They're on a different level at home. 11 dropped points at home. A loss to Swansea to open the season, a draw against Hull in September, a 1-0 loss to Arsenal in October, and a 2-1 loss to City in November.
No it's not, but it's how you develop the mentality and tactical awareness that leads to matchtime. Conte is picking his side on merit, and we only see part of what goes into that.
I didn't want Luiz to play either, but it's not like Conte is just ignoring players on the bench.
Fucks sake, you'd think we just dropped into the relegation zone
Anyone remember all those close matches when we were on the run? The difference between this game and those is Burnley managed to score on a free kick.
Its not the end of the world and we're still top of the table.
You'll never catch me being pissed one of ours scores but I get what you mean. At this point, there's no good argument against it. They just have to be smart about it and not spend minutes reviewing like they do in American sports.
I never got why they allow banned managers communicate from the stands. If you want to punish them, make them go those matches without the manager constantly communicating with the assistant.
I would say if they don't win the first leg, then he's gone. But that's taking a risk if they were to go down by a lot in the first leg. They've got Swansea away and Millwall away before their away leg against Sevilla. If they lose to both Swansea (massive relegation match) and Millwall (out of the FA Cup), I'd imagine he's gone.
Probably in July. I don't know when the contract with Adidas runs out, but when we switched from Samsung to Yokohama, the contract didn't end until June, so the new shirt wasn't released until July 16th, right before the pre-season tour.
For some reason, I read that as Roberto Martinez the first time, and I almost laughed.
I think Ranieri is safe until they're out of the Champions League.