Dean

Harder with a large portion petulant fans booing in your face. Perhaps you could man up a bit and admit you were wrong about Sarri? I’m going to say now I believe this is a disaster. I hope I’m wrong and if I am I will have no problem admitting it.

Ok.got it

I disagree with this view. Can’t form an opinion based on one match, and a cup final at that. It’s just way too random. Anything can happen.

Any of the many evidently world class managers on this forum?

Fair enough. I guess a difference between Chelsea and Apple or Mitsubishi is those are majority-owned by the public. Shareholders, activist investors have the power to effect change, get management replaced etc etc. With Chelsea, we’re very much at the mercy of the owner, kind of stuck with the management that we have, and there’s little you or I can do about it. I hate to say it, but Liverpool is a much better- run business than Chelsea right now, and Man City has more money. There’s nothing we can do about that. In light of those disadvantages, I think Sarri has done well.

It’s not me that’s lowering the benchmark. I’m just commenting on what I take to be the current reality.

It’s not me that’s lowering the benchmark. I’m just commenting on what I take to be the current reality.

Your “standards” and “norm” may be based off an unrealistic benchmark: the most successful period in the club’s history. Things come and go.

Your “standards” and “norm” may be based off an unrealistic benchmark: the most successful period in the club’s history. Things come and go.

Lol. I give up. Good luck and a good evening to you.

But in that case it’s more that Liverpool and City have been outstanding than the next three or four have been poor? Ie finishing third still pretty good...?

Sarri out!

Quite a strong league though, no?

Um, so you’re basically proving my point? Which is that the initial surge under Solskjaer skew the data somewhat?

It tells us more about your obsessive dislike of Sarri. Why not give it a rest for now? We’re in the CL and Europa final FFS. One can data mine to prove or disprove just about anything. Your comparison looked a lot better about 10 games back. What about the last 10 games? Last 5? Man U went on a tear when Solskjaer was appointed. That had precisely zero do with Solskjaer’s managerial ability.