Maurizio Sarri (75 Viewers)

[Strickland]

I think Liverpool is and isnt joint first in PL this season #ywnwa

 

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[Elvin]

Such a ‘da fuck’ worthy confusion indeed. Pardon my english.

It's ok bro, it happens.

 

[Mokku]

3 trophies > 1 trophy

And with a much weaker team than Sarri ever had. All domestic too when people claimed for years you can't judge Sarri's Napoli on trophies because they have Juve for competition.

Sarri finishes above Inzaghi regularly, he does much better than Inzaghi in Europe for sure, Napoli added a lot of value to some of those players and so on. My point is that Inzaghi will be as much of a gamble as Sarri or Pep or Ancelotti or whoever. There are no guarantees.

Now that we are here with Sarri, let those under performing players step it up before we throw the guy under the bus. Of all the attackers Ronaldo, Dybala and Bentancur have earned their paychecks.

 

[Alin]

I think Liverpool is and isnt joint first in PL this season #ywnwa

Now that you went there... maybe it’s also because of the ‘Mes que un club’ philosophy they probably gained from Barcelona when they last visited Anfield.

 

[IlCapitano]

Sarri finishes above Inzaghi regularly, he does much better than Inzaghi in Europe for sure, Napoli added a lot of value to some of those players and so on. My point is that Inzaghi will be as much of a gamble as Sarri or Pep or Ancelotti or whoever. There are no guarantees.

Now that we are here with Sarri, let those under performing players step it up before we throw the guy under the bus. Of all the attackers Ronaldo, Dybala and Bentancur have earned their paychecks.

And Inzaghi wins trophies regularly. He doesn't do better than Inzaghi in Europe for sure. Both got eliminated and embarrassed often but at least Inzaghi has something to show for it domestically and he did it with a far worse squad than Sarri had at his last 3 bigger clubs.

 

[DAiDEViL]

3 trophies > 1 trophy

And he is 18 years younger.

Plenty of time for him to also win the Eccellenza Toscana and the Coppa Italia Serie D.

 

[Elvin]

I think Liverpool is and isnt joint first in PL this season #ywnwa

Good one

 

[Cerval]

Tuttosport says Sarri had an agreement with Pjanic that he would rest against Brescia but Sarri thought otherwise during the game

 

[campionesidd]

3 trophies > 1 trophy

And with a much weaker team than Sarri ever had. All domestic too when people claimed for years you can't judge Sarri's Napoli on trophies because they have Juve for competition.

He’s never qualified for the CL though. And 2 of those trophies are Supercoppas.

 

[delpiero1986]

He reached the last 16 in the CL with 5 wins and 1 draw.
He is with Juve on his way into the Coppafinal.
He is the leader of the Seria A.
and everyone complains about him (me as well).

 

[campionesidd]

I wouldn't call fantastic job being second (once even third) in a league, with the team, that was realisticly second by strenght at that time.

Napoli were fifth and outside the CL spots when he took over. He made them title contenders. Look I know this forum doesn’t like Sarri. I’m not a big fan myself. But there’s no need to be revisionist to make him look worse than he is.

 

[Mokku]

Mourinho failed at United after having control of transfers and plenty of time. Same for Ole. You're expecting Sarri to succeed without time or transfer control. Pep wouldn't succeed here unless he completely overhauls the squad so why are Tuzzers expecting so much from Sarri?

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Mourinho failed at United after having control of transfers and plenty of time. Same for Ole. You're expecting Sarri to succeed without time or transfer control. Pep wouldn't succeed here unless he completely overhauls the squad so why are Tuzzers expecting so much from Sarri?

Fair point. He's doing a lot better than I expected before the season began. Some bad results here and there, but so far still on course for our objectives. I suppose it's the manner of our results, as well as what we're used to in previous years that has most of us so pessimistic.

But yeah, I don't think Pep for example would be doing much better with this team.

 

[IlCapitano]

He’s never qualified for the CL though. And 2 of those trophies are Supercoppas.

Honestly, who expected them to qualify? And if this system of top 4 directly going to CL was in place earlier he would've done it already that year they had to play CL qualis.. And once lost out by a point in that Inter game when De Vrij sold out. I still can't understand why they played him that game.

Exactly, he won two trophies directly against Juve which makes it all the more impressive. Third one he beat Atalanta who eliminated us.

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Napoli were fifth and outside the CL spots when he took over. He made them title contenders. Look I know this forum doesn’t like Sarri. I’m not a big fan myself. But there’s no need to be revisionist to make him look worse than he is.

That was an anomaly year. They still won a trophy that year. And finished 3rd and 2nd two years before that. Then 2nd and 3rd with Sarri with a much better squad. Only extraordinary thing he did in Naples was the 91 pt season. Kudos.

In the sea of embarrassing choke jobs, excuses, zero trophies etc.

 

[campionesidd]

Honestly, who expected them to qualify? And if this system of top 4 directly going to CL was in place earlier he would've done it already that year they had to play CL qualis.. And once lost out by a point in that Inter game when De Vrij sold out. I still can't understand why they played him that game.

Exactly, he won two trophies directly against Juve which makes it all the more impressive. Third one he beat Atalanta who eliminated us.

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That was an anomaly year. They still won a trophy that year. And finished 3rd and 2nd two years before that. Then 2nd and 3rd with Sarri with a much better squad. Only extraordinary thing he did in Naples was the 91 pt season. Kudos.

In the sea of embarrassing choke jobs, excuses, zero trophies etc.

ok you’re clearly an Inzaghi fanboy, no point talking to you.

 

[.zero]

You have to know that Lazio and Inter are way stronger than Napoli last year.

True

while tici and nedved both pushed a winning coach out in favor of bringing in a downgrade as a successor and to top it off tried to once again bandage a midfield that has been subpar since 2015

 

[IlCapitano]

ok you’re clearly an Inzaghi fanboy, no point talking to you.

LOL no I'm not

 

[Nedved96]

Honestly, who expected them to qualify? And if this system of top 4 directly going to CL was in place earlier he would've done it already that year they had to play CL qualis.. And once lost out by a point in that Inter game when De Vrij sold out. I still can't understand why they played him that game.

Exactly, he won two trophies directly against Juve which makes it all the more impressive. Third one he beat Atalanta who eliminated us.

Your entire argument that Inzaghi > Sarri rests on the basis that he performed better than Sarri in the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa.

How much do Juve fans really care about those trophies?

 

[IlCapitano]

Your entire argument that Inzaghi > Sarri rests on the basis that he performed better than Sarri in the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa.

How much do Juve fans really care about those trophies?

My entire argument is that Inzaghi > Sarri because he won more trophies in more disadvantageous circumstances. When Juve is like we were for the last 5-6 years you're not going to win much domestically. The fact he did + the season he's having this year + all the players he's improving and getting to outperform + he's 18 years younger so his whole future is ahead of him + he's a great man manager and players love playing for him + his team plays easy football on the eye.

Only thing Sarri has on him is that 91 pt season and pushing Juve to the end. If Inzaghi does it with this Lazio team it's over.

 

[Azzurri7]

He reached the last 16 in the CL with 5 wins and 1 draw.
He is with Juve on his way into the Coppafinal.
He is the leader of the Seria A.
and everyone complains about him (me as well).

Personally I am satisfied with overall results even though I expected the team to entertain us little more now that we are in Feb or better finish some matches earlier instead of relying so much on Ronaldo's difference.

That said, I still think Max is by far the best Italian manager ATM, but I am not against Sarri taking little more time to prove himself from the style of play aspect.