Enzo Maresca within the wake of the membership’s exit from the Champions League by saying that it might be a “optimistic” as a result of it might enable them extra time to organize for Premier League video games.
That’s not the type of mentality followers need to see, even when there’s some logic to it. They need a staff that’s competing on the prime, hungry to win each trophy and raging at each defeat. The gradual reducing of requirements and expectations continues to undermine the staff’s success, and in the present day in his press convention Maresca can have aggravated followers once more by transferring the goalposts on his expectations for the season.
He identified that Chelsea had not been within the prime 4 for the previous few yr, whereas “we spent virtually the whole yr within the prime 4 [this year].
This led to questions concerning the type of Nottingham Forest and whether or not that would squeeze Chelsea out of the Champions League locations if Man Metropolis get into gear. Maresca responded to this by denying that his goal was to try this:
“I didn’t say our goal was prime 4. The membership by no means instructed me the goal was prime 4. Once I signed right here, the goal was in two years enjoying within the Champions League, not in a single yr. This is the reason I’ve mentioned many occasions we’re above my expectation,” the previous Leicester coach defined.
“Nottingham Forest are doing improbable, excellent, so congratulations to them. We’ll see how we end.”
Maresca refuses to set excessive requirements – so staff proceed to disappoint
Fairly understandably, he was then pressed on his reply – would ending outdoors the highest 4 imply the season was a failure, given we have been
“We’ll see how we end. The benefit of me is I’m not saying one thing completely different to you in the present day that I mentioned one month in the past. Since day one, I’ve all the time mentioned the identical: I’m not taking a look at Could or June, I’m wanting sport by sport how we are able to enhance – and solely that. We’ll see on the finish of the season.”