Et tu, Daniel?
He is mentioned: "We can announce that Head Coach Antonio Conte has left the Club by mutual agreement. We achieved Champions League qualification in Antonio’s first season at the Club. We thank Antonio for his contribution and wish him well for the future."
Nah, it's a crazy decision brought on by the fact that our board have no idea what they want as a collective. I keep hearing "perhaps we are waiting until the summer because who we want is currently employed". Nope we just don't know what we are doing. We've been speaking to Naglesmann but not everyone is convinced. Poch has his backers, Galardo the same but they can't decide between them. That is fundamentally because there is no mission statement as to what we are and who as a club we want to be.
Jesus Christ
Oh joy. I would have thought they could all get behind Levy's mission statement from a couple of years ago (which you imagine they all would have agreed upon). I know they ignored it then, but perhaps they should read it again and follow it this time.
Fair enough. You are privy to more info than me, so if this is the case then my attempt at optimism is misplaced.
Cluster fuck as always, all todays news does is send out a message that we’re a shambles behind the scenes.
You sound surprised. It's not like we haven't been saying this for a while now is it. Conte was gone on Friday, and then 3 days later they come out with Mason and Stellinni rubbish, because they are once again caught off guard? Do me a favour this has been playing out for weeks/months. It's the Nuno saga all over again. If he put a fraction of the planning he puts in place for his building projects into the football side of things we'd be set. Instead he just wings it all with a hundred different voices chirping away in his ear.Jesus Christ
Looking forward to the next big manager we can employ then destroy
The 1st post I see as I revisit this thread.
No need to rush announcing the permanent manager just yet. I'd rather they take their time and get the right person in. Ideally by the end of April I'd say.Yea very unusual scenario.
I don’t think Conte has any serious or long term health issues I think after the op he had he should be ok now however he has had one hell of a tough year with the death of 3 friends and then an emergency gallbladder removal.
Not his fault but I doubt he’s been providing the team with much good energy and it was very interesting that every time Conte went away we played the same system allbeit slightly more proactive and we got some really good results and much better performances.
As soon as conte was about to come back or was back our form and performances fell off a cliff again.
Add to that conte’s outburst in the presser last week and it’s obvious that was that for him.
The Stellini staying on with Mason actually makes sense because it’s less pressure and responsibility for Mason and it’s a continuation of what the players know but with more positive energy.
Also Stellini and the other staff will also be contracted until the ends of this season so it’s clear all round to keep them on until summer and no huge benefit to rip them all out now anyway.
The absolute KEYnow is to have our managerial target signed and tied up I’d say before our next home game ideally, we announce it and then for the remaining 9 games the players and crowd give their all to get us top4 again whilst the new manager watches the games and plans for the summer and pre-season.
Thank you Conte for your efforts, go rest up and spend time with your family, shame it didn’t work out but the experiment was worth a try.
Grazie and buona fortuna Antonio
You'd think that someone so intelligent and so careful with finances would ensure that a footballing model is in place to ensure risk is minimised when making big footballing decisions and it meant the club always had continuation.
This is crushing to read, not that any of it is a surprise. Impossible to muster any hope for the club going forward until they go. What a dreadful situation to be in as a fan.
