Maurizio Sarri (77 Viewers)

kappa96

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Jun 20, 2018
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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 :p.
I doubt anyone would care if everything turns up good and the fact of the matter still remains that this is a very rough patch and we hardly seem to get over it .
Criticisms is warranted at this time regardless of how the season ends.

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DS8_Montero

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Aug 10, 2018
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Mazzari's Napoli was an example of a brilliant counter-attacking team that was capable of crushing any opponent on the home pitch, which included the CL games (the game against Chelsea is probably the most remarkable one). With Benitez Napoli was very close to the EL final (they had almost a Perugia'2000 type of situation in the reverse leg of the semi-finals). It's undeniable that Sarri brought them to the next level, like Allegri did with Conte's squad, but it's not like Sarri took over some Chievo and out of the blue made them title contenders.
 
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He has a very important next month for his job security and to get people off his back as well as getting a lead over Inter again. If we get past Inter,Milan, and Lyon we will look good going into the last stage of the season. If not we could lose all momentum and crumble and I could see him being removed mid season
 

kappa96

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Jun 20, 2018
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He has a very important next month for his job security and to get people off his back as well as getting a lead over Inter again. If we get past Inter,Milan, and Lyon we will look good going into the last stage of the season. If not we could lose all momentum and crumble and I could see him being removed mid season
He should actually focus more on Spal away.
If he doesn't deliver there he's out.
 
Apr 19, 2007
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He should actually focus more on Spal away.
If he doesn't deliver there he's out.
Well obviously. You always focus on the next game. I was just pointing out that games that are tough that would define our season. Inter/Lyon/Copa

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Also every team will go through a slump IMO and drop a few points. We had the chance to go 6 up on Inter and blew it. Then we dropped another game and its tied. We could be looking to pull away in the Inter game yet somehow we find ourselves with all the pressure. But I think if we can find some balance and stability we can get through it.
Sarri's biggest knock is not rotating but this season hes been forced to rotate heavily and I think that a problem when learning a new system.
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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In case this isn't a rethorical question, the fact Benitez won a coppa and a supercup is not better, not even close, than what came after for Napoli. Saying "trophies" is not the end all. Ask Napoli fans how they felt seeing their team fall to 5th in Serie A and miss CL vs how they felt with Higuain breaking records and their fighting for the scudetto.

Saying they didn't come close with Sarri is disingenuous. The last Allegri vs Sarri shouldn't be forgotten. They led the table for most of the season and beat us in the last direct game. Had they beat Fiorentina in the last rounds they would have won the league. It was certainly the closest that Napoli has come to win the league in their history since Maradona.

Benitez had the shameful honor to leave Napoli out of CL in 2 out 2 seasons: finishing 3rd and losing the playoff and then finishing 5th. Which seasons would you chose for your club?
Uh... no. Had they beat Viola they still would have been a point behind us. So stop making shit up. They finished 4 points back, not less than the 3 beating Viola would have given them.

Plus, if doesn’t matter. Not only did they not beat Viola, they got absolutely smashed and embarrassed by Viola in the biggest game of the Sarri tenure at the club. After having been embarrassingly knocked out all 3 cup competitions by inferior teams that year.

91 pts didn’t happen in a vacuum. It happened by embarrassing themselves in CL group stage, in Europa League Rof32, and in Coppa Italia QFs.
 

DS8_Montero

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Aug 10, 2018
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When/if Conte starts to smell the real chance to get scudetto this year, Inter will become even more dangerous and clinical. Not the best opponent to be around when your coach can see merits in the 2nd place.
 

Gigiventus

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Uh... no. Had they beat Viola they still would have been a point behind us. So stop making shit up. They finished 4 points back, not less than the 3 beating Viola would have given them.

Plus, if doesn’t matter. Not only did they not beat Viola, they got absolutely smashed and embarrassed by Viola in the biggest game of the Sarri tenure at the club. After having been embarrassingly knocked out all 3 cup competitions by inferior teams that year.

91 pts didn’t happen in a vacuum. It happened by embarrassing themselves in CL group stage, in Europa League Rof32, and in Coppa Italia QFs.
So what is the point? realize the argument of the post you are replying to.Is your point that they didn't win? obviously. Is your point that they didn't improve from the Benitez time?
 

Post Ironic

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Feb 9, 2013
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So what is the point? realize the argument of the post you are replying to.Is your point that they didn't win? obviously. Is your point that they didn't improve from the Benitez time?
You said they would have won. Which is wrong. They wouldn’t have.

Of course they improved from the time of the fat Spanish waiter. Benítez turned into a clown years ago. They still won some cup trophies under Benítez, which is important at a club that doesn’t win fuck all, but they were a better team under Sarri. Small clubs can utilize a manager like Maurizio who can drill a rigid system into place like his and never vary from it, focus on a single competition and a select small group of players to outperform the individual pieces. This rarely, if ever, works at a big club with bigger goals and a broader focus.

Most of us who don’t like him here don’t think he was a terrible manager, just that he’s not good enough for the Juventus bench, not tactically, and even less so in terms of class and personality.

Anyways, he has every opportunity to prove us wrong over the next 4 months. I hope he does. I want us to keep winning regardless of my personal opinions on the chainsmoker.
 

DAiDEViL

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Feb 21, 2015
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Uh... no. Had they beat Viola they still would have been a point behind us. So stop making shit up. They finished 4 points back, not less than the 3 beating Viola would have given them.

Plus, if doesn’t matter. Not only did they not beat Viola, they got absolutely smashed and embarrassed by Viola in the biggest game of the Sarri tenure at the club.
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kappa96

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Jun 20, 2018
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I still think that even though Napoli would have beaten viola ,juve would have gotten the job done at the olimpico after our win against inda in that kind of fashion.
I felt it ,juve 's fans felt it and so was sarri and his Napoli team probably felt it.That's why in the end they imploded in the hotel .

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s4tch

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Mar 23, 2015
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Exactly. What is your point? Mazzarri did a great job too.
my point is that if you compare their 2nd and 3rd place finishes with sarri to their worst season in a long time (5th place with benitez), then sarri was a huge upgrade. but if you compare sarri's results to their "norm" of podium finishes, then their only outstanding season is the 91 point one. it's just a matter of references.
 

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