The Conte Thread

[Jase 43,479]

 

 

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11 hours ago, Jason said:

 

 

 

"Conte doesn't have a plan B" they said. The 3-5-2 has been superb. Bakayoko's movement and dynamism occupies a lot of space in attack leaving Hazard and Fabregas with more to do. In many ways I'd argue we're actually playing with a midfielder diamond with Hazard dropping back. Good to know that Conte has realized we were having a very diffucult time controlling the middle of the pitch.

Win against Liverpool and the next 8 fixtures or so all look winnable as well. Starting to look good for the 'chaos' team.

[Milan 17,955]

 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

10 hours ago, Jason said:

 

Speaks for itself that all top 3 had thos first 50 games at chelsea

[Georgy 439]

We're going in the right direction with Conte. Leaving the on field performance alone, under him we have got some good players like Kante, Bakayoko, Morata or Rudiger. We might need to replace Alonso and Zappa but it's not his fault the board couldn't deliver. If he leaves I fully expect us to go backwards again, if he stays next summer he will continue to pressure our board for good players, watching Sandro playing half arsed I think he is as good as ours if Conte stays, same goes for a top class RW/ST coming next season.

[Jase 43,479]

Nice little feature from the club.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

His negativity has ended any chance of retaining the title

[positivefootball 195]

Coward display. Never start Bakayoko again away against teams like Liverpool.

[El P. 1,354]

Never in this season I thought Conte was a sole responsibility for a bad result. This 1-1 draw is on him.

I mean ok - no Cesc from the start, that's not a such a bad decision. But after 55 minutes, after it was clear that we need something more, after it was clear that Bakayoko isn't good enough and that either of Bakayoko or Drinkwater should go out, Conte still keeps them on the field and does nothing. It was all too obvious and he responded way way too late.

[Jase 43,479]

22 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

His negativity has ended any chance of retaining the title

The draw with Liverpool isn't the result that ended our title challenge. The stupid losses to Burnley and Crystal Palace did. Had we won those 2 games, we would be just 2 points behind City now.

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2 minutes ago, Jason said:

The draw with Liverpool isn't the result that ended our title challenge. The stupid losses to Burnley and Crystal Palace did. Had we won those 2 games, we would be just 2 points behind City now.

Technically you're correct but this draw did "end" any hopes we had. Now City can afford an 11 point cushion which I believe no one has ever come back from. 9 points was manageable as they'll still drop points. 11 points is just silly. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Technically you're correct but this draw did "end" any hopes we had. Now City can afford an 11 point cushion which I believe no one has ever come back from. 9 points was manageable as they'll still drop points. 11 points is just silly. 

Let's see over the next couple of games. We have a decent run of games up till January. City have Spurs and United coming up in December.

[FabHazard 655]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Let's see over the next couple of games. We have a decent run of games up till January. City have Spurs and United coming up in December.

We are never catching city this season..That City team will set PL records

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2 minutes ago, FabHazard said:

We are never catching city this season..That City team will set PL records

Well, I don't disagree with that. But some are using City's excellence to beat Conte etc for no good reason. Never mind the Premier League, no other side (maybe PSG) in Europe have looked as imperious as City have this season. To expect this squad, filled with so many average players, to match City and overtake them is just silly.