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We’ve pretty much hired the Italian Bielsa. It either works out or it’ll end up like Scolari or AVB.
We’re still competing on three fronts which isn’t bad all things considered. If he’s (Sarri) happy and he gets backed up by the board I can’t see why it’s not going to work out in the medium (2 years) term.
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Yeah but bielsa has actually won stuff, admittedly early doors in Argentina, but still..
I think Sarri is just reaping the lack of a pre season and not having had time to figure out what his personnel can do.
If you give him a chance he’ll come good, think his teams play better football than scolari’s and avb’s but it’s whether you can live with this as a holding station season, rather than a “we should be winning trophies” season (unless you win the league cup or the Europa league) I’d give you better odds of winning the Europa league..
cornelius_blackfoot
Despite if I remember correctly @jaw assertion about great managers having won something early doors, Sarri hasn’t won anything, and his career has been long.
Guardiola is about coaching players and making them better, treating them like intelligent beings and getting them to perform better and engage with the game in a more intense way.
Klopp and pochettino are about engaging with the player as a person and making them better people and better players because they can connect with them as human beings..
Not sure how Sarri connects with his players, if he knows them as people or improved them technically as players.
Chelsea is a difficult situation because the players there know they can get rid of a manager if they don’t agree with how they treat them, want them to play. And Sarri has to overcome the perception that the players will be there for longer than he will, even though he’s only 6 months into a 3 yr contract.
If he can get through this season, and get a full pre season in he’ll be in a better position. Though it depends on if this transfer ban comes in, may make it difficult/impossible for him to improve the team..