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Maybe Sarri is just hell-bent on leaving?

The transfer ban? Maybe they did try to convince him - we don't even know what exactly they discussed in the meeting - but as some have said, from his perspective, managing Juventus - with the resources that they have - is more appealing than managing us. (p.s this isn't the first time in Sarri's career that he's at a club for only one season)

Probably thought things could work with Sarri for 2-3 years before going for Lampard.

Or if one of those clubs suddenly buy 2-3 really big name players. Otherwise, hard to see any of them have the consistency all season. Bar Man City, no one has been consistent in the last two seasons.

United have thrown shit tons of money in recent years but where has that gotten them? Arsenal have clinical strikers but what did they achieve this past season? Give those resources to an experienced manager and I'm not sure how much better he'll do either. Worth remembering that Spurs went through 2018/19 without signing a single player and practically relied on 11-13 players all season and yet somehow finished in the Top 4 and got to the Champions League final. Not saying we will achieve both of those but things may not all be that bad if everyone actually put their shift in to achieve a positive season.

To be fair, think the next manager that comes in has a lot to gain and little to lose. If he does well in tough circumstances (e.g. transfer ban, weakened squad), his stock will rise. If he doesn't do well (depends on how bad, I guess lol), then he has some leeway with those aforementioned circumstances.

Reality is only reality if that actually happens. I know we aren't great but Christ, some of you lot here are overrating the likes of Wolves, Leicester, Everton. Despite our problems (along with Arsenal, United), those clubs still finished some way behind us. Lampard or not, the manager needs to be backed regardless. But the thing is, can we even sign anyone?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/may/31/maurizio-sarri-tells-chelsea-juventus-return-italy

Bit scary that we might actually replace Sarri with Laurent Blanc...

Considering our board are fucked up, it wouldn't be a surprise...

Substitute 'free' with 'willing' there...

Do we have grounds for appeal? Will we even succeed if we appeal? Will there be further repercussions if we appeal and don't succeed?

Maybe Sarri wants to go himself?

Conte wasn't exactly a big fan of Emerson when he was here, was he?

Am talking in general. Whether Sarri is the right man going forward is another debate.

The thing is, we have been sticking band-aid on the team/club for years and are getting left behind from the best. May well need to take a step back, reset ourselves and move forward again.

You're talking about the online abuse or abuse in the stadium itself? Both kinds are the worst, especially those idiots on Twitter.

You're not even answering the point. Basically just repeating your post from earlier... But whatever.

Not gonna sit here and pretend I haven't criticized him because I have but as someone pointed out, not the entire fanbase have been against him. Some part of the fanbase haven't abused him - by the way, there is a difference between criticism and abuse but some people are taking the former for the latter - and are still backing him. So I don't know, is it that hard for him to just acknowledge the fans or something? To not do so and then dedicating the win to the Napoli fans instead is just taking the piss. And people wonder why the fans haven't taken to him, even in the bad moments, when he has seemingly been so aloof to the fans in general. Also, I wonder whether those who criticize others for criticizing the manager didn't do so in the past...

If he doesn't want to acknowledge us fans, that's fine. But dedicating the trophy to his previous club's fans is just taking the piss.