#managerial-dismissal

#managerial-dismissal

There was surprise when he told staff that he did not want to conduct his post-match press conference after the disappointing 2-2 draw with Bournemouth on Tuesday night. The official explanation was that Maresca was too unwell to talk in public, despite having just spent the evening coaching on the Stamford Bridge touchline, but the friction was palpable and it was never going to sit well with the Chelsea hierarchy when it took less than 24 hours for reports to emerge that the sickness line was a red herring and their head coach had actually decided not to meet the media because he needed time to consider his options.

I thought we should be getting better results, but if you look at the bigger picture, you think, What were your resources? Dyche even had a pub named after him in Burnley (Image credit: Getty) Look at the squad. I knew some of the players were just going over the edge and we should have refreshed two years earlier. The owner was trying to sell the club though, so there was no investment in players.