Unfortunately don’t think we’ll see much of Bentancur until 2024. Think we should still be adding to the squad to find quality to play alongside Bissouma and then Bentancur can add additional quality when he is ready. Watching PEH constantly pass into trouble or Skipp making simple passes but still lacking the required quality is painful. Don’t think we can start the season with either as first choice.
Was just going to post similar. If he’s is that good what did he do/say to Conte to rarely play
I thought he was being told he needed to work on patterns of play before he could get into the 1st team then after that he was injured for quite a while.
Does that mean Hojbjerg and Skipp were well versed in those patterns of play?
Always looked to me like he was just fundamentally ill-suited to Conte's prescripted style of build up and passing. Presumably Conte also saw this in his performances and training, hence he rarely played. If you don't (try to) do exactly what Conte wants on the pitch, you don't play.
It’s not so weird. Conte isn’t a very good coach. He’s a manager that has been successful with very good squads. I like Bissouma, and any decent coach will get a tune out of him.
Yup. He’s just a very inflexible coach. Which is stupid really. Not the right guy for us.
They've got caicedo who is pretty decent. They haven't missed him at all.
Have to wonder if his crazy fitness regime in preseason fucked Bissouma and a couple of others.
Conte effectively wasted a year and a half of our lives.
I think this is probably the case. Way too much cardio work pre-season (and from what i can tell, midweek between matches also) has led to so many injuries this season to key players. I'm just surprised that Kane hasn't pulled up with an ankle issue as a result.
probably the whole squad
