MoroccanBlue

So then who is the right man for the job, out of curiosity?

He most certainly can.

He can't sell shirts tho First order of business is a DoF

I suppose my comment came across probably too shoddy. After seeing Immobile flop outside of Italy and Belotti + Cutrone fall from grace after a fantastic season, not to mention Higuain looking out of his depth in England, just makes me feel signing Strikers in Serie A a massive gamble.

Imagine the heartbreak if they finish on 90 points and still don't win the title. Poetic justice.

I don't trust strikers in Italy. Piatek one of them.

That's a bit harsh. If you analyse it, it's always ONE individual mistake that leads to the team completely switching off. It's as if conceding a goal completely drains the player's moral and give up.

First order is a DoF. Sorted before the summer preferably.

To what exactly?

I also wish he had the knowledge of our fans. By the sound of it, Sarri is an imbecile to not know that starting a ST would of all of a sudden turn our vulnerable defence and midfield into the Chelsea of old.

We are genuinely at a time where we won't be competing for the title for a while. The sooner people grasp that, the better. It has been an accumulation of poor transfers and club decisions that's been going on since Gourlay left. We are Liverpool of 2012. What makes it even more frustrating, is that we are the ones that pay the price. Not the board as their job security is unbreakable. Half of our starting XI aren't good enough. Bench is terrible. Transfer ban looming. Hazard destined to leave. Roman can't enter the country. With our without Sarri, we need to take the bull by the horns and ride this through. It will take some while. Least this will get rid the plastics.

Don't think our board will invest in them. (thankfully) Their thick, but they aren't that thick.

Our defence is weak, and our midfield doesn't offer them protection with the space they leave. They get massively exposed against teams that have the attacking threat of City and Liverpool. The false 9 allows Willian and Hazard to congest some of the midfield. It's worked twice against City. It's a bit naive to think we could of given Liverpool a game had we started a ST and not expect our defence to be weak and our midfield to leave gaps. Come on.

There's many things to criticise Sarri but playing a false 9 isn't one of them.

Spot on. A false 9 beat City and took them to penalties. We tried to play attacking against City, and were bashed 6-0. Liverpool, much like City, provide the same pressure and attacking threat. Based on prior matches and analysis, this was the best possible approach. Hazard puts those chances away, we could of came out with a draw. I'm actually enjoying reading comments of these so called 'know it all's' that are laughably using hindsight to their advantage and claim we should of started with a striker. Pretending we wouldn't leave so many gaps in midfield and defence just as we did against City that beat us 6-0. Truth is, we lost to a better team. A team that is a level above. Emerson more than anyone, let us down. Which yet again shows the players are the biggest issue.

We are FAR from a competing team with only a couple players. An upgraded RB, LB, CB, RW, and ST are needed. Especially to play attacking football.

A lack of leadership directly contributes to poor mentality in teams.

Difference was Steven Gerrard gave us a goal. We also had Terry, Lampard, Cech, and Cole.

And yet, a false 9 beat City and took City to penalties and starting with a striker had us lose 6-0.

False 9 is the best approach against these teams with what we currently have. Let's not pretend otherwise. Mindset is everything. And we are always one individual mistake from the entire team capitulating. THAT hasn't changed and we saw it with Emerson for the first goal.

Like I said. Sterling now Salah. Clockwork. Our Racist fans make us look like the villains and absolute mugs.

Because Sarri realises he doesn't have the right players fit for his system to take on teams like that? Goodness me, weren't you along with the 90% of the fanbase criticising him saying he needs to adapt to the players of his disposal?

People will always find a reason. People blaming the false 9 now when in all reality we are just losing to a vastly superior team. .

OK mate. Michael Oliver saw Fabinho snot rocket right on Hazard and did nothing. Lets go with that narrative

CHO is being closed down brilliantly tbf.