I hadn't looked in to Maresca's resume properly, had just presumed he'd done well in Italy but holy shit this is a sensationally bad appointment. Sacked by Parma after 4 months in the Serie B then manages a Leicester side that's way too good for the Championship to promotion. Clubs are so desperate to get the trendy appointment now it's unreal, listening to fans on twitter too much.
Great for us though, between this disaster, a potential post-Klopp hangover and United keeping Ten Hag we should be good enough to finish 3rd in this league next year in all honesty. Then hopefully Pep leaves and we're well placed to build something. I would also say it's a huge moment for Newcastle who with a couple more good signings could really cement themselves as a regular European side which would disintegrate the 'big 6'. I already feel like we're witnessing that change because only once in the last 5 seasons has the 'big 6' been the top 6, in the previous five years before that it had happened four times.
Great for us though, between this disaster, a potential post-Klopp hangover and United keeping Ten Hag we should be good enough to finish 3rd in this league next year in all honesty. Then hopefully Pep leaves and we're well placed to build something. I would also say it's a huge moment for Newcastle who with a couple more good signings could really cement themselves as a regular European side which would disintegrate the 'big 6'. I already feel like we're witnessing that change because only once in the last 5 seasons has the 'big 6' been the top 6, in the previous five years before that it had happened four times.
