Now we have hit a interval of video games now the place we are literally in a spot of hassle. After all, there’s completely no have to panic or over react at this stage, and we should always all nonetheless have the ability to see the numerous positives from the primary half of the season, in addition to the truth that we’re nonetheless dominating most video games and creating many possibilities.
However the indicators are beginning to creep in, and a few of them I don’t like in any respect. It’s time for Maresca to start out being courageous.
He does take dangers, we have now seen it with trusting in Josh Achaeampong. However he must now take these dangers in-game too.
Reece James: “When you don’t take possibilities, typically that may come again to chew you within the arse.”
Our captain stated this after the Bournemouth draw, however it could have so many extra meanings as effectively.
Maresca, it’s time to take possibilities.
Since our final league win on December the fifteenth, one month to today, we have now taken simply 3 factors from a attainable 15. I had a horrible feeling we’d wrestle via this ‘straightforward’ interval that so many predicted us to have. And we have now struggled, loads.
Not successful a league recreation in 6 is horrible actually. However, we ARE nonetheless very a lot within the prime 4 race and we are able to nonetheless get Champions League soccer this season, which was the goal. It’s straightforward to neglect that many people didn’t even suppose we’d get prime 7 this season not to mention prime 4. So we’re on monitor and heading in the right direction to try this nonetheless and if we do, that may be successful in my eyes with this squad.
I don’t suppose anybody must be turning on Maresca at this stage.
However I don’t need his in-game administration to be his downfall. The modifications he made towards Bournemouth had been good. Bringing on two attackers within the form of Joao Felix and Pedro Neto and taking off a midfielder was courageous. So why am I not complimenting that? As a result of he did it too late. Felix I feel truly helped change the sport for us and put us on the entrance foot and made us way more of an attacking risk. Our equaliser got here from his risk. If Maresca had made these modifications sooner then I actually consider we’d have nicked it.
I do know we shouldn’t have even been in that place within the first place as a result of we should always have been 3-0 up at half time. However we had been in that place, and the subs ought to have come sooner.
And it’s not only one recreation, it’s my greatest gripe with Maresca, his in-game administration. He makes the modifications too late, and as a rule he simply makes like for like subs, no recreation altering strikes. That’s what he must get braver with. Does he have an plan B? He must get one if he doesn’t. He wants to maneuver gamers, change positions, add extra attackers, change up the formation possibly? Any supervisor ought to have the ability to try this to win a recreation, and for the time being we aren’t seeing that from him. And he must be courageous sufficient to make these calls earlier in video games and on the proper moments, not when it’s too late.
That’s my solely actual gripe with him proper now and one thing I feel wants to alter.
However general, we’re good. We’re there, we’re creating possibilities, we’re 4th within the league, and though we’re in a tricky second, we should always nonetheless have the ability to come via it.
