Sarri But Not Sarri Thread

[Blue Armour 4,278]

I can see that he's going to have to rotate his squad a lot this season.

 

The high intensity pressing is pretty draining, and when the entire team doesn't do it together, things fall apart, as it happened after 20 mins into the first half.. You could see Jorginho trying to get everyone to press in the first half, but sometimes to no avail.

With the number of matches we have, and the physicality of the league, I can see every squad member having a significant part to play.

Pedro was drenched at the end of the 90 mins.

 

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Its unbelievable how much of an imprint he's already made on the way we play in such a short period of time. Manchester City needed a whole season and a shit ton of transfers/money spent to implement Guardiola's philosophy. Sarri in reality has only signed one of his own players in Jorginho. 

Transitioning from Mourinho/Conte ball to Sarriball is literally night and day, hell and heaven. It normally should take a minimum of 1 season and a couple of transfer windows. This brand of football is much more difficult and much more sophisticated than what both of our previous managers brought, particularly Mourinho. 

I'm impressed how far along we are already after a pre-season, community shield and 2 games. No one should moan about the defending. City were poor defensively 2 seasons ago, suffering several heavy trashings. It's a brand of football that requires time and patience and finally I think our sometimes fickle board might have seen the light. 

[Jase 43,479]

"We need to continue to press, press & press in the other half."

A refreshing change to say the least.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Peak Sarriball for the first goal..

 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

The tactics are coming into place. Both in the first half and second half the same tactics worked

 

[Thor 2,392]

That first 30 minutes was amazing. Absolutely amazing. 

We've had some great teams over the years, and probably a better collection of talent than the current lot, but as far as implementing our game plan and imposing ourselves on a game, we have never played better football that I've witnessed. The passing was crisp, sharp, and to the point. We were threatening right from the get go. The passing was vertical, and between the lines. We made them move as a defensive unit. It all just looked exactly the way it should. 

Really encouraging.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

How is his English already better than Conte's?

Obviously, we still need some work, especially in defense, but I think the biggest tactical challenge still is how to get Jorginho and Kante to play together. Sarri's system requires Jorginho to play alone in defensive midfield and I'm still not convinced that Kante can play anywhere else which is a huge problem because he is our second best player after Eden. 

[kiwi1691 255]

1 hour ago, CHOULO19 said:

How is his English already better than Conte's?  

Sarri has said he learnt English in the past

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, CHOULO19 said:

How is his English already better than Conte's?

Think he's taking English lessons right now but he used to work as a banker in London. 

[the wes 7,212]

3 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

Peak Sarriball for the first goal..

 

That ball from jorghino was inch perfect 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

2 hours ago, the wes said:

That ball from jorghino was inch perfect 

Jorghino vision is impeccable 

[DYC. 7,542]

6 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

Peak Sarriball for the first goal..

 

Not enough love for Alonso's first touch. It took out any chance of Bellerin dispossessing him or clearing the ball away. Perfect control.

[Jase 43,479]

4 hours ago, the wes said:

That ball from jorghino was inch perfect 

But but Stewart Robson said Jorginho only passes sideways and backwards...

[Unionjack 7,531]

5 hours ago, CHOULO19 said:

How is his English already better than Conte's?

Obviously, we still need some work, especially in defense, but I think the biggest tactical challenge still is how to get Jorginho and Kante to play together. Sarri's system requires Jorginho to play alone in defensive midfield and I'm still not convinced that Kante can play anywhere else which is a huge problem because he is our second best player after Eden. 

Why? All hes got to do is drop back level with Jorgi.
 He is better for us back there anyway. With Kovacic a great defender he can do the high pressing and nowtt stopping the wee baldy man pushing forward when necessary too. I cant see any problem. Kante,Jorgi,Kobacic FTW!!!

4 hours ago, the wes said:

That ball from jorghino was inch perfect 

It really was. And first touch too.

[Vesper 28,778]

On 18/08/2018 at 1:03 AM, Unionjack said:

Lying bastard! Its like hes been given the Spanish archer by some girlfriend!

He is a complete wanker. And a dwarf.

[Vesper 28,778]

16 minutes ago, Jason said:

But but Stewart Robson said Jorginho only passes sideways and backwards...

Robson is literally a walking talking bellend. Knob with eyes and a gob.

[Unionjack 7,531]

44 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Robson is literally a walking talking bellend. Knob with eyes and a gob.

Just made me LOL thinking about a bellend with 2 eyes!