Not before the fa cup game, please
Maurizio Sarri's Sack Watch | And Now Our Watch Has Ended
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Valid point. I don’t believe Sarri is the main problem but playing high press with Barkley? Such a gamble.
Wow, they beat Huddersfield. The players are making individual errors.You will never stop banging this “players let the manager down” drum will you
They won their last game 5-0. Did they let the manager “take the bullets” in that game as well?
It’s obvious that the manager sent them out with the wrong tactical plan. They’ve been stupidly open from the first second, and that’s on the way the manager sets the team up.
Yeah, the football was dull but I don't remember you being awful during that period, had some big wins for example.
He clearly needed to go and didn't really fit at United, but I don't think he was terrible with hindsight.
Anyway, not the LVG thread, I just found it weird .. I guess it does hurt when you're having to watch awful football every week as a fan and I get that.
He'll be gone tonight.
Chelsea's slide is showing us why we should wait before appointing OGS. They were flying after 10 games, much like we are now, and Sarri was being hailed as a genius. Honeymoon periods are dangerous.
Chelsea's slide is showing us why we should wait before appointing OGS. They were flying after 10 games, much like we are now, and Sarri was being hailed as a genius. Honeymoon periods are dangerous.
The kind of pressure they’ve been under since the first minute of the game leads to individual errors happening.
Making Kante into a nothing player is quite an achievement.
Trust me, he was shocking. The most boring football I've ever seen us play.
He wasn't a complete knobhead like Mourinho though, so there's at least that.
I’ll be furious if he goes before our game against them, but it’s looking bloody likely on this display.
That's due to City just being real good at generating chances. Put Kante in midfield and City are still ripping you apart. And on top of that, you can't generate chances of your own because Kante can't do that.
Need I say again that City beat Chelsea home and away last season??
They'll sack him and it'll be the third coming of Mourinho.
I disagree. With Pep you could see it was the personnel that was ill equipped. Not the method. With Sarri. The defensive openess every first half is shocking. Especially in midfield. Those who think its a matter of just switching round Kante and Jorginho are plain naive. The team as a whole isn't compact without the ball and position themselves so poorly. Yet since Chelsea's first defeat of the season it hasnt changed. Its like they are trying to defend by hogging possesion. Neglecting what should be done when the ball is lost.
I also ddont get why the center back always clear balls back into danger areas
Fair enough, you'd know better than me!
I just thought perhaps he'd be remembered a little more fondly since he left on a high with the FA cup win.
What do you think about Klopp
I think he'll do well unfortunately. If he brings that Napoli style to the players at his disposal, they could be very good. cnuts.
What do Chelsea fans make of this?
I mean, Chelsea are playing some positive attack minded stuff and looking to play in the other teams half. But some of the application defensively is woeful.
I mean, Chelsea are playing some positive attack minded stuff and looking to play in the other teams half. But some of the application defensively is woeful.
A little strange to dig up old posts on the topic.What do you think about Klopp
I think he lost the dressing room when he criticised his players. But some of his tactics and selections have also been poor.
Chelsea fans on The Shed End actually asking for Mourinho to come back now, you can't make this up.Chelsea will be on to Mourinho to come back again soon enough
You don't see the same disdain for counter-attacking football based on it's worst manifestations (Mourinho this season, Conte last season)
Again that's what people said about Pep. The match at Leicester where they lost 4-0 at around the same stage of that seasomoney from what I can remember. The Monaco games where they were countered easily.
It's a personnel issue for Sarri as well. I just don't think he has intelligent players. Jorghino is the only midfielder that is positioned correctly consistently.
Hardly digging when it was on the same page as the bump.. and i think you missed the point
Wonder how Paul 'must win game' Merson is feeling right now?
Just keep him in place until the Cup tie please...
Such a surreal first half where we were actually quite good but 4 individual errors meant we were 4-0 down at HT (Kepa x2, Barkley & Alonso) 2nd half we have given up I guess.
I fear for Sarri as he may get the sack after this game but look how long Klopp took to make Liverpool decent. He had them midtable ffs.
The guy did brilliant at his previous club and needs a few seasons to get his system working at Chelsea. If they sack him then either some heads at Chelsea board level need to roll too if I was Roman as they've wasted the owners millions yet again on the wrong guy and not backed him, or the players need to go and he's given time to build his team and put his system into the team.
Although saying all this, when you have Hazard and a damn good squad as a base then most likely it's the coach who will go and the board suck up to Roman yet again saying the guy didn't do his job.
Although saying all this, when you have Hazard and a damn good squad as a base then most likely it's the coach who will go and the board suck up to Roman yet again saying the guy didn't do his job.
I'd argue Sarri had a much better starting point than Klopp though.
It's strange. The slickless of your football is impressive and I imagine the direction you want to go in. But he's made the players his enemy and the defending at times is a joke.
Klopp inherited a terrible squad apart from Coutinho and Firmino (who was completely frozen out by Rodgers). Sarri inherited a recent title and FA cup winning squad. The difference is quite vast.
Sarriball isn't the problem. The problem is the players cannot play SarriBall. The players must be extremely intelligent and everyone must be on the same wavelenth. Anyone not pulling their weight will be exploited ruthlessly. I watched Napoli play teams like Juventus off the park but they were extremely solid at the back and had solid backbone. There's no backbone at Chelsea. He needs to dispose of trash like Luiz, Alonso, Barkley and others.
Sarri is a good manager. I believe in him. Chelsea are just garbage.
He won't survive Monday morning. Shame.
Jumping on yours and @totaalvoetbal debate. Pep had problems with the weak links in his squad, Sarri (like Mourinho this season) has problems fitting his best players into his. When you have amazing players in their peak who can't get a place in your system then you have a massive issue.
Maybe he should try playing one of the best defensive players in the world in his best position then, that might give them more of a backbone.
Guessing Zola till the end of the season...
At real risk of the boot I would think.
Thankfully we've got 3 very easy fixtures coming up.
Thankfully we've got 3 very easy fixtures coming up.
Zola is a shocking manager.
Hoping Chelsea do the right thing and give him the job until the end of the season.
Hoping Chelsea do the right thing and give him the job until the end of the season.
I'd rather have Sarri than the current version of Mourinho if I was in their place. And no, I don't think Mourinho would even win them trophies in the short term anymore.
Kante never played a single pivote for Chelsea, Leicester or France. Playing Kante there would make no difference and Jorghino is not a #8.
Again, Busquets looked worse when the space between the lines was bigger. The whole point of defending from he front is to be compact and minimise gaps. Chelsea don't even press properly. Jorginho was fine I'm Napoli.
Doing his part to prevent Liverpool from winning. Legend.
I don't think Abromovich has any patience left for Chelsea to be honest. How much more can he do to give them what is needed! Discarding a dressing room over a manager is costly and doesn't he want to sell up or something last time I heard?
If you ask me I think he needs to do a clear out, but that takes time and confidence and if it goes wrong again then it's more time and money wasted!
The Jose Era 3.0 will be starting any day now