The Conte Thread

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I'm really bored to death of watching "counter-attacking" football and defending deep in big games with sporadic forays into the opponents box. Who is willing to be this is what we see against Barcelona in both legs and City? It's so predictable and lame at the same time. 

[Pizy 18,368]

I think the worst part of this season is that Chelsea doesn't scare anyone anymore. All these small teams play us and think they can get at us and they often have. Burnley, Palace, West Ham, Bournemouth. That's the depressing thing. Is it partly down to Conte's team selections and tactics? Yes. But it's also down to personnel.

When our only consistently dangerous player is Hazard it makes us easy to neutralize. When we have someone as raw and unrefined as Bakayoko in midfield it's easy to play through us. When we have average players in the most important position in a 3-4-3 (wingbacks) we get exposed.

When these small clubs go up against City they're basically demoralized as soon as they step on the pitch and they get blown away. Same with Liverpool's fantastic attacking play. They know they'll be pressed into oblivion by Spuds and it will be extremely tough to play through them because of that. 

Whereas when they play us we don't excell in any particular area and have easy to exploit weaknesses. Teams just think that if they can keep Hazard relatively quiet they can really get after us. I'd love to see us just try to blitz these teams. 

[KevinAshburner 1,270]

 

 

 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Is he real?!

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[cfcs most wanted 657]

Alot of this comes down to the formation, when we play the 3 at the back, we essentially have a useless 3rd defender, two wing backs who are essentially shit at attacking, yet still have to because no other width is available. When we play 3-4-3 we have 2 midfielders, usually Kante and Bakayoko who are both better defensively. This just kills the attack, everyone knows the striker can't do anything on his own, leaving just Hazard who should be kept calm. 4-3-3 might make are otherwise useless wingbacks being more defensive minded occasionally trying for an attack, which suits our team better than losing the ball every time. And this also allows us to have 4 players up top, almost ready to pounce on any attack. This won't just help our attack, but also help us defensively. A lot of matches that we have lost comes down to our inability to press teams, and in the end we have our goal subject to waves of attacks from smaller teams. With more attacking players in our squad up top, these teams would be wary of trying to press us and they would be defensive in their matches, I think a attacking 4 like Liverpool have would be amazing for our squad, considering that we are mostly pretty organised at the back

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

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[Styles 9,790]

Is he still here? 10 years ago, Roman would have sacked him after the game. How times have changed.

 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Conte was asked if Michy Batshuayi’s departure on loan to Borussia Dortmund affected his planning for the game?

‘Now it would be very simple to find excuses and that’s not the right way. For sure we made a lot of mistakes together. When we win, we win together and when we lose, we lose together.

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[sainttourist 68]

I blame Conte for not thinking ahead and bringing Cudicini, us assistant, instead of Drogba, Zola etc. Would had three attacking option before the game. Negative manager.

[Special Juan 27,424]

He won't make it until this time next week, his words are to close to the knuckle now, the board will sack him soon.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

Football is all about cliches and soundbites and the one that's used about Chelsea the most is it's a soap opera. Well to be honest it is and always has been going back to the 60's when Tommy Docherty sent home most of the team for sneaking out to a nightclub. We don't do stability never have done never will do. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

He won't make it until this time next week, his words are to close to the knuckle now, the board will sack him soon.

Don't thing so...

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[blues.bridge 343]

what  do you think about Domenico  Tedesco,  Schalke's coach like our next menager?

[Special Juan 27,424]

5 minutes ago, blues.bridge said:

what  do you think about Domenico  Tedesco,  Schalke's coach like our next menager?

If he's a yes man he will be in the frame to be considered.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Nine contenders who could replace Antonio Conte at Chelsea

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/02/01/nine-contenders-could-replace-antonio-conte-chelsea/

 

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[Special Juan 27,424]

His over 'achieving' comments are just a smack in the face with a wet fish to the board. He's pushing and pushing and it will come to a head soon, they won't tolerate these words much longer and with him apparently walking a fine line for weeks it wouldn't surprise me if the hunt for a new coach started as early as 10PM last night.

I love Conte but hes been sold down the river, these fuckers running the show are absolute control freaks and there in lies the problem. There is no gel or bond between him and the board, the relationship is finished. He hasn't helped the situation with his latest comments but come on. He's speaking in riddles now that we all understand, you don't need to be a genius to work it out. Is he out of order? Yes, it should of been discussed behind closed doors, but how can you discuss something and someone when you have got no respect coming back the other way, he knows he's gone whether it be now or end of the season and he's thought "Fuck it"

The club is rotten and it starts at the top.

[Pizy 18,368]

Man, I really really like Conte and hope he somehow stays past the summer. Gets us a top 4 finish and is then given adequate funds to get a few more in. We have to break this cycle of sacking great managers when they hit a rough patch. Unless it gets very bad like Mourinho at the end I hope we stick with him. But the way he's talking I fear he's teetering on the edge.

Said it before but Tuchel is my #1 choice if Conte does go. Know he has flaws but I think he'd be great.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Nothing will change, you could bring in Pep, but the board and upstairs frauds are still there, still controlling every single movement.

Your always going to get some gullible fucker, but from the outside looking in you wouldn't come near this job if you had anything about you. Like players, we will become a lesser and lesser attraction from managers now.