Sarri is limited with his squad, but Shaktar, Feyenoord, Villarreal, Atalanta have massive quality and depth at every position. :
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he once had Mertens on the bench, decided to play him for only ~1700 minutes the entire season. but gets all the praise when hes finally playing him (because he was forced to) and Mertens does well
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Saying they have a second best team is like saying Europa League is the second strongest European competition. Technically true, but it doesn't show it is miles behind Champions League, just like Napoli is behind Juve. And somehow they are ahead.
Player by player, they are not that much better than Roma, Inter and even Lazio. Yet they are 14 points ahead of them.
As you said, looking at points only, they are better than Bayern. But I guess that is "natural improvement" for you.
If they do not sell anyone, what do you expect of them next season. A perfect score?
Looking at the individual quality in this team, play itself is actually real bad, especially when considering the typical Serie A opponents.
Nice cherry picking there. Lazio also conceded more than twice as many. Probably because Napoli have such world class defenders and absolutely nothing to do with coach.
Player by player, they are not that much better than Roma, Inter and even Lazio. Yet they are 14 points ahead of them.
As you said, looking at points only, they are better than Bayern. But I guess that is "natural improvement" for you.
If they do not sell anyone, what do you expect of them next season. A perfect score?
Juve plays bad ::, OK. somehow we still scored more goals than Napoli, guess its all individual brilliance.
:, OK. somehow we still scored more goals than Napoli, guess its all individual brilliance.
Nice cherry picking there. Lazio also conceded more than twice as many. Probably because Napoli have such world class defenders and absolutely nothing to do with coach.
Gonna win their 21st league title in last 33 seasons ALONE 
Bayern was 5 points behind Dortmund on matchday 7 when Ancelotti was sacked. Now they lead the league by 18 points. That is a 23 point gain in 15 matches. I mean ffs how bad are the rest of the clubs in being competetitve even for a little while
Bayern was 5 points behind Dortmund on matchday 7 when Ancelotti was sacked. Now they lead the league by 18 points. That is a 23 point gain in 15 matches. I mean ffs how bad are the rest of the clubs in being competetitve even for a little while
a bit unrelated, but how much impact do you think the Olympiastadion had to do with Bqayerns rise in power (especially money wise) in German football? if you look at the picture of german football in the 60s, you see 8 different champions and no one winning back to back titles, after which 2 great teams emmerge - Bayern and Gladbach - but only one stayed on the top until today. what i heard is that the stadium they got for free (?) after the Olympics gave them the monetary push to stay above the rest of the competition and poach their best players regularly (heard Hoeness once say theyve been finishing in the + for 20 straight years or something like that). could also be bitter Rheinlanders and Ruhrpotters so im having rservations on what i hear.
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and other teams have 75M CBs yet no sane person would claim they have better teams than us.
the money argument
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and other teams have 75M CBs yet no sane person would claim they have better teams than us.
the money argument
lol at that CL-EL comparision, and lol at comapring them to inter and Lazio, they dont have a midfield and attack half as good as Napoli. icardi is inters only class attacker, and their whole midfield is mediocre. they have a great GK too but thats about it. Lazio? SMS is the only player that would start for Napoli over Allan. Roma was comparable last season when everyone was fit but they lost Salah, Rudiger and now Emerson, and are dealing with injuries as well + Dzekos form dropped too much. and you accuse me of cherrypicking and keep ignoring what im saying. they are all together for 3 years now under Sarri so they know each other and the system very well, they havent had any major injury issues apart from Golem this season, are out of Coppa and CL and have the Serie A as their only goal for the season. you understand the term peaking right? stop playing dumb then. they had a great season last year as well, you can go and look up how many seasons in history they would have been champions with 86 pts and they finished 3rd actually. anyways, lets see you again end of the season when theyre out of EL and finish 6-7 pts behind us
"playing bad" in your personal opinion doesent mean much. have you started watching Juve yesterday btw? we dont play fancy football and under Max we always peak in the finishing months of the season. we are winning games, we dont concede any goals for 15 games now, and outscore the team that plays the best football in Italy. despite dealing with several injures and losing key players every summer. but i guess we also have to complete 15 quick passes before each goal to please the likes of you
so now you bring in defense when i mention Lazio, but we "play bad" despite conceding one goal in the last 2-3 months cool
"playing bad" in your personal opinion doesent mean much. have you started watching Juve yesterday btw? we dont play fancy football and under Max we always peak in the finishing months of the season. we are winning games, we dont concede any goals for 15 games now, and outscore the team that plays the best football in Italy. despite dealing with several injures and losing key players every summer. but i guess we also have to complete 15 quick passes before each goal to please the likes of you
so now you bring in defense when i mention Lazio, but we "play bad" despite conceding one goal in the last 2-3 months
cool
I couldn't agree more with your second paragraph. A lot of people have preconceived notions that make it hard to appreciate both coaches. As far as Sarri being a better coach, that's up for debate. It is hard to keep a team motivated to stay in the title run 7 years in a row and a lot of people here don't seem to realize that (not you, of course).
In the end, both are great Italian coaches which is good for the league
In the end, both are great Italian coaches which is good for the league
exactly. and as i alread said, he does actually do a great job league wise. its the cup competition he gets roflstpomed out off, that make him look like a mediocre coach. still a great coach, just not an elite one
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Hoeness always seemed like a great manager from the business side of view to me. he took care of the Bayern finances so well over the years, with someone different they might have end up like Milan/inter/liverpool. one of the key figures in Bayern history
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Hoeness always seemed like a great manager from the business side of view to me. he took care of the Bayern finances so well over the years, with someone different they might have end up like Milan/inter/liverpool. one of the key figures in Bayern history
Apparently we must praise Sarri for Napoli's league results, and overlook plus make excuses for his pathetic failures in cup play.
He is greatest coach ever. N96 was wrong. Paulito would gain nickname Dyballon under Sarri, he would break all of Messi's records and win next 7 Ballon d'Ors.
He is greatest coach ever. N96 was wrong. Paulito would gain nickname Dyballon under Sarri, he would break all of Messi's records and win next 7 Ballon d'Ors.
hed make Cuadrado into the 2nd coming of SalahExactly. Uli is not my cup of tea for some reasons, but gotta hand it to him, he is one of the biggest reasons Bayern are so powerfull today financial wise. Also us moving to the Allianz Arena helped a lot, one of the best stadiums in Europe. In just 10 years, it already established itself as one of the more iconic stadiums as well.
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