Popular Post! Tomo 21,751 Posted February 27, 2019 Popular Post! Share Posted February 27, 2019 Things will go one of two ways now i feel. We will either build on this, take advantage of the kind fixtures between now and the seasons end (bar two games) and consolidate top 4 or these few days are a brief stay of execution and things go downhill again ala AVB post Valencia/City. kc_blue, Laylabelle, Superblue and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Chelsea vs Tottenham: Maurizio Sarri reveals he spoke to Chelsea hierarchy three times after Kepa Arrizabalaga incident https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/chelsea-vs-tottenham-result-score-goals-highlights-watch-epl-table-maurizio-sarri-a8800621.html once in english,once in itialian , once thru a interpreter Henrique 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Sarri: Kepa still my No.1 https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/premier-league/11650420/sarri-kepa-question-is-closed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 31 minutes ago, Tomo said: Things will go one of two ways now i feel. We will either build on this, take advantage of the kind fixtures between now and the seasons end (bar two games) and consolidate top 4 or these few days are a brief stay of execution and things go downhill again ala AVB post Valencia/City. Agree the one difference in circumstances where I hope it isn't a false dawn however is that the last two games have shown some promise that Sarri is prepared to compromise at times to get the result over the performance (something I feel AVB never showed). Hopefully the tide is turning and his stubborn nature is eroding a little. He must know that this season for him is a matter of survival. If he can survive and oversee what could be a very busy summer for the club if the ban is deferred, he has an opportunity to bring in a few more players more suited to his style for next season to push on. I couldn't see a way back for him personally before the cup final, but the last two games have given me some renewed hope that he can still be a success here. kc_blue, Tomo and 11Drogba 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccg 1,528 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 32 minutes ago, Tomo said: Things will go one of two ways now i feel. We will either build on this, take advantage of the kind fixtures between now and the seasons end (bar two games) and consolidate top 4 or these few days are a brief stay of execution and things go downhill again ala AVB post Valencia/City. dropped points against w.ham,everton,wolves,leicester,southampton,bournemouth,if we had won all 6 of these , we would be top with a game in hand...just saying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 45 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said: Agree the one difference in circumstances where I hope it isn't a false dawn however is that the last two games have shown some promise that Sarri is prepared to compromise at times to get the result over the performance (something I feel AVB never showed). I'm actually on the opposite view with AVB, he basically said fuck it and abandoned his style for Valencia/City and reverted to default type. It worked for those two games but ultimately cost him because after those games he couldn't get his message across again and we played like a team trying to do both default style and AVB style and ended up with a disjointed mess that couldn't string two passes together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! DDA 9,938 Posted February 28, 2019 Popular Post! Share Posted February 28, 2019 We beat and basically dominated Spurs. The first 30 minutes were probably the best 30 minutes of football we have played in the League this season but yet people are still moaning about shots on target.....smh! kellzfresh, petre.ispirescu, BlueLyon and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 5 hours ago, DDA said: We beat and basically dominated Spurs. The first 30 minutes were probably the best 30 minutes of football we have played in the League this season but yet people are still moaning about shots on target.....smh! Yeah, I don't understand either... This is not a normal season anymore and it's been a total circus for the past months. Still we've been the better side v City in the Cup Final and now beat Spurs after 120+ minutes of football just three days ago and a heartbreaking penalty shootout. Plus all the negativity surrounding the club after the Kepa incident. Not a lot of shots of target, but did not concede either against one of Europe's best teams atm and a very good Spurs side. You can't expect everything to be ok at the club when it is not. Normal people lose their interest in their job as soon as their bosses raise their voice a bit, now imagine football players in this toxic environment at Chelsea for the past months... Hope we're on the right path again and build on these last two performances. Fernando, DDA, !Hazard! and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Laylabelle 9,534 Posted February 28, 2019 Popular Post! Share Posted February 28, 2019 8 hours ago, Tomo said: Things will go one of two ways now i feel. We will either build on this, take advantage of the kind fixtures between now and the seasons end (bar two games) and consolidate top 4 or these few days are a brief stay of execution and things go downhill again ala AVB post Valencia/City. That's it. We beat City and went a bit odd after that. Hopefully we can start winning a league away games now.. Seeing as we haven't managed that this year. petre.ispirescu, Fernando, Fulham Broadway and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio8 736 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 10 hours ago, Jason said: And Sarri lives on to fight another day... what a pity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 11 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Ironically I think Kepa disaster helped him. Club fined Kepa which means they supported Sarri on this issue. And now he have more power in the dressing room. We are in good position to achieve our goals this season and if club gives Maurizio what he wants in the summer I'm positive he can work out very well here and give as full transition of style for what was he appointed in the first place. The last two performances have been encouraging but let's not get carried away just yet because there are still questions that Sarri must "answer" if he's to succeed here long term: (1) In some ways, it's easy for the players to feel motivated because one game was a cup final while the other was against Spurs AND it's easy to adapt when you have taken a 6-0 and 3-1 thrashings against City and Spurs (fair play to Sarri for adapting his tactics but it is something he should have done 1-2 months ago, not wait till the sack threat or after some very bad thrashings). Question now is whether Sarri can motivate the players and get his tactics right in the coming weeks because we will be facing the lesser sides, who have caused us problems this season. Will Sarri stick with what has worked in the last two games or will he go back to the nonsense we saw before that? Also, what will Sarri do if we fall behind in games? Will he tweak his tactics OR just make like-for-like subs and hope something happens? (2) His management of youth players. Sarri has been somewhat fortunate that Loftus-Cheek has "given" him an out to not play him often with his back injury. But CHO? He has done well pretty much every time he starts this season and yet, he still doesn't get more minutes that he deserves. Sarri said he considers CHO to be on the same level as Willian/Pedro but we can clearly see where CHO stands in the pecking order. And let's not forget that it was only last week that he took a RB off a RB and didn't bring CHO on when being 2-0 down at home. Whether Sarri likes it or not, the youth players (there are a few more elsewhere) should be part of our future and he needs to be more receptive towards them and use them, especially with the transfer ban looming. (3). Stop sending out mixed messages. Stop saying A and proceeding to do B. This is something Sarri has continuously done all season and the biggest example is he's always criticized the players for bad mentality after defeats this season but what has he done in the following games? Selected the same players who he criticized. It's time he starts picking players on merit. He made a point by benching Kepa against Spurs. Shouldn't he be doing the same with under-performing players? Otherwise, what's the point of him stamping his authority with incident like the Kepagate? Bosnian Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 To be fair to Sarri it's all worked out well, he's been really able to show his authority and show them he will not be fucked around. I still worry about the whole Alonso/Emerson situation, and his mixed messages are bizarre. He talks up players and the next week they don't even feature. Its all good for now but the next big drama is only around the corner with this club. manpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 We dominated them in the first leg of the EFL Trophy but the good thing yesterday was we made them look very average. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimmas 131 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 There's any difference to how our play in terms of tactic, movement etc ? Or actually sarry is right, motivatio aspect actually play so much role, as huge as he said. when player show better mentality, starting to follow his instruction, show stronger will to win, we are not that poor anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 1 hour ago, dimmas said: There's any difference to how our play in terms of tactic, movement etc ? We pressed lower and tried to move quicker with the ball. There was not much needless lingering on the ball and somebody always made themselves available for the pass, which is something that had been a problem before the last three games. I've definitely seen some tactical adjustments past few games to suit the opponent and our players' conditions (e.g. pressing lower due to fatigue). kc_blue and Fernando 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccheongf 211 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Even though Chelsea beat Spurs 2-0 , but the real issue abt Sarri is there. All those saying good words for him are OLD players Luiz, Pedro., Callabera because they are playing. and Sarri has hiz pet player too, Joghino. Sarri sidelined young players and there is some sort of 2 divided groups. CHO , Kepa plus others young players against the old. So still , Sarri needs to GO. Bosnian Blue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,275 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 15 hours ago, Mana said: 1 shot on target though.... Jeepers. Sarriball feels like Mourinhoball most of the time! Oh shut up you Muppet!!!! The only shot spurs had in target was the own goal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,275 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, Mana said: You shut up dickhead! Fed up of you assholes trying to cover up cracks and telling me that is fine. Short term yes it’s fine, but long term? Do you want to see zero/one shot on target football for seasons to come? Is this what we brought in Sarri for? Might as well bring in Ranieri or Hutton. Engage your brain for a second, if we only had 1 shot on target and spurs had 0, that tells you what sorta game this was. Poch is supposed to be this amazing manager that plays great football yet his team didn't manage a shot on target against us! a team you constantly downgrade. You had a fit when Alonso started he played well, and hey what do you know we won!!! 0007 and !Hazard! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said: Oh shut up you Muppet!!!! The only shot spurs had in target was the own goal 11 minutes ago, Mana said: You shut up dickhead! Fed up of you assholes trying to cover up cracks and telling me that is fine. Short term yes it’s fine, but long term? Do you want to see zero/one shot on target football for seasons to come? Is this what we brought in Sarri for? Might as well bring in Ranieri or Hutton. And don’t bring Spuds performance in to this. They usually perform better than yesterday and having zero shots on target was out of the norm for them. Enough now. Stop the personal insults and slagging match. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,275 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 46 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Enough now. Stop the personal insults and slagging match. My bad was only saying what ppl are thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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