Maurizio Sarri (41 Viewers)

[Buck Fuddy]

Let’s not fuck about here. Sarri’s Napoli were good to watch and worked great as a team which we all wanted here. Just certain managers can/can’t handle managing big clubs and their stars.

Speak for yourself.

 

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[zizinho]

What's the point in rewritting history? Napoli played a completely different game before Sarri.

Benitez was distinctly stale at Napoli, came at 5th place with some 20 points less. Sarri coming in moved to 80+, got 2nd place, got 20 more goals out of Higuain in the league, revived Insigne, etc.

"improved slightly" Let's not let the hate for Sarri warp reality.

The season prior Benitez got them to 78pts though, won the coppa and nearly got them out of a CL with Arsenal, Dortmund and Marseille, then lost to Porto in EL. And this was a weaker Napoli too, just later they added guys like Koulibaly, Hysaj, Allan who were integral for sarri for 3 years. Props to sarri for keeping them up top for 3 years but he didn't magically make a shit squad click all of a sudden

 

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Sarri is yet to prove himself as a capable manager of a top club.. If he doesnt win Serie A or UCL he must be sacked..

 

[DAiDEViL]

Let’s not fuck about here. Sarri’s Napoli were good to watch and worked great as a team which we all wanted here.

Pls.

 

[noussa]

Agnelli aware that Pocetthino is available right?

 

[Gigiventus]

The season prior Benitez got them to 78pts though, won the coppa and nearly got them out of a CL with Arsenal, Dortmund and Marseille, then lost to Porto in EL. And this was a weaker Napoli too, just later they added guys like Koulibaly, Hysaj, Allan who were integral for sarri for 3 years. Props to sarri for keeping them up top for 3 years but he didn't magically make a shit squad click all of a sudden

and still failed to qualify them to CL, in both of his seasons.

No one is talking about magic or a shit squad. If you watched Baenitez' Napoli and then watched Sarri's and saw no difference in how they played then it's a matter of blindness. That's the poster that I replied to, that said that Napoli were playing this good football before Sarri and that his style was a myth.

Then also that it was a slight improvement. 5th place to 2nd place is more than slight.

 

[s4tch]

The season prior Benitez got them to 78pts though, won the coppa and nearly got them out of a CL with Arsenal, Dortmund and Marseille, then lost to Porto in EL. And this was a weaker Napoli too, just later they added guys like Koulibaly, Hysaj, Allan who were integral for sarri for 3 years. Props to sarri for keeping them up top for 3 years but he didn't magically make a shit squad click all of a sudden

in his 3rd year it was nearly a fucking great team, a much better one that benitez had. one can argue whether it was a consequence of a natural growth or some sarri magic, either way, almost everything clicked: defense, motivation, attack obviously (they scored a lot less than the year before though), chemistry with the fans, adl's straitjacket, everything. it was just napoli being napoli and juve being juve at the end: they choked, we didn't. it was still a one trick pony of a team: same formation, same players, no variations, just predictability.

i still hope that the juve mentality is a lot stronger than sarri's defeatist mindset.

 

[Wittl]

The season prior Benitez got them to 78pts though, won the coppa and nearly got them out of a CL with Arsenal, Dortmund and Marseille, then lost to Porto in EL. And this was a weaker Napoli too, just later they added guys like Koulibaly, Hysaj, Allan who were integral for sarri for 3 years. Props to sarri for keeping them up top for 3 years but he didn't magically make a shit squad click all of a sudden

Come on, Benitez had Inler, Dzemaili and Behrami!

 

[DAiDEViL]

The season prior Benitez got them to 78pts though, won the coppa..

So Benitez has actually won a trophy with Napoli eh?

Just like Mazzarri before him.

 

[s4tch]

...5th place to 2nd place is more than slight.

with mazzarri, they finished 2nd and scored the most goals in '12/13. they had a very strong squad for years, their 5th place in benitez's final year was a biggest deviation from their expected finish than sarri's 2nd place.

 

[Gigiventus]

with mazzarri, they finished 2nd and scored the most goals in '12/13. they had a very strong squad for years, their 5th place in benitez's final year was a biggest deviation from their expected finish than sarri's 2nd place.

Exactly. What is your point? Mazzarri did a great job too.

 

[DAiDEViL]

with mazzarri, they finished 2nd and scored the most goals in '12/13. they had a very strong squad for years, their 5th place in benitez's final year was a biggest deviation from their expected finish than sarri's 2nd place.

Their team with Cavani and Lavezzi was nice to watch, even in the CL.

 

[zizinho]

and still failed to qualify them to CL, in both of his seasons.

No one is talking about magic or a shit squad. If you watched Baenitez' Napoli and then watched Sarri's and saw no difference in how they played then it's a matter of blindness. That's the poster that I replied to, that said that Napoli were playing this good football before Sarri and that his style was a myth.

Then also that it was a slight improvement. 5th place to 2nd place is more than slight.

In Benitezes 1st season they were, 2nd was just bad other than the supercoppa.

 

[Snobist]

I shall bookmark some posts here. By the end of the seasons some of the posters will look very funny. I hope it’s not the pro sarri posters .

 

[Gigiventus]

The season prior Benitez got them to 78pts though, won the coppa and nearly got them out of a CL with Arsenal, Dortmund and Marseille, then lost to Porto in EL. And this was a weaker Napoli too, just later they added guys like Koulibaly, Hysaj, Allan who were integral for sarri for 3 years. Props to sarri for keeping them up top for 3 years but he didn't magically make a shit squad click all of a sudden

Also, let's talk about this weaker Napoli, only Hysaj and Allan joined with Sarri.

Reina, Ghoulam, Albiol, Koulibaly, Hamsik, Jorginho, Insigne, Mertens, Callejon, Higuain, etc. Is that Sarri's or Benitez' squad? both.

 

[zizinho]

in his 3rd year it was nearly a fucking great team, a much better one that benitez had. one can argue whether it was a consequence of a natural growth or some sarri magic, either way, almost everything clicked: defense, motivation, attack obviously (they scored a lot less than the year before though), chemistry with the fans, adl's straitjacket, everything. it was just napoli being napoli and juve being juve at the end: they choked, we didn't. it was still a one trick pony of a team: same formation, same players, no variations, just predictability.

i still hope that the juve mentality is a lot stronger than sarri's defeatist mindset.

The only thing they missed was a bit more depth in attack, but they crashed early out of every other competition so it wasn't such a big deal

 

[Gigiventus]

In the end this is pointless, it's burying your head in the sand to discount the work of someone just because you don't like them.

 

[zizinho]

Come on, Benitez had Inler, Dzemaili and Behrami!

Oh shit forgot about the Kosovo double pivot. And Beppes wet dream Gokhan . How Rafa failed to win atleast 90pts is beyond me

 

[Snobist]

Oh shit forgot about the Kosovo double pivot. And Beppes wet dream Gokhan . How Rafa failed to win atleast 90pts is beyond me

Swiss double Pivot.

 

[Nzoric]

So Benitez has actually won a trophy with Napoli eh?

Just like Mazzarri before him.

Trophies don't matter