The Conte Thread

[BoyBlue96 990]

The new Juventus logo is absolute shite. How the hell did they came to the idea to replace that logo of theirs everyone knows and replace it with....:

 

So...I fear for Costa that Conte, as a Juventus man, is going to be very pissed this week.

[Adnane 1,101]

Maybe it's just me, but I like it. 

I know football is all about tradition and teams keeping their identity. 

But this is a football club that is not afraid of change, going forward and having a more modern feel about it, it's almost as if they are positioning themselves as trend setters now, I'd be curious to see the ROI this logo change is expected to bring, in terms of global visibility in various emerging football markets like USA and Asia, this logo is just a brilliant way for the Juventus brand to be recognized. 

Like seriously, do you think the new City logo is doing anything to their global visibility ? I'm not really convinced, their older one had more charisma and big-club feel about it. 

But anyway, I expect Juve to become a big brand among the likes of United, Barcelona, Real & Bayern in the near future. I also expect them to become the fourth European force in terms of the footballing aspect behing the big three as well. Let's hope we make up ground fast enough after last season's debacle and challenge for that fourth-fifth spot.

[BoyBlue96 990]

22 minutes ago, Adnane said:

Maybe it's just me, but I like it. 

I know football is all about tradition and teams keeping their identity. 

But this is a football club that is not afraid of change, going forward and having a more modern feel about it, it's almost as if they are positioning themselves as trend setters now, I'd be curious to see the ROI this logo change is expected to bring, in terms of global visibility in various emerging football markets like USA and Asia, this logo is just a brilliant way for the Juventus brand to be recognized. 

Like seriously, do you think the new City logo is doing anything to their global visibility ? I'm not really convinced, their older one had more charisma and big-club feel about it. 

But anyway, I expect Juve to become a big brand among the likes of United, Barcelona, Real & Bayern in the near future. I also expect them to become the fourth European force in terms of the footballing aspect behing the big three as well. Let's hope we make up ground fast enough after last season's debacle and challenge for that fourth-fifth spot.

Then there is still no need to piss on your rich history and change the club's crest without letting the fans vote for different designs etc like City did.

They could've done the same as Rangers FC who also have the RFC letters on their shirts with the stars and the crest with the lion as their club logo but Juventus have completely removed their old logo for this weird J letter.

As an Italian football lover, I'm not a fan of it and so is the majority of the Juventus fans but I doubt them to come in action against it as Juventus have very few ultra fans. 

I do like this old logo with the Lion and the CFC letters very, very much (and the 2 stars):

But I hope we don't follow Juve and have weird CFC letters as official clublogo. But I fear many other teams will follow in the future. Modern-football crests...

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

55 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Can't fuck about with The Don!

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

I didn't know where to put this article, so I thought here.  It's one of the active threads that not about transfers or Diego Costa.

It's a US based site that came from the ashes of quite a good site called Grantland, if anyone doesn't know about it.

https://theringer.com/chelsea-two-man-midfield-nemanja-matic-ngolo-kante-acc4b8d2ebbe#.za5kenbm8

 

[BoyBlue96 990]

Andrea Pirlo said this last year regarding Conte. We all know he didn't get the targets he wanted...so, he still has done a great job so far. But I hope coming summer the board and the owner reward him and do splash the cash on the targets he wants.

 

Pirlo said: “I love the man, I have nothing but respect and admiration for him. I know if he takes a job, any job, it will have to be on his terms.  

“The players he wants to sign, those he wants to get rid of, the style he wants to play.

“If you sign him as your coach and then as the owner you want to start making ­decisions, he is not the coach for you.

“If you let him get on with things and do his methods, then you will have a team that plays attractive football and will, without doubt, be successful.”

[Monziò 14]

That can be a shortcoming. He didn't show himself as a good selector until now, with the purchases he wanted at Juve, the choices for Italy, here he wanted Marcos Alonso, now i hear rumors on Llorente...

[Milan 17,959]

Before one pre match press conference at Chelsea TV there was a footage of Antonio Conte talking about the chant fans sing for him. Is this interview for Chelsea TV anywhere to see?

[Unionjack 7,531]

12 hours ago, milan.cech said:

Before one pre match press conference at Chelsea TV there was a footage of Antonio Conte talking about the chant fans sing for him. Is this interview for Chelsea TV anywhere to see?

 

Was after the the Everton win. @ 7:15

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

On 18/01/2017 at 3:48 PM, Monziò said:

That can be a shortcoming. He didn't show himself as a good selector until now, with the purchases he wanted at Juve, the choices for Italy, here he wanted Marcos Alonso, now i hear rumors on Llorente...

? He made remarkable squad of juve with that profit. Pirlo, Tevez, Vidal, Pogba to name a few. 

With italy, he came incredibly far considering Verratti, Marchisio were out. 

Marcos Alonso is one of reasons why we are as good as we are. He aint skilled famous player, but gets the job done. And Llorente will be second choice at best if he arrives.

Do people even understand that you cant have Costa quality striker as your backup?

[Unionjack 7,531]

Chelsea’s Antonio Conte: Trendsetter?

http://www.umaxit.com/index.php/columns/chelseas-antonio-conte-trendsetter

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

Matic does that almost every game -he is awful at ball, clumsy, his first touch is terrible- but he still get so many appearance under conte
And ffs he is midfielder, which is cost or holding back the team a lot more compare than defender who poor in first touch and ball control. 
I think, as long as zouma not getting constant high pressing from opponent, he still fine or atleast still usefull player
Sometimes i really wondering why matic still playing ahead player like chalobah who still can be useful when play as midfielder, meanwhile chalobah is have a lot better pace, technique, and growing some maturity on this game. But conte still using matic who isnt only have poor technique, clumsy, and sometimes look super awkward on the ball. But he also slow and not really able to intercept the ball or even win aerial duel on the midfield.

I agree with you

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[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

Then there is still no need to piss on your rich history and change the club's crest without letting the fans vote for different designs etc like City did.
They could've done the same as Rangers FC who also have the RFC letters on their shirts with the stars and the crest with the lion as their club logo but Juventus have completely removed their old logo for this weird J letter.
As an Italian football lover, I'm not a fan of it and so is the majority of the Juventus fans but I doubt them to come in action against it as Juventus have very few ultra fans. 
I do like this old logo with the Lion and the CFC letters very, very much (and the 2 stars):

But I hope we don't follow Juve and have weird CFC letters as official clublogo. But I fear many other teams will follow in the future. Modern-football crests...

Look at mancitys crest they just went back to the past and picked it up so thiers isn't totally new

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[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

The reason we changed from this badge to the CFC with the stars in the 70's was that the badges were hand stitched and the women who sewed them on complained that they were too awkward to do. They weren't commercially available then so they would only have had to do a home and away strip with a few spares. My first ever Chelsea kit was just a generic blue football top and my mum sewed the badge on that was the same for kids whatever team you supported.. I had the blue shorts with the white seam and white socks that was all you could get at the time.

Football shirts started to be sold in sports shops in about 1975 I would guess. I bought our away kit (red !!) in 1977 from the supporters shop on the Fulham Road and I still have the top which I will try and upload one of these days.

[Unionjack 7,531]

If you look at the options above then our badge has really changed the most. We did have just the CFC initials intwined onto a shield in the 50s, weren't it Drake that did it?  I like that we went back to the Lion regardant - my signature, that originated with the Earl Cadogan the old club president and the staff its holding comes from the Abbot of Westminsters crest. But I dont understand the stars with it on shirt. Clubs used to have them for showing they had won summet, some trophy etc

[Monziò 14]

On 19/1/2017 at 6:48 PM, BlueLyon said:

? He made remarkable squad of juve with that profit. Pirlo, Tevez, Vidal, Pogba to name a few. 

With italy, he came incredibly far considering Verratti, Marchisio were out. 

Marcos Alonso is one of reasons why we are as good as we are. He aint skilled famous player, but gets the job done. And Llorente will be second choice at best if he arrives.

Do people even understand that you cant have Costa quality striker as your backup?

I don't really know how English managers work there but Italian teams have general directors and sporting directors, and managers are coaches instead. Tevez, Vidal, Pogba and most of our market is Marotta and Paratici's job. About Pirlo, maybe Conte had some influence on his choice but most of all i think it was Buffon, Chiellini and the other national teammates. He insisted on the necessity of certain players like Eljero Elia, Giovinco who did not leave good memory at all. The first explicit reason he left Juventus in the first day of retreat in 2014 was the not-purchase of Cuadrado, whom Juve now have and i'm not sure he's really worth the money. 

In the national team he preferred the Giaccherini and Eder's alike players over less laboring and more quality ones. The same can be said about Marcos Alonso. These tactical players are very good for getting the wheels turning but they don't make you make a qualitative leap when it is needed in important matches 

It also must be said at Juventus' times Conte did not have the attracting players aura managers like Mourinho or Guardiola have, although he has started to create it - Vidal and many love him - and improving, but he does not look like he is deep in understanding others - i can't say it more appropriately now. 

He is super focused on the pitch. Asking him to do further work as it is needed to value purchasable players, and he is not either experienced at it, it is too much, although his deserved self esteem may let him believe otherwise. 

Just my two dark cents.

[Bernard N Y Burgesson 139]

If you look at the options above then our badge has really changed the most. We did have just the CFC initials intwined onto a shield in the 50s, weren't it Drake that did it?  I like that we went back to the Lion regardant - my signature, that originated with the Earl Cadogan the old club president and the staff its holding comes from the Abbot of Westminsters crest. But I dont understand the stars with it on shirt. Clubs used to have them for showing they had won summet, some trophy etc

Well what i have been told and researched is that when a team wins the uefa he puts a star on top of his crest. but it is optional. Chelsea decided to add the star for their champions League win on top of the crest. But cant explain why mancity had three on the old crest maybe that accounted for them changing it back.

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[Unionjack 7,531]

26 minutes ago, Bernard N Y Burgesson said:

Well what i have been told and researched is that when a team wins the uefa he puts a star on top of his crest. but it is optional. Chelsea decided to add the star for their champions League win on top of the crest. But cant explain why mancity had three on the old crest maybe that accounted for them changing it back.

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