If James stays fit for the entire season Gusto will be on the bench, but will most likely rotate in as we have a lot more games next season (with us being in Europe, 2 cups, and the league).

I can't take this seriously at all - Badiashile is a great ball-playing CB, and Chalobah isn't aerially weak in the slightest? I highly doubt Enzo will go the Sarri route considering he's used a 3ATB system all season, but it anyone WAS going to drop between the CBs it would be Caicedo, not Fernandez. Nkunku has been great from the left in the few times we've seen him there, and he doesn't need an overlapping fullback as he can interchange with the left 10 instead. Shoehorning in a terrible fullback like Chilwell is quite simply ludicrous imo. I doubt Sanchez will play as he's a liability on the ball in comparison to Petrovic who is much calmer in possession. My lineup in this video was one of many ways we could go about setting this team up, if I was strictly doing a strongest XI it would clearly be: Petrovic James Disasi Colwill Caicedo Enzo (RW) Palmer Gallagher Nkunku Jackson The RW could be either Madueke or Olise if he's signed. The issue is we have so much midfield depth that one of our DMs or FBs will have to be sacrificed in order for us to play In Maresca's style, and that's largely up for debate as to who that player would be, and I don't believe there's a definitive answer, either.

I would imagine so. He'd be playing a similar position (inside right 10) or off of the RW. Palmer is one of those players that is so good that he's always going to find freedom (whether that's by dropping deeper or moving into the pocket) regardless of where he plays.

Enzo can slot into either Dewsbury-Halls position or deeper in the midfield next to Caicedo (which I believe is more likely) with Caicedo acting as a pseudo-inverted fullback on the right side.

@@monocfc Enzo should be able to have the ball further up the pitch, and Caicedo as pseudo inverted full back sound to me like a fancy way to say right DM.

@@Laggy_McPing Well if you want to simplify things you could say that, but that disregards the nuance of his position/role - he'd be tasked with filling in at RB when defending at times, and is occupying the Ricardo Pereira role, who is not a DM.

@@monocfc so simply a Michael Essien type role of a box to box midfielder that also helps defending the right wing. Could work. Moises can handle that but don’t forget about Lavia because I think he could be key next season to support the midfield allowing Enzo to get higher up and allowing Gallagher to be sold most likely.

Yeah Enzo will most likely start, just wanted to throw a few additional options out there - we have so many talented midfielders that I think Maresca is going to have a large selection headache next season.

@@monocfc true. I just hope we keep Gallagher. No one represents Chelsea like he does

I'm excited to see what the future holds for us under Enzo. Thanks for the kind words!

You clearly misheard, I didn't even compare those two. If anything, it's Caicedo playing in Winks' role in this system, and it's moreso just positional than overall "role" in the team.

Didn't leave out Enzo, I literally mentioned him alongside Gallagher and Carney. The midfield has multiple options and if I included them all the video would last hours.

I'll add it to the ideas list! 😁

Pressure makes diamonds, and we already have a few gems in our team 😁

Not happening 😭