The Conte Thread

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

I'll truly start to question him if he doesn't bench Ivanovic next week.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Pro tips from me :

- Cesc has to play,

- Ivanovic/Cahill must not (I know both should not play but one fraud at the time),

- out of "balance players" (a way to describe crippled offensive impotents) : Matic, Oscar, Willian only one can play,

- try to realize that 75th minute is just 15 minutes away from the end of the match

[kmk108 1,186]

Sounds like some people are going on the policy of a manager should be sacked the first match he loses

[Jase 43,479]

We have had some bizarre managers when it comes to substitutions and Conte is no different. Beginning to piss me off with his sub-making decisions!

[Fernando 6,454]

Ridiculous some people here. We can't change so fast, we still got a lot of crap players. 

Remember the board did nothing really good other then Kante, the rest beside bats is just a waste of money. We keep wasting money on average players like David luiz, pedro, alonso and such. 

So can't really give him that much for the players we have and the poor job the board did. 

Other then that I always thought this was the first test and if you fail no big deal. The most important thing is to see how he react. Because a good manager will find solutions after a loss and such. 

So now we can see what he is made of in the coming weeks. 

[Tomo 21,733]

Chelsea fans on Roman: He's got no patience, he won't give managers time.

Chelsea fans when a manager loses his first game: fraud, sack him.

Some of you nutters make Claude look like TY

[Parky 739]

Please Mr Conte there is no more room for Invincibles in the XI. If players are in poor form and fail to give a 100%. Drop them. We have enough talent youngsters that will die to be given a chance to prove themselves. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

just drop the deadwoods. very easy.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

We invited pressure in the first half, misplaced many passes, and struggled to clear out our lines on multiple occasions, and we were punished. 

It's only Conte's first loss and his forst major tactic screw up, it happens. 

It's clear Conte wants us to play through the wings, but when our wing play is bad (like it was today), we're done for. The lack of penetration through the middle has to be addressed sooner or later.

[blues.bridge 343]

I do not know what you wait from Conte , I'm Italian and I saw Conte for years , and he in offensive tactical level is little better than mourinho ! only single skills or episodes , but no team plots and ideas !
Then , needless to blame for an oscar o matic or more , the Truth is What The Whole Team And Low Medium Level !
blame the inability of the leadership to renew in time the team , if not as a soloist with alleged great champions come " cuadrado , marin etc. Up to pedro , Willian etc ! Still keeping players olders and not more be able to give enough like Ivanovic and Cahill ! and The Proof of this inability to renewal and the Return of Luiz !
always keeping the " safe use " although getting older and poorer , instead of renewing with young people who are always routed around at random !

I hate to say it but as long as the leadership does not change and does a team development program , young people etc in a long time will never win ! maybe the occasional victory!

[ElCholo 11]

I got the perception that many people are ignoring the CL-record of Conte. He has been total bullshit in the Champions League.

He is good at fucking up at big occasions.

Please don't make excuses concerning our players. Mourinho brought us near the title and the semi final in the CL with virtually no striker.

[Azpinator 2,325]

If he doesn't take full responsibility for the defeat I'm gonna start losing interest in supporting him.

[Spike 12,049]

2 minutes ago, ElCholo said:

I got the perception that many people are ignoring the CL-record of Conte. He has been total bullshit in the Champions League.

He is good at fucking up at big occasions.

Please don't make excuses concerning our players. Mourinho brought us near the title and the seli final in the CL with virtually no striker.

Ban evasion is pretty pathetic.

[Tomo 21,733]

3 minutes ago, ElCholo said:

I got the perception that many people are ignoring the CL-record of Conte. He has been total bullshit in the Champions League.

He is good at fucking up at big occasions.

Please don't make excuses concerning our players. Mourinho brought us near the title and the semi final in the CL with virtually no striker.

Hes played two CL season's, one of which he got knocked out by that Bayern team no one was beating.

Second season fair enough he did screw that up.

[Jase 43,479]

15 minutes ago, Blue-in-me-Veins said:

It's only Conte's first loss and his forst major tactic screw up, it happens. 

Yes, it happens but this was his first big test and he failed. I don't want to be negative but from what we saw tonight, it doesn't bode well for the upcoming games - Arsenal, Leicester (twice) and Man United.

[Jase 43,479]

10 minutes ago, Azpinator said:

If he doesn't take full responsibility for the defeat I'm gonna start losing interest in supporting him.

This worries me though...

 

[Mceachran 109]

I thought it was clear we only look cohesive with the ball when fabs is on it.  Plus I can't say enough that what is the point of playing 6 defenders (i.e. both matic and kante) if defensively it doesn't even seem to matter!?  Pushing oscar up higher and letting matic stay back was nice to see.  

 

It just seems that our offensive players in this modern game are not getting the same support from proper outside backs as other teams' flanks are.  I thought an early switch of bringing alonso (not even a fan yet, just the only real LB we have) on and letting him and  azpi give our wingers some movement outside.  it's so easy to defend us because of this.  And again, it's not like we're getting clean sheets to justify it!  

 

I'm not losing faith, but I'm definitely a bit suspicious as to how this season is starting.

[Azpinator 2,325]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

This worries me though...

 

Oh well, fair enough. At least he didn't pull a Mourinho and say players had failed him.

You're absolutely right on the 2nd part. I hope he watches the game back a couple of times.