Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte
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fishhhandaricecake
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It’s also why conte keeps talking about first building a ‘foundation’
I can’t quite understand what people expect.
woth conte, we have an actual proven winner of a manager, yet the club aren’t providing him with the players he needs that he knows he would win with.
our squad is awful, shockingly bad for a top 4 team.
inwas pissed about the Villa game, it was pre Kulu and Bents, and goes to show that those two missing, we are back to square one.
our defence literally gifts the opposition goals, no team can expect to win with a defence like we have, no foundation, no security, no trust, and no ability to built momentum.
conte cannot magic capability into players, no manager can - all bar one defender shouldn’t really be in the squad ??
manager needs proper backing, otherwise it’s the exact same cycle
woth conte, we have an actual proven winner of a manager, yet the club aren’t providing him with the players he needs that he knows he would win with.
our squad is awful, shockingly bad for a top 4 team.
inwas pissed about the Villa game, it was pre Kulu and Bents, and goes to show that those two missing, we are back to square one.
our defence literally gifts the opposition goals, no team can expect to win with a defence like we have, no foundation, no security, no trust, and no ability to built momentum.
conte cannot magic capability into players, no manager can - all bar one defender shouldn’t really be in the squad ??
manager needs proper backing, otherwise it’s the exact same cycle
Hakkz
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I can’t quite understand what people expect.
woth conte, we have an actual proven winner of a manager, yet the club aren’t providing him with the players he needs that he knows he would win with.
our squad is awful, shockingly bad for a top 4 team.
inwas pissed about the Villa game, it was pre Kulu and Bents, and goes to show that those two missing, we are back to square one.
our defence literally gifts the opposition goals, no team can expect to win with a defence like we have, no foundation, no security, no trust, and no ability to built momentum.
conte cannot magic capability into players, no manager can - all bar one defender shouldn’t really be in the squad ??
manager needs proper backing, otherwise it’s the exact same cycle
So this is all out of Contes hands then? He might as well stay at home until he gets those extra players?
PeeEyeEmPee
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I just want to know where all this "Conte hasn't been backed" energy was in August, when most people thought we'd had a good transfer window
ljinko888
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Two things can be right at the same time.
Number 1: Levy falls short in pushing the boat out to get the necessary quality of player in to get us to the next level. Three reputable managers have said the same thing now.
Number 2: Levy is not in charge of tactics and who is selected to play. That's down to the manager and the last two managers have been defensive minded.
Number 1: Levy falls short in pushing the boat out to get the necessary quality of player in to get us to the next level. Three reputable managers have said the same thing now.
Number 2: Levy is not in charge of tactics and who is selected to play. That's down to the manager and the last two managers have been defensive minded.
DanielJohnCosta
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WINNNNNNNNNAHHH!
Stamford
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We did. Now we need another, and another and more after that. Backing a manager isn't one window. It's why Arsenal are going for Mudryk and Felix this window. Thats backing a manager.
PeeEyeEmPee
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On current form, we'll struggle to get more than 6 points
Johno1470
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The exact same could be said for us.
No Bentancur and PEH we would be screwed.
PeeEyeEmPee
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It's the 3rd of January. How would any signings this window have helped us take more than a point of Brentford and Villa, after which all the complaints have intensified? Surely the time to complain about Conte not being backed in THIS window is after it shuts?
Besides, the majority of the moaning I've seen, both on here and elsewhere, is about the business we didn't do in the summer.
McFlash
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No matter what you think of Conte, do you really expect him to succeed where so many other managers have failed?
Apart from Romero and Lenglet (who the jury is still out on, not to mention he's not even our player), the defence is still the same one that let Poch down.
I don't think any manager could get that lot performing to high levels.
Fulham and Palace are above us on form table, 6 might even be quite optimistic. Should we not win tomorrow, might be 5 without a win.
Stamford
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firstly we didn't do enough in the summer as we didn't fill the priority positions - was a good start, not perfect.
people are anxious on the 3rd of Jan because the ownership fails to deliver on transfers time and time again over two decades. Surely people can understand that. This feeling isn't baseless.
let's see where we are at the end of Jan but seeing who we are like with compared to o or rivals. Doesn't fill with me all the confidence in the world.
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
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A lot of people said it was a good start.
PeeEyeEmPee
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No, but I kind of expected him to succeed with a whole bunch of new players that the other managers didn't have tbh. You might have more of a point if the defence was the only problem area in the team, but none of the defence, midfield and attack look like they've even met each other most of the time, never mind trained together.
McFlash
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Then you're really not grasping what been said.
Yes, he was backed to an extent during the summer but it wasn't enough, especially when you look at how much work needs to be done with our squad.
The summer window was ok in that it added some depth to our squad but we didn't really get Conte more than a couple of players for the first team and one of those is on loan.
People are now responding to the itk news that Levy might be getting cold feet, not to mention what Conte himself has said, in that we're looking for young potential on affordable wages.
That is not backing Conte, like it wouldn't be backing any manager who was tasked with pushing the top teams.
Nobody can challenge the top teams with a handful of loans and youngsters.
Gb160
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I’m at the point where I can’t even be arsed to get wound up by it.
It seems pretty obvious Conte won’t be sufficiently backed to really kick on, and Enic don’t look to be going anywhere anytime soon...they’re happy to let their cash cow just keep getting fatter.
I just feel defeated, and a bit stupid really...as a few months ago I really felt the penny had dropped for Levy and with a world class manager in his prime he’d finally bankroll a proper rebuild, not the piecemeal bollocks it seems likely we’ll get.
It seems pretty obvious Conte won’t be sufficiently backed to really kick on, and Enic don’t look to be going anywhere anytime soon...they’re happy to let their cash cow just keep getting fatter.
I just feel defeated, and a bit stupid really...as a few months ago I really felt the penny had dropped for Levy and with a world class manager in his prime he’d finally bankroll a proper rebuild, not the piecemeal bollocks it seems likely we’ll get.
Metalhead
But that's a debate for another thread.....
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You're not the only one.
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