Maurizio Sarri (96 Viewers)
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How do you like the idea of using Ramsey instead of Matuidi. I expected Bentancur to switch sides with Ramsey. This is lineup isnt bad at all.
Tek
Cuads-Demiral-Bonucci-Alex Sandro
Bentancur-Pjanic-Ramsey
Costa-Dybala-Ronaldo
Rabiot could come as sub for Ramsey and Higuain when one of the front trio isnt having a good game.
Tek
Cuads-Demiral-Bonucci-Alex Sandro
Bentancur-Pjanic-Ramsey
Costa-Dybala-Ronaldo
Rabiot could come as sub for Ramsey and Higuain when one of the front trio isnt having a good game.
if no signings in january, i think Sarri should go for the 3-5-2. both to solidfy the defense and tighten midfield
demiral/Can-Bonucci-De Light/Chiellini
Cuadrado-Bentancur-Pjanic-Ramsey-Sando
Ronaldo-Dybala/higgy
you guys know i'm right and this is the best formation to take advantage of all the players, and give balance to team. 100% serious
demiral/Can-Bonucci-De Light/Chiellini
Cuadrado-Bentancur-Pjanic-Ramsey-Sando
Ronaldo-Dybala/higgy
you guys know i'm right and this is the best formation to take advantage of all the players, and give balance to team. 100% serious
At the beginning of the season Sarri complained about the lack of symmetry in the squad. That was more than just a tiny irrelevant remark. It actually said a lot about his system.
What does the symmetry mean? It means that your team essentially consists of two mirrored vertical parts. It gives you the possibility to throw waves of identical attacks from both flanks and the monolithic center at the opponents to make them dizzy and nervous. Also, it makes much easier the synchronized movement of all the lines back and forth, which, combined with quick automated passing, can give you a system that might be difficult to deal with from the opponents' perspective.
That's what it looks like in theory. In practice though the symmetrical team means that it's pretty easy to neutralize, because the symmetry is usually obvious and predictable. The symmetry essentially excludes tactical flexibility by design. You're either symmetrical or tactically flexible. For example, in the symmetrical system it doesn't really matter if your wingers swap the flanks or not, it won't change anything.
And, on the contrary, the more asymmetrical team you have, the more flexibility you have on the pitch. It can be even calculated mathematically (just draw the graph of all the unique links you can build if your team is 100% asymmetrical). But such flexibility requires a lot of intellectual efforts from both the manager and the players. Juventus had the master of flexibility at helm before he was replaced by Sarri. But I don't want to restart that old discussion, so I'll leave this post unfinished.
What does the symmetry mean? It means that your team essentially consists of two mirrored vertical parts. It gives you the possibility to throw waves of identical attacks from both flanks and the monolithic center at the opponents to make them dizzy and nervous. Also, it makes much easier the synchronized movement of all the lines back and forth, which, combined with quick automated passing, can give you a system that might be difficult to deal with from the opponents' perspective.
That's what it looks like in theory. In practice though the symmetrical team means that it's pretty easy to neutralize, because the symmetry is usually obvious and predictable. The symmetry essentially excludes tactical flexibility by design. You're either symmetrical or tactically flexible. For example, in the symmetrical system it doesn't really matter if your wingers swap the flanks or not, it won't change anything.
And, on the contrary, the more asymmetrical team you have, the more flexibility you have on the pitch. It can be even calculated mathematically (just draw the graph of all the unique links you can build if your team is 100% asymmetrical). But such flexibility requires a lot of intellectual efforts from both the manager and the players. Juventus had the master of flexibility at helm before he was replaced by Sarri. But I don't want to restart that old discussion, so I'll leave this post unfinished.
After the lacklustre displays against Ajax, and the piss-poor last half dozen matches in the league (scudetto wrapped up already, so hard to motivate, but still not the greatest excuse), I was fine with moving on from Allegri, with some fresh new motivations and ideas. Allegri also seemed to be in need of the same, a little burnt out and constantly bickering and sparring with the press. I would have been fine having him remain at the helm too, if our management reinforced and rejuvenated the team with his input, especially in the midfield, but that didn’t seem the case so it was best for all parties to amicably diverge.
However, the expectation was that we would replace him with someone of similar pedigree, or a young and up and comer with some fresh ideas and drive. We did neither, instead replacing him with an old, stubborn mule with zero pedigree. Sarri’s unexpected pragmatism and motivation of a few underperforming players like Dybala and Bonucci is a positive, and the results in league and CL group stage have been good, but Lazio just shone a bright shining light on this team’s weaknesses, and Sarri’s tactical weaknesses, and he did zilch to address that over the two matches, 3 weeks apart.
So I’d agree, leaning to the latter, that it was time for a change, and we’ve just hired the wrong manager.
However, I hope I’m wrong and he turns things around. Our tactics aren’t providing any support at all for our world class attackers, far worse than anything but the last couple months of last season under Max, and that needs to be addressed.
I hope we don’t sack him mid-season, because I can’t stand clubs that pull that shit unless in completely dire circumstances, but if we don’t improve and we end up failing in both the league and CL he should be gone in the summer.
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After the lacklustre displays against Ajax, and the piss-poor last half dozen matches in the league (scudetto wrapped up already, so hard to motivate, but still not the greatest excuse), I was fine with moving on from Allegri, with some fresh new motivations and ideas. Allegri also seemed to be in need of the same, a little burnt out and constantly bickering and sparring with the press. I would have been fine having him remain at the helm too, if our management reinforced and rejuvenated the team with his input, especially in the midfield, but that didn’t seem the case so it was best for all parties to amicably diverge.
However, the expectation was that we would replace him with someone of similar pedigree, or a young and up and comer with some fresh ideas and drive. We did neither, instead replacing him with an old, stubborn mule with zero pedigree. Sarri’s unexpected pragmatism and motivation of a few underperforming players like Dybala and Bonucci is a positive, and the results in league and CL group stage have been good, but Lazio just shone a bright shining light on this team’s weaknesses, and Sarri’s tactical weaknesses, and he did zilch to address that over the two matches, 3 weeks apart.
So I’d agree, leaning to the latter, that it was time for a change, and we’ve just hired the wrong manager.
However, I hope I’m wrong and he turns things around. Our tactics aren’t providing any support at all for our world class attackers, far worse than anything but the last couple months of last season under Max, and that needs to be addressed.
I hope we don’t sack him mid-season, because I can’t stand clubs that pull that shit unless in completely dire circumstances, but if we don’t improve and we end up failing in both the league and CL he should be gone in the summer.
3-4-1-2 is the way to go or 3-4-3. I wont sacrifice front three for the likes of Matuidi, Can, or Rabiot.
If we play with 3 at the back. We could easily deploy Berna at LWB when Sandro is strugling to get forward or when we’re chasing the result.
Woj
Demiral-Bonucci-MDL
Cuadrado-Pjanic-Bentancur-Alex Sandro
Dybala
Higuain-Ronaldo
If we play with 3 at the back. We could easily deploy Berna at LWB when Sandro is strugling to get forward or when we’re chasing the result.
Woj
Demiral-Bonucci-MDL
Cuadrado-Pjanic-Bentancur-Alex Sandro
Dybala
Higuain-Ronaldo
