The Conte Thread

[GQman2121 17]

5 minutes ago, Polo7 said:

We are only missing Hazard, Pedro and Bakayoko. No cover for wing backs or CM. This is a big big issue.

Yes, only.

Midfield is a concern but I think someone will come in. I'm not worried there. More than a month remaining to remedy this, and with the prices in the current market for wealthy clubs, negotiations are more complicated. 

We'll see if anything happens with Sanches. 

Personally, Inter are signing Vecino from Fiorentina mext week and that may put Kondogbia well behind their starting eleven. We could do much, much worse than signing another young French midfielder. I think he needs to get out of Italy.

Wingback depth exist, it's just inexperienced players unfortunately. Again, we'll see what happens before September. 

[Fernando 6,585]

Anyhow I find it funny when Conte said he wanted to avoid another "Mourinho Season"

Forever that will be the lowest standard set in the Roman era and Mourinho name will be tied to that. 

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Can he play for us?

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

To sum it up, we need this line-up to 'save our season'

Courtois

Rudiger - Luiz - new CB

new RWB - Bakayoko - new CM - new LWB

new RW - Morata - Hazard

 

over to you Board

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

You cannot compare the overall quality of squad depth at Chelsea to that of Bayern Munich or Man City. 

Bayern CMs/Attackers: Lewandowski, Muller, Tolisso, Vidal, Thiago, Ribery, Robben, J. Rodriguez, Kimmich, Coman. 

City CMs/Attackers: Aguero, G. Jesus, D. Silva, Bernardo Silva, KDB, Sane, Sterling, Gundogan, Yaya, Fernandhino. 

CFC CMs/Attackers: Morata, Batshuayi, Willian, Pedro, Hazard, Fabregas, Bakayoko, Kante, Moses.  

Chelsea need 2 serious Purchases by summers end to have a squad capable of challenging in the UCL.

Alex Sandro, a Top Top CM (idk who), and Alex Chamberlain would be ideal purchases imo. 

There's still time, but Conte is 100% correct with his assertions that Chelsea cannot survive with the current squad as constructed in the UCL. 

[Polo7 3,496]

6 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

To sum it up, we need this line-up to 'save our season'

Courtois

Rudiger - Luiz - new CB

new RWB - Bakayoko - new CM - new LWB

new RW - Morata - Hazard

 

over to you Board

Why is Kante getting binned??? 

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

5 minutes ago, Polo7 said:

Why is Kante getting binned??? 

Read that he is not 'good enough' now. 

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

Which is why Tolisso would have been such a perfect signing (any why it sucks so much he wanted Bayern).He could have filled both CM and RF/LF positions. 

A CM capable of that versatility would be ideal IMO. We already have enough defensive minded CMs in Bakayoko/Kante. 

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

11 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

To sum it up, we need this line-up to 'save our season'

Courtois

Rudiger - Luiz - new CB

new RWB - Bakayoko - new CM - new LWB

new RW - Morata - Hazard

 

over to you Board

You're not asking for much are you mate for fuck sake we are the champions of England. Just makes me laugh how some fans are so ungrateful and spoilt all you have ever known is success.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

 

36 minutes ago, RoyalBlues said:

To sum it up, we need this line-up to 'save our season'

Courtois

Rudiger - Luiz - new CB

new RWB - Bakayoko - new CM - new LWB

new RW - Morata - Hazard

 

over to you Board

Well, not expecting to dumped the rest and no 'fixed' line up of course, take a look at our supposed 'backup' 

Caballero

Azpi Cahill Christensen

Moses Kante Fabregas Alonso

Pedro Batman Willian

 

We will win double with that squad

[Barbara 15,149]

He probably sees Pep being given just about every player he wants for any price necessary and gets frustrated that he isn't getting what he needs. Man City already had a better squad than us and are adding hundreds of millions of pounds worth of talent to it. We've very obviously needed upgrades to our wing backs since the window opened and haven't signed any. We've now known for ages that Matic is off and that Bakayoko may not be fit any time soon yet still haven't signed another CM.
It almost feels like summer of 15/16 where the manager knows and hints repeatedly that we need more signings but the people in charge of transfers think we're good enough as is or that we can leave it late. I seriously can't even imagine us entering the season after the window closes without signing a pair of new wing backs so I won't panic yet. We surely will be bringing them in. Just annoying that it's taking so long.

Some of you believe he's obssessed with the Manchester teams activity in the market as you are. I doubt it, personally

[Jase 43,479]

Conte hasn't been wrong in saying what he has said but he's definitely channeling his inner Mourinho.

And kudos to Conte for dubbing 2015/16 the 'Mourinho Season'.

[Chelsea4 1,521]

12 minutes ago, Jason said:

Conte hasn't been wrong in saying what he has said but he's definitely channeling his inner Mourinho.

And kudos to Conte for dubbing 2015/16 the 'Mourinho Season'.

There is literally no similarity between those two. Mourinho was silenced by signing a contract extension while Conte is having none of it.

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Chelsea4 said:

There is literally no similarity between those two. Mourinho was silenced by signing a contract extension while Conte is having none of it.

Did I even compare 2015/16 and 2017/18?

We all know Mourinho loves to throw tantrum - be it through words or action - when things don't go his way and Conte is certainly doing something similar. Only difference is he isn't going OTT with it.