The Conte Thread

[LAM09 6,744]

Inter v Juve next weekend before the international break is one to watch. 

Arguably the title decider already. Inter wouldn't blow a 5 point lead

[!Hazard! 3,394]

I really do like Conte but I think his judgement on signings has been somewhat questionable at every club he has been. I mean, surely he can think of better players to sign than Lukaku and 2019 Alexis Sanchez?

[Alabama 1,992]

22 minutes ago, !Hazard! said:

I really do like Conte but I think his judgement on signings has been somewhat questionable at every club he has been. I mean, surely he can think of better players to sign than Lukaku and 2019 Alexis Sanchez?

That's my point of emphasy...His judgement in spoting for is quiet poor... Remember Candreva links and those underwhelming names from serie A during his short stint here... 

[Tomo 21,733]

15 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Think Juve have far too much individual quality. It’s what got them past Sarri’s Napoli. 

Would love to be wrong 

Personally I'd rather Napoli won it if we're going for choices of ex Chelsea manager's. I'm not Carlo's biggest fan in terms of his management style but he still conducted himself with respect and dignity when it all went wrong while Conte basically shat on us as supporter's, especially the ones who travelled to City that afternoon.

Still a bit wounding what he did post January for me, genuinely thought the version of 16/17 and even the first half of 17/18 was as good as Jose the first time round.

[Tomo 21,733]

2 hours ago, !Hazard! said:

I really do like Conte but I think his judgement on signings has been somewhat questionable at every club he has been. I mean, surely he can think of better players to sign than Lukaku and 2019 Alexis Sanchez?

It his big weakness and the second biggest reason (after his attitude decline) as to why I was happy to see him leave despite the incredible memories of 16/17.

[NikkiCFC 7,946]

On 26/09/2019 at 2:31 AM, Tomo said:

 

Could see him winning Serie A unless he starts developing a fettish for Alexis.

Looks like this is going to work. He just scored! 

Edit : red card 😂

[Jase 43,479]

IT'S ON!

6 wins out of 6 for Conte's Inter. Juventus up next, next Sunday! 

[Vesper 28,796]

7 hours ago, Jason said:

IT'S ON!

6 wins out of 6 for Conte's Inter. Juventus up next, next Sunday! 

hell yes, I so want Inter to win the Scudetto

I have seen so many slag that team off as having shit players, they are crazy

they are loaded at CB and MF, better than Juve

have a still great (for a year or two more) GK in Samir Handanovic

have decent strikers (Lukaku is more than good enough for Serie A and even though I don't rate buying Lautaro Martinez atm, he has the talent)

and have yet to unleash Valentino Lozano at fullback/wingback

if Alex plays like he did today before his red card, watch out, and Politano is a great winger to complement

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On ‎26‎-‎09‎-‎2019 at 4:41 PM, !Hazard! said:

I really do like Conte but I think his judgement on signings has been somewhat questionable at every club he has been. I mean, surely he can think of better players to sign than Lukaku and 2019 Alexis Sanchez?

Sanchez I get but Lukaku will be good for them. They lost Icardi, Lukaku had a torrid time at utd and wanted to leave. I can totally see why he went for him, he will be good for Inter and under Conte. I for one hope COnte rips JUve a new one.

[Miguelito 459]

Arguably the title decider already. Inter wouldn't blow a 5 point lead

What? It's wayyyyy too early for that. If they get a couple injuries, go on a bad run of form, etc, 5 points can be gotten back in as little as 2 games... Now 5 points near the end of the season is totally different. But we haven't seen enough of this inter team yet to make that claim.

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[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Think its too early to say that about Inter after 5 games.

But if Inter are still top come gameweek 20 by 5 points or more they will win the league. Conte is very good at making teams hard to beat (except one year here) so if they can get to then and be 5 or 6 points clear and they continue to be hard to beat and concede at the same rate they are now, he will have done an outstanding job. Theres no doubting his managerial ability. It went sour here in the last 6 of 7 months yes but some of our players were also shocking in terms of performances and sometimes attitude (Bakayoko, Morata, Willian, Pedro, Moses, Alonso, Luiz, Courtois, Hazard sometimes looked very poor too) as well as Contes tactical stubbornness.

Juventus are still the favourites to win the league purely because they have Ronaldo as well as very experienced top players who are used to winning titles in their ranks. Sarri may not be a serial winner but him and that group, they can bridge the gap with their know how to win important games. 

[LAM09 6,744]

What? It's wayyyyy too early for that. If they get a couple injuries, go on a bad run of form, etc, 5 points can be gotten back in as little as 2 games... Now 5 points near the end of the season is totally different. But we haven't seen enough of this inter team yet to make that claim.

 

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Injuries work both ways. I just don't see Inter dropping 5 points SHOULD they beat Juve (H2H is the decider btw) this week due to the nature of those around them.

 

[Miguelito 459]

Injuries work both ways. I just don't see Inter dropping 5 points SHOULD they beat Juve (H2H is the decider btw) this week due to the nature of those around them. 

Yeah that's what I'm saying. Injuries could help them if some juve players get injured but it could seriously harm their chances. You can't say. If inter win this week. Juve could easily win the rematch, which leaves one tie away from them being tied on points.

It's crazy to say that this game will decide the title... we're less than 10 games in, come on. Will it influence the title? Clearly.

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[Jase 43,479]

European progression could also affect Inter and Juve in the run-in. IF Inter were to get KOed in the CL group stage, then I think Conte will throw all the eggs into the Serie A basket. 

[LAM09 6,744]

Yeah that's what I'm saying. Injuries could help them if some juve players get injured but it could seriously harm their chances. You can't say. If inter win this week. Juve could easily win the rematch, which leaves one tie away from them being tied on points.

 

It's crazy to say that this game will decide the title... we're less than 10 games in, come on. Will it influence the title? Clearly.

 

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Arguably - it may be argued (used to qualify the statement of an opinion or belief).

 

I never said it would be job done.

 

European progression could also affect Inter and Juve in the run-in. IF Inter were to get KOed in the CL group stage, then I think Conte will throw all the eggs into the Serie A basket. 

 

Inter will be in Europe one way or another come February, so I doubt that will have a massive bearing. They wouldn't have much of a luxury by going into EL due to their squad size either.

 

[Jase 43,479]

4 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Inter will be in Europe one way or another come February, so I doubt that will have a massive bearing. They wouldn't have much of a luxury by going into EL due to their squad size either.

If Inter go into the Europa League, pretty sure Conte will bin that to win the Serie A. 

[LAM09 6,744]

If Inter go into the Europa League, pretty sure Conte will bin that to win the Serie A. 

Most clubs outside of England don't throw in the towel, as it were.

Success is success at the end of the day.

[Jase 43,479]

4 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Most clubs outside of England don't throw in the towel, as it were.

Success is success at the end of the day.

But Serie A is the bigger prize for them. It's been so long since they last won it and they would love to end Juve's streak.