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Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

Cochise

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Well, he gave in to our demands for a 352 and it's royally backfired tonight. I don't know how much of it is the system and how much of it is the players leaving their brains in London. A big part of me thinks it's the players, however being wedded to this back three is infuriating.
 

ralvy

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Well, he gave in to our demands for a 352 and it's royally backfired tonight. I don't know how much of it is the system and how much of it is the players leaving their brains in London. A big part of me thinks it's the players, however being wedded to this back three is infuriating.

Maybe next time play Moura if you have him available instead of keeping him cancelled?
 

funkycoldmedina

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One year in the job, lots of positives, but we've not even been in the game in our 3 biggest tests this season. That's a huge worry. We look so far off it in these games it's more a case of if not when we'll concede and hope that we conjure something up
 

GioW

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One year in the job, lots of positives, but we've not even been in the game in our 3 biggest tests this season. That's a huge worry. We look so far off it in these games it's more a case of if not when we'll concede and hope that we conjure something up
Tonight's been the first night that I've thought that those oppo fans saying that our football 'isn't sustainable ' are actually bang right.

Arsenal lost at Old Trafford but compare the two performances. My goodness.
 

cjbyid

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Have to say first time I've had doubts with him.

I'm completely in the conte in camp and I will stand by him.

But I'm also in the 'oh it'll click soon' but it doesn't seem like it's going too although I really hope it does.

I can't get over how bad we were tonight, for most of the season too infact.

Backwards football, it's so bad.
 
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SandroClegane

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Tonight's been the first night that I've thought that those oppo fans saying that our football 'isn't sustainable ' are actually bang right.

Arsenal lost at Old Trafford but compare the two performances. My goodness.
Both teams lost at Old Trafford. You don't get points for how you lose.
 

midoshairband

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all that money and we're left with this shit? not for me.

he's had a whole pre-season and summer window, which we we were all told was going to make a massive difference, and this is as good as he can do?
 

H-SF

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Worrying how we’ve been tactically and individually outclassed in every single big game this season.
 

parj

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Conte biggest problem is playing 5 at the back which means we either have 2 attackers in 532 or 3 attackers in 523. To make that work we have to win the ball back quickly and get the forward quickly. The challenge with that is our CMs are sitting marginally ahead of the the defence so it's a long ball.

He needs to go to 4 at the back and use the midfield and attack to press and win the ball back quicker.
 

ralvy

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Tonight's been the first night that I've thought that those oppo fans saying that our football 'isn't sustainable ' are actually bang right.

Arsenal lost at Old Trafford but compare the two performances. My goodness.

It's not just opposition fans. I said the same thing in this very same thread after the match against Marseille, and apparently everyone here found that statement hilarious. I would love saying I'm the one who's laughing now, but I'm not, I'm just feeling pissed and disappointed.
 

GioW

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It's not just opposition fans. I said the same thing in this very same thread after the match against Marseille, and apparently everyone here found that statement hilarious. I would love saying I'm the one who's laughing now, but I'm not, I'm just feeling pissed and disappointed.
Yeah fair enough mate. I was possibly in denial because I know Conte is our last hope
 

feet01

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81 minutes, 2-0 down and he subs Dier for Sanchez?! Couldn’t we have at least gone to a back for at that stage

the obsession with the 3 cbs regardless of performance, score or opposition is going to be his downfall
 
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