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Maurizio Sarri Officially Appointed

Does anyone follow Serie A here? Watching Juve v Lecce; one of the worst teams in the league, and Lecce have had a player sent off. They are playing better than Juve, and have more shots on target than a Juve team at home.

I will never understand Sarriball & the keeping possession for possession sake. It is mental.

 
I think Sarri was decent but we weren’t a good fit for each other. Thankfully it worked out well for both of us so we mustn’t complain.  
 

One thing though, Sarri did get us playing out from the back extremely well. Every time it was fantastic. 

 
ducavis said:
Does anyone follow Serie A here? Watching Juve v Lecce; one of the worst teams in the league, and Lecce have had a player sent off. They are playing better than Juve, and have more shots on target than a Juve team at home.

I will never understand Sarriball & the keeping possession for possession sake. It is mental.
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Overhauling an entire style of play from pragmatic to possession based high line/attack is very complex, 99.9% of the time the early stages either involves a lot of boring/cautious possession (Sarri here and this season at Juve) or a lot of games of pinball (us this season, Pep's first at City).

I think Juve are ultimately preparing for Pep and Sarri's there to do the growing pain part of it so Pep doesn't have too.

 
Argo said:
Overhauling an entire style of play from pragmatic to possession based high line/attack is very complex, 99.9% of the time the early stages either involves a lot of boring/cautious possession (Sarri here and this season at Juve) or a lot of games of pinball (us this season, Pep's first at City).

I think Juve are ultimately preparing for Pep and Sarri's there to do the growing pain part of it so Pep doesn't have too.
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I think they will be trying to get Pep too. I can see him leaving City at the end of the year especially if there is no CL. I think he has just run his course there. He made similar comments to his comments after Barca lost to us in the CL in 2012 about the team lacking the drive to win again after so much success.

 
Didn’t Pep hint at the possibility of retiring after City? He said he has a very clear plan of the life span of his management career. I guess it’s whether he wants to try Italy or not. 

 
JM7 said:
Didn’t Pep hint at the possibility of retiring after City? He said he has a very clear plan of the life span of his management career. I guess it’s whether he wants to try Italy or not. 
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Not sure. He can't be that old. I would never rule out him going back to Barca once they get their sh*t together. He might even be the guy they hire to be Sporting Director or President even. 

 
Spiller86 said:
Not sure. He can't be that old. I would never rule out him going back to Barca once they get their sh*t together. He might even be the guy they hire to be Sporting Director or President even. 
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I don't see him being that "brave". He left Barcelona while they had their best generation at the peak, he obviously didn't want to deal with any possible trouble in the future.

 
Sarri bottled a 2:0 lead, but he's lucky that the closest teams have been losing as well.

 
Lost Copa Italia and Supercup, couldn't pass Lyon in the knockouts. His tactics don't work. Rumors are that Pochettino is the new Juventus manager.

 
Gol15 said:
Lost Copa Italia and Supercup, couldn't pass Lyon in the knockouts. His tactics don't work. Rumors are that Pochettino is the new Juventus manager.
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He is an hipsters manager. Will be interesting to see where next for him, that is probably the biggest job he will ever get. He is a Serie A & an Europa champion so not that bad.

 
Gol15 said:
Lost Copa Italia and Supercup, couldn't pass Lyon in the knockouts. His tactics don't work. Rumors are that Pochettino is the new Juventus manager.
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He did win the league. 

Like at Chelsea, would have loved to have seen what Sarri could have done in his second and third season. He improved Napoli every year. Even after they lost their best player to Juventus. 

But managers don't get time anymore, even if they win trophies! Sarri is a "project" manager and unfortunately Chelsea and Juventus are not right for that. 

No idea where he goes next. I'd like to see him at a club like Betis, Sevilla or Valencia where the expectations are lower but he could really create something. 

 
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Never thought he was a good fit for Juventus, and they played ordinary football this season.

Who takes over?

  • Pochettino
  • Inzaghi
  • Pirlo
  • Conte, if he leaves Inter and falls out with the owners.
 
bisright1 said:
He did win the league. 

Like at Chelsea, would have loved to have seen what Sarri could have done in his second and third season. 

But managers don't get time anymore, even if they win trophies! 
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I for one wasnt excited by his management at all.. i was not happy that he jumped ship when he did either.. but this one is a little harsh.. and complacency by Juve. I think they will pay for this decision. they already have a pensioner's squad which they will struggle to move on. Add on a new manager will require more funds.. 

i actually think this is a fool hardy approach by Juve.. and this will bite them back.. Inter will take the league.. UCL is always a lottery. 

 
Jangz said:
I for one wasnt excited by his management at all.. i was not happy that he jumped ship when he did either.. but this one is a little harsh.. and complacency by Juve. I think they will pay for this decision. they already have a pensioner's squad which they will struggle to move on. Add on a new manager will require more funds.. 

i actually think this is a fool hardy approach by Juve.. and this will bite them back.. Inter will take the league.. UCL is always a lottery. 
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I always felt like I could see something in sarri that others weren't prepared to see. That his "lack of a plan b" was deliberate. It was all about embedding plan a in the squad. I also believe it worked because our team are infinitely more comfortable on the ball this season than if Sarri hadn't been around last year. 

He jumped ship because he could imo. We didn't want to keep him and he knew that. When your fans are singing for you to f**k off then why stay? I doubt juve sign him if we backed him. 

In my edited post, he needs to go to a challenging Spanish club and be given time. Like at Napoli he has the ability to create something special. 

 
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