Winterfell is Burning Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Even if Chelsea wins at penalties, i'm guessing that's it for Sarri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: If I were Sarri, I'd be dropping Kepa from the squad for the rest of my time at the club. What a dickhead. Would love to have the pfa opinion on embarrassing your manager like that. They normally support the players no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Bizarre situation. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. On the plus side at least City had to play 120 minutes. And Arrizabalaga messes up what should be a straightforward save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 oh dear..hahaha Luiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 if I was caballero I might kick kepa's ass. oh. real football news. besides this efl cup and man united v liverpool nonsense... who saw Newcastle yesterday? how good was new boy miguel almiron? such a joy to see a swift, creative player like him on our team! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 You've just played 120+ minutes and gone to penalties. Now climb some stairs in cleats to claim your prize! Wacky. Always so wacky to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 So as well as being injured and told to leave the field, Kepa stayed in despite Caballero having one of the best penalty save % around and presumably faced a lot of pens in traning from the City squad when he was their backup keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 48 minutes ago, Soylent Brown said: If I were Sarri, I'd be dropping Kepa from the squad for the rest of my time at the club. What a dickhead. He should but at Chelsea the players are the ones with all the power. Given the world record fee paid for Kepa, at best Sarri could get away with dropping him for 1 or 2 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 It's already happened time and again at Chelsea. The players get tired of a manager, act up, down tools, manager gets sacked. Rinse and repeat. At this point, prospective managers might just start seeing Chelsea as an avenue for a big payout after 1 or 2 seasons. ETA. what Chelsea need is a clear out but the transfer ban will put a peg in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 All a 'misunderstanding', apparently. https://www.football365.com/news/sarri-claims-kepa-incident-was-a-misunderstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 The people running Chelsea shoulder majority of the blame as well. It seems to me like they don't respect their managers, don't place enough trust in them and just see them as expendable. That attitude filters down to the playing staff who now think they can do whatever they feel like and get away with it. Look at how the board treated Conte. He delivered a league title and FA Cup in his 2 seasons. He deserved backing and any player not behind him should have been shipped off....but instead Conte was expendable while Willian who was behaving like a little shit is still at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Ok, so after that poor explanation the lack of respect for Sarri now extends to all football fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, mormont said: All a 'misunderstanding', apparently. https://www.football365.com/news/sarri-claims-kepa-incident-was-a-misunderstanding Loses all sympathy by being a pussy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I didn’t even watch the Liverpool game today. I had low expectations. Our attack has stuttered badly since the start of January. And, TBH, only in December — our of the whole season so far — have we looked fluid and potent going forward. So we’re still deservedly top of the table for now, ahead of the greatest team in PL history, but we won’t stay there unless our attacking play suddenly reignites. Two tough games next against in-form Watford and it’s-their-cup-final Everton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 The Liverpool attack is missing the link from midfield we had last season in coutinho then ox. The front 3 obviously havent quite hit the level they did last year but there was always a dangerous 4th to break the lines, pick a pass, link up or hit a long range shot and we have perhaps sacrificed that for being more solid in defense. I think we dont have anyone that is really pushing salah or mane for their place and we dont have a real backup for bobby. Hopefully he stays fit and the other 2 find their feet very quickly because we realistically need to almost win every game the way city are playing atm. Im sure a lot of Liverpool fans would have bitten your arm off in August if you said after 27 games we would be above city by a point and have only lost one game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 18 hours ago, Soylent Brown said: It's not Sturridge that's the problem, we've played badly like this a lot this season. I don’t disagree. I love Sturridge just think he might be done at the top level . The drop off from Firmino to Sturridge and Origi is massive. 11 hours ago, lmanion said: The Liverpool attack is missing the link from midfield we had last season in coutinho then ox. The front 3 obviously havent quite hit the level they did last year but there was always a dangerous 4th to break the lines, pick a pass, link up or hit a long range shot and we have perhaps sacrificed that for being more solid in defense. For sure which is why I was hoping Naby would’ve started yesterday. He had been playing much better lately imo. Would be nice if Ox is actually back in time to make a difference in the run in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Rodgers for Leicester. Good, stay away from Rafa. Apart from anything else it would be well embarrassing if he left us for shitty little Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Looks like I was wrong on this one. Still, I think it's not a great move for Rodgers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 I’m not sure what other job Rodgers could hope for. None of the top six would have him. I doubt any European teams would go for him. Outside of them, Leicester is one of the most stable 7th-10th clubs who actually need a new manager. He could have waited longer at Celtic for another spot to open, but I doubt Everton would ever give him a job. Southampton would be a good fit stylistically, but they would each be wary of the risk of relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mormont Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Leicester's last two permanent managers were in the job for eight and four months respectively. Before that, they fired the man who won them the league. They've had six managers in the last nine seasons and have fired six of their last ten managers in under a year. 'Stable'? As for what other jobs Rodgers could have got, he's been linked with bigger jobs than this, including Arsenal last year. I don't subscribe to the view that European clubs wouldn't be interested, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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