Tomo

I wouldn't, even the very best managers can only take limited teams so far as we know all to well, however the other way round - Avram Grant got dragged to a title race and two finals, Scolari won a world cup, Pellegrini won the league and Valverde won back to back titles.

Just over a week ago we saw positives signs of a decent end product. I rewatched the Spurs game on Saturday morning and some of the one touch combination play (especially between Kova, Jorginho, Mason and Oli) was excellent. While I do agree they're aspects he needs to vastly improve on to ultimately make it here there is a plan and when it comes off it looks excellent. He's shown enough over the course of the season to get an opportunity with better players (plus the young boys a year older and more hardened). But I won't disagree there has to be a vast improvement on the good:bad ratio and strong evolvement in his management else he will be facing the sack and deservedly so.

DDG is finished, and even in his prime you could say he wasn't particularly suitable to the modern game. Was absolutely delighted when United gave him a mega new deal.

Lol, Wolves do not have a tight budget. How do you think they attracted Ruben Neves as a Champo club?

We won't be signing two new LBs next summer so one will remain at back up, I'd rather Marcos than Emerson for that particular role everyday of the week.

I wasn't actually saying it was right or wrong, just saying it maybe was why he's turned more into a Pep breed of manager (in terms of preferred style of play) than a Jose.

Could be that's why he decided to become a different type of manager. Maybe he didn't particularly like playing in that style despite winning a lot doing it and decided early on he's going down a different path as a manager.

I imagine it was a copy and paste from Reddit.

At times in the winter, then he struck a decent balance in the last third of the season. I can't really comment on his Juve side as I haven't watched them even once however I do know he's in a similar situation there in that he is taking over a previously solid shape first everything else second side. Although I think this youth movement will benefit us more in the very long run I have no doubt that Sarri plus a transfer window would have had us comfortably in the top 4 this time round.

Thats exactly why Sarri slowed the play down after the Arsenal game, he knew full well he needed better tools for his football to work. People screaming about how "boring" it was weren't seeing the bigger picture.

That's easy to say in hindsight, I can assure you no one on here was saying that at the time.

*cough*15/16*cough*

Azpilicueta. Still decent but far off the player who was impossible to get past under Conte and before.

I think it a big part was the teams he was in. Despite being involved in some beautiful team goals he's never really suited a possesion based system, so through all his time in England his brief spell under Conte was the only time he fully suited the system being played. He would have actually been a perfect signing in 2012, imagine him playing off Mata, Hazard and a young Oscar?

On his day i would agree but the problem with Giroud is he's streaky and that almost always comes out when he's playing reguarly (for example he went on a random 16 game goal drought for Arsenal in 2016 that cost them the title).

In the last two years we have lost four world class players (two to departure two to decline) while trying to change our football AND rebuild with academy players. If you want the end product then you will have to deal with endless piss and shit on the way because theirs going to be more days like this to come. Yes Frank is making some mistakes that he needs to cut out to ultimately make it here however ANY manager will need time to turn our current batch into a title challenging team.

Which one? Because I would genuinely rather have Scolari back than Conte 17/18.

Not a snowball in hells chance that will happen.

Rudiger does seem to get away with critisism when you consider how little it takes for others to receive some. I actually want to see the AC-Tomori partnership tried out for n extended period, the few games they've played together there's been potential there.

I don't think Kepa will leave. It will almost be an identical situation to Claudio Bravo where he stays as a (very expensive) back up to the new keeper while Willy walks on a free. That's assuming Kepa doesn't use this as a kick up the arse, I think he will get one more chance, starting with the Liverpool game.

In terms of movement and combination play we quite possibly have the 5 most suitable players (in the midfield and front) out on the pitch. If only Oli and Pedro were a few years younger.

Not a fan of 3atb against these type of teams but unlike Southampton atleast the appropriate players are being used this time (ala natural fullback on the back three for balance sake and two wingbacks with end product). Should only ever be considered if Azpi, James and Marcos are all available.

Problem is, there's is less than a zero percent chance Pochettino will come here.

I still think he should have done a lot better in the last few years given Real/Barca lulls. Everyone raves about Simeone while mocking Benitez but the latter actually managed to succeed where Simeone failed and took advantage of Real/Barca transition periods to win two titles while with Valencia, since 2016 Simeone has had a glorious chance to similarly sweep up and hasn't took it.

Thankyou and I apologize aswell as I crossed the line in areas especially with the Boris/Brexit comments, I got wound up but still that type of shit is uncalled for.