The Conte Thread

[Henrique 9,133]

I'm really impressed with Conte. In the first games he looked really poor, specially with his late game subs. Some people here were talking nonsense about the squad being incredibly bad and even saying Conte wasnt doing good because he did not get he not so world class players like Koulibaly and Naingolan. While I agree those are good players, they lack of them were not the reason why the teams wasnt performing well. Conte was reluctant to use his favorite 3-6-1 formation, and he decided to give it a try after the humiliation defeat against Arsenal.

Even after the first good results I wasnt sure about his qualities, since it seemed he was only using the "formation that won the last game". He was playing the same starting XI over and over, but in recent games I realized he is even better than the first good results with this formation were suggesting.

Against City he realized he needed to change thing really quickly, so he dropped Pedro for Willian. That was a game changer move. The team went to win that game, 3-1, with Willian scoring the 2-1.

Against Sunderland we had no Hazard. Then instead of just replacing him with Willian, he also moved Fabregas into the starting line up replacing Matic. Without Hazard we lose a lot of creativity and attacking power, so bringing Fabregas would help to fix that hole, while Willian is better than Hazard in helping the defensive system, so Matic's absence would not have a great impact in the teams defensive duties. The team went to win that game with Fabregas goal after a Willian assist.

Against Palace, Pedro who was a regular starting player for most part of the season was not even used, instead Fabregas was introduced replacing Willian in the 2nd half, because Conte realized that game was asking for more presence in the midfield, something Fabregas would offer more than Pedro.

What about the last game? Everybody were just expecting Batixuai to replace Costa, instead he went with Pedro, who scored 2 of our 3 goals. Still 20 games on the cards, but at this point Conte is looking a hell of a manager.

[Unionjack 7,531]

I know that some of the lads have said that the training is boring but I think its the watching vids over and over they mean. But whatever physical side of training they do its definitely paying off. Theyre running about more than I remember seeing them and on the break theyre like whippets. Moses again yesterday musta wore a groove down the length of the side of the pitch. And the thing I like most is you dont see 1 lad walking round with his head down and hands on hips.

[Antonio8 736]

38 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

I know that some of the lads have said that the training is boring but I think its the watching vids over and over they mean. But whatever physical side of training they do its definitely paying off. Theyre running about more than I remember seeing them and on the break theyre like whippets. Moses again yesterday musta wore a groove down the length of the side of the pitch. And the thing I like most is you dont see 1 lad walking round with his head down and hands on hips.

run more than the others 

few injuries

players like diego costa moses cahill pedro azpi reborn

everyone knows what to do

all these things in one simple word=  conte

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 minute ago, Antonio8 said:

run more than the others 

few injuries

players like diego costa moses cahill pedro azpi reborn

everyone knows what to do

all these things in one simple word=  conte

Maybe reborn wouldn't be the word I'd use for Cahill

[jernej93 569]

Conte has turned Moses into worldclass wing back, I still can't believe it. He is a beast down that right wing and we need something like this on the other side.

[ZOS 580]

love costa but watching eden's personal highlight as a cf makes me wonder  what  it be like if we had a ball playing striker, some one like kunt_aguero, with pedro and hazard flanking him

[Jase 43,479]

Antonio Conte adds bounce to Chelsea at trampoline party for team's kids and gives staff personalised gifts

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

15 hours ago, ZOS said:

love costa but watching eden's personal highlight as a cf makes me wonder  what  it be like if we had a ball playing striker, some one like kunt_aguero, with pedro and hazard flanking him

I think you are overestimating Kun's ball-playing/passing ability.I even think he is more limited/selfish in this regard despite being better technically. Costa on the other side has contributed multiple more assists this season and been working the channels, initiating counter attacks in a way Agüero would never even think of. 

[Special Juan 28,123]

This guy is classy and knows how to treat and respect people.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4069228/Antonio-Conte-adds-bounce-Chelsea-trampoline-party-team-s-kids-gives-staff-personalized-gifts.html

 

 

[Sideshow Luiz 2,310]

No dis-respect to what Jose accomplished at the club.  His first spell actually laid the ground work for a lot of the success that came after he left, I really believe that.

But, conte is just putting his name all over this club in such a short period of time.  All the way from the pitch to the families of the back-room staff.

Very impressive stuff.  He wasn't my first choice before he was hired, truth be told.  But, I couldn't be happier to have him here.  thank Christ that the board don't listen to a word I say.  Best move the club has made in years.

[Beigl 1,387]

Imagine we weren't 8 points behind after our sloppy start in September. The title would be ours already.
Hats off to this great manager who transformed us to a force in English Football again after that horrible season last year. With a few good signings I believe we are able to compete in the Champions league next season like we have to under normal circumstances.

[Jase 43,479]

17 minutes ago, Beigl said:

Imagine we weren't 8 points behind after our sloppy start in September. The title would be ours already.

Tough to say really. We've dropped only 8 points this season and out of those 8 points, the only time we shouldn't have dropped points was at Swansea. Had we won that, we would be 8 clear now, which is a big gap but title race would be by no means over yet.

In any case, I would probably only think the title win might just be possible if we still have a decent gap, say 6-7 points, at the top after the Arsenal game in early Feb (just a side note, Liverpool play all the top 6 sides by mid-March). Next month is a HUGE month for us.

[BoyBlue96 990]

Thought I shared this here. Would make Chelsea - Arsenal a very interesting fixture if Allegri takes over the Emirates. Conte vs Allegri.  

[AlesJuve 264]

4 hours ago, BoyBlue96 said:

Thought I shared this here. Would make Chelsea - Arsenal a very interesting fixture if Allegri takes over the Emirates. Conte vs Allegri.  

There would be no story Conte is much better as a coach.The main asset of Allegri is luck.

[BoyBlue96 990]

There would be no story Conte is much better as a coach.The main asset of Allegri is luck.

Max Allegri was decent at Milan wasn't he? Won the title there in 2010 I believe. Then, Conte came to Juventus and the rest is history. I think Allegri is indeed in good fortune at Juventus thanks to what Conte did there a few years ago. Not saying Max is a bad manager. He isn't of course but I still rate Conte higher than Max. But either way for Arsenal it would be a huge upgrade because Wenger is finished.