The Conte Thread

[Unionjack 7,531]

14 hours ago, BoyBlue96 said:

Alonso-Cahill-Matic is our weak "Pyramid" I believe.

I think youre dead right. Plus with Eden also on that side it makes the left side of the pitch open for attack.

Maybe trying Dave as LWB would help alot and upgrate both Cahill and Daves CB spot.

 

Antonio Conte reveals Chelsea's January transfer plans: I have some ideas

ANTONIO CONTE has some ideas of players he wants to bring to Stamford Bridge this month.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/575981/Antonio-Conte-Chelsea-January-transfer-plans-gossip-rumours-Costa-Premier-League-news

[Blue Armour 4,436]

Crosses being swung in from our left towards Azpi and Moses have been like kryptonite for our new formation ever since we began playing with it...

In the game against Man Utd at the bridge, you could see how Zlatan was targeting Azpi and leaping over him to win headers (which he didn't convert in the end). Azpi tries his best to give the attacker as much of a challenge, but there's only so much he can do against players with real leaping ability 

The left hand side of our defense has to be more proactive in cutting out crosses coming from that side. They should be scrutinizing this a lot given how similar the 2 goals that Spurs scored were. 

[lucio 5,418]

this is true, the left side can't stop the crosses, right side can't deal with them. Zouma is needed at rcb

[kiwi1691 255]

5 hours ago, lucio said:

this is true, the left side can't stop the crosses, right side can't deal with them. Zouma is needed at rcb

Zouma hasn't got the ability on the ball to replace Azpi. Azpi makes a huge number of passes a game.

[lucio 5,418]

11 hours ago, kiwi1691 said:

Zouma hasn't got the ability on the ball to replace Azpi. Azpi makes a huge number of passes a game.

Azpi can go left , and zouma played in midfield , hes better than peoplethink

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 hour ago, lucio said:

Azpi can go left , and zouma played in midfield , hes better than peoplethink

He had Fellaini in his pocket the whole game.

I'm praying to the football gods he blows everyone away today. And Batman!

[communicate 2,703]

On 1/6/2017 at 4:53 PM, manpe said:

Yes for sure they need to be, but sometimes it is not enough as we saw against Spurs and we don't have the luxury to pick a strong ball-playing CB. Zouma can play simple passes well, he doesn't need to be Bonucci to be useful. But it all depends on what kind of shape he's in.

3 man defence require one of your side cb to be the starting point of your attack. It is not about being a Bonucci but he has to be comfortable bringing the ball up and make forward pass.  I am not sure zouma is ready. 

[BoyBlue96 990]

They get along real good!

[Amblève. 4,995]

Anyone seen this? Apparently Conte and the team (or at least some players) stayed on the pitch to do drills after the game. Talk about commitment!

[BoyBlue96 990]

Anyone seen this? Apparently Conte and the team (or at least some players) stayed on the pitch to do drills after the game. Talk about commitment!

Like someone else says in that thread: it's a "warming down". Most teams do that.

But it's still good to see for us fans that we have a manager as committed as Conte is at the moment.

[kiwi1691 255]

12 hours ago, lucio said:

Azpi can go left , and zouma played in midfield , hes better than peoplethink

Zouma was not played in midfield for his passing.

[ulvhedin 525]

13 hours ago, kiwi1691 said:

Zouma was not played in midfield for his passing.

I have no idea why Zouma's passing is so defended by some people - he is awful at ball, clumsy, his first touch is terrible. There is no way he will be first team player now for Conte's tactics.

[dimmas 131]

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.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

12 hours ago, dimmas said:

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.

As far I know, Matic is one of top tacklers/interception this season. 

He aint always at best and his ball control is weird often, but generaly he is one of main reasons why we have such strong defence. Last year he was poor, but this year he deserves more credit. 

[manpe 10,861]

3 hours ago, BlueLyon said:

As far I know, Matic is one of top tacklers/interception this season. 

Matic has 29 interceptions, he's 55th in the league and 3rd in the team behind Kante and Azpilicueta.

He has 36 tackles. That makes him 46th in the league and 3rd in the team behind Kante and Azpilicueta.