Cheers for these links and excerpts.Re: Fonseca's style (from The Athletic):
This is a very interesting piece on his tactics by the way: Serie A revolution. In it you can see them practicing gegenpressing:
I was underwhelmed by the fact he isn't a big name, but the more I read about his style of play the more I think it really suits us if the players buy into it.
But this is exactly what worries me.If anything, I would say the biggest risk of his style is that our players are not physically fit enough at the moment to implement it. OGS said they needed six months to recover fitness after Mourinho's tenure. So I expect the first season to be shaky regardless (plus his ideas seem kind of complicated), but we should at least see glimmers of a better press and more proactive possession.
There will be a transition period where results will be shaky. At this point, the pressure on Levy from fans will be to sack the manager.
The players may stop working as hard to adjust to his style of play, as they'd be fully aware that the manager has no leverage. A bit like how Ndombele did not bother in training under Mason.