He's actually a really good player if played as a 10. He's bang average playing deeper. Seeing as Palmer is playing with a groin injury and isn't anywhere near his best, Chelsea would have been much better off just sending him for surgery months ago and playing Enzo in his position for the time being.
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He's actually a really good player if played as a 10. He's bang average playing deeper. Seeing as Palmer is playing with a groin injury and isn't anywhere near his best, Chelsea would have been much better off just sending him for surgery months ago and playing Enzo in his position for the time being.
soul24rage
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Enzo is the opposite of what you said
He is much better playing deeper and building up play than playing as a 10.
Temptation
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That's what we all thought initially. For Chelsea, he's been the opposite.
He has been way better playing further forward which is why they stopped playing him deep. He got countless opportunities in his preferred position.
Maresca just realised that he was playing much better further forward. People who coach and watch Chelsea every week realised that he's doing a better job in his new role as an offensive 8 than a DLP that he was supposed to be.
soul24rage
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No
Despite his good G/A this season, he's much more impactful in deeper positions.
People like you say that Enzo is a "flop", guess what the reason is.
Temptation
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Thanks but I'd rather believe Maresca and the Chelsea fans on this.
soul24rage
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How about you actually watch the games with your own 2 eyes and form your own opinion?
Temptation
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Haven't watched every Chelsea game but whenever I have watched them, this has been the case.
He has done very well for Argentina as a DLP though.
I was talking only about his Chelsea career.
Doesn't mean that he can never be a great DLP. It's just that when he arrived, I expected an old Pirlo stylistically but he's more of a young Pirlo in the Prem.
Maybe he needs to change clubs to fulfill his potential as a DLP.
soul24rage
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Whatever games that you watched, you were never short on criticizing him and guess what the reason why? (The hint is the type of role that he is playing)
If you expected him to be a Pirlo, then you had the wrong player profile.
I said it before when the rumour of him going to Chelsea in Jan. 2023 started, Chelsea was the wrong club for him to choose. Traditionally, historically and philosophically, Chelsea was never a team based on possession football and players like Caicedo, Kante, Essien and others were the right midfield profile for the club.
It's never going to happen in the next few years, but I hope Enzo leaves Chelsea as he will never fulfill his full potential there.
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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Relax guys, its too early for football discussions 🥱🥱🥱
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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City 🤣🤣🤣
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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City sleeping in 2026 so far, they are so much worse than their prime version. Can imagine they will go all in for CL like Pool.
Temptation
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Well I expected a Juventus Pirlo profile but Maresca seems to be playing him like a Milan Pirlo.
Maresca is a Pep disciple and not your typical Chelsea manager.
What is his exact position and ideal role then? What kind of system would be the best for him? Like a Toni Kroos profile?
Maradona37
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cos he's a submissive incel.
Jenks
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His ideal role is a #6 or #8 but he doesn't really have the mobility for it in the Premier League or the ability on the ball to negate that weakness, that's why he's most effective when Chelsea just put him in the #10 with a pair of athletes behind him. He'd be better off in Spain or Italy really.
soul24rage
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Arteta is a Pep disciple but he became Stoke 2.0 right.
He would be someone who you would need to give positional freedom. Ironically, Man Utd would have been the best PL Club for him.
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Nunez is lethal. Gets into so many goalscoring positions. Such a shame that he's a poor finisher. Physical attributes are excellent and Haaland level.
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Best version of him in Europe is the Benfica version where he was superb that made Scaloni take him (he wasn't even called up in the national team until Sept 2022). I would prefer that he gets less G/A but if it means getting more touches on the ball and more opportunity progressing the ball forward.
A great analysis of him (this video was right before his move to Chelsea)
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