Sarri But Not Sarri Thread

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

59 minutes ago, the wes said:

according to BBC Sport journalist David Ornstein, who claims a number of insiders at Chelsea have told him that a desire to give Maurizio Sarri time in the hot seat explains why he is yet to be axed.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/768230/Chelsea-News-Maurizio-Sarri-Sack-David-Ornstein-Rumours-Gossip?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-football+(Daily+Star+%3A%3A+Football+Feed)

After reading that, honestly seems like the club are siding with him and not the players. 

That's a first. 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,891]

2 hours ago, the wes said:

according to BBC Sport journalist David Ornstein, who claims a number of insiders at Chelsea have told him that a desire to give Maurizio Sarri time in the hot seat explains why he is yet to be axed.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/768230/Chelsea-News-Maurizio-Sarri-Sack-David-Ornstein-Rumours-Gossip?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-football+(Daily+Star+%3A%3A+Football+Feed)

I hope this is true but it has to be admitted that things like this have been said about other managers over the last fifteen and a bit years.

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, the wes said:

according to BBC Sport journalist David Ornstein, who claims a number of insiders at Chelsea have told him that a desire to give Maurizio Sarri time in the hot seat explains why he is yet to be axed.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/768230/Chelsea-News-Maurizio-Sarri-Sack-David-Ornstein-Rumours-Gossip?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-star-football+(Daily+Star+%3A%3A+Football+Feed)

If anything, it emphasizes more that the board have no idea what they're doing. If we get the transfer ban, would Sarri be able to get the best out of what we've got? The BS stuff from this season will suggest no. Would Sarri be able to rebuild the team with one eye on the future? Again, the BS stuff this season suggests no. 

[Fernando 6,455]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

If anything, it emphasizes more that the board have no idea what they're doing. If we get the transfer ban, would Sarri be able to get the best out of what we've got? The BS stuff from this season will suggest no. Would Sarri be able to rebuild the team with one eye on the future? Again, the BS stuff this season suggests no. 

Give it some time, this is good. 

We needs this, continuity. 

I do expect next season to improve. 

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Fernando said:

Give it some time, this is good. 

We needs this, continuity. 

I do expect next season to improve. 

Please, give me REASONS why I should be patient with Sarri etc instead of trotting out the silly 'give it time' without anything to back it up. What has he done this season to suggest that next season will be better? If we get the transfer ban and he can't get his own players, then what? Are we gonna see more of the same BS from this season? Is he gonna play the same starting XI, use subs that everyone can predict 9 months in advance? Is he gonna continue saying this young player is not ready, that young player is not ready in favor of starting Alonso, Willian etc every week? Is he gonna continue imposing his SarriShitball on the players? His playing style may be different from Mourinho or Conte but other aspects of his management aren't much different from either of them!

[Laylabelle 9,351]

20 minutes ago, Jason said:

If anything, it emphasizes more that the board have no idea what they're doing. If we get the transfer ban, would Sarri be able to get the best out of what we've got? The BS stuff from this season will suggest no. Would Sarri be able to rebuild the team with one eye on the future? Again, the BS stuff this season suggests no. 

Think we all know the answer to that.... 

There is nothing seen to suggest we can improve in fact we've gone leaps backwards recently.  It's to slow.. To predictable. The ban will have such a impact. Especially if he keeps blaming the players for it all. Oh look we're all here to stay so where does it go from there? 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

1 hour ago, MoroccanBlue said:

After reading that, honestly seems like the club are siding with him and not the players. 

That's a first. 

Not surprising though. The club showed unprecedented patience with Mourinho and Conte as well and got rid of them only when it got unbearable. I don't expect them to sack Sarri unless he starts sulking publicly or goes into meltdown mode. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

5 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

Not surprising though. The club showed unprecedented patience with Mourinho and Conte as well and got rid of them only when it got unbearable. I don't expect them to sack Sarri unless he starts sulking publicly or goes into meltdown mode. 

Quite frankly I lost all hope given what Willian did to Conte and the club rejecting obscene offers for him. 

[Jase 43,479]

7 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

Not surprising though. The club showed unprecedented patience with Mourinho and Conte as well and got rid of them only when it got unbearable. I don't expect them to sack Sarri unless he starts sulking publicly or goes into meltdown mode. 

OR he fails get Champions League for next season.

[Jase 43,479]

Emma Hayes for Chelsea manager! 

[Laylabelle 9,351]

14 minutes ago, Jason said:

OR he fails get Champions League for next season.

Which is starting to look more and more unlikely way results keep heading.  So maybe eventually.. 

The way we keep losing.. Posession shots whatever. Oh look they've scored. Oh look same sodding subs same time! Still amazing we have won only one away game this year League wise... Falling fast

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

I've ruled out making top 4 in the league. 

Only way is Europa league. 

[Bovril 12]

Yeah, I thought a while ago we were not going to make top 4 with our erratic away form. The Europa League will be the priority, but it won't save Sarri. His inflexibility is infuriating. Many goals can come from Route 1, especially with a good header of the ball like Giroud. I wonder how many goals we have conceded with our fannying around at the back current style of play. Great to see our lads getting goals at the International level. That's telling!

[Superblue 6,370]

14 hours ago, Fernando said:

Give it some time, this is good. 

We needs this, continuity. 

I do expect next season to improve. 

I'm all for giving a manager time and I can appreciate that what Sarri is trying to do is a big culture shift area to the style and philosophy of Conte and Mourinho before him, but ultimately you need to be able to identify progress and positives still and I don't see this.

If we don't qualify for the Champions League again this season (through our league position) it will be 2 years with largely the same squad not making top 4. I do not see next season how we will magically improve.

Especially if you take into account the likelihood of this transfer ban standing, so no new players to come in and Hazard likely to leave. Whilst I've backed Sarri to a degree with how he's blooded Hudson-Odoi in, he needs to start playing him more now and we're talking about a real top drawer academy prospect. Will he be willing to give opportunities to other academy prospects over experienced players who he's worked with for a year already next season...I have huge doubts.

I don't even think the football we play is that great. At times it feels like possession for the sake of it, and most of the time there's no speed or urgency. It's predictable and to be honest boring to watch. Our team has become so reliant on Hazard producing something because there's so little penetration in our play it's embarrassing. 

I still stand by my hope that they would give Lampard the job next season. He may be inexperienced, but he'll be all the better prepared from this season at Derby. He's already said previously in interviews that he wants his team to get on the ball and play and be aggressive both attacking and pressing when they don't have the ball, but he also expects his team to be adaptable too. He knows the club, would bring back to the dressing room some of that experience and belief we had when he was here, and I do believe his standing at Chelsea is so high that his reputation amongst supporters wouldn't be ruined which is why I believe somebody like him would be more willing than any to risk blooding through younger players. If supporters can see this club is trying to rebuild and is willing to give some younger players opportunities then there will be patience.

If the club is going to give a manager sufficient time now it has to be with someone who is able to start the rebuild of this club with the resources at their disposal and I just don't see that in Sarri.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

2 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said:

If we don't qualify for the Champions League again this season (through our league position) it will be 2 years with largely the same squad not making top 4. I do not see next season how we will magically improve.

If we improve on those players with players that best fit the system. 

[Superblue 6,370]

35 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

If we improve on those players with players that best fit the system. 

At current we have a transfer ban and until otherwise we have to assume this will remain the case.

Therefore the only way we can change things is through integrating loan or youth players and I don't have faith that Sarri will do this willingly and successfully.

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

1 hour ago, Superblue_1986 said:

At current we have a transfer ban and until otherwise we have to assume this will remain the case.

Therefore the only way we can change things is through integrating loan or youth players and I don't have faith that Sarri will do this willingly and successfully.

James and Pasalic are only two players that imo can make it in this team. 

Replaces Zappacosta and Kovacic