The Conte Thread

[Blusan Alamb 295]

[Last Sicarius 610]

For me today he shows that he has balls and drop Cahill. 

[I_Just_Blue_Myself 29]

Someone please tell me the Conte is homesick news isnt true,

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

The man deserves credit 

[Blue Armour 4,759]

6 hours ago, Supermonkey92 said:

The man deserves credit 

Made Diego Simeone adapt his tactics twice during the game.

Still came out on top.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Simeone was going nuts trying to change the formation. A draw to Arsenal with Hazard, Bakayoko on the bench and this thread goes apeshit about he was found out by Wenger. Be consistent. He found out Simeone. 

[positivefootball 195]

Willian (one of the worst performance I have see in a chelsea shirt) for Morata. AHAHAHAHA

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

This has to be the most humiliating defeat personally I've ever experienced at Stamford Bridge. And I've been actively supporting this club since 1997, the days of Zola, Poyet and Petrescu. I can't ever remember us looking so bad AND negative. For the 1st time and I'm totally disappointed in Conte and his approach. Even if we don't have the same level of technical players in our team, to try not to even press them is disgusting. 

[yipo 56]

well let hope for next 13 straight win again 

[Strike 7,854]

Re: Conte and strange team selections.

Now that he's had to manage 17-18 players rather than the 13 that consistently played last season, Conte is yet to figure out how to manage the squad. I feel the squad can be rotated better. Particularly utilise Pedro, Zappacosta and Willian better. 

Also, tactically, teams know what to expect from Chelsea. I just get the feeling he needs to pull another ace out of somewhere or top 4 is the best the club could do this season

[The Skipper 20,609]

11 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

This has to be the most humiliating defeat personally I've ever experienced at Stamford Bridge. And I've been actively supporting this club since 1997, the days of Zola, Poyet and Petrescu. I can't ever remember us looking so bad AND negative. For the 1st time and I'm totally disappointed in Conte and his approach. Even if we don't have the same level of technical players in our team, to try not to even press them is disgusting. 

Worst tactical performance in a big game since the Atletico away semi final. Shocking stuff from Conte, genuinely can’t understand his dislike for Michy. I hope he’s learnt his lesson. 

Genuinely cant believe he set us up to play like the away team today. Such an embarrassing performance. Gave City way too much respect. This is a huge result for them. 

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

It's not so much team selection.

(1) Low block for 90 mins. 5 at the back + Kante + Bakayoko shielding that. Our wingbacks were pinned back for 90 mins. Conte's fault

(2) No high press when City were attempting to pass from the back. Even Mourinho tried the high press when he knew his team couldn't cope with the technique of a top team's midifeld. This is one thing I absolutely hate Conte refuses to do. For.Some.Weird.Reason. Conte's fault.

(3) Willian, one of the most wasteful players in our squad who can hardly be considered a scoring threat replaces our main striker instead of Batshuayi. Conte's fault

(4) No answer to the offside trap.

(5) No answer to City's switching on and especially off the ball. Conte's fault

Tactically, I saw zero from Conte today. This was far worse than the United away game last season because there we had legitimate team selection problems. Here even before Morata went off, we were getting outclassed. 

Thank god we only face City twice every season. Can't bare to watch that again. Conte needs to find a way to handle possession based high calibre teams with technically gifted midfields. That is essentially what all the favourites for the Champions League are. Judging by what I've seen today, we have no chance of winning that. We have to consolidate on dominating the small teams this season. It's our only chance to retain our title. 

[Jase 43,479]

6 minutes ago, Strike said:

Re: Conte and strange team selections.

Now that he's had to manage 17-18 players rather than the 13 that consistently played last season, Conte is yet to figure out how to manage the squad. I feel the squad can be rotated better. Particularly utilise Pedro, Zappacosta and Willian better. 

Also, tactically, teams know what to expect from Chelsea. I just get the feeling he needs to pull another ace out of somewhere or top 4 is the best the club could do this season

How has he not managed the squad better? He hasn't played the same XI for every game, has he? The main issue is our squad lacks quality, like proper genuine quality and Conte chopping and changing the XI is not going to hide that. You look at our strikeforce - take Morata off and we're left with Batshuayi. The attacking players of Hazard, Willian, Pedro hardly scream world class as a whole. Then we have average WBs and somewhat dodgy midfielders, especially when going forward.

[LAM09 7,100]

Some games you can do little else expect question his selection. Cesc cannot start 5-6 in a row and it's been evident since the Forest game, his decision to start Azpi at RWB made no sense either.

 

Less said about his treatment of a CF that won him the biggest game this season thus far, the better.

 

 

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

2 minutes ago, The Skipper said:

Worst tactical performance in a big game since the Atletico away semi final. Shocking stuff from Conte, genuinely can’t understand his dislike for Michy. I hope he’s learnt his lesson. 

Genuinely cant believe he set us up to play like the away team today. Such an embarrassing performance. Gave City way too much respect. This is a huge result for them. 

Skipper, I honesltly couldn't believe what I just watched. I've already voiced my concerns for this season ^^^. I'm going to do other activities that make me happy. Gutted right now. 

[Milan 17,997]

7 games in September - 5 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat. Shame we lost point to our direct rivals.

[Rapkun 668]

I think he was too pragmatic. Today he should have taken more risks. To play Azpi at RWB rather than Zappa, also Willian over Michy. Heck I think even Kenedy should have been in contention for a place. The moment Morata was pulled off, he needed to bring in Michy(real 9) or switch to 2 midfielders.

[FabHazard 655]

19 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

It's not so much team selection.

(1) Low block for 90 mins. 5 at the back + Kante + Bakayoko shielding that. Our wingbacks were pinned back for 90 mins. Conte's fault

(2) No high press when City were attempting to pass from the back. Even Mourinho tried the high press when he knew his team couldn't cope with the technique of a top team's midifeld. This is one thing I absolutely hate Conte refuses to do. For.Some.Weird.Reason. Conte's fault.

(3) Willian, one of the most wasteful players in our squad who can hardly be considered a scoring threat replaces our main striker instead of Batshuayi. Conte's fault

(4) No answer to the offside trap.

(5) No answer to City's switching on and especially off the ball. Conte's fault

Tactically, I saw zero from Conte today. This was far worse than the United away game last season because there we had legitimate team selection problems. Here even before Morata went off, we were getting outclassed. 

Thank god we only face City twice every season. Can't bare to watch that again. Conte needs to find a way to handle possession based high calibre teams with technically gifted midfields. That is essentially what all the favourites for the Champions League are. Judging by what I've seen today, we have no chance of winning that. We have to consolidate on dominating the small teams this season. It's our only chance to retain our title. 

I think we can forget about the title..Need to focus on being in top 4....Anyway what is the point of that if we get knocked out against a top side...Board and Manager need to show ambtition...They need to realise that Chelsea is one of the biggest clubs in the world..They need to start acting like they are a big club

[Johnnyeye 7,593]

14 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Less said about his treatment of a CF that won him the biggest game this season thus far, the better

this, i cant believe Conte didnt put Michy on when Morata got injured, what kind of message does this send to Michy , even after scoring the winner against Atletico? Conte lost the plot and that´s 2 games against top opposition at home with only 1 point from those games, simply not good enough, he needs to sort his mess. Cheers

[nono 791]

I don't think we have the technical quality to compete with top sides. We always lose the midfield battle against the good teams. This team is still short of 2-3 players and maybe a manager before it gets to competing against the best. I don't think Bakayoko was the right choice for us. Too similar to Kante and keeps giving the ball away in midfield. City pressed us high up and we struggled to complete two passes.