The Conte Thread

[Special Juan 27,104]

Must of been a slow news day.

[Fulham Broadway 16,411]

That Sky interview where he talks about bollocking his assistant, and the explanation of the message he wanted passing on:

"basically, what happened is that before the game, in training, we had clearly prepared a number of situations arising from corners and so forth, and on that occasion Arsenal had a sixth man in the box, and that meant that [Victor] Moses, who was originally meant to be on the edge of the area, had to go mark the sixth man.

"In such cases, Kante needs to move back from his usual position further forward next to Costa, to take Moses’ place further back, so as not to leave that part of the box uncovered. They failed to do that, and I got angry [with Angelo]."

Love the level of detail and work we are clearly putting in...

 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Essien and Drogba were in Roman's exec box on Saturday, does that mean they're signing with us too?  

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Blue Armour 4,168]

I find it funny when the journos sometimes create these 'manager' ratings, comparing their performance in different categories, and then try to classify Conte as someone who is too naive to engage in mind-games and the lot, because he's too 'gentlemanly'.

What I see in Conte, is someone who is very shrewd and very carefully chooses his battles. Doesn't tell the press more than what is needed and can be pointed in his response.

 

[manpe 10,857]

5 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

I find it funny when the journos sometimes create these 'manager' ratings, comparing their performance in different categories, and then try to classify Conte as someone who is too naive to engage in mind-games and the lot, because he's too 'gentlemanly'.

Can you link to any such articles?

[Unionjack 7,531]

I hope we are looking into extending his 3 year contract!

Can anyone tell me why hes not nominated for Jan MOTM?

Its Clement,Poch,Koeman and Hughes.

I'll give mine to Hughes for his 3 under rated years with us.

[zakhov 253]

1 hour ago, Unionjack said:

I hope we are looking into extending his 3 year contract!

Can anyone tell me why hes not nominated for Jan MOTM?

Its Clement,Poch,Koeman and Hughes.

I'll give mine to Hughes for his 3 under rated years with us.

Antonio won November and December, if he were nominated it would've undoubtedly be a three-peat for the gaffer. But I guess the FA wanted to give other coaches a chance to win one. 

[BoyBlue96 990]

Conte vs Allegri next year when it's Chelsea vs Arsenal? 

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 hour ago, zakhov said:

Antonio won November and December, if he were nominated it would've undoubtedly be a three-peat for the gaffer. But I guess the FA wanted to give other coaches a chance to win one. 

Where were you in October when he won it? 

[zakhov 253]

7 hours ago, Unionjack said:

Where were you in October when he won it? 

Oopps, I was pretty sure Klopp won October for some reason, didn't realize he already got the hat-trick. But his chances for January was hurt by that loss to Spurs.

[Blue Armour 4,168]

18 hours ago, manpe said:

Can you link to any such articles?

I tried searching but I'm having trouble finding the actual article that I read, because I can't recall the newspaper source. It was from 2016, close to the start of the season

The only comparison that explicitly mentions mind games, that I've been able to find now is this blog, although the author here gives a different kind of reasoning for his ranking.

http://www.discountfootballkits.com/blog/the-battle-of-the-managers-201617-season/

Also ironically, in the last couple of days there have been articles that have come saying how mind games are no longer a thing.

 

[BlueStorm1003 539]

I legit think if he had come earlier to us, he would have made Torres what he was supposed to be. This man does miracles.

[Tomo 21,681]

13 hours ago, BlueStorm1003 said:

I legit think if he had come earlier to us, he would have made Torres what he was supposed to be. This man does miracles.

Too far.

[BlueStorm1003 539]

On 10/02/2017 at 11:24 AM, Tomo said:

Too far.

Let me have my delusions

[Milan 17,835]

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

On 10/02/2017 at 2:29 AM, BlueStorm1003 said:

I legit think if he had come earlier to us, he would have made Torres what he was supposed to be. This man does miracles.

Ort even Falcao

The Don might just be that good!

[Jase 43,479]