The Conte Thread

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Some bitter twats say it's all down to Buffon, Bonucci, Barzagli & Chiellini, but they seem to forget that Italy(Juventus)'s defence has Conte's signature all over it....

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Watch till the end.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Maybe he's evolved over time, or maybe he was a bit unlucky (after all no one was beating the Bayern team that knocked him out), or maybe a bit if both? I haven't been following Italian football that much so cant give an answer myself.

On a random note however, could you imagine the media right now if he was heading to United or Liverpool? Especially the latter.

Oh it was definitely a bit of both, mate, at least in my opinion. He was unlucky in the CL draw on one hand (not to mention THAT disgraceful match that should not have been against Galatasaray), but on the other he also failed to win the Coppa Italia in any of his 3 seasons at Juve despite being massive favorites for it in his last 2 seasons there. Yes, Juve had a sort of mental block for winning that 10th Coppa Italia since the late nineties, but Conte as well frustratingly refused to adapt his team according to the strengths of Napoli and Lazio. 

Imo, the matches against Belgium and Spain show a level of reading and understanding of opposition teams better than he ever showed at Juve which would suggest that he has evolved in that respect.. 

[HRiver 1,512]

Exciting times ahead.

[Fernando 6,585]

Just like Mourinho was over a decade ago. Now he is just a shadow, but this happens to mostly every manager I know.

Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Wenger (Did great over a decade ago), Benitez (Did great at Valencia many years ago) etc etc.

The only exception has been SAF, and I think the problem here is that everyone thinks that because SAF did it anyone can do it.

Wrong, if we look at the trend most managers have a shelve life that of players. We should not get enamored by anyone for the sake of stability. If we can get 3 good years out of him that should be fine. Look at how City has been doing. 3 years with Mancini, next by Pelle, next by Pep.

3 to 5 years should be the max unless he is the exception like SAF.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

15 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Just like Mourinho was over a decade ago. Now he is just a shadow, but this happens to mostly every manager I know.

Fabio Capello, Arrigo Sacchi, Wenger (Did great over a decade ago), Benitez (Did great at Valencia many years ago) etc etc.

The only exception has been SAF, and I think the problem here is that everyone thinks that because SAF did it anyone can do it.

Wrong, if we look at the trend most managers have a shelve life that of players. We should not get enamored by anyone for the sake of stability. If we can get 3 good years out of him that should be fine. Look at how City has been doing. 3 years with Mancini, next by Pelle, next by Pep.

3 to 5 years should be the max unless he is the exception like SAF.

We hope for many many years.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

11 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

Just studying Conte's italy

Pelle Eder 

Giacherinni 

De-siglo Derossi Parolo Florenzi 

Cheilini Bonucci Barzagli 

Buffon 

Possible Chelsea line-up 

Gomez Costa 

Hazard 

Azpilicueta Matic Cesc Willian

Cahill {passing centerback} Iva 

Courtois 

We need a tall striker, and a defender that can pass badly. Watching Pelle hold up play with both high and low balls reminded me that costa hates jumping. Gomez would be perfect for the big striker role. 

 

De Rossi is actually the dm, he often is (in the defensive phase) almost on the same line as the cb. Against Spain he was higher up.

            De Rossi
      Parolo-Giaccherini

3-5-2 Wouldn't really work with the kind of players we have. Imagine Fabregas in the dm role (Pirlo role), or as one of the two midfielders, that would be tragic. Cahill and Ivanovic wouldn't work also in a three man defence. I still think we will go with a 4-4-2

[J.F. 1,484]

16 hours ago, milan.cech said:

Conte speaking with Azpi and Pedro yesterday

 

doesn't even want to look at pedro, nice job conte

[Chelsea_firstlove 178]

18 hours ago, milan.cech said:

Conte speaking with Azpi and Pedro yesterday

And F4?

[Cosmin 2,484]

I would love to have a 3-5-2 system at Chelsea. I don't know why everyone seems to think that it's old and it's not gonna work. Maybe because we got too used with the annoying and boring 4-2-3-1 and we cannot accept other systems anymore. 

Football nowadays is won by those who have the guts to inovate. Look at Pep's Barca or at Simeone's Atletico. They both brought something special to football, they didn't respect the trends and they won things!

Conte is that kind of guy too. If we don't have the players that he needs to build a team the way he wants it, then the club has to bring him those players. I would sign Giaccherini in a heartbeat. 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

35 minutes ago, Cosmin said:

I would love to have a 3-5-2 system at Chelsea. I don't know why everyone seems to think that it's old and it's not gonna work. Maybe because we got too used with the annoying and boring 4-2-3-1 and we cannot accept other systems anymore. 

Football nowadays is won by those who have the guts to inovate. Look at Pep's Barca or at Simeone's Atletico. They both brought something special to football, they didn't respect the trends and they won things!

Conte is that kind of guy too. If we don't have the players that he needs to build a team the way he wants it, then the club has to bring him those players. I would sign Giaccherini in a heartbeat. 

I agree with you except the Giacherinni buying. We have Willian, Pedro and Cuadrado who can play any role he's playing. 

[Cosmin 2,484]

24 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

I agree with you except the Giacherinni buying. We have Willian, Pedro and Cuadrado who can play any role he's playing. 

 

Indeed, but if Conte thinks that Giaccherini can help us and suits his style properly, then why not? He's cheap. 

On the other hand, I really cannot see Pedro as a good option for us anymore. 

[Melanicus 5,208]

I think this could work... Opinions?

 

[CurlyHairLikeLuiz 1,625]

I want to see (considering it looks like we're going to buy no new defenders, and only it seems, a striker.)

 

                  Courtois

          Zouma  Terry  Azpi

Willian  RLC  Cesc  Matic  Kenedy

            Costa   Batayushi

 

[lucio 5,418]

12 minutes ago, CurlyHairLikeLuiz said:

I want to see (considering it looks like we're going to buy no new defenders, and only it seems, a striker.)

 

                  Courtois

          Zouma  Terry  Azpi

Willian  RLC  Cesc  Matic  Kenedy

            Costa   Batayushi

 

i was about to suggest azpi in the back 3, think it would work much better than him as a wingback,