Sarri But Not Sarri Thread

[Jase 43,479]

7 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

Conte said the same thing and so did Jose.. These Chelsea players if they aren't fighting for the title.. they just play as if they are not interested.

He has a point about the mentality thing but on the other hand, you gotta ask, has Sarri done anything to try and change that? For starters, he hasn't created any sort of competition between the players to keep them on their toes, to ensure they perform to the max or otherwise, they're out of the team. No, he keeps selecting the same team no matter how badly they play before and if he keeps doing that, how does he expect the players to be strong mentally, to play at 100% and not fall into the complacency side? He has basically been making the same mistakes we criticized Mourinho and Conte for in the past, sticking with the same under-performing players and same tactics, formations that aren't working. So, it's a tad hypocrite of Sarri to come out and complain about mentality when he keeps making the same mistakes week in week out and expect things to go differently. Also, feels like this mentality factor is a convenient excuse for him to use and not claim any responsibility. Have you noticed how he has always blamed the players' mentality after almost every defeat this season? It's never about his tactics or team selection, it's always about the players. It's straight out of Mourinho's playbook - never their fault, always someone else's. He should look at himself in the mirror and ask whether he is getting the message across to the players properly because it can't be the players' fault only if the same things keep on happening.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Lol

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[gdlk 272]

Just can't imagine what will happen to the players...  From matches i watched of Napoli, Sarri was  crazy as fk.. Here he seemed a calm guy till yesterday..  

[Kajo 176]

Mourinho, Conte and Sarri now. There is something wrong with these group of players or we appointing managers who nothing but a bullies.

Conte was the kind of manager who wasn't afraid to shout at players. Mourinho said he doesn't shout at players during HT team talk for example because he's won't be wasting time that he can use for giving players instructions to improve their game. He's known for criticising a player in front of other players because he consider the team a family so they should be open with themselves. One of the articles about Sarri painted a picture of manager who never had any problems with players... until he came to Chelsea.

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[lucio 5,418]

even benitez would have us performing better and getting more points

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

People comparing this Chelsea to Sarri's Napoli clearly have only watched maybe a few Napoli matches those against Juventus and some Champions League ones. This Chelsea does not even come close to that Napoli, if Sarri had come here having Napoli play like Chelsea do now I would say yes the manager is at fault for this dull display we see now. But he had Napoli play beautiful football and improved all his players - during his time there Insigne was one of the most dangerous wingers in Europe, Higuain had a monster season with Sarri broke a record that was standing still for decades, Ghoulam top left back, Koulibaly one of Europe's most wanted defenders, Jorginho the perfect deep lying midfielder, Hamsik basically a perfect midfielder for 4-3-3 and I can go on and on and on. 

There is nobody to blame at the moment it is simply the fact players are bang average simply not good enough. Worst set of full backs, boring wingers and absolutely no threat from midfield. 

You watch City - the wingers provide width and the two central midfielders go close to the striker. Klopp uses his wingers close to Firmino while the full backs bomb forward. Sarri's wingers do nothing, no runs in behind, nothing, and the full backs are shite, Azpilicueta would not overlap to save his life and the two midfielders in front of Jorginho basically do nothing, they don't asisst, don't score, they are of ni threat for the opposition. 

This is going nowhere if Sarri has to work with duds that clearly fancy Mourinho/Simeone type of tactics or they are not good enough. 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

This is why I’m saying we should give Sarri time at the beginning of the season. The situation like this will come sooner or later. Higuain along with Fabregas replacement is coming and we will be better.

Top 4 is the priority, and last time I check we are still 4th and still in 4 competitions. So give him the players he wants and let’s see where we are at the end of season.

Also Sarri is the ideal manager from our boards perspective, so unless he failed to achieve all the targets after getting the players he demands, seems we will stick with him for some time.

[Laylabelle 9,373]

Finish 5th be gone. Finish 4th..invest but results still poor be gone halfway.  There needs to be a plan b. 

Yesterday was just dire. Not sure what the aim was or the game plan or if there even was one. 

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

5 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

This is why I’m saying we should give Sarri time at the beginning of the season. The situation like this will come sooner or later. Higuain along with Fabregas replacement is coming and we will be better.

Top 4 is the priority, and last time I check we are still 4th and still in 4 competitions. So give him the players he wants and let’s see where we are at the end of season.

Also Sarri is the ideal manager from our boards perspective, so unless he failed to achieve all the targets after getting the players he demands, seems we will stick with him for some time.

Agree mate and I honestly believe that worse than the current state of this club is the fans' levels of expectations. Apart from a few players that you can count on one hand the others are Europa League stuff and no league title material. The cruel reality but it is the truth. 

Klopp had Clyne, Moreno, Lovren, Milner at left back, Emre Can, Lucas Leiva, Origi,Lallana,Alberto Moreno. Got rid of them all from the starting line up and improved on them. Guardiola the same, improved on the likes of Clichy, Kolarov, Sagna, Toure, Zabaleta etc.

It's a process and it needs time, Sarri only got one outfield player to fit his tactics (Jorginho) and a loanie that personally I don't see why Chelsea would buy. Others are from the Mourinho and Conte times and I don't think they can be polished anymore, there are big levels of complacency in this squad, the club simply needs to let go of a lot of them and bring new blood in. 

[Hamilton 2,120]

9 minutes ago, petre.ispirescu said:

Agree mate and I honestly believe that worse than the current state of this club is the fans' levels of expectations. Apart from a few players that you can count on one hand the others are Europa League stuff and no league title material. The cruel reality but it is the truth. 

Klopp had Clyne, Moreno, Lovren, Milner at left back, Emre Can, Lucas Leiva, Origi,Lallana,Alberto Moreno. Got rid of them all from the starting line up and improved on them. Guardiola the same, improved on the likes of Clichy, Kolarov, Sagna, Toure, Zabaleta etc.

It's a process and it needs time, Sarri only got one outfield player to fit his tactics (Jorginho) and a loanie that personally I don't see why Chelsea would buy. Others are from the Mourinho and Conte times and I don't think they can be polished anymore, there are big levels of complacency in this squad, the club simply needs to let go of a lot of them and bring new blood in. 

So if the transferban kicks in (if that story is true) we have a very big problem..

[Vesper 28,975]

19 minutes ago, Hamilton said:

So if the transferban kicks in (if that story is true) we have a very big problem..

It would start in next January, supposedly.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7747320/chelseas-transfer-ban-icardi-kovacic-sandro/

[Antonio8 736]

sarri has to change something untill higuain come

4312 with hazard behind giroud and pedro

 

 

 

[Vesper 28,975]

Just now, Antonio8 said:

sarri has to change something untill higuain come

4312 with hazard behind giroud and pedro

 

 

 

he wont do it, I would be gobsmacked if he switched formations atm

[Laylabelle 9,373]

20 minutes ago, Vesper said:

It would start in next January, supposedly.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7747320/chelseas-transfer-ban-icardi-kovacic-sandro/

What a load of crap. We had this before didn't we with Kaku? Kakta? Whatever his name was. Hopefully common sense will happen.. Or no one has been so stupid! 

[Kajo 176]

It would start in next January, supposedly.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7747320/chelseas-transfer-ban-icardi-kovacic-sandro/

The Sun? Really?

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[Vesper 28,975]

Just now, Kajo said:

The Sun? Really?

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there are other articles

Google is your friend 

[Laylabelle 9,373]

I just hope he can bring in who he needs and we can start playing this attacking football we were meant to. Not this crap. 

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, petre.ispirescu said:

There is nobody to blame at the moment it is simply the fact players are bang average simply not good enough. Worst set of full backs, boring wingers and absolutely no threat from midfield. 

You watch City - the wingers provide width and the two central midfielders go close to the striker. Klopp uses his wingers close to Firmino while the full backs bomb forward. Sarri's wingers do nothing, no runs in behind, nothing, and the full backs are shite, Azpilicueta would not overlap to save his life and the two midfielders in front of Jorginho basically do nothing, they don't asisst, don't score, they are of ni threat for the opposition. 

This is going nowhere if Sarri has to work with duds that clearly fancy Mourinho/Simeone type of tactics or they are not good enough. 

The squad may be average but on the other hand you gotta ask, is Sarri getting his message across properly to the players? You would think that after 6-7 months at the helm, we would at least, at the very least, see some glimpses of the so called Sarriball but we haven't seen it. We have been seeing the same dull, turgid, clueless football week in week out. Nothing has really changed and Sarri is the one responsible of forming the team, making the players play the way he wants. You can blame the players for not being good enough but Sarri should be held accountable as well because he chooses the players, he selects the team and let's not forget, he's been making things worse by playing Hazard out of position and not getting anything out of it.