The Conte Thread

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Milan 17,859]

It was refreshing seeing him (and mostly hearing him) instructing the boys again. I could not notice that in the CS and Burnley game.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

We go again. Our season can begin from this point forward. 

[bluephoenix 1,126]

CONTE CONTE CONTE because he  is our manager and we can CONTE on  him.

 

[Johnnyeye 7,445]

30 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

this is the Conte we all know and love, full of passion this man.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Good change of formation to stifle spurs. First five minutes we were actually comfortably in control of the game. Spurs normally swarm us. 

Allowed us not to get dominated by Wanyama and Dembele. After the defensive shit show last week, strong organisation away to Spurs was key

[Jase 43,479]

*keep expectations low. keep your expectations low, Jason!*

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Antonio Conte says he is pleased and wants to thank all his players as they showed great spirit, heart and will to fight. #TOTCHE

He says it was not easy to get this result due to the suspensions. The team suffered during the game but were also dangerous. #TOTCHE

Conte also thanks the Chelsea fans as the atmosphere was incredible & they tried to push the team on when they were suffering. #TOTCHE

Conte calls David Luiz's performance in midfield 'amazing' and says he was a reference point for the rest of the team. #TOTCHE

Conte says the motivation of his first game here brought him to an amazing performance despite his lack of fitness. #TOTCHE

Conte says he must be satisfied as the team gave him everything today, as they did last season. #TOTCHE

Conte says he is not surprised Marcos Alonso contributes so many goals. The wing-backs sometimes must become like strikers. #TOTCHE

[communicate 2,703]

No more tracksuit please. 

Stick with suit 

[Tautvix 1,321]

When you look back to CS and Burnley game 2 stupid moments from Pedro and Cahill cost us games... 

Well let's start from today!

[J.F. 1,484]

I LOVE YOU

[manpe 10,861]

Took the best possible tactical decisions today imo. Never did I think a midfield two of Kante and one of Luiz/Azpi would work. Instead changed the formation, packed the middle, forced them wide, dealt with crosses, fed from scraps in attack but that was to be expected. Some luck factor in it with that Kane post, but he set up the team to maximize our chances and leave as little as possible to unpredictability. Just a class manager and I would so like to see what he could do with a proper squad.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[Chelsea4 1,521]

ANTONIO ANTONIO ANTONIO

[Blue Armour 4,312]

Haha love Thierry Henry's post-match comment about the Chels:

"Lion will always be a lion"

 

 

[Superblue 6,372]

It really felt like his mojo was back today and should be the springboard for our season. In a ridiculous way, such a hard game like this so early in the season was probably what we needed to refocus.

[Pizy 18,419]

Looks like now Conte will have a bit of a selection headache when it comes to our defense coming up. Andreas & Rüdiger have both been good and Luiz & Azpi are obviously two of the first names on the team sheet. So I wonder who drops out? And then what happens when Captain Cahill returns?

 

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, manpe said:

Took the best possible tactical decisions today imo. Never did I think a midfield two of Kante and one of Luiz/Azpi would work. Instead changed the formation, packed the middle, forced them wide, dealt with crosses, fed from scraps in attack but that was to be expected. Some luck factor in it with that Kane post, but he set up the team to maximize our chances and leave as little as possible to unpredictability. Just a class manager and I would so like to see what he could do with a proper squad.

Can't believe we needed an injury/suspension problems for Conte to play the 3-5-2 though. We weren't perfect but at least we didn't get overrun in midfield like on so many occasions last season with the 3-4-3. 3-4-3 is fine against the lesser sides but we should look to play 3-5-2 against the big sides, especially away from home. And it would really be nice if we can keep the ball for a sustained period of time!