The Sarri Thread

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2 hours ago, 11Drogba said:

Manchester City's eight different formations under Pep Guardiola

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/15126/10695934/manchester-citys-eight-different-formations-under-pep-guardiola-assessed

Rather than worrying about formation. I am more worried about team ability to play possession football. This is the more of a problem. We need more training time

 

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5 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

The exact thing that I have been saying.  It is not just the player it is the fans also. Nobody realize that we have been a counter attacking team for years. Conte team were very2 defensive. 

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3 minutes ago, communicate said:

Rather than worrying about formation. I am more worried about team ability to play possession football. This is the more of a problem. We need more training time

We have possession, we are just too predictable, easy to defend.

I posted that link because people were comparing Guardiola's and Sarri's first years. Guardiola is flexible, Sarri isn't.

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16 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

We have possession, we are just too predictable, easy to defend.

I posted that link because people were comparing Guardiola's and Sarri's first years. Guardiola is flexible, Sarri isn't.

Forget formation that is not important right now. It does not matter if we played 343 or 4231. Sarri is very similar to Guardiola both manager want to play front at the front foot. The bigger difference right now other than City has better player is City is already used to play possession football under pellegrini whereas our player used to play counter attacking football under Mou and Conte. 

Just watch Napoli game under Sarri and understand how the midfield and winger play. 

I honestly think if we change to a more counter attacking way of playing we will play better but what is the point of hiring Sarri 

 

 

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Just now, communicate said:

Sarri is very similar to Guardiola

This is where people are mistaken. They both like possession football and that's it. This doesn't make them very similar.

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Defiant Sarri defends tactics and Jorginho

https://www.westlondonsport.com/chelsea/sarri-reacts-to-claims-he-needs-a-plan-b-and-should-replace-jorginho-with-kante

Defiant verging on arrogant/ignorant if keeps repeating the same mistakes

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Sarri: I underestimated Chelsea task

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/premier-league/11624776/sarri-i-underestimated-chelsea-task

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13 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

This is where people are mistaken. They both like possession football and that's it. This doesn't make them very similar.

They play same formation. Biggest difference besides Pep having better players is midfield Imo. In front of Jorginho we have two DM's in Kante and Kovacic. Pep has two Silva's or KDB in front of Fernandinho and they are very attacking midfielders can even play wingers.  If Pep is here today maybe he would play Willian or Hazard in midfield three. 

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20 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

This is where people are mistaken. They both like possession football and that's it. This doesn't make them very similar.

They are actually quite similar. You can say pep is better but their football is actually quite similar. 

If pep is coaching this team he will nightmare. But I know that when he was going to leave Bayern,he is going to go to either Arsenal or City Not us, why? Because we are not suited to possession based manager. That city team has been designed for manager like pep.

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Just now, NikkiCFC said:

They play same formation.

Pep tried different formations in his first season when the results were not that good.

 

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3 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

They play same formation. Biggest difference besides Pep having better players is midfield Imo. In front of Jorginho we have two DM's in Kante and Kovacic. Pep has two Silva's or KDB in front of Fernandinho and they are very attacking midfielders can even play wingers.  If Pep is here today maybe he would play Willian or Hazard in midfield three. 

Hazard cannot play in the midfield. Just watch the amount of running that silva and kdb do for the team. 

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11 minutes ago, communicate said:

They are actually quite similar. You can say pep is better but their football is actually quite similar. 

If pep is coaching this team he will nightmare. But I know that when he was going to leave Bayern,he is going to go to either Arsenal or City Not us, why? Because we are not suited to possession based manager. That city team has been designed for manager like pep.

Football isn't just formation and possession. Judging the ability of players, reading opponents, fitness and nutrition programs, leadership, motivational skills, tactical flexibility, experience handling star players, ability to adapt to a new league. I can go on and on.

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Pre-Match Press Conference: Chelsea vs Huddersfield

Sarri on post-Bournemouth: "I didn’t attack the players. I talked to them because I needed to understand. Then I went home immediately because I wanted to review the match. There wasn’t another reason."

Sarri: "If we have a mental problem, it could be the players, it could be the technical staff, it could be the club. I cannot think to the club, so I have to think to the players & the technical staff"

Sarri says he's still searching for a way to motivate Chelsea's players & adds: "I want first of all to change the mentality... I think my football is cooperation. I have to involve them in my football more than at the moment"

Sarri says it's not easy to change the mentality of "individual players" in only four or five months

Sarri says Chelsea's front three are making life too easy for opposition defences by playing too narrow - seems aimed at Hazard/Pedro/Willian

Sarri says Chelsea have been used to playing on the counter-attack in recent years. He's trying to change the mentality because he wants control

Sarri on Plan B: "Why? First of all I want to do very well the Plan A. I don't want to change something that at the moment doesn't work very well. First of all, I want to see my football played very well. Then we can go to change something"

Sarri cites the example of Barcelona (under Pep), who won everything by "playing their football"

Sarri points out that Klopp struggled in his first season at Liverpool. Says the PL's three best teams this season all have long-term coaches

Sarri asks if Chelsea have assured him time: "I don't mind, because I'm a dreamer. I want to play my football. If I arrived here, it's because I'm a dreamer"

Sarri says he would only consider playing Kante in the Jorginho role "for 20 minutes if I have to defend a result"

Sarri says Jorginho shouldn't be judged on "the last pass", saying he operates "maybe 40, 45 metres from the goal"

Sarri on attacking: "We have some problems to score. We are working on this, of course. We played with four, five players with their backs to the opposition goal. We need to receive the ball on the run"

Sarri: "I like very much to speak to my players about tactical problems. I don't like to have to speak with them about mental problems"

Sarri says Hazard is changing from "an individual player" to someone who plays "in a cooperative way"

Sarri on the fans: "First of all, we have to say sorry to them. The result was a disaster. I can understand them very well. They have to be patient with us atm because we're trying to do something great. It's not easy"

Sarri on Higuain's condition. He says he's not in top shape yet but once he gets his sharpness he "can be very useful immediately"

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7 minutes ago, communicate said:

Hazard cannot play in the midfield. Just watch the amount of running that silva and kdb do for the team. 

And that is what Sarri means by Hazard is an individualistic player. Sarri's system cannot survive without runners off the ball, and the attackers (Hazard, Willian and co) need to do more of that so that the midfield can find them with balls on the run not with their backs to goal.

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7 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

Football isn't just formation and possession. Judging the ability of players, reading opponents, fitness and nutrition programs, leadership, motivational skills, tactical flexibility, experience handling star players, ability to adapt to a new league. I can go on and on.

I don't get what you are saying.  If you are saying that pep is a better manager than Sarri, I think Sarri himself will agree with you. 

But the problem right now is not that, because Guardiola himself will struggle with this team. 

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8 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

And that is what Sarri means by Hazard is an individualistic player. Sarri's system cannot survive without runners off the ball, and the attackers (Hazard, Willian and co) need to do more of that so that the midfield can find them with balls on the run not with their backs to goal.

In my post, I am talking more on the defensive phase. 

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1 hour ago, communicate said:

We need more training time

The players have allegedly been complaining theres too much.

Apparently, according to reports, Sarri insists that the players have a training session on match day, even though the players have questioned it.

To me, they should be jumping through hoops for the fortunes they’re earning, and be grateful for every bit of it

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1 minute ago, Fulham Broadway said:

The players have allegedly been complaining theres too much.

Apparently, according to reports, Sarri insists that the players have a training session on match day, even though the players have questioned it.

To me, they should be jumping through hoops for the fortunes they’re earning, and be grateful for every bit of it

Fucking snowflakes they are, over pampered fucking clowns.

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15 minutes ago, communicate said:

I don't get what you are saying.  If you are saying that pep is a better manager than Sarri, I think Sarri himself will agree with you. 

But the problem right now is not that, because Guardiola himself will struggle with this team. 

That assumption is not an excuse for Sarri. You might think the guy who called Alonso the best left back in Europe is the right guy to solve our problems, I don't.

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3 hours ago, Unionjack said:

And I agree.

But I'm afraid I wouldn't stop there neither.

I'm all up for a COMPLETE overhaul but its always far easier to make the manager the scapegoat yet again and to get that  revolving door on spin mode once again.

We all know that just doesn't work.

Its the whole club that needs to be altered and the more I think about Mz @Vesper  thoughts about selling us to Ratcliffe or I'd like for someone like the septic Paul Allan who owns the Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers who has a lot of experience in running (or setting up a board to run) major sports clubs.  He would want to strip us right back and rebuild us. Bring in some of our old lads to try to explain what it means to be Chelsea. Give the club an identity again. Put some pride and passion into the spimeless shitbags!

I just want whats best for us and right now I think it;s hitting the 'restore' button!

 

 

Paul Allen is dead.

Ratcliffe or Bezos for me.