as I see Semenyo as someone who is at his best when in goal scoring positions.
I asked last year about Foden and Cherki and you were spot on in how their seasons would play out. So wanted to also give you some credit on that too!

{Ed001's Note - thanks mate. I fear for the transition under Maresca, I just think Pep is impossible to follow. If you try to stick with what worked for him, the best you can hope for is a Slot-style decline after a good season. The only way to go long-term is to stamp his style on the team and I don't see a squad built for his way of playing.

To be honest, it feels like he is a cheap fall guy to enable the club to move on from Pep and reset the fans expectations ready for building a new era under the next man. Maresca is very much his own man, so I do expect him to try and implement his own style, which will need time. Cherki is very suited though, he can be the fulcrum for the play, with grafters around him to do his running.

Though having said all that, with Haaland up front, it is like a cheat code and he should benefit, and he can pretty much singlehandedly ensure the handover's success. It is likely most of the rest will be having to adapt and so their season's are likely to be mixed. Doku could well thrive though, he gets a few great goals, but he is not looking to get on the end of things like Semenyo, so it should not affect him. Anderson looks entirely suited to be that player that gets up and down and breaks into the box late - a better version of KDH that he had at Leicester and took to Chelsea.

I do worry about your defence under him, all good individuals, but he is not the best at organising a defence, they tend to get pulled about a lot. And he has always refused to change his way of playing out from the back, no matter how horrendous the goalkeeper was on the ball, which could be a huge issue with Donnarumma!}

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