Conte is too much like Mourinho, too long at one club and you piss off just about everyone. This summer will be interesting in seeing how much the club is willing to invest in getting the best fit players for Sarri. A striker is obviously a must and one or two more players with a killer instinct would be nice. Not sure what the club plans to do with Luiz, but I get the impression that Sarri is content to work with the defensive players we have. Kovacic is clearly a great talent. When he is playing well it’s a pleasure to watch, but like most players hasn’t been consistent. We have a lot of depth, so I don’t know the clubs long term plans, but would love to see him stay tbh. My biggest concern is he hasn’t played a full 90
Loftus Cheek further up and Barkley rather than Kovacic should start. Willian, Pedro are on their last legs, Morata will be gone soon, it's time we trust our younger players, if a massive club like Bayern Munich have guaranteed Callum Odoi game time why can't we, he will set the stadium alight. Sarri is too rigid and predictable and is also burning out players. Why continually select players that are not doing the business?
Agreed there. I said back when Sarri was appointed that he would be out by Christmas. It's now after Christmas and he's almost out, let's be honest. He is far too rigid, has frozen out some very good, key players, and if Conte annoyed the board, Sarri will be starting to make eyes roll. Why Kovacic? where's Moses? (a very good attacking player if needed), why isn't Hudson Odoi starting? etc, etc. The squad are starting to think that Sarri hasn't got a clue in the PL. Sarri has not won a single trophy as a manager, yet the board backed him with a £70 million keeper, Jorghino, Kovacic, a fully fit Barkley and more, including a teenager who could be nominated for world's best player in the future, who knows. Conte got a half fit Barkley, a sulking Luiz, a sulking Willian and Drinkwater, yet still managed 5th and a major trophy despite being undermined by the owner and his secretary. Conte also has a track record as an elite level manager winning major trophies every season and turning mediocre teams into elite teams. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Chelsea F.C. need new owners. Owners who are willing to back a strong manager and not allow sulky players to take over the club. If the treatment of Costa was the reason behind Conte's problems, look at Costa now. Chelsea got a good price for him, and he's starting to look lazy and fat. Conte, right again. If the club have got any sense, they would bring Conte back mid season and restore some order. Otherwise, it's looking very bleak. No real leader on the pitch, players undermining the manager and an owner who isn't even allowed in the country for long spells anymore and rightly so. % chance of Sarri succeeding in the PL? 0. Also (not finished yet!) sell Willian. He attacked Conte after he had left claiming that if Conte had stayed he would have left. If Conte was that bad and Willian has so many sulky issues, he should hand his PL and FA cup medals back. Willian said that the club had the attacking players to play like City. So is Willian the manager now? The squad doesn't have the pace to play like Liverpool, Man Utd or City and Conte knew that. The pace issue is also probably the reason that Hudson Odoi wants out. OK, he also wants first team football, but he also realises that the team play far too slowly mostly. To a point he's right, and you only have to look at Liverpool's form and the way City play and Man Utd are starting to play to see that. Sell Willian, and take his medals off him as he leaves. He doesn't want to give Conte any credit, so take any credit that Willian earned off him.
People are crazy if they want Sarri sacked already. Sure things aren't great right now but we still 4th, have a decent chance of getting to the carabao cup final and we are in the next round of the Europa league. Hopefully Higuain will be a good signing and then Hazard can play back on the left of the front 3. Question for people who want Sarri sacked. Who do you want us to bring in?
Aren't we better off points wise compared to Pep's first season? Even Napoli fans are saying we have a lot of players who don't fit what Sarri looks for in this system. Full backs and attack especially. Do I see what Sarri is trying to do? Yes. And for that he deserves time. If in two years when he has his players and we still see the same issues, then it would be justifiable time to start questioning him.
Let's face it the players aren't stupid, it's over for sarri and it was never going to work. Jorginho as the focus of the whole team? Come on, he's not in Fabregas's league and even Fabregas did more defending. Kante as a right winger? An 18 year old in Hudson Odoi who can turn a game not even in the squad? Rashford was 18 when he started playing regularly. Rooney was 17. Then there's Sterling and others. To sarri, he's just a kid. Cahill frozen out, Moses who can score goals and not just play as a wing back frozen out and now loaned out. Drinkwater who is a decent squad player frozen out, Hazard publicly insulted and told he can leave. Let's face it, we could go on and on. It's a very long list. Sarri is clueless. The only reason he's there is because the owner does not want a strong, popular manager, he wants the players in control. Benitez took a lot of stick when he was manager, and he could have done a lot more to win the fans over. Plus, he tried to end Terry's career early which was a poor decision. But his approach now would be the opposite. He'd be utilising the squad, and understands the PL much better. Sarri thinks he can do what he did in Italy, and everything will work out. Crazy! Conte won 3 consecutive Serie A titles after turning Juventus around from a poor mid table club to elite level. Sarri has never won a thing. Any genuine Chelsea fan and football fan can see that the set up for the team is plain wrong. He has a big squad he could rotate to try different things and surprise the opposition, but he just sticks with Kovatic, who seems more of a rugby player than a football player. Can he pass the ball forward?! New owners, new manager and use the old guard of Terry and Lampard to come back in and get the club back to its successful roots. We can see clearly why sarri has won nothing as a player or manager. OK he was never a player he was a FX trader. I agree that just saying 'sack the manager' is a stupid approach. You need alternatives, and there are plenty for Chelsea F.C. Come on the Chels'!
In recent weeks the performances have improved, but many still doubt Sarri's ability. I would bring Benitez back in if a Conte return is not an option. Benitez was very unpopular with some fans, but won a lot of people over by the end of his tenure. He has loads of PL experience and would be the perfect manager to cope with the rotation and variety required to compete well. Sarri is still stuck in his Italy mentality where you can play the same players in the same way every week and win things. No team can do that in the PL and Sarri should have been aware of that before he arrived. Plus he has never won a trophy and doesn't know how to win.
Hi everyone. I like Sarri. First season and CFC finish 3rd and possibly a Europa Cup. Abramovich needs to stop picking the team though! Stupid friendly as well. No Loftus Cheek now makes me want to stick my bollox in a sandwich maker!
Wouldn't it be too early for Frank Lampard to get to Chelsea job? in a season in which he can't bring any new players?
He did well but that is nothing new for Derby - they usually reach the play-offs! Lampard will naturally have the support of the fans and probably players but what will the demands of the board be?
Ah, then, in this case, he is only 41 years old, so maybe he doesn't have the required experience, but he could be sucessful, like Solksjaer.
I think everyone is tbf Pretty loose this year. He’s charged with changing the club and bleeding the youth. Don’t think he’ll get the axe if he misses out on European football. His second year when new players come in and he’s had a full year will be when the pressure turns up
