if sarri does come what would the tem look like? particularly defense? he tends to play a 4 3 3 with a high defensive line which of our current cb fits the bill?

27 minutes ago, jadius said:

if sarri does come what would the tem look like? particularly defense? he tends to play a 4 3 3 with a high defensive line which of our current cb fits the bill?

Rudiger as a big mobile defender with good aerial strength would get in, Dave at RB, but that's it.

It would surely be:

Azpi  Christensen  Rudiger  Emerson

 

Then midfield consisting of:

 

             Kante

New Midfielder   RLC?

 

The a strike force of

 

Bailey?    Morata/Bats   Hazard

 

What do we reckon to this?

 

 

Seems a lot of money and fuss over someone who is nearly 60 years old and never won anything in his career.

If quite excited to see if he can get us playing like his napoli side. We have been an up and down team for 6 years now, so I think a change in direction will be refreshing. 

If he does come, then surely the key signing will be a central midfield playmaker. I'd love jorginho to come with him, but I can't see us being able to attract him. 

I think sarri could work with players we already have on the books to implement his tactics. 

A ball playing centre back, and another winger, preferably a left footer, would be ideal, but not necessarily vital, as long as we give him a couple of seasons to overhaul the playing style.

 

6 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Seems a lot of money and fuss over someone who is nearly 60 years old and never won anything in his career.

Have you seen Napoli play? In particular against City...

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Seems a lot of money and fuss over someone who is nearly 60 years old and never won anything in his career.

Managers can't seem to win.

They overachieve at clubs with small budgets it's "show us your medals" yet if they win with a giant it doesn't count because "anyone could do it". 

Under Sarri, our starting eleven could look a bit like this. (433)

Courtois, Willy & Eduardo should be relatively unchanged.

Azpilicueta could fill in the role of Hysaj who is predominately the most defensive fullback in the Napoli side.

Christensen could take on the more defensive minded calm role that Albiol does and Rudiger whilst not on the same level as Koulibaly, has the physical assets to match. Koulibaly was relatively poor before Sarri came to Naples.

Emerson would be our Ghoulam. (Alonso would become our second choice left back or even perhaps sold if Sarri came in due to his physical deficiencies and lack of awareness on the ball.

Kante would be an much improved version of Allan, the ball winner with a decent passing range.

Fabregas (whilst I think is past it) could become a new player under Sarri in the same role as Jorginho. Whilst he's not as athletic as Jorginho, he's superior on the ball in my opinion.

This is where we may need to dip into the transfer kitty as neither Bakayoko or Drinkwater are anywhere near the level of Marek Hamsik and even if they were, it's not in their nature to play the role that he does. Can Ruben fill that role? We can only see.

Insigne, Mertens & Callejon are all GOOD but not GREAT players. The common denominator that has turned them into goalscoring machines is Sarri. Mertens alone has scored 45 goals in 70 appearances in the last two seasons compared to 17 in 97 before that.

Imagine what he can do with the likes of Hazard, Willian, Morata(?), Martial/Bailey (if they come) who are all vastly superior players.

Edited May 4, 20188 yr by JMaher94

hey guys,

I think we can agree that the Jorginho position is the most vital part of Sarri's team. I would love it if Sarri brought him along with him, but in case he didn't who do you guys think would be an ideal player for that position.

Since its only speculative lets do a dream signing/ realistic signing 

Mine would be Pjanic or Vidal/ Kovacic or Weigl

Pjanic---> this guy is literally a polished Jorginho but a long shot considering how vital he is for Juventus 

Vidal---> his work rate, leadership, and merely his presence in midfield next to Kante makes me salivate, but I'm unsure if he is cut out for the Jorginho role (with Goretzka coming in the summer, Vidal may be available and picking him up for 40M or so would guarantee at least 3 years of midfield domination)

Kovacic---> I think this guy is someone that Sarri can mould into that role, and if Courtois goes to Madrid it would give us a good chance of picking up a 2nd string midfielder that will not likely see regular first team football for at least 2-3 years.

Weigl---> This guy is a younger version of Jorginho with all the attributes, and from what I can remember I think he played a similar role under Tuchel and he excelled immensely. With so many midfield choices for other teams to go after I think we maybe able to get Weigl without much of a bidding war if we go in for him early and include a loan deal for Michy.

 

Well those are my thoughts, what do u guys think???

 

Sources in Italy claim Maurizio Sarri’s representative, Alessandro Pellegrini, has met intermediaries acting on behalf of Chelsea to discuss the possibility of a move, and the Napoli manager has instructed his backroom staff to start learning English (Standard)

Roman Abramovich believes Maurizio Sarri would improve #Chelsea’s playing style significantly and has made him his top managerial target. [Gazzetta dello Sport]

11 hours ago, JMaher94 said:

Under Sarri, our starting eleven could look a bit like this. (433)

Courtois, Willy & Eduardo should be relatively unchanged.

Azpilicueta could fill in the role of Hysaj who is predominately the most defensive fullback in the Napoli side.

Christensen could take on the more defensive minded calm role that Albiol does and Rudiger whilst not on the same level as Koulibaly, has the physical assets to match. Koulibaly was relatively poor before Sarri came to Naples.

Emerson would be our Ghoulam. (Alonso would become our second choice left back or even perhaps sold if Sarri came in due to his physical deficiencies and lack of awareness on the ball.

Kante would be an much improved version of Allan, the ball winner with a decent passing range.

Fabregas (whilst I think is past it) could become a new player under Sarri in the same role as Jorginho. Whilst he's not as athletic as Jorginho, he's superior on the ball in my opinion.

This is where we may need to dip into the transfer kitty as neither Bakayoko or Drinkwater are anywhere near the level of Marek Hamsik and even if they were, it's not in their nature to play the role that he does. Can Ruben fill that role? We can only see.

Insigne, Mertens & Callejon are all GOOD but not GREAT players. The common denominator that has turned them into goalscoring machines is Sarri. Mertens alone has scored 45 goals in 70 appearances in the last two seasons compared to 17 in 97 before that.

Imagine what he can do with the likes of Hazard, Willian, Morata(?), Martial/Bailey (if they come) who are all vastly superior players.

Feel you've basically nailed this

I'd like to see RLC in the role Hamsik currently plays for Napoli, I feel he'd eventually thrive in that position, Barkley would be decent backup

We really wouldn't need a complete overhaul to our side. I'd be mainly looking for a deep lying playmaker and another attacker, also if Koulibaly becomes available then I feel we'd need to take a serious look at him

One of the thing that excites me most about Sarri is the effect he could have on Hazard. While Hazard has been exceptional for us since he joined every Chelsea fan feels he could do more, Sarri could be that manager that helps elevate him to being one of the best attackers in the world

I think a lot of people may not have watched enough of Napoli to know how his teams play and perform so I decided to post some videos up for anybody to view. 

 

On the idea of our players being incapable of adapting to his methods and that they need too much time to be implemented, we can look at how he transformed Napoli to see that is not true. Before he became their manager, Napoli had Benitez as their boss. They were not that good the season before and came 5th in the league. The season Sarri took over they came 2nd and much improved in all aspects. Since then their points have increased every season and they have changed from the pragmatic defensive style of Benitez to the attacking positional play of Sarri without any dip in league position. Their players are not better then our players individually by the way, they just have a very good collective.

Season before he took over:

6. Napoli P:38 W:18 D:9 L:11 GF:70 GA:54 GD:+16 Pts:68

His three seasons so far:

2015/16

2. Napoli P:38 W:25 D:7 L:6 GF:80 GA:32 GD:+48 Pts:82

2016/17

3. Napoli P:38 W:26 D:8 L:4 GF:94 GA:39 GD:+55 Pts:86

2017/18

2. Napoli P:35 W:26 D:6 L:3 GF:71 GA:26 GD:+45 Pts:84

 

 

Here is a highlights video of their team play last season:

 

 

 

As highlights can often be misleading, here are three of their games from earlier on in the season, in case you have the time to watch the full 90 minutes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is also this really cool to watch video. Its a training session led by Sarri with the back four. I think it shows a bit of the meticulous nature of Sarri and how well drilled he makes his sides:

 

Sarri would be my choice if Conte goes.

i'm pretty sure that napoli had, this season anyway, one of the best defences. there seems to be this misconception with areas of our fanbase that just because he's a more attacking manager, means he neglects defence. you can concede goals being too defensive, but then you don't create enough. as they say, if you don't score, you don't win. there are more than one way to win a football match, but i personally feel the way we've played these last few years under mourinho and conte can only work for so long.

how many times have we watched games and we've looked shaky and on the verge of conceding or have conceded goals after taking the lead? i have been stressed out watching us many times the last few years because we play on the edge so much. if i knew we were going out to kill off games and go for the jugular from the off, i would be so much more confident, especially with some of the talent we've had and got at our disposal. would absolutely love to see what hazard can do under a coach like sarri considering he's only ever been coached by conte and mourinho. if he stays that is. 

Edited May 4, 20188 yr by enigma

Lots of rumours about Sarri today, saying that he’s now the number one choice instead of Enrique. 

Must admit, I don’t know anything the guy. Part of me thinks he will be a better choice than Enqriue who I have my doubts about. I’m dubious of ex Barca managers. 

I’m quite happyto trust the club, they normally don’t get managerial appointments wrong. 

Questions for people that know more of him:

1. He hasn’t won any trophies, is he the same as Klopp and Poch? Beautiful football but lacking that killer instinct?

2. He’s 60, where’s he been? 

3. What’s he like working on a tight budget? Can he make the most use of players?

On 03/05/2018 at 14:22, DukesOfHazard said:

Have you seen Napoli play? In particular against City...

No I have not seen his team play. Don't really get the chance to catch many of our games nevermind other teams. 

Normally juve, inter or ac tend to snap up the best of seria a unless sides with more money beat them too it. Has he managed any of them before?

23 hours ago, Argo said:

Managers can't seem to win.

They overachieve at clubs with small budgets it's "show us your medals" yet if they win with a giant it doesn't count because "anyone could do it". 

True previous success can mean zip all. Avram grant nearly won a cl. Robbie did.

60 seems a big step for a new league, new culture, new career move for him. Maybe he has the energy and mentality to pull it off though.

11 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

No I have not seen his team play. Don't really get the chance to catch many of our games nevermind other teams. 

Normally juve, inter or ac tend to snap up the best of seria a unless sides with more money beat them too it. Has he managed any of them before?

True previous success can mean zip all. Avram grant nearly won a cl. Robbie did.

60 seems a big step for a new league, new culture, new career move for him. Maybe he has the energy and mentality to pull it off though.

 Not really a new culture for him, he lived and worked in London previously.

De Laurentiis on Sarri -

What I do believe is that at the start of the season we had to begin training early because we were in the Champions League preliminary round and we just ran out of fuel.

“It’s inevitable, unless of course you use all the players that you have in the squad…

“See, we could’ve had a breather at certain moments of the season, to better prepare the sprint finish. But if we always use the same players…

“Basically, if we hadn’t had injuries like the one to Faouzi Ghoulam, we’d never have discovered Mario Rui who, apart from the catastrophic errors against Roma, has been very good. But if you always use the same players…”

 

 

 

15 hours ago, JM7 said:

Lots of rumours about Sarri today, saying that he’s now the number one choice instead of Enrique. 

Must admit, I don’t know anything the guy. Part of me thinks he will be a better choice than Enqriue who I have my doubts about. I’m dubious of ex Barca managers. 

I’m quite happyto trust the club, they normally don’t get managerial appointments wrong. 

Questions for people that know more of him:

1. He hasn’t won any trophies, is he the same as Klopp and Poch? Beautiful football but lacking that killer instinct?

2. He’s 60, where’s he been? 

3. What’s he like working on a tight budget? Can he make the most use of players?

1. He hasn’t won any trophies, is he the same as Klopp and Poch? Beautiful football but lacking that killer instinct?

He's never really managed a top club that was expected to win trophies. Napoli is by far his biggest job and he took a team that had finished 5th under Benitez and turned them into challengers playing high energy, slick attacking football

2. He’s 60, where’s he been? 

He's managed in Italy's lower divisions for a while, he took over Empoli in the Italian 2nd division after they had finished 18th, within 2 seasons he had them promoted to Serie A while again playing great attacking football. 

3. What’s he like working on a tight budget? Can he make the most use of players?

This season Napoli only spent around 20 million on new players while Juventus spent around 150 million Euros and AC Milan spent around 188 million Euros. He converted Dries Mertens into a false 9 and in the last two seasons he scored 55 goals in 92 games, Insigne went from being a good player with potential to one of the most feared attackers in Italy under Sarri and has scored 47 goals in the last 3 years. The likes of Ghoulam, Koulibaly and Jorginho have all grown into top players under him

At Empoli Sarri played a 4-3-1-2 formation and changed to a 4-3-3 false 9 formation at Napoli so he's shown he can be flexible when needed

 

 

could be one step closer now, as it seems ancelotti has apparently reached an agreement with napoli for 2 years contract, plus an extension to 3 years. seems to be coming from a reliable source too. 

Edited May 5, 20188 yr by enigma

1 hour ago, enigma said:

could be one step closer now, as it seems ancelotti has apparently reached an agreement with napoli for 2 years contract, plus an extension to 3 years. seems to be coming from a reliable source too. 

Link? 

1 hour ago, enigma said:

could be one step closer now, as it seems ancelotti has apparently reached an agreement with napoli for 2 years contract, plus an extension to 3 years. seems to be coming from a reliable source too. 

Yea just saw the news: I think this is how its going to turn out: Ancelloti-->Napoli Sarri-->Chelsea Conte-->Juventus Allegri-->Arsenal (this is just my opinion; nowhere in the article does it say any of this except for the Ancelloti part)

https://www.101greatgoals.com/news/sarri-to-chelsea-ancelotti-reaches-napoli-deal/

That's the link but its actually reported by an Italian outlet called Oracolorn

I personally don't know anything about the reliability of the source but in article that I linked they say that Oracolorn reported a "few very important news pieces" accurately in the last 6 months.

Make what you will of it, but I'm excited to see this "Movement of the Italians"  

2 hours ago, VAVI said:

Yea just saw the news: I think this is how its going to turn out: Ancelloti-->Napoli Sarri-->Chelsea Conte-->Juventus Allegri-->Arsenal (this is just my opinion; nowhere in the article does it say any of this except for the Ancelloti part)

https://www.101greatgoals.com/news/sarri-to-chelsea-ancelotti-reaches-napoli-deal/

That's the link but its actually reported by an Italian outlet called Oracolorn

I personally don't know anything about the reliability of the source but in article that I linked they say that Oracolorn reported a "few very important news pieces" accurately in the last 6 months.

Make what you will of it, but I'm excited to see this "Movement of the Italians"  

they're supposedly a relatively new news company in italy, but they're pretty accurate with their news. we will see. 

I've got a good feeling about Sarri, don't see us winning the league under him yet might do well in the cups.

They way he has taken a long time to reach the top for me indicates determination and tenacity and I would certainly prefer him to any others we have been linked with to-date. 

According to reports Sarri is annoyed by the comments from De Laurentiis and their relationship is falling apart