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lgorTudor

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The discourse pertaining Sarri on this forum is more often than not rooted in comparisons with Allegri. And on that notion it's more than reasonable for there to be discourse regarding Allegri who after coaching the club for 5 years has undeniably left a lingering impact on the team and it's fan-base. In fact Allegri's time here is one of the most frequently brought up topics on this discussion board.

Your second paragraph is just disingenuous, though I wouldn't expect more from you. There was no deflection in my post. I addressed your dishonest claim regarding my behavior towards Allegri and related it to your own posting. This comparison being made in order to display the hypocritical nature of the point which you had put forth.

Regarding your point of obsession with Allegri, you really are behaving in a desperate, pathetic and deceptive manner at this point. Since Sarri was appointed in July I've mentioned Allegri 43 times, while you have mentioned Sarri more than 140 times. It is apparent who the obsession lies with. And on your "pretty fucking crazy" point, i'm not going to even dignify such a desperate point with a response.
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Nedved96

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Klopp's Plan A was also good enough to win 2 Bundesliga titles with Dortmund and a Premier League title for Liverpool.....
Klopp became Liverpool manager in November 2015. He inherited a team significantly worse than Juventus was at the time. He spent less money than Juve did from 2015-2019, and yet he’s gone on to win the UCL while playing an good brand of football.

It must blow the mind of certain members here. I thought it wasn’t possible to win the UCL unless you have the most resources and play defensively.
 

Quetzalcoatl

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What would an Atalanta-Atletico game be like?

Atletico would probably triumph in that one, but I wonder what kind of approach Atalanta would take. They surely can't be as open as they usually are.
 

zizinho

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I don’t blame Max for Cancelo’s mistake. I blame him for the fact that Ajax passed the ball around us effortlessly like we were some pub team and schooled us in every department of football.


Klopp’s Plan A is good enough to win the Champions League and reach multiple other UCL finals with inferior teams. That sounds like a good Plan A to me.
Thats also on the players, not Max. You cant hold the ball on the oppositions half against a hard pressing team like them, with Matuidi, Pjanic, Can, Berna/Benta and no wingers. Especially when you need to chase the result. It worked vs Atleti because they sit back no matter what, and we had the GOAT converting the few chances we had. Our teams midfield and wide areas were simply not built for matching Ajax at their craft. All our mids in that game sit back and press ocasionally, none of them attacks the box with or without the ball. Thazs wjy we were fortunate enough to score 1st both games, but blew leads thanks to being forced to play not up to it reserves in MDS and Rugani
 

lgorTudor

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Jan 15, 2015
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What would an Atalanta-Atletico game be like?

Atletico would probably triumph in that one, but I wonder what kind of approach Atalanta would take. They surely can't be as open as they usually are.
IMO that's exactly what would happen. Teams like Atalanta can't just turn down their playfulness or they perish because being measured is not how they got their upsets

But thanks to Chinese we will never find out
 

zizinho

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Klopp became Liverpool manager in November 2015. He inherited a team significantly worse than Juventus was at the time. He spent less money than Juve did from 2015-2019, and yet he’s gone on to win the UCL while playing an good brand of football.

It must blow the mind of certain members here. I thought it wasn’t possible to win the UCL unless you have the most resources and play defensively.
Klopp spent 'less' because he had the luxury of selling Coutinho for 160M, and get bargains on Firmino, Mane and Salah. This is still a team full of top class players, how much they cost is less relevant
 

zizinho

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Do you believe in parallel universes? Sounds like you do. :D Anyways, I disagree that we showed up for Ajax games, we didnt play near to our potential there.
We didnt have near our starting XI either. DC, Cuads, Chiellini, Mandzukic all didnt play 2nd game. You want us to play to our potential with a MDS-Berna right side, and Rugani behind them? With just Chiellini and Mandzu we probably advance, even if they dont fix the most necessary issue at the time which was the midfield
 

JCK

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Thats also on the players, not Max. You cant hold the ball on the oppositions half against a hard pressing team like them, with Matuidi, Pjanic, Can, Berna/Benta and no wingers. Especially when you need to chase the result. It worked vs Atleti because they sit back no matter what, and we had the GOAT converting the few chances we had. Our teams midfield and wide areas were simply not built for matching Ajax at their craft. All our mids in that game sit back and press ocasionally, none of them attacks the box with or without the ball. Thazs wjy we were fortunate enough to score 1st both games, but blew leads thanks to being forced to play not up to it reserves in MDS and Rugani
It's only on the players when Sarri fails. For Allegri's teams it's 100% on Allegri.
 
Jun 6, 2015
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The discourse pertaining Sarri on this forum is more often than not rooted in comparisons with Allegri. And on that notion it's more than reasonable for there to be discourse regarding Allegri who after coaching the club for 5 years has undeniably left a lingering impact on the team and it's fan-base. In fact Allegri's time here is one of the most frequently brought up topics on this discussion board.

Your second paragraph is just disingenuous, though I wouldn't expect more from you. There was no deflection in my post. I addressed your dishonest claim regarding my behavior towards Allegri and related it to your own posting. This comparison being made in order to display the hypocritical nature of the point which you had put forth.

Regarding your point of obsession with Allegri, you really are behaving in a desperate, pathetic and deceptive manner at this point. Since Sarri was appointed in July I've mentioned Allegri 43 times, while you have mentioned Sarri more than 140 times. It is apparent who the obsession lies with. And on your "pretty fucking crazy" point, i'm not going to even dignify such a desperate point with a response.
We all create our own realities, but what I would suggest is for you to try and detach yourself from that reality and to see how other people view you. It's not always a pretty picture and perhaps there could be a reason for that.

There hasn't been anything dishonest in my claims about your behavior towards Allegri. Those claims are quite broadly accepted on this forum, they are not my inventions. I again don't see much else in your post than a constant need to deflect. I guess that is the nature of you.
 

Nedved96

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Sep 1, 2017
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Thats also on the players, not Max. You cant hold the ball on the oppositions half against a hard pressing team like them, with Matuidi, Pjanic, Can, Berna/Benta and no wingers. Especially when you need to chase the result. It worked vs Atleti because they sit back no matter what, and we had the GOAT converting the few chances we had. Our teams midfield and wide areas were simply not built for matching Ajax at their craft. All our mids in that game sit back and press ocasionally, none of them attacks the box with or without the ball. Thazs wjy we were fortunate enough to score 1st both games, but blew leads thanks to being forced to play not up to it reserves in MDS and Rugani
This would be a valid argument if Ajax was a team of star players.

Lasse Schone was in their starting midfield, a player who is plays for Genoa and can’t even get in Denmark’s XI.
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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Klopp became Liverpool manager in November 2015. He inherited a team significantly worse than Juventus was at the time. He spent less money than Juve did from 2015-2019, and yet he’s gone on to win the UCL while playing an good brand of football.

It must blow the mind of certain members here. I thought it wasn’t possible to win the UCL unless you have the most resources and play defensively.
Lol. You would have cried like a bitch, as always, if we won a CL final against Spurs with the tactics Klopp ripped off Allegri. Dude gave them ~65% possession and the majority of half chances, but set up a solid defensive line and countered, just like with our matches when we knocked them out. And same as us Pool also had the best few chances and were clinical with them.

If only we had faced Spurs in one of our CL finals lol.

Anyways, I like both Klopp and Allegri. Both immensely successful coaches who have shown lots of adaptability. Unlike the chainsmoking clown.
 

Nedved96

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Sep 1, 2017
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Klopp spent 'less' because he had the luxury of selling Coutinho for 160M, and get bargains on Firmino, Mane and Salah. This is still a team full of top class players, how much they cost is less relevant
These players look world class because of Klopp, a lot of them aren’t actually anything special, especially the midfielders.

I remember the days when Kagawa, Gotze, Perisic, Kuba, and Großkreutz were supposedly top class players.

Remember when Coutinho was considered world class?

What is the common denominator between all these players? Klopp.
 

JuveJay

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These players look world class because of Klopp, a lot of them aren’t actually anything special, especially the midfielders.

I remember the days when Kagawa, Gotze, Perisic, Kuba, and Großkreutz were supposedly top class players.

Remember when Coutinho was considered world class?

What is the common denominator between all these players? Klopp.
Players will look good in a system that suits them. Attacking players will always look good under Klopp or even just at Dortmund, because that's what they play - fast, back-to-front football built on skill and speed.

Teams who dominate midfield possession with technique, with tiki-taka and all it's derivatives, such as Barcelona, Man City, Sarri's Napoli, the best players in those teams are the midfielders or the attacker who links to midfield.

Teams who set up to play defensively strong, the defenders and DM players stand out. We managed to convince people that Bonucci was a world class defender playing under Conte and Allegri.

You can't get a zebra to win the Grand National.

BTW, when did anyone ever think Großkreutz was top class? Even his mother didn't think that.

But sure, some coaches definitely get more out of players, they get them to buy into the methodology, and Klopp is definitely one of the better ones at that. He's a coach players want to play for because his football is fun. Conte is similar in a way but seems to work better getting more limited players to play to a higher level, or at least for a season or two.
 
Jun 6, 2015
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These players look world class because of Klopp, a lot of them aren’t actually anything special, especially the midfielders.

I remember the days when Kagawa, Gotze, Perisic, Kuba, and Großkreutz were supposedly top class players.

Remember when Coutinho was considered world class?

What is the common denominator between all these players? Klopp.
If you would actually remember this you'd know that Perisic was nothing more than a rotational player for Klopp.
 

zizinho

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Apr 14, 2013
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This would be a valid argument if Ajax was a team of star players.

Lasse Schone was in their starting midfield, a player who is plays for Genoa and can’t even get in Denmark’s XI.
And Daniele Rugani and Mattia De Sciglio were in ours. It goes both ways. They sold a CM and CB for 150M+, they obviously had quality

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These players look world class because of Klopp, a lot of them aren’t actually anything special, especially the midfielders.

I remember the days when Kagawa, Gotze, Perisic, Kuba, and Großkreutz were supposedly top class players.

Remember when Coutinho was considered world class?

What is the common denominator between all these players? Klopp.
Midfield is their weakest area, but they are all the type that fit their style and isnt key for the kind of football they run.

Kagawa went to ManU and failed like many others, ADM, Falcao, PP, Matic.... they were all much better in previous clubs. Kuba and Grosskreutz were never considered top class, Kuba was a quality winger for years in Germany its just that people noticed him more when Dortmund were good. Grosskreutz was nothing more than a workhorse. Gotze was a top talent, he got himself ruined by injuries and Pep using him all over the place from CM to CF. Young players like him need consistency and Pep never gave him that. There is a difference in a team like Dortmund having run the game through you and playing the versatile depth guy role in a Bayern. He should have went to a team that lacked playmaking in the final 3rd like us, not one that had abundance of it and then struggled to fit more in. Same applies to Coutinho, barca will never play through him when they have messi, but he showed his worth at the WC
 
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