Sambridge29

Essentially he has a method and idea of how the game is to be played, the players he has at his disposal are simply not good enough to carry it out, we can all see that. I can't see Alonso, Luiz. Azpi, Kovacic, Willian or Pedro adapting to his methods. He therefore has two options, either change and find a system that suits your players, which should hopefully get you through to the summer and allow for you to recruit players than can do what you ask of them, or you chuck in the kids who are essentially blank canvases and mould them into your side with their own identity. This current process of playing a style the majority aren't capable has become painful to watch and could cost him his job. So yes, i agree the manor of the defeats are essentially down to Sarri., but if Mourinho, Conte and Sarri have all experienced seasons like this then there must be a serious underlying problem.

Utter waste of 90 minutes, struggle to find a single positive from the game and suspect that Sarri's time may be up very very soon. It's a shame because by sacking him will simply cover up the mistakes of those who should be held accountable for the laughing stock that we've become. Can somebody confirm to me who made the decision to sign Morata at £58M, Bakayoko at £40M, Drinkwater at £35M, Batshuayi at £33M, Baba Rahman £14M? There is £180,000,000 in signings over the past 3 seasons on players that are deemed not good enough to play for Chelsea. As we all know, Chelsea don't have football managers, they have a Head Coach, and it is not in their remit to sign players. So who is taking responsibility for that £180M loss? Who are the scouts that looked at them players? Are they still employed? Perhaps when Mourinho, Conte and Sarri all complain saying the club don't back them, they actually mean that transfers are made by unqualified, uneducated and incompetent individuals. Do you honestly believe Guardiola doesn't dictate who is signed at Man City? Conte asks for a midfielder and the best the club could come up with was Danny Drinkwater and Ross Barkley. Perhaps the pundits should applaud Mourinho and Conte for their achievements, because in reality they won the league with bang average players. Let's take Conte as an example, he came in in his first year and gave the players a chance to correct their horrendous season before by letting them start 433. As soon as he let them fail with that, he changed to his way. He played a system that caught the whole country by surprise and got the players so fit in training that we would run teams into the ground and overpower them. He protected the weak areas by playing 5 at the back, covered Alonso lack of pace by putting someone behind him, and we gathered momentum which saw us win the league. He knew that the everyone would adapt and set up differently against Chelsea the following season, so changes needed to be made. He knew the players we had were not good enough to kick on another level and therefore requested funds to buy better players. They gave him Morata and Bakayoko. Neither are world class, neither had enough history to suggest they could take us to the next level. Consequently he moans publicly saying we need better players, the weak individual we have turn on him and it becomes a shambles. We then sack him and within six months the two clowns we signed for him have been shipped out to other clubs! Looking like Conte was right. There is clearly a fundamental issue within the club whereby there are individuals making decisions that they are not qualified to make. They are making mistake after mistake after mistake, and then you hear ludicrous comments like this is all the managers fault. What is Sarri possibly supposed to do with these players that are making constant individual errors. Did anyone see Azpi tonight, or this season in fact? Looks like someones dad playing right back, who has he got to put in to replace him? Who can he sign? Can he trust the club to sign a top draw player or will it be another Kenedy, Wallace, Baba, Luis, Zappacosta? I do agree that Sarri needs to adapt, doing the same things over and over again but expecting a different outcome is the definition of insanity, but you have brought in an attacking, possession based manager and given him ageing, slow, defensive minded, weak players to do it with. A group that hasn't got a single leader in it. Oh and he's got 40 players on the wage bill that are on loan that will be returning to Chelsea when the loan system changes, which will inevitably hinder his future transfer budget as they are still on the wage bill! I suspect he will be sacked but unless there are wholesale changes within the club this will continue year on year. You cannot buy success anymore, there are too many teams at the same level financially. You have to build a process, a process that has values and principles which give you an identity. Like we used to have with Mourinho, Cech, Terry, Cole, Lampard, Drogba. We remained successful regardless who was the manager because them boys maintained the "Chelsea way", the values and principles Jose instilled in them. There is none of that at the club now, and before anyone can build something they are discarded. Those at the top of the club Roman Abramovich and Bruce Buck need to be held accountable. They are in charge of this football club, the results do not solely lay with Mr Sarri.

like they did last year at our place? the same group of players but Conte in charge... players need to be held accountable.

Have to agree that when you get embarrassed like that tonight would our kids do any worse? We have been blessed over the last 15 years with a core that bought into the club and wanted to succeed for Chelsea and for their team mates. The way these boys throw the towel in would indicate they are cut from the same cloth. It's tough for a manager to build a solid core though, because within 2 years he's replaced and unfortunately these players no they will outlast the manager. Build a core that stick together, have leadership, character and a desire to win.

I suspect the manager will not be given the sack after the recent arrival of Higuain, who is completely against the Chelsea model, so you would think they are trying to back the manager. Let's not forget if it wasn't for the shambles of a summer with the way they sacked Conte, leaving Sarri with only 2 weeks before transfer window closing, he may have been able to get in some more players in tune with him rather than some of the jokers we have wearing the shirt at the moment. Tactically he does need to adapt, this slow build up, trying to play in tight spaces against a low block does not work, hence why we've witnessed another 90 minutes without a goal. There is no movement from the front 3, our full backs either deliver crosses that don't beat the first man or into an area completely vacant of Chelsea players. People will slate the defending saying it's embarrassing, but we're asking Luiz and Rudi to essentially start attacks and move the ball to players who do not move. So whilst being positioned on the half way line, with the rest of the side making the pitch big and expansive, leaving yards of space for the counter. the Inevitable occurs, Chelsea grow frustrated, force passes, make mistakes, get countered and then GIVE UP. I don't know the stats but how many times this season have we gone behind and lost? When Sarri's says no leaders, he's basically saying this dressing room has no men with bollocks. Can you imagine JT allowing this to happen, or Lampard, or Drogba, or Essien? The fact Chelsea give up so easily is a result of 1 of 2 things; these players are extremely mentally weak or they do not believe in the managers philosophy, thus think they cannot get back into the game so give up. Extremely frustrating evening and I can't see much changing with these individuals playing.