Jase

First you said they do not have quality and now that. Make up your mind... The board may be incompetent but it doesn't justify their actions of moaning EVERY WEEK and dragging everyone else down!

What if they aren't downing tools? What if it's just down to the fact that Sarri is making these players play in a system that just don't suit their qualities, thereby leading to all these BS results and inconsistent performances? You really thought we were good against United? We were average and got worse after conceding those 2 goals. I'll you give Spurs but it still doesn't change the fact that we've played badly more often than not against decent opposition. The fact that we've managed only 4 wins out of 17 and 16 points out of 57 against top 10 teams in the league this season says it all. So, we're just gonna ignore the fact that Mourinho went to war with the club's medics, the board, players, media on a weekly basis in 2015? We're just gonna pretend like Conte didn't embark on his negative moan-fest in 2016? We're just gonna act like those two cases didn't have any impact on the team, on the club whatsoever?

You can believe reports with no quotes of players saying they don't like the training or quotes directly from the players' mouth about them liking what Sarri's trying to do that. Like I get the players aren't blameless but I really don't why Sarri or any of the previous manager is getting absolved from any of the mess that's happened. But we's always looked dangerous against crap oppositions and to use the most recent opponent as an example - Dynamo Kiev. It's all ifs and buts at this point. We've collapsed far too often in second halves this season that the manager shouldn't be absolved of any blame here. Man management is also important as coaching the players on the technical side of things. But this is a manager who admitted he can't understand the team with almost a season into the job and that he can't motivate the players...

And that's why people were screaming for Sarri to adapt, to make tactical tweaks, to compromise in order to try and get the best out of this side.

Thing is this the second season in a row where we were sitting comfortably in the top 4 until December but come January, we slipped down the hill. Our squad ain't Man City or Liverpool level but it's still decent enough to finish in the top 4 if we have a manager who puts them in a system that gets the best out of them. How much of that performance was down to us being good and the opposition being bad? Because we've always looked this season when our opponents are just bad but we've always struggled when we play at least a half decent opposition. The minute Everton turned up in that second half, we just became shit and had no response.

I agree we have issues with players and the board but it shouldn't deflect the fact that the manager is doing a rubbish job. We either have manager who leads us to success early before going rogue or have a manager who is just crap. You said the board prefer the players over elite coaches, which I agree on the basis that they give dumb contract extensions, but let's not forget that the manager can make a statement with those you mentioned by not picking them but they do not. Mourinho/Conte, for example, kept picking Willian and made him integral to their teams. Sarri kept picking Alonso, at least until recently, and made him feel important to the team (even said he's one of the best LBs in the world!). So rather than just blaming the board, you should also question why the manager keep on making these poor quality players important in his team.

Why does the player power factor have to be "used" every time a manager gets sacked? Why can't a manager gets sacked simply because he was just bad at his job?

Caballero, Azpi, Zappacosta, Luiz, Alonso, Emerson, Loftus-Cheek, Willian, Pedro, Higuain.

We've come from behind only ONCE to win in the league this season and that was at home against Cardiff.

JESUS CHRIST! IF WE OFFER HIM A NEW DEAL...

https://bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/can-christian-pulisic-flourish-for-borussia-dortmund-and-usmnt-as-number-10-3156 The USMNT manager is going try Pulisic in the No.10 role in their upcoming matches. Interesting...

It was silly of Pedro to try and stick his foot in when Kepa was going for the save.

THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT!!!

Have faith in humanity, manpe.

That isn't shady at all...

Fixed.