Out his depth in my opinion. Should never have rehired him. Congrats sevilla board. Another mistake you can add to the growing list.
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The team doesn’t need a manager-change. It needs a player-change.
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I think any manager would struggle with this group of players. Another managerial change now would only cause further disruption and instability and no guarantee things will get better.
The real culprits for this situation are the board and not sufficiently investing into the team which again they appear reluctant to do this January market despite our perilous position.
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I can’t believe that Monchi said ’ Hey presto, there you go … Nianzou, Janujaz, Blonde Bloke and Hamstringáo, they’ll fix our problems.
The were all long shots at getting a team back together without spending the earth. So I’m of the opinion that Monchi’s options were limited by a panic stricken Board, namely Pepe Castro.
So the Board is to blame but I’d exclude Monchi from that.
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Prob something to do with this
“Sevilla have devalued the most, having lost €171m from the end of 2021. The Andalusian club are in a poor financial state, and director of football Monchi is keen to sell players this month in order to balance the books”
Where has all the Kounde, Carlos money gone?.
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Could only be papering the cracks, dare I say a board change?
I have little to no knowledge of the current state of the board aside from a couple of IG accounts so could someone enlighten us on the state of ownership? I know Castro is in control and Del Nido is not welcome since he has shady dealings but his son is on the board? Sounds like a mess, foreign investment is a potential landmine as seen from Valencia and I’m pretty sure no one wants to dip their hands here right now.
Not too sure, he had a hand in player recruitment and I’ve heard it was down to Raul De Tomas or Dolberg for our striker search and Monchi chose the latter - we know how that turned out.
haha, good luck selling any of the dross. Better to just terminate their contracts to save the salaries.
The second part of the season will be even more tumultuous than the first and the only thing the club should focus on is getting a respectful league position. Screw the Europa League, a distracting is the last thing they need. Send a bunch of cantera and be done with it.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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but surely your point is not that de Tomas would be any better, right? i think he’s done nothing at all this season… im guessing your point is that was a bad list of two players to begin with and either choice would’ve been poor?
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Holy crap! I completely forgot about this thread…. I’ve got a graph to update when I get home from work!
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Here’s some perspective. Lopetegui averaged 0.71 points per fixture. Sampaoli is averaging 1 point per fixture. Do with that what you will…
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A win last week catapulted us into 15th place. A win against Elche this weekend could see us climb as high as 11th.
As it stands, we’re nearing the half-way point of the season and languishing well behind our average since 19/20. Here are a couple of scenarios that I’m keeping an eye on:
- 14 straight wins will see us tie our average points through 32 match days.
- Wins in each of our remaining games will see us finish with 78 points. One more than our best ever finish in 20/21.
That being said:
- We’re only 10 (4 games) points out of 6th and 7th and a Europa or Conference League spot in 23/24.
- We’re 13 (5 games) points out of 4th and a Champions League spot.
There’s a lot of season to play. Anything can happen, and the table can look a lot different in May. #Vamos
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Sampaoli on the sidelines
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I agree, he gives off a lot of Lope vibes … which doesn’t make sense to me when you’re trying to change things. Obviously just an observation from a generally untrained eye.
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We hit a hiccup against Barcelona, but I think that result was expected even if we all would have liked to see Sevilla play a better game…
We now find ourselves in 16th place, and only two points above relegation, through 21 weeks. That being said, we’re still only a couple of good games away from European spots.
- 10 points (3.33 games) back from Villarreal (6th) and
(7th) - 14 points (4.67 games) back from Atlético (4th)
That might seem like a tall order, but the good news is that we don’t have to play Barcelona any more this season 
#Vamos
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Vallecano dropping two points despite going up a man in the 50th and then having a penalty saved in the 88th.
I still thinking reaching 7th is gonna be tough. but there’s a lot of season left and we’re starting to find some form…
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Nine points off Rayo in 6th and win next weekend and we go within six points of them. Not impossible to challenge for European places if we can continue to improve. Away form needs to be better as well.
Still a big ask though and getting out of any trouble is our first priority.
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If we can return to our old selves with a Fortress Nervion that doesn’t lose at home (except against the two superpowers) then we’re flying. I think we’re on that road despite the injury wrecked squad. We can also pick up enough points away that will get us to close to top 6 zone but we have to be realistic, another run of unfortunate injuries will mean we finish bottom half because we don’t have quality in depth.
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(From the Sevilla Rayo thread)
Yes indeed, we had to provide a lot of cover for the central defenders and will have to for a few more weeks. Darned injuries held us back.
But the difference back with ‘previous’ manager was that by the time we had constructed an attack the opposition would have 10 or 11 players behind the ball. Now we are releasing the ball quicker with more variety and it creates more space making it easier to score.
The difference with Ocampos 2.0 stands out and even Suso has improved.
In the PSV game Papa put Nesyri through with a long ball for the first. Ocampos found acres of space for the second and invented space for Gudelj in the third goal.
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I think Sampaoli will stay on provided they don’t fall out over money.
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I think he deserves a full season with pre-season, transfer planning and all that - regardless of what happens this season (except for relegation 
). I feel that he could catapult us to the 4th next season if the summer cards are played right.
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