There's no winning 'shit' if you don't have good enough players. He's never managed a title winning team so far. Managed Napoli when up against a much superior Juve, and now Chelsea up against 2 better teams in City and Liverpool.
He could maybe win a FA Cup or such, or an Europa League. That's about it considering the squad he has.
Title winning team is no achievement and shouldn't be treated as such, it's no charity, ridiculous to even suggest fundamentalists should be put on a pedestal for just that. Van Gaal built title winning teams and still by fan standards failed miserably in any top tier job he had.
Nor does it put Sarri in a more positive light or provide an excuse given Napoli were competitive in the league for several years before he got there.
Doesn't matter what he wins, so long as he wins something. Simeone would have nothing going for him as a robust defensive drillmaster if not for his near immediate results winning a minor title and best league finish for Atleti in 17 years after 1.5 years in the job. He'd be a nobody if for 7 years he didn't go toe to toe with Real and Barca both having some of the strongest squads in their history. It's what separates such managers from mid-to-upper tier and why Sarri is a questionable choice to say the least and a doubtful improvement over anything you already have. What experiences could he possibly use as leverage to pick up a struggling Barcelona side in terrible circumstances? He has nothing, hasn't even played the game himself, can't relate to almost anything a player feels in such moment, especially one that has gone to the top of the mountain a bunch of times like 3/4 of your seniors did.
Coutinho is still only a shadow of the player of Liverpool , same with Dembele . We just picked a lucky diamond in Arthur . I give Valverde no credit at all for him .
Every player is playing under par apart from maybe Messi who sometimes doesn't even look interested occasionally.
And there are reasons for it. They can barely play together, much less in the same offensive line with Messi.
There is no luck factor with Arthur either. He compliments Busquets well and Rakitić is very agreeable, beta player who will do whatever he's told (to his detriment a lot of the time). The only luck and the lack thereof he's had is to do with Messi and Roma. All else is damage control with a drab and old squad.
I never said trophies don't matter but you put Poch in charge of this Barca team and he wont have us playing shit on a stick football like we are and he'd walk laliga with how pathetic Madrid and Atleti are lately, infact Moyes would win laliga this season.
So what? You'd rather play good football win nothing and feel good about yourself having not really achieved anything of note while you have an ageing GOAT? Please.
WHO keeps playing that old, slow DM? EV does
As opposed to an alternative? Your only other player capable of being a proper holding midfielder who won't stand-off a tackle was sold in winter 2017. Hence why you went and bought a guy who does that, but also has the silly 'raging bull' style that isn't fit for that purpose.
WHO keeps playing Rakitic one shitshow after another with no rest? EV
As above? Vidal? Sure. If he can be consistent that is.
WHO plays Rafinha on the wing when you have 40mil Malcom ready to go? EV
Maybe. Rafinha ain't exactly a horrible player and none of us know why Malcom was/is being overlooked. I'd always give the manager a benefit of the doubt on young mercurial signings as half the time they end up being like Isco was when he first joined.
And even if you play Malcom, where do you do it? If you assume Messi occupies the middle then you bench one of Dembele/Coutinho. Problem remains.
WHO puts Bob back in at RB despite Semedo doing well? EV
He's fine. Or maybe he isn't. Nor is Semedo who was utter shite going forward for a while knowing you need an Alves figure with Messi being at his best in a 'free electron' role. Can't clone Alba though. Ain't the manager who should make his mind up here either. Get better at scouting the players you need. Hiring Abidal was a good step towards that. Even Klopp doesn't exactly have the luxury to watch thousands of tapes of talents he'd like to bring to Liverpool.
WHO is the ball-less wanker who won't bench Suarez in clown mode? EV
Lol.
I should of worded the 'makes our players worse' what i meant was his system is shit so its natural our players end up shit
Well you probably should have and these statements aren't helpful as they end up getting repeated by countless fans here and online. And they're just not true.
I'm not even having a go mate, but people are so professionally outraged and have been for months. I sympathise with what the likes of [MENTION=15376]DonAK[/MENTION] say that EV shouldn't be excused for any of it, but you have to be blind to not recognise the obvious imbalance issues you have. Across generations and in a tactic. You bought players who do not gel and have too many CMs with a winger (Dembele), a #10 playing from the sides (Coutinho) and a GOAT inside forward who prefers the middle because he doesn't really know where his talents are most useful for the team. Can't just shuck and jive, and pretend lack of 'positive football' is the issue. It isn't.
