Tomo

I thought our game away to them was arguably our best display of that season (not saying much i know), we wasted golden chances to seal the win inside 20 minutes.

Difference between us and Arsenal is they actually get smashed when the world expect them too, we have an uncanny nack of doing the opposite. Last time we lost a final we were obvious underdogs for was Cardiff 2002.

I can (and have) accepted not perfect, but i can't accept the meak capiluations of late, it's relegation form. I do actually like what Sarri is trying to do system wise (i particularly like how comfortable we are playing out from the back for the most part even against the elite, my one criticism of Jose and Conte even when it was all gardens and flowers was how we struggled against intelligent pressing), but so many things are going against him now (some his doing others not).

So do i and i genuinely thought he was doing a good job upto last month but the last month has been beyond bad and can't be ignored.

It's vital we carry on with what we started appointing Sarri and keep transitioning to the new style. For all the talk of it going wrong with AVB because we tried to change the style, we actually carried on the process after him for a further two years and it was only because Mourinho suddenly decided he wanted a fast track title we stopped.

I honestly don't know. If i had to guess he will have a similar ethos to the coaches at reserve/level and play progressively (given he was one of them himself at one point). Also if it helps IIRC AVB said he promoted him initially because he shared a similar attacking mindset.

Fairly certain we can resign players. If rumours are to believed we will have Steve Holland in charge this time next week.

Could turn out to be a good thing because the appeal will give us the summer to buy players which will likely mean more urgency in the deals.

Of all the pundits to finally think outside the box and realise why Kante is playing further up its Robbie Savage.

Is it me or do Odoi and Willian have good chemistry playing together?

Upto last month i would have agreed, i actually felt we were progressing the style quietly well, but the recent capilualations are inexhaustible.

We could have been relegated this season and it still wouldn't exonerate Conte for that shitshow 6 months (FA Cup run aside).

I think the general plan was/is to keep him till the end to try and change his mind. A month ago i feel it was almost certain Sarri was getting a second seasons and there was a general acceptance this transition wasn't easy, i think the capilualations Arsenal and beyond has caused a rethink all round (board and which fans were still behind him).

I read a theory on Reddit that we are doing what United did and waiting for the big games to clear then will sack him to give the new man/interim an nice looking schedule to build new momentum.

Unpopular opinion alert. I think he's class but being used completely wrong. Should Sarri leave i would actually sign him on a perm for DM.

Not sure about the vacancy's he will have if hypothetically he comes, i imagine Jody will follow alongside Shay Given, Zola will probably stay in the Steve Holland role until he has a better offer. I may be in the minority but i wouldn't want any of the old guard to come in as a number 2 to Frank, would be too unbalanced for me.

The confusing thing is at every other level we are practically flawless, we dominate youth level and the women's game in a way that makes the Greek league look competitive so why can't we translate that to the mens first team? Those teams are all managed by through and through Chelsea people, so maybe the next move is to try similar at first team level? Be it Lamps or the traditional boot room.

Did he? I'd be very surprised if it's true and all his advisors would have strongly recommended against it. At that time Mourinho was like god here and 99% of fans were effectively grieving his departure.

Mourinho's (first) departure would have trumped both had we had a home game immediately after.

Defensively and positionally he is non existant (Alonso's poor but he's Bosingwa level), the one thing he has over him is pace .Put it this way, in their minimul games in the EL/LC i think Zappa and Cabellero have performed better than him but yet we don't see any false positive reviews about them because most are happy with who's ahead of them. Don't mistake this for me being happy with Alonso, i was cursing his every movement tonight and i want LB as our first port of call this summer market, but if Emerson gets the run of games people want him to have, i personally believe he will surprise for all the wrong reasons.

On a lighter note, i told you Pedro was ahead in the pecking order

Because the alternative is even worse, he got shot of Willian from the lineup as soon as we got a striker in. That"s not a defense of him, the last few weeks has made me seriously reavalute my opinion on him and i'm starting to lean towards him leaving but any manager will pick Alonso until we have a better alternative.

What I mean is he got that second chance because of the stigma attached here that's it's not the managers fault when things go wrong. Compared to managers who have fucked up at other top six clubs and it basically ruined any chance of a career at CL/just short of CL level. For examples Moyes, Sherwood and Brendan, even a historical great like Van Gaal won't be touched by a big club now after United, had that been us all apart from probably Sherwood would have probably got another chance at this level. That what I mean by risk free job, even if they fuck up beyond all recognition potential future employers wouldn't hold it against them.

To be fair , if we judge on an away game Vs Tottenham Pulisic looked like prime Messi compared to even our best player in the 1-3 in November.

Of course managers will come. Jose and AVB fucked up, got sacked and walked into jobs with teams that finished above us on those seasons when the summer came along. The stigma created by the media about us has basically made this job a free hit for managers in terms of reputation risk.