The Conte Thread

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

Is it likely that the Boss will take up the offer of either the Italian national team or AC Milan?

Is he really pissed at the board for not getting the players he wanted?

That! and the fact he wants to go back to Italia.

[AlesJuve 264]

20 hours ago, Blusan Alamb said:

 

Bullshits:

1)Italian federation can not afford a high salary

2)Conte left the national team because he was going crazy without daily work.

If(and is a big if) Conte leaves Chelsea will only be for a top European club.
 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Conte-Italy is such an easy narrative to write up for fishing journalists. In an ideal world the club would be doing anything they can to keep Conte beyond next summer but such is the structure of the club that they'll probably be happy they're not footing the bill for a huge compensation payout. 

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

9 hours ago, LDN Blue said:

Conte-Italy is such an easy narrative to write up for fishing journalists. In an ideal world the club would be doing anything they can to keep Conte beyond next summer but such is the structure of the club that they'll probably be happy they're not footing the bill for a huge compensation payout. 

my feelings on the situation exactly.

[Special Juan 27,439]

The media are like me during International week, they get very bored and start thinking silly things....difference is they write about them.

[coolhead23 1,146]

2 hours ago, Special Juan said:

The media are like me during International week, they get very bored and start thinking silly things....difference is they write about them.

Dont u? 

 

P.S. Just kidding!!!

[Special Juan 27,439]

3 hours ago, coolhead23 said:

Dont u? 

 

P.S. Just kidding!!!

[Jase 43,479]

 

 

[Mário César 997]

feeling sad for him

[El P. 1,354]

Sad reality, exactly the thing @Leif and myself were pointing out.

We are always one injury away from being average, and two injuries away from being disaster, as in this game against Palace.

We should of course thank God for last season, that won't happen ever again - not with that (this) team.

[zakhov 253]

He needs to stop starting the usual suspects who are a liability to the team with their poor form.

Willian keeps on getting selected despite clearly playing utter tosh football is not a good message for the bench players who deserve an opportunity. (exhibit A - Musonda's rant)

Rudiger and Andreas playing great when given the opportunity and then Captain Cahill comes back and gets exposed as usual. 

[The Skipper 20,593]

On 01/10/2017 at 9:07 PM, petre.ispirescu said:

For me the worst thing about the defeat against City is not the result. Or anything related to this game. It's the fact that I saw a lot of United fans taking the piss, some of them saying "can we write Chelsea off now?".

Can not wait for them to face City. 

[!Hazard! 3,394]

I think it's quite clear he needs to play Luiz in midfield until Kante comes back

[coolhead23 1,146]

26 minutes ago, The Skipper said:

Can not wait for them to face City. 

Dont be surprised if they win against them ... You expect Jose to play an open game against City ... He will sit, be physical and wait for a counter ... Jose will aim for that one point, 3 will be a bonus. 

[OneMoSalah 8,785]

9 points behind City going to be hard to get back. Can’t see them dropping many points they’ve got the perfect squad in terms of options/depth. We need to try sign 2 or 3 guys in January although I doubt we’ll get anything like what we were linked to in the summer (Alex Sandro, Alexis Sanchez, Bonucci - those sort of level players).

[Jase 43,479]

Did we reach our peak at Atletico? Because since then, we've been absolutely rubbish. To play badly and get dominated by Man City is one thing but to do that against Crystal Palace is another. The players should take responsibility as well but really want to know how did Conte prep them for the game? Did we actually underestimate Palace, thinking they are just gonna roll over after the thrashings at City and United? Did we not learn anything from the 2-1 loss last season? How on earth did we, time and time again especially in the first half, allow ourselves to be continuously countered by Palace? Everyone knows they have pacey players who are dangerous on the break and can do big damage if you leave them unchecked and we all know our players don't necessarily do too well against direct, pacey players - especially on 1 v 1 situations. Yet, we played ourselves into their hands far too often in that game. And offensively, what on earth was our plan? There was not much proper build up and we ended up just putting hopeful passes/crosses and shooting from distance. So easy for Palace to deal with. We played like a team that looks tactically ill-prepared.

[11Drogba 2,000]

39 minutes ago, Jason said:

Did we reach our peak at Atletico? Because since then, 

Since then Morata, our main striker is injured. I know you dont accept any excuses but we are in big big trouble until he returns. 

Also we dont usually perform well after international breaks, which mess up Conte's training and diet programs. 

[Reddish-Blue 2,355]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Did we reach our peak at Atletico? Because since then, we've been absolutely rubbish. To play badly and get dominated by Man City is one thing but to do that against Crystal Palace is another. The players should take responsibility as well but really want to know how did Conte prep them for the game? Did we actually underestimate Palace, thinking they are just gonna roll over after the thrashings at City and United? Did we not learn anything from the 2-1 loss last season? How on earth did we, time and time again especially in the first half, allow ourselves to be continuously countered by Palace? Everyone knows they have pacey players who are dangerous on the break and can do big damage if you leave them unchecked and we all know our players don't necessarily do too well against direct, pacey players - especially on 1 v 1 situations. Yet, we played ourselves into their hands far too often in that game. And offensively, what on earth was our plan? There was not much proper build up and we ended up just putting hopeful passes/crosses and shooting from distance. So easy for Palace to deal with. We played like a team that looks tactically ill-prepared.

I'm getting the feeling that Conte doesn't have a Plan B in case of injuries and this is part of the reason why he's getting found out.

He's never been known as a tactical mastermind like a Mourinho or a Pep, it's always been work hard & be disciplined on the pitch. 

Sometimes you need to think outside the box to get a result...as soon as I saw the lineup for the Palace match, I knew they were going to get at least 1 point out of the game. 

We'll be beaten again next week by Watford.