The Conte Thread

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So Morata had a "bad spell" about as long as Harry Kane's first month every season. But people will have you believe Kane's is "normal" and Morata is the next Torres. 

We have 2 solid strikers. And we beat ManU before the international break. 2 weeks of relative peace. 

 

Above everything though, a clean sheet. 

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Worst thing would be to sack Conte. He was right to punish David Luiz. First, David was not good over the last couple of weeks - remind that penalty against Atletico for a start. Second, and foremost, David has not right to criticize the coach: he is a player and must follow the instructions he is given. Everyone has his own role and responsibility. 

[Jase 43,479]

4 hours ago, CHOULO19 said:

Don't like one bit that he snubbed Mourinho's handshake. He's better than that. 

Maybe he got too caught up emotionally after what's happened in midweek? He did go full on celebrating the second the final whistle was blown. On the other hand, it's only a handshake. Not sure why there's a fuss about it.

[Pizy 18,904]

The cameraman also deserves lots of credit at the end there showing Mourinho standing there like a fool while you see Conte in the background just completely ignoring him and going on to the pitch to celebrate.

José was like "uhhh, what do I do? Guess I'll just go shake these guys' hands."

😂😂😂

[Barbara 15,149]

Also, they shook hands when Conte arrived, Conte shook Mourinho's hands for half a second and didn't look at his face, but he did it

[Leif 6,006]

It was lose-lose, this handshake.

Act all friendly, shake his hand with generosity, and be considered fake. 

or

Don't shake his hand with passion, be considered a dick.

Personally, after the back and forth bits between the 2, I'd feel odd to see a regular handshake. It wouldn't happen in real life. You're teaching kids fantasies, which'll be harshly broken, if you insist these managers must always show a pristine level of respect for eachother. 

[Jase 43,479]

Conte's reputation just got a big boost after Ventura's failure with Italy.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Just now, Jason said:

Conte's reputation just got a big boost after Ventura's failure with Italy.

Still shocked that he didn't bring on let alone start his best attacking player in Insigne! Deserves to be slapped by the entire Italian population for that shocker of a team selection.

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So, when was the last time Italy were not in the WC? 50 years ago? How long until we see another rumors how Comte was devastated watching Italy get knocked out, that he can't wait to go back to manage the NT?

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2 hours ago, Ledgi said:

So, when was the last time Italy were not in the WC? 50 years ago? How long until we see another rumors how Comte was devastated watching Italy get knocked out, that he can't wait to go back to manage the NT?

Soon....watch out...it won't be long...

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Looking at the table, the only major blip we had was losing to crystal palace. Our other losses were understandable( We had a red card at burnley, Mancity were better than us) if we won palace, we would have had 25 points, comfortably second and well in the title race (6 points behind) waiting for mancity to lose some form (they've already hit their peak performance wise and can only go down from here) 

But 9 points is a little bit far, unless something dramatic happens (like another 13 match winning streak) But Conte has done well overall, contrary to what the media wants to portray. 

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I agree with @kellzfresh. I would add the fact that our three best players have been injured at some point this season so far. We couldn´t cope with Hazards injury and lacked a lot of attcking quality in the first few games without him. I bet we wouldn´t have lost to Burnley with him on the field. 

Also, its laughable that the media slated Conte and Chelsea for having a nightmare of a season so far, but ignoring the fact that we are only one point shy of their beloved darlings. 

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23 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

Looking at the table, the only major blip we had was losing to crystal palace. Our other losses were understandable( We had a red card at burnley, Mancity were better than us) if we won palace, we would have had 25 points, comfortably second and well in the title race (6 points behind) waiting for mancity to lose some form (they've already hit their peak performance wise and can only go down from here) 

But 9 points is a little bit far, unless something dramatic happens (like another 13 match winning streak) But Conte has done well overall, contrary to what the media wants to portray. 

Completely agree for me the roma perfomance both away and home and that palace game were horrible other than that we have done ok.

[Barbara 15,149]

Wrong thread

 

Love the beard anyway, so I'll talk about that

[Jase 43,479]

Today was Conte's 50th Premier League game and he's won 38 of them (76%). Not a bad record, is it?

On a different subject, he needs to keep that beard.

[Jase 43,479]

 

 

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11 hours ago, Jason said:

 

 

 

"Conte doesn't have a plan B" they said. The 3-5-2 has been superb. Bakayoko's movement and dynamism occupies a lot of space in attack leaving Hazard and Fabregas with more to do. In many ways I'd argue we're actually playing with a midfielder diamond with Hazard dropping back. Good to know that Conte has realized we were having a very diffucult time controlling the middle of the pitch.

Win against Liverpool and the next 8 fixtures or so all look winnable as well. Starting to look good for the 'chaos' team.

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10 hours ago, Jason said:

 

Speaks for itself that all top 3 had thos first 50 games at chelsea