The Next Manager?

[Parky 739]

3 hours ago, azinopik said:

I'd love to see Brendan's fluid system at Chelsea

Yea but then leak 3 goals for every 1 goal scored. His a cheap Pep imitation full of holes..

 

 

[Fernando 6,585]

Juande Ramos almost became Chelsea manager - Marcos Alvarez http://espnfc.com/chelsea/story/2786018/juande-ramos-almost-became-chelsea-manager-marcos-alvarez
 -via ESPN FC http://es.pn/fcapp

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

8 hours ago, Tomo said:

Is he quite stubborn in his ways of attacking? Like for example will he tone it down a bit against teams better equipped to play attacking football than us? Ie Arsenal, Barcelona, City? What is his Chile team like from a defensive POV?

Last thing I ever want to see is a repeat of that 5-3 against Arsenal.

Nah, he is not a "gung ho all out attack" manager. He's clever, knows how to find balance between attack and defence. Favours a three at the back formation as he's a Bielsa/Guardiola adept, obsessed with having the ball most of the time, wing backs bombing forward and players occupy attacking positions to recover the ball quickly. 

Best example would be the Copa America Final where naturally you'd think he'd revert to a four at the back formation knowing he's going to face the likes Messi, Aguero, Di Maria, Lavezzi, Pastore, but he didn't. Went for three at the back, but guess what?! None of them was a natural central defender. All of them defensive midfielders - Gary Medel (1.70m), Marcelo Diaz (1.65m) and Francisco Silva (1.78m). Clever move if you ask me because Argentina did not possess that big of a hight advantage, but Sampaoli had to deal with other thing and that was Argentina's pace upfront. That's why he brought small, but quick defensive midfielders to play at the back. It was not the most entertaining final, but you could see how solid Chile looked and how they limited Argentina to only two shots on goal, both in the 1st half.

So yeah, you could say he goes into a more pragmatic approach when facing dangerous opponents, but does not derail that much from his own philosophy. Sampaoli is flexible, as I said, favours a three at the back formation that easily switches to 5-3-2 when having to defend, or a 3-1-3-3 when going forward. His tactical knowledge is infinite, likes to experiment a lot while keeping a balance in his team.

Today he arrived in Chile and a number of fans insulted him after Sampaoli said he does not want to work, nor live in Chile anymore because of the scandal that Chilean Federation involved him in after the Copa America (some documents leaked that show Sampaoli depositing money in British Virgin Island accounts etc). He will be a free agent in the next days and I also read in Chilean media (although they quoted a Spanish outlet) that he is keen to take over at Chelsea and the negociations have begun. Sampaoli and Abramovich had a chat and he asked Roman, in the eventuality of him becoming the next Chelsea manager, to do everything to sign Alexis Sanchez. He sees him as the catalyst for a new Chelsea and wants to build the team around him. 

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

48 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Juande Ramos almost became Chelsea manager - Marcos Alvarez http://espnfc.com/chelsea/story/2786018/juande-ramos-almost-became-chelsea-manager-marcos-alvarez
 -via ESPN FC http://es.pn/fcapp

with a club where there are no guarantees of continuing even if you do a good job."  

[Jase 43,479]

It's only half a season but Maurizio Sarri is one to watch. Doing wonders at Napoli.

[Special Juan 28,133]

Maybe go for Benitez, I mean looks like we maybe close to signing Pato, we already have Papi and Falcao looks like he's staying.

Good times.

[Adnane 1,101]

Might not mean much, but the Atletico transfer ban could mean that their squad stays the same over the next year and a half.

Simeone already stated he was really happy in Atletico and now with the ban, I don't see the Colchoneros giving him green lights as an eventual manager would surely require even the slightest change of personnel.

Doesn't change a whole lot in the matter, but just makes me believe more and more that this one might be out of reach this season.

[Adnane 1,101]

28 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Maybe go for Benitez, I mean looks like we maybe close to signing Pato, we already have Papi and Falcao looks like he's staying.

Good times.

Bring back Kalou for the experience, sell overrated players like Hazard, Matic, give Fabregas the armband and buy a bunch of Barcelona rejects, Bojan, Affelay, Munir...

We might have a go at CL then.

[Pizy 18,877]

Sacking Mourinho will look even more stupid if we end up without Simeone. 

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

On 1/11/2016 at 5:37 AM, Kieran. said:

Pellegrini's an asshole but he's not as terrible of a manager as you're all making him out to be. I would be interested seeing what he could do here.

Ya so long as he comes with Navas I'm all for it....

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

I want Cholo! Does he leave Atleti when they're at their lowest though?

[Henrique 9,133]

Great article about Simeone's tactics:

 

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/share-download-fm-15-tactics/275763-diego-simeone-inspired-l-4-4-2-l-counter-attacking-pressing-artisan-15-3-0-a.html

[manpe 10,861]

Where does this popular opinion that Guardiola takes only easy jobs comes from?

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

16 minutes ago, manpe said:

Where does this popular opinion that Guardiola takes only easy jobs comes from?

Its true.

[manpe 10,861]

Where does this popular opinion that Guardiola takes only easy jobs comes from?

Its true.

True, because...?