Sarr was great away to Milan in ECL he was awful at home in the NLD. Which Sarr was Conte supposed to pick?
You're right about him being a poor fit - he has a winners mentality.
Yes. Conte's genius 2 man midfield was another problem entirely of his own making now that you mention it. I mean, why wouldn't being overrun in the middle game in and game out work, regardless of personnel? A total mystery to which we might never know the answer.Sarr was great away to Milan in ECL he was awful at home in the NLD. Which Sarr was Conte supposed to pick?
You're right about him being a poor fit - he has a winners mentality.
I couldn’t even bring myself to lose the plot. I just shook my head and thought ‘please go’. Imagine Ange, Klopp, Pep or pretty much anyone else faced with the same scenario.And for Harry Kane as well! The look on his face when he saw Sanchez poised to enter the fray!
But we’re not paid millions to manage the club, the players and keep this sort of thing in-house.To be honest if I had lost three friends and had medical issues myself (meaning I had to go back and forth between countries away from family etc) in the same period I'd probably struggle to do the job to the best of my abilities and my mind would certainly not be right for it. So I think he should get a bit of slack for that timeframe, but perhaps I am alone on that front.
What he said after Southampton was actually nothing different from what gets said on here about our players. He was wrong to say it in public, but to this day I don't think what he said was completely unfair and I bet he told them face to face as well. We had all thought it at one point hadn't we? I know I did.
Same reason as in Field of Dreams.Why are we still discussing this guy?!!
You are painting a rosier picture than the real situation though. Look at the table below. We had scored 9 goals in those 10 games and were already 11 goals behind Man Utd as well. We had numerous games and halves without even getting shots on target never mind goals and we were sliding down the table with three losses in our last five including two in a row without scoring. Nuno didn't coach us to play shit and not try to score goals, it was because we weren't very good. Conte came in and discovered that for himself when we tried our best to lose to Vitesse in his first game despite being 3-0 up. He got something more out of that group of players than expected and then with our excellent January signings we started to gain some real traction. Arsenal were nailed on for fourth and it was a miracle to pip them to it because all they had to do was not lose to us at the TH and that was that. Conte got us up for that game and we won our last three while they lost two of their three which gave it to us. I don't particularly like Conte's ways but credit where it's due he worked some magic that season.No it wasn't.
After the United game when Nuno was fired we were 2 points away from any realistic top 4 contenders.
On top of that, Nuno had already played City, Arsenal, Chelsea, United and West Ham (at London Stadium).
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You are painting a rosier picture than the real situation though. Look at the table below. We had scored 9 goals in those 10 games and were already 11 goals behind Man Utd as well. We had numerous games and halves without even getting shots on target never mind goals and we were sliding down the table with three losses in our last five including two in a row without scoring. Nuno didn't coach us to play shit and not try to score goals, it was because we weren't very good. Conte came in and discovered that for himself when we tried our best to lose to Vitesse in his first game despite being 3-0 up. He got something more out of that group of players than exoected and then with our excellent January signings we started to gain some real traction. Arsenal were nailed on for fourth and it was a miracle to pip them to it because all they had to do was not lose to us at the TH and that was that. Conte got us up for that game and we won our last three while they lost two of their three which gave it to us. I don't particularly like Conte's ways but credit where it's due he worked some magic that season.
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Sell them as merkins mate, you'll clean up!I am still lumbered with all them Conte wigs I was trying to flog on match days. Unforgivable that he left.
I did specifically say it was wrong to do it in public.But we’re not paid millions to manage the club, the players and keep this sort of thing in-house.
Ange has treated all the players with utmost respect in public, even those he clearly didn’t rate.
Sorry but he wanted to get paid off and stamped his feet like a petulant child to do so; irrespective of personal issues, that was classless and unprofessional.
Yeah for me, Conte did very well in the first season not only to get top 4 but to win games that mattered. And we won some of them well. Results-wise, he was a good manager.You are painting a rosier picture than the real situation though. Look at the table below. We had scored 9 goals in those 10 games and were already 11 goals behind Man Utd as well. We had numerous games and halves without even getting shots on target never mind goals and we were sliding down the table with three losses in our last five including two in a row without scoring. Nuno didn't coach us to play shit and not try to score goals, it was because we weren't very good. Conte came in and discovered that for himself when we tried our best to lose to Vitesse in his first game despite being 3-0 up. He got something more out of that group of players than exoected and then with our excellent January signings we started to gain some real traction. Arsenal were nailed on for fourth and it was a miracle to pip them to it because all they had to do was not lose to us at the TH and that was that. Conte got us up for that game and we won our last three while they lost two of their three which gave it to us. I don't particularly like Conte's ways but credit where it's due he worked some magic that season.
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