Maurizio Sarri (80 Viewers)

[CrimsonianKing]

This Inter still has a lot to prove before we can consider them better than Sarri's Napoli, a team that got over 90 points. Roma at their best weren't bad either during their better seasons.

None of them had the best defense in the league and in Italy that matters. Conte doesn't need a flashy team scoring 3,4 goals per match to win the league, he can do it just by not conceding goals and getting his players into the right mentality to not fuck up like Napoli did two seasons in a row. That's why I find it to be a stronger team, not by individual quality but because of Conte himself.

 

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[dolph]

Of course I’m happy with the result so I’m not complaining BUT Leverkusen was a mediocre adversary. They offered no danger, they constantly lost the ball and looked extremely shaky at the back. I’m actually glad we still haven’t faced any of the big boys in the CL cause we’re not gelled enough yet. As expected we’re improving, slowly but surely and so far Sarri is delivering.

We already played Atletico away, which is one of the most difficult fixtures in Europe, and we looked like the better.

Inter are going to be though. They are playing at home and have a lot of entusiasm. I am especially worried about setpieces with Godín and co. I still think we look shacky when defending them.
Still dont believe in Inter as a challenger in the long term. They will have their yearly mental breakdown come January.

 

[Signora Omicidi]

And I think our own problem in the way of winning another league isn't an strong opposition.
It's all about motivation since 2015 ,it depends on how much we want it.if We have enough hunger , we will win it.

 

[il brutto]

None of them had the best defense in the league and in Italy that matters. Conte doesn't need a flashy team scoring 3,4 goals per match to win the league, he can do it just by not conceding goals and getting his players into the right mentality to not fuck up like Napoli did two seasons in a row. That's why I find it to be a stronger team, not by individual quality but because of Conte himself.

We'll see, but I just think it's a bit early to make such conclusion after only six rounds. Napoli were good for three seasons.

 

[Post Ironic]

Disagree. It's the first time in a LONG ass time another team has the best the defence in the league. Winning it every year has spoiled us and you're just proving it. We finally have an adversary that can actually defend and we know how capable Conte can be domestically. It'll NOT be a walk in the park and Sarri will deserve credit if he can find a way around Conte's system.

Obviously we're still expected to win it and go as far as we can in the CL. That goes for any coach managing this team and goes without saying really.

I know you're obviously still mad Allegri is gone and we got Sarri as replacement but time to move on. Sarri is what we have now and yes he'll be facing a much harder adversary than Allegri ever did in Serie A. Obviously Allegri proved himself in Europe taking us to two finals, I honestly doubt Sarri can do that but we'll see.

Nah. I am fine with moving on from allegri. Last season was poor and the squad lost motivation.

I’ll make this simple. I don’t give two fucks who the coach is. With the vastly superior squad we have, losing the scudetto to this mediocre Inter because they have two great CBs in Skriniar and Godín would be pathetic. And any coach should be sacked immediately for it.

This squad should cruise to 90+ points without breaking a sweat domestically, win Coppa, and be competitive with the best teams in Europe in CL in the knockouts. Anything less is underachievement.

 

[s4tch]

...It's the first time in a LONG ass time another team has the best the defence in the league. ...

best defense at the end of the season, or best defense after a couple of rounds?

in 13/14, roma was quite something. they looked like a much, much better team to me after 10 rounds than this current inda.

 

[DAiDEViL]

I’m not the biggest Sarri fan nor a hater but I’ll say this if he manages to beat Conte’s Inter he will deserve some credit and the haters should shut up for a while. Imo this Inter is the most difficult Serie A adversary since 11-12 Milan.

Yeah, right.

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@Dru the lowered ambitions are real.

Absolutely. If Max was still here, people would take the scudetto for granted (especially the Sarri boys among them), but now with Sarri in charge it's suddenly a big accomplishment should he make us finish ahead of Inter.

 

[CrimsonianKing]

best defense at the end of the season, or best defense after a couple of rounds?

in 13/14, roma was quite something. they looked like a much, much better team to me after 10 rounds than this current inda.

You're right, that Roma at that point in the season was the better team compared to this year's Inter.

I don't know I guess I just think Conte has this talent of getting a group of average players fight like warriors and really work as a collective force.

A lot of people here don't give him the credit he deserves, he resurrected us from the dead managed to be unbeatable for a whole season with an extremely average squad, scraping 1-0 wins week in week out while building a super solid defensive system. We obviously have the better squad player-by-player but he brings in the motivation they need to get out of the sinking sand they've been in. Are we still motivated after winning so much?

It's obvious I rate Conte quite highly in that aspect.

 

[il brutto]

Absolutely. If Max was still here people would take the scudetto for granted, now with Sarri it's suddenly a big accomplishment should he make us finish ahead of Inter.

Last few years people have told me that we would win Serie A without a coach. We change the coach and suddenly winning it is a huge accomplishment. Talk about double standards.

 

[JuveJay]

Lol I forgot how shit we started 15/16. Imagine that start with Sarri...it would be mental breakdown on here.

 

[il brutto]

Lol I forgot how shit we started 15/16. Imagine that start with Sarri...it would be mental breakdown on here.

It was back then too.

 

[Post Ironic]

You're right, that Roma at that point in the season was the better team compared to this year's Inter.

I don't know I guess I just think Conte has this talent of getting a group of average players fight like warriors and really work as a collective force.

A lot of people here don't give him the credit he deserves, he resurrected us from the dead managed to be unbeatable for a whole season with an extremely average squad, scraping 1-0 wins week in week out while building a super solid defensive system. We obviously have the better squad player-by-player but he brings in the motivation they need to get out of the sinking sand they've been in. Are we still motivated after winning so much?

It's obvious I rate Conte quite highly in that aspect.

It’s the coach’s job to motivate. You and others lambasted Allegri for failing to motivate our players enough last year. It’s one of the reasons I was okay with moving on from him after getting knocked out by Ajax and looking so bad to finish last season.

If Sarri can’t motivate our players to crush Serie A, and go for CL, that’s on him 100% and we should find a coach who can.

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It was back then too.

Most of the forum wanted him fired. And those who didn’t were giving him until Christmas to turn things around.

 

[CrimsonianKing]

Lol I forgot how shit we started 15/16. Imagine that start with Sarri...it would be mental breakdown on here.

Wasn't that the worst start of a season in like 80 years or smtg like that?

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If Sarri can’t motivate our players to crush Serie A, and go for CL, that’s on him 100% and we should find a coach who can.

Can't argue with that

 

[X Æ A-12]

i am very confident we will beat Inter h2h and it will be a significant blow to them.

no denying that conte can turn inter around. he can get them into a side with real consistency in beating lesser teams but h2h Inter should still be no match for us.

yes i am aware they have good CBs we also have Ronaldo and Golzalo

 

[Hust]

Lol I forgot how shit we started 15/16. Imagine that start with Sarri...it would be mental breakdown on here.

i brought that up a couple weeks ago...4 loses and 3 draws or something like that in the first 10 rounds. Was crazy meltdown mode then, it would have been nuclear now if that was happening.

 

[pavluska]

i brought that up a couple weeks ago...4 loses and 3 draws or something like that in the first 10 rounds. Was crazy meltdown mode then, it would have been nuclear now if that was happening.

All the current doomsday prophets wanted Allegri fired back then. Already started knee-jerking in Sept like they're doing now.

When I've time I may quote them one by one. Would make for hilarious reads.

 

[Strickland]

Contes Inter need that Juventus - Bayern moment to fuck them up. Hopefully Barca tonight and Juve in the weekend can provide that.

 

[Lion]

sorry guys. winning scudetto is always an accoomplishment.

consider this: you have a team that has won the title 8 times in a row. motivating a squad is always hard, especially when core of team is intact.

thats why players like de ligt are important. young and hungry for sucesses. players like buffon and chiellini just dont care anymore. we are lucky that khedira and pjanic look motivated too.

 

[Post Ironic]

sorry guys. winning scudetto is always an accoomplishment.

consider this: you have a team that has won the title 8 times in a row. motivating a squad is always hard, especially when core of team is intact.

thats why players like de ligt are important. young and hungry for sucesses. players like buffon and chiellini just dont care anymore. we are lucky that khedira and pjanic look motivated too.

Of course it’s an accomplishment and I think most everyone here will celebrate each scudetto and be super happy to win it.

However, with the team we have, and the strength of other Serie A teams, losing the scudetto is unacceptable.

 

[Lion]

I agree, no one is competition to us with the squad we have + Ronaldo factor

I just hate that the spals and bresicas play like their lives depend on it vs juve, while bending over for others making winning games so hard for us.