Napoli play brilliant football to the eye but Sarri is not a brilliant manager in my opinion, unless he had choices which went unfulfilled by the club in which case we haven't seen the best of him.

 

 

He lacks a rotation policy which you just can't be inexperienced with in England. You think Jose and his small squads were nervy?

 

 

Sarri will play his best striker against Juventus, then 2 days later again in small cup game against nobody, and then a few days later again in a European tie - that he plans to throw anyway, since he doesn't believe his squad & philosophy can compete for multiple titles.

 

His striker ends up injured or tired, and instead of bringing out his back up striker for a few games (like a Giroud), he moves Insigne into Mertens' position (like moving Hazard into the striker position, but slightly less blasphemous.)

 

Napoli play pretty football - but so do Monaco, Dortmund, Liverpool and others. I hardly think that's enough reason to consider their managers to be good enough for us though; merely for playing attractive football as 2nd-in-the-league while winning 0 trophies. He has Pochettino written all over him - plenty of beautiful traits to gag over, but the main trait you want in a manager - totally missing - that instinct to put winning before style, and even implementing both to a degree.

 

 

Pus, you can't bring Lewis Hamilton in to your Vauxhall Astra and expect to keep up with the McLaren's on the course. If we bring in a guy because we like how he drives, we'll still need to spend millions getting the tyres, engine, breaks etc. that he wants. Our current set up would underperform and simply fail if the expectation was to take players who can hardly pass, to replicating the most attractive style in Europe. And to buy that many new players and change our identity that much, to fit a manager who'd be here no longer than 3 season - it's not something i can see happening. Either we'd entirely change our team and who knows what would happen; or he'd come in and manage who we currently have, and people would call for his head when Drinkwater and Willian aren't performing like Xavi and Ronaldinho.

 

Is Sarri a manager to rebuild under? Does he have the credentials? (Keeping in mind that this brilliant Napoli side was put together by none other than Benitez.) My thought is no.

 

The manager we need, needs to be more in line with the hoof-ball philosophy we've maintained for a long time, so that we can retain somewhat our winning ways while slowly evolving. Sarri is too much evolution all at once, and there's no guarantee that his type of evolution would work over here; the footballing climate may totally suffocate his philosophy.

 

At the end of the day though who gives a sh*t when they won't be here in 3 years, deemed 'not good enough':face_palm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 9, 20188 yr by fiel

The Mail is running with a story about Jokanovic at Fulham, saying the board is impressed with what he has done there and the brand of football. Can't comment on that myself except to say it's the sort of dark horse option we might actually plump for.

1 hour ago, Strider6003 said:

The Mail is running with a story about Jokanovic at Fulham, saying the board is impressed with what he has done there and the brand of football. Can't comment on that myself except to say it's the sort of dark horse option we might actually plump for.

That's an interesting choice.

I didn't see that coming at all.

 

Edited March 9, 20188 yr by Frankie8Lampard

14 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

That's an interesting choice.

I didn't see that coming at all.

 

Quite like the sound of this guy (attacking style of football sounds so f**king good at the moment) but doubters will have their say, no experience etc. But if i were in charge this is the road i would be going down.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5479827/Slavisa-Jokanovic-revealed-surprise-contender-Chelsea-job.html

 

7 minutes ago, Kev56 said:

Quite like the sound of this guy (attacking style of football sounds so f**king good at the moment) but doubters will have their say, no experience etc. But if i were in charge this is the road i would be going down.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5479827/Slavisa-Jokanovic-revealed-surprise-contender-Chelsea-job.html

 

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I wouldn't mind an underdog like him tbh, if Conte does end up leaving. Mostly because a "high status" manager is going to want their demands, and when the board doesn't provide it, we will be back to square one again just like this season and the Mourinho season. 

I wouldn't mind and out of the box choice. Could be a great option potentially.

 

Now time to do some research on him.

http://outsideoftheboot.com/2017/05/13/tactical-philosophy-slavisa-jokanovic/

 

Interesting article on him.

Jokanovic should be on this list. If we can get him I'd be thrilled! If not, why not give Jody Morris a chance. Nothing like having one of our own as 1st team coach. This club needs a massive change in philosophy. We can no longer out spend our rivals, so lets win it all with our youth!

Slightly tongue in cheek but John Terry. Might put a bit commitment and backbone into some of the players.

1 minute ago, Andy North said:

Slightly tongue in cheek but John Terry. Might put a bit commitment and backbone into some of the players.

As a coach maybe, not quite ready for management IMO.

1 minute ago, Old Shaggy said:

As a coach maybe, not quite ready for management IMO.

I think you're right and that is why my comment was slightly tongue in cheek.

Make him the youth team coach or put him in a Steve Clark role as Antonio's number 2.

Get him back in the club somehow. We need some character. 

Domenico Tedesco, has Schalke over performing this season (currently in 2nd) with similar tactics to Conte.

Edited March 16, 20188 yr by the special one

1 minute ago, Andy North said:

I think you're right and that is why my comment was slightly tongue in cheek.

Make him the youth team coach or put him in a Steve Clark role as Antonio's number 2.

Get him back in the club somehow. We need some character. 

This I agree with. Get him involved with the youth, and get Jody Morris more involved in the first team squad.

Just now, Old Shaggy said:

This I agree with. Get him involved with the youth, and get Jody Morris more involved in the first team squad.

I like Jody Morris but somehow, long term, I think John has more potential.

The thing is that these days the new foreign managers like to bring their own coaching staff and there's little room for promotion from within. I'm not that against Antonio staying but somehow I think the writing is on the wall and he will go back to Italy.

Maybe if Ancelotti came back and agreed to have JT as his number 2. Maybe even a Jody / JT partnership.

1 hour ago, Andy North said:

Slightly tongue in cheek but John Terry. Might put a bit commitment and backbone into some of the players.

Im not convinced JT is top manager material, i'd love to be wrong but i just don't see it. I would say if any of the old guard will be a top manager, it would be Lamps or Cech. Drogs is 50/50, he would be a good man manager but as a player he operated emotionally and that led to amazing highs with him but also borderline destructive run's of form, as a manager head has to rule heart.

I'd love to see Jody Morris given a chance in the next few years, with Frank and JT involved too, would bring such a buzz back to the club, something that has clearly been missing this year especially. Even if it meant a few transitional years, i'd love for them to be given the chance to change the current identity of club. Id like to think we have finally exhausted the strategy of changing managers every year, not to say it hasn't worked wonders for us, but I feel we are at a real cross roads at the moment and need a change. 

On 09/03/2018 at 14:57, Frankie8Lampard said:

 

I didn't see that coming at all.

 

That’s what she said.

On ?16?/?03?/?2018 at 16:28, Argo said:

Im not convinced JT is top manager material, i'd love to be wrong but i just don't see it. I would say if any of the old guard will be a top manager, it would be Lamps or Cech. Drogs is 50/50, he would be a good man manager but as a player he operated emotionally and that led to amazing highs with him but also borderline destructive run's of form, as a manager head has to rule heart.

I think Lamps is an intelligent guy with a fantastic work ethic but he seems to be more interested in punditry and quiz shows than getting back into football. I think he has the intellect to be a manager but somehow I think JT is a stronger personality with better leadership qualities. Drogba I don't see at all. Far too emotional and wants to be everybody's friend all the time.

I know JT has had a few run ins with the authorities but somehow I see him as the stronger candidate. We all know he wasn't just a hard man. He was/is a very intelligent defender who knew better than anyone where to position himself. Lets not forget he marshalled the premier league's best ever defence over a period of 15 years. 

I could get even more dewy eyed and suggest a JT/Lamps partnership but I think that is too far reached. A premier league team needs one leader at a time.

Whatever happens it would be great if we get the heart and drive of that squad back at the Bridge one day. I miss that.

Watch PSG steal Tuchel from under our noses while we go for another manager with work man like, defensive coaching philosophy. We're in limbo at the moment. A club with no leadership, identity or direction. 

Joe Edwards and Jody Morris must be managers till the end of this season atleast we'll get to see some young players and some attacking football. Must not rush into making some stupid decisions.

 

Agreed on that. No point making any managerial changes now as they don't have time to implement their ideas. If Conte continues to slag off the club and stink out the place then replacing him with somebody within the current setup until the end of the season might be the best.

I reckon cutting the tie with Conte should be the first thing after the Easter long weekend. Even if he manages to win the FA cup, he's still leaving, so why not make a fresh start now? It's not we aren't grateful for what the man has achieved, but is minder is no longer on this job and will only drag the club down further. If we can't handle a Spurs without Kane, we will get ripped part by Liverpool, and get embarrassed by who ever we will play in the FA cup final ( provided we got there). Give the job to the Jody Morris if we haven't got the next manager worked out, at least the move will get fans interested in watching the team play. Right now, we all knew what's coming in a Chelsea game,  we are't confident in beating anyone, large part due to the manager doesn't trust the players he got.

13 hours ago, Total-Football said:

Agreed on that. No point making any managerial changes now as they don't have time to implement their ideas. If Conte continues to slag off the club and stink out the place then replacing him with somebody within the current setup until the end of the season might be the best.

Should have done it after the Bournemouth game, the season could still have been savaged. Now it’s a case of reducing the payout the longer he stays here. I still feel things will get worse before the season ends.

Interesting piece from Matt Law in today's Tele

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/04/18/chelsea-consider-new-style-manager-antonio-contes-replacement/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

We may perhaps look at someone younger without a proven record to take the project forward. I'd add Segio Conceicao from Porto to the list. Apart from the loss to Liverpool in the CL. He is having a top year.

All these fancy foreign names, I heard a whisper that even Neil Warnock is in the running!