Sarri But Not Sarri Thread

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Chelsea news: Maurizio Sarri sack claim made - ‘If he doesn’t realise THIS, he’s a FOOL’

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1075822/Chelsea-news-Maurizio-Sarri-Roman-Abramovich-Craig-Burley-Premier-League

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Chelsea boss told to drop star and stop ‘wasting’ talent in squad

https://www.lovesportradio.com/news/love-sport-exclusives/chelsea-boss-told-to-drop-star-and-stop-wasting-talent-in-squad/

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Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri makes peace with his players

https://www.theweek.co.uk/premier-league/99114/chelsea-boss-maurizio-sarri-makes-peace-with-his-players

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/maurizio-sarri-holds-20-minute-13890037

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Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri told to RESIGN by ESPN pundit following Arsenal defeat tirade

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/754927/Chelsea-news-Maurizio-Sarri-resign-ESPN-Steve-Nicol-Arsenal

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Chelsea are ‘worst run club in Europe’ - talkSPORT host’s furious rant after Arsenal loss

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/754907/Chelsea-news-Arsenal-Maurizio-Sarri-talkSPORT

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Many 'journalists' have to create a soap opera in order to please their editors and get paid. Most of it is sensationalist drivel.

Talkshite a lot of the time is the same.

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"Chelsea's players are believed to remain broadly supportive of Sarri, although the Italian's tactical stubbornness -- not least his continued deployment of Eden Hazard as a False No.9 -- has caused concern both at Cobham and among the club's fanbase."

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All they are doing is reading what social media and forums say. Our fanbase makes it worse because there's some spoiled, fickle fans among us with the loudest voices whining. Notice how when we beat Liverpool earlier in the season, then almost beat them if not for fucking Sturridge, then we beat Man City, but Sarri gets no praise at all. As soon as we lose to Arsenal, the assholes all come out the woodwork to criticise. Where would our rivals be without their main goal scorer/striker? Sarri has had to deal with pretty much zero striker all season. 

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BRING THEM BACK The Chelsea loanees who could solve the club’s current crisis, including Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount

https://talksport.com/football/478732/chelsea-loanees-solve-crisis-tammy-abraham-mason-mount/

 

Tammy-Bakayoko-Mount-Aina-Tomori-Dasilva-James-Zouma. Guts of a team all doing decent on loan this season surely at least 2 or 3 would have been useful compared to what we have seen .

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Matt Law's Chelsea briefing

Will Bournemouth duo move to London? By Matt Law Football News Correspondent

Signing Ake would fill a place on Chelsea's home-grown quota (credit: Getty Images)

Chelsea will not need to read up too much on Bournemouth ahead of their next Premier League game at the Vitality Stadium at the end of the month, as head scout Scott McLachlan has been a regular visitor. McLachlan has been spotted in the stands for Bournemouth games on numerous occasions, with Callum Wilson and former Chelsea defender Nathan Ake of particular interest. Chelsea hope the loan signing of Gonzalo Higuain will solve their striker crisis for now, but it is believed the club are only committed to signing the Argentine permanently if they win the Europa League or finish third or higher in the Premier League. That means the Blues will continue to watch Wilson as a potential long-term replacement to Alvaro Morata, along with central defender Ake, for the remainder of the season. Bournemouth value Wilson at well over £50 million and the 26-year-old has no intention of forcing his way out this month and risking upsetting his club’s season. But he could try to force his way to Stamford Bridge in the summer if Chelsea follow up their interest on McLachlan’s recommendation. Chelsea have a gentleman’s agreement with Bournemouth that would allow them to re-sign Ake for around £40 million and, crucially, he would fill a place on their home-grown quota. The expected departure of David Luiz at the end of his contract in the summer would free up a place in Maurizio Sarri’s squad for Ake, but that still leaves a question mark over Andreas Christensen. Christensen is highly rated by Chelsea, but has lost his place in the team since Sarri’s arrival. Despite being frustrated, the Dane agreed to stay this month, but he could look to leave if a defender is parachuted in ahead of him in the summer. It leaves Chelsea in a tricky situation, as Ake would also want first-team assurances to move back to the club he quit in 2017 in search of more regular football. Wilson and Ake will have the chance to show Sarri that McLachlan’s regular trips have been worthwhile, when Bournemouth host Chelsea on January 30.         btw, this comes as an email, no links

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Chelsea's tactical headache deconstructed: The problems facing Sarri-ball - and why N'Golo Kante will not be moved

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/01/21/chelseas-tactical-headache-deconstructed-problems-facing-sarri/

Chelsea aren't playing very well. Maurizio Sarri warned everyone back in September that he felt Chelsea were a year or two behind their rivals and it looks like he had a point.

Former manager Jose Mourinho summarised things nicely on a rare TV appearance over the weekend: "I'm not saying Chelsea's an easy team to play against... but it's an easy team to analyse".

With that in mind, what's going wrong?

How Sarri-ball works

As has become all too apparent in recent weeks, Chelsea are predictable and easy to shut down. Sarri's team lineup in a 4-3-3, play a high defensive line and patiently wait for opportunities to score by passing, then passing some more, then passing even more, then passing even more than that.

The whole thing is structured around a deep lying playmaker, or 'six', acting as a link between centre-backs and midfield.

On either side of him are two central midfielders - 'eights' - who play from box to box and operate in the halfspaces. The wingers are instructed to move inside the pitch, full-backs play high and overlap and the striker has to be able to attack crosses, run onto through balls and link play.

https://i.gyazo.com/7b2c116f5c63cc7f5cd56538a8010907.mp4

In defensive phases the shape can change to a 4-5-1 if the wingers do the defensive work required. The setup is very structured and depends on players who understand the tactical demands and are suited to their individual roles. Everyone knows how Chelsea play now.

 

Marking Jorginho

In the first phase of build up, everything goes through Jorginho. He acts as the link in all Chelsea's passing, dropping between the centre-backs, offering a safe diagonal pass backwards for the two eights and able to switch play from deep to an advancing full-back to get Chelsea up the pitch.

All anyone need do to suss out how influential Jorginho is look at Opta passing statistics.

 

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superb article

 

much more at the link above

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22 hours ago, Vesper said:

I still am partial to the 2004-5 first Mo team. But, yes, loved that 2009-10 squad. Great football.

My favorite Chelsea was the one from 07 to 10, right after Mourinho left. My favorite games (Barcelona and Bayern in 2012 UCL aside) are all from that period. The team had more freedom, and really loved that heavy midfield with Lampard and Ballack. Not a big fan of direction the club went after that, buying light midfield players like Ramires, Kante, Jorginho, Fabregas, Juan Mata and Oscar. 

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20 hours ago, Clockwork said:

When Sarri was appointed i was a bit surprised to see Barkley in midfield, i thought his attributes fitted as a forward much more. At Everton he was known for his diagonal runs, attacking instincts, and ability to finish off goals. Do not like him in midfield just doesn't have the IQ to play there, you can clearly see he is thinking too much. 

RLC on the other hand i am not sure; he is great with his back to the goal and holding the ball. Just not sure about his finishing and movement off the ball. 

I hope your joking? He had created the most chances at Everton for about 3 seasons in a row when playing regularly.... thats what his game was under Martinez, Koeman and whoever else, sure he scored goals too but the majority of them were probably from outside the 18 yard box. 

 

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1 hour ago, OneMoSalah said:

I hope your joking? He had created the most chances at Everton for about 3 seasons in a row when playing regularly.... thats what his game was under Martinez, Koeman and whoever else, sure he scored goals too but the majority of them were probably from outside the 18 yard box. 

 

Creating chances falls in line with attacking instincts in that sentence, where he was deployed more like a second striker behind Lukaku. The chances he created was from quickly passing to the striker, cross, dribbling, etc. It wasn't slow and deliberate passing from midfield.

 

Maybe i didn't phrase that properly in the original post, and maybe you read that to your own liking. Point of that post was Ross Barkley game mirrored more of a forward than a midfielder. His movement, run into space, aggressiveness when receiving, etc. 

Barkley is a terrible fit for 3 man midfield, his technical and physical ability is much better fit as a forward. He simply does not having the intelligence or the consistent passing to thrive as a midfielder.

 

 

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37 minutes ago, Clockwork said:

Creating chances falls in line with attacking instincts in that sentence, where he was deployed more like a second striker behind Lukaku. The chances he created was from quickly passing to the striker, cross, dribbling, etc. It wasn't slow and deliberate passing from midfield.

 

Maybe i didn't phrase that properly in the original post, and maybe you read that to your own liking. Point of that post was Ross Barkley game mirrored more of a forward than a midfielder. His movement, run into space, aggressiveness when receiving, etc. 

Barkley is a terrible fit for 3 man midfield, his technical and physical ability is much better fit as a forward. He simply does not having the intelligence or the consistent passing to thrive as a midfielder.

 

 

If you look how Hamsik played at Napoli under Sarri, he was basically playing as a second forward at times, running into space etc. Barkley in theory should be a good fit to play that LCM position but for some reason it just isn't happening