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Just been reading a rreport from June 29th

 

Antonio Conte’s Touchline Demeanour Is Certain To Buy Abramovich’s Affection At Chelsea

http://www.umaxit.com/index.php/columns/antonio-contes-touchline-demeanour-is-certain-to-buy-abramovich-affection-at-chelsea

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Reminds me of when Diego joined us about going into battle..

The Italian manager says he’s setting his sights on winning the tittle, but admits he needs to continue to work hard to win every game and battle until the end.

“When you win a game during the championship, you win a battle. One battle. When you win a trophy, you win the war. I like this. I love to win the war,” Conte said in his pre-match press conference before facing Middlesbrough on Sunday afternoon.

“But, for sure, we know that this championship is very difficult because there are a lot of good teams. But, I repeat, we are working very hard to fight with this team until the end. To win the war, it’s important also to win the battles during the championship. One’s a consequence of the other.”


 
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On 18/11/2016 at 7:22 PM, Tomo said:

The curse is more because this award is usually given to midtable managers who have their team on a month long honeymoon, in general its about as accurate as this ludicrous conspiracy theory that some players/teams only show up against Chelsea.

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NO one prefers facts to curses, Tomo... :P 

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If Koeman, Ranieri and Mourinho couldn't outwit Conte, what's to say "no plan B" Pochettino will? Pep is without doubt going to come with a solid plan though, but maybe, just maybe people have underestimated just how tactically astute Conte is. I do, however, feel that both Spurs and City will come to press us as intently as they can, which could force us into making mistakes. 

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3 hours ago, It's too big said:

If Koeman, Ranieri and Mourinho couldn't outwit Conte, what's to say "no plan B" Pochettino will? Pep is without doubt going to come with a solid plan though, but maybe, just maybe people have underestimated just how tactically astute Conte is. I do, however, feel that both Spurs and City will come to press us as intently as they can, which could force us into making mistakes. 

One thing to consider is the Spurs have a very important away game vs Monaco on Tuesday, its pretty much a must win so you can bet they will be employing a high press in that one. They don't really have the squad to compete on both fronts so I would imagine they press against Monaco and switch to 3-4-3 against us on saturday. 

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12 hours ago, It's too big said:

If Koeman, Ranieri and Mourinho couldn't outwit Conte, what's to say "no plan B" Pochettino will? Pep is without doubt going to come with a solid plan though, but maybe, just maybe people have underestimated just how tactically astute Conte is. I do, however, feel that both Spurs and City will come to press us as intently as they can, which could force us into making mistakes. 

They are good managers but think you might have overestimated Koeman, Ranieri and Mourinho (we should know best about him!). Having no 'Plan B' is different from having the ability to outwit a manager. And no one is underestimating Conte's tactical acumen, but merely acknowledging that someone is going to ask serious questions about us and our 3-4-3 soon and it might just happen in 1/2 or next 2 games. The pressing bit is interesting - Boro did that yesterday and we didn't manage it very well (probably not helped by players being tired after the international break). Certainly need to improve on that against Spurs and City and not give the ball away so cheaply like against Boro.

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17 hours ago, It's too big said:

If Koeman, Ranieri and Mourinho couldn't outwit Conte, what's to say "no plan B" Pochettino will? Pep is without doubt going to come with a solid plan though, but maybe, just maybe people have underestimated just how tactically astute Conte is. I do, however, feel that both Spurs and City will come to press us as intently as they can, which could force us into making mistakes. 

Ive read that the best formation to play against a 3-4-3 is Shitys 4-3-3.

Do we reckon Conte will stick to it or change?

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