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He made the right choice. Don't want players like him at my club.

Why doesn't he play like this every match....

Not with our defence and central midfield. Yes they are our rivals, but by all means they're having the better transfer window thus far. Belittling their signings won't make our huge deficiencies disappear. Reinforcements are needed, and without those I truly have no idea how we will fix this team. Keep it real man.

Yes but on the plus side we've sent a few guys out on loan Priorities first.

Said it before and i'll say it again. We need to bid for Carvalho.

No, the way I see it, we need the same kind of players that we're linked with; Nainggolan (b2b) Kante (cdm) We've Fabregas to fit in the 3 man midfield. We can offload Oscar and replace him with one of those two I mentioned before, as I doubt we're going to play with a #10. Payet is not an immediate necessary, as said already first think about fixing that central zone of the pitch and lb, then we can think about adding to our attacking options. The last thing I want to see this club doing is adding to its already extensive attacking options.

Not what we need right now. Bonucci will never come.

That's only because Gigi hasn't had much to do Courtois has been far from excellent, only one of the best keepers. Not THE best.

Is not correct in both English and Italian. It would simply be "il capo" as in "the boss" or simply "boss" You don't go around saying "the boss one." It's just weird and incorrect. After all just calling him Conte is fine.

As if he is the only player that smokes. Only Wilmots was so smart to "reveal" it to the press. Really what's with the majority of Belgian footballers and the press? They just don't go together in the same sentence without embarrassing consequences.

I wouldn't be surprised Belgian footballers being belgian footballers.

Just to clarify, because there is a lacking ability to read between the lines and carefully, without bias involved, reading a post. How this downplays (belittles) Hazard's role? As I have said, him, Hazard, DID carry out our attack, that doesn't mean any other winger with good flair and in good form couldn't have done it, obviously tactics would have been modified to suit this other X winger. And to be fair, I'm not downplaying anyone's role in the 14/15 team. Remy was crucial for a couple of games. I just don't hold Hazard in godly regards as many seem to do.

That's football 101 actually. Managers are THE crucial factor in any team, of course good players help a great deal, but managers are those turning good players in great players, and great players into excellent players. 1 example: Liverpool before and after Klopp. Why did they reach two cup finals? Vital? That can be argued, I could argue any other winger with good flair and in good form could have carried our attack. Could any other manager carried us over the finishing line? Very few. The fact that Hazard was our winger with good flair and in form is only by pure chance. I acknowledged the negatives in our team, I only explained you why there were negatives Grasp the difference? "That's just stating a fact." Sure, that's why I didn't say TSO had a "major" hand. This "conversation" has gone sour now,if you want to discredit TSO and glorify Hazard that's fine, just don't push it down people's throat.

Eh, after a few, interesting I might add, posts, we went back to blindly pointing fingers in hate and the witch hunt. Shame. About signings, to this day we don't have a clear idea as to whom brings people in or out. Also we wanted Stones for a whole summer, surely José wanted another CB I'm inclined to believe. 1) Filipe Luis was given chances but he never truly impressed, he was a little out of his depth during those, extensive, runs in the team; at the time our system was working and we were on course to win a title, don't change something that is almost working when you're so close to the finishing line. (Shame we sold him though. One of the few players I really regret having sold.) 2) I already told you mine about it. And I partially agree. 3) & 4) Our weaknesses were/are far more debilitating. It was all needed at the time and I'm sure Conte would do almost the same. The only way this team could have won anything. As soon as rival teams understood our glaring weaknesses, we started leaking points. At that point José went with the low block. 4) 1 player doesn't win you anything. If we're looking for players who really won us the title, then we should all thank Fabregas and Diego. That title was won in the first 5 months. Subsequently we kept winning only because of Jose's, much hated, tactics, which ironically highlighted Hazard's form. And yet one just need use google to see which manager won us our last two trophies And has had a hand in every trophy won in the last 10 years. But since your only interest here is discredit TSO and glorify Hazard, I'm done.

I will take all that into real consideration when both managers will have managed the same exact 25 men squad. Obviously there are differences on a tactical level, I would argue there are not two managers in the world of football with the exact same tactical idea. Similar? Yes Exact? No. Having made that premise. 1) & 4) Conte has at his disposal Bonucci, Chiellini, Barzagli. José for the past 3 years has had, aged JT, Cahill, Luiz (!!!) and an up and coming Zouma, with whom José seemed to prefer a higher line, given his pace. 2) I can agree with this, that doesn't mean José doesn't coach it, simply you can see Conte's hand much more easily. 3) You're only remembering this past season and the latter part of our title winning season, when opposition figured out our tactics and we didn't have (we still don't) have personnel to vary our approach.(Granted it wasn't really fluid but serviceable at the very least.) 5) Any good winning coach knows that the defensive side comes first. Without a solid defence (Which we have lacked from several seasons) you can have the fiercest attack you want but you'll always be vulnerable. Ultimately it's defence and midfield that wins you stuff. If Conte won't have a new proper CB come the beginning of the season, expect him to play a low block and not that fierce pressing you can see, at times, with Italy. Both he and a few others know that football isn't there to be entertaining, football is there to be won. If you have the means to win while being entertaining then all for the better. Conte's teams play as a team because it is built as a team. Our side is not. Our side is comprised of 18 footballers randomly collected in the same team with no clear direction. Which José nonetheless managed to carry over the finishing line and winning a title with it. But hey, if I would want to see only the negatives in someone's work I could do it also.

Rightly, wrongly? That has been discussed at length and I won't change my mind about it. Not sure about others, as they seem to change their minds depending from which direction the wind blows. Funny, because that latter part of your post is the same kind of poison that's been puked over these last few days about Conte's Italy. No doubt I've to be prepared to read the same cookie cutter posts over and over for yet another season, should we fail to bring in our targets. Because I assure, without reinforcements, Conte will make this team play the same kind of football as José did. And what will happen when Hazard & co will get tired of Conte's, very similar to José's, methods? History is our teacher.

Yes, that's the only doubt I have about the 4-4-2 Where does Cesc fit? Although I wouldn't be surprised to see him there, at least for the first few games, until Conte realizes it's not a viable option. We can fantasize about the formation all we want, ultimately we'll get a general idea of what shape we're going to take in 1 month

He's good, not 58 mill good. Realistically the 58 mill good players can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Yes, general opinion is that we'll play 4-4-2 next season.

Manage who? They'll start working after the Euro anyway. And as i've mentioned elsewhere, he's going to be sacked come the end of the season or around december. Let him enjoy some international success before becoming miserable and loose al of his hair once again. Funnily enough, there's a minority in Italy complaining about the way we play, how it's not "entertaining." Something comparable to what was happening here when José was still where he should rightly be. They are also complaining about his comments from last night and how "He blamed the pitch" for the loss; how he "never admits" defeat. Others, people who should wash their mouths and never be allowed to wear an Italy national team kit, are already waving a white flag and declaring defeat against Spain, their argument being "even if we beat Spain there's Germany. Better come home sooner." Shameful landspace some of these Italy "fans" are.

On the contrary I think he reached his full potential last season, when we won the title. Then he wanted a season-long siesta. The boy is too laid back, in a team full of stars he wouldn't produce anything because of his "Others will think about winning this match." mentality. Still I wouldn't sell him though, not even for astronomical bids. With whom do you replace him this season?

I can understand, and I agree to the argument of him not being worth 42 mill. He's absolutely not worth that money. But he has produced a few good moments out there, and during the course of the two matches out there he's never been below a solid 6. (I didn't watch the match from yesterday.) He's obviously not the finished product, quite raw still, but the boy has potential to become a very,very solid player under the right coaching. And already is a more than decent player the way I see it.

He plays Insigne where Giaccherini plays and we'll automatically lose the game. Maybe Insigne in place of Eder.

This kind of comment would have been fun in presence of an actual meltdown. But thus far, bar one, maybe two posts, reactions and expectations have been kept realistic and at bay.

if Abramovich is in there we're in safe hands then #WelcomeAduriz #WelcomeNani

Good player (Not judging only from this Euro obviously...) Hardly what we need right now.