Sarri But Not Sarri Thread

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Saying Sarri has better win percentage compared to Guardiola is like saying we had 70% possession but still lost. 

Its a nice stat that means nothing.

Results are one thing, the way he handles youth, doesnt rotate, has no tactical approach and is very predictable is something else. 

Im all for long term coach, but Sarri (unlike some previous managers we sacked in past) is showing that not only results but the way he is managing is not the best. And thats a bummer.

At the end of the day, even if he manages us to play Pep style barca; take a look how long ago that was working and also take a look how many times Pep got completely destroyed or tacticaly outplayed in europe since he left barca. 

Zidane's real and Klopps pool are successful because they know tactics, when to attack and when to defend. Just playing offense doesnt win you trophies. It might make you flat track bully but any solid team will spank your ass nowdays.

We always play possession football. We would won at least a couple more if we surprised the opponent and played on counter. This team is very capable of counter football and if Sarri had any tactical ability, he would teach us the possession football and then play either that or counter football, depending on opponent.

[mccg 1,528]

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri slammed in savage Carabao Cup rant by Robbie Fowler

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1091616/Chelsea-news-Maurizio-Sarri-Carabao-Cup-final-Robbie-Fowler-Manchester-City

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

4 minutes ago, mccg said:

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri slammed in savage Carabao Cup rant by Robbie Fowler

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1091616/Chelsea-news-Maurizio-Sarri-Carabao-Cup-final-Robbie-Fowler-Manchester-City

fair points. Although fowler is a right bitter bastard and if it was Klopp, he'd be drooling over it

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

big day today, will he or wont he change system or personnel?

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Sarriball is a right cringey thing. I hated it when we were linked with him, and hate it now.  Fowler is correct, its nothing special or unusual.

No other club in the top 6 right now would have given Sarri a second thought as potential manager.  And then we had the fans on social media claiming to know everything about him and making him out to be a genius, so the appointment was quite exciting at first.  Those same fans never heard of him a few months before. 

 

But nobody can deny, it isnt working right now. He's one of the worst managers in recent times.  Today is a great opportunity to show us he can change, be flexible, make tweaks.  Do i think he will? Not sure, probably not.  Do i think i could pick the starting 11? most likely

 

Dreading this, but think we might pull it off

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

If he wins today he'll have more trophies in England then Klopp and Pochettino in 8 years combine. 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

If he wins today he'll have more trophies in England then Klopp and Pochettino in 8 years combine. 

And if he doesn't win he'll be sacked

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

lol at the fact Sarri and Pep are still being compared.  Sheer madness.

 

I get it in a sense, but the "look at pep's first season, and what followed" is complete lunacy re. Sarri

[!Hazard! 3,394]

57 minutes ago, ChelseaFanUK said:

lol at the fact Sarri and Pep are still being compared.  Sheer madness.

 

I get it in a sense, but the "look at pep's first season, and what followed" is complete lunacy re. Sarri

Pep had a much easier job at City than Sarri is having now at Chelsea so in that sense the comparison is madness. Sarri is asked to change the philosophy of the team entirely and deliver results in the process, kinda like being asked to turn Soviet Union into capitalist market economy in 6 months and expecting it to be a smooth process. Pep took over a squad that was used to playing possession football and the club had done everything to make the transition easy as possible for him.

Is there a managerial change to which Sarri's current term can be compared? I can't remember any top club in Europe changing their philosophy from counter attacking to possession football in such a radical way as we're doing now.

[sainttourist 68]

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 Klopps pool are successful

Today Sarri match his success in England.

[communicate 2,703]

2 hours ago, !Hazard! said:

Pep had a much easier job at City than Sarri is having now at Chelsea so in that sense the comparison is madness. Sarri is asked to change the philosophy of the team entirely and deliver results in the process, kinda like being asked to turn Soviet Union into capitalist market economy in 6 months and expecting it to be a smooth process. Pep took over a squad that was used to playing possession football and the club had done everything to make the transition easy as possible for him.

Is there a managerial change to which Sarri's current term can be compared? I can't remember any top club in Europe changing their philosophy from counter attacking to possession football in such a radical way as we're doing now.

Nope. Sarri is just suck. He has to be more flexible. Instead on insisting playing possession football he need to play on counter more. So ask the player to press one game and drop back the other game. Play long ball in one game and play short passing the next. I am pretty sure by the end of the season they would have mastered all of them. 

Plus he should have played odoi more. It doesn't matter that hazard is poor defensively he need to play odoi more acrros from Hazard. Oh I forget, false 9 is dumb. You cannot cheat by playing Hazard as striker. We have two strikers, one of them need to play. 

[Adnane 1,101]

Have to admit I'm happy with the way we set up today, no dellusional possession cravings, playing for the win.

Still deservedly one defeat away from the sack but at least he will have got the fanbase and club's attention with this first half.

Maybe a first step on the wya of changing his approach to last on this football club, just sad that it took him multiple spankings to do so.

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[Fernando 6,454]

I think today prove what I have been saying. 

Keep Sarri get rid of same of the players. 

Had enough with the same issue of the players with manager after manager. 

[Tautvix 1,321]

There's no way he can continue.

We have become an absolute circus under him.

The only reason why we didn't lose badly today because Sarri played defensive football. If we were playing Sarri-Ball there wouldn't be a contest.

[Laylabelle 9,351]

And again off down the tunnel.... That also get headlines. 

Power play once again however 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

Players are the problem

[Fernando 6,454]

1 minute ago, !Hazard! said:

Players are the problem

That is obviously from the beginning. You can't have the same problem 3 managers in a role. Mourinho, Conte and now Sarri. 

[Jase 43,479]