The Next Manager?

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Can only speculate on Conte's tactics, but I really hope he goes for 4-4-2 with two pure centre forwards. No Oscar and no "number 10" bullshit, just the two centre midfielders, two wide midfielders and two strikers. Leicester thrive under this system and it seems that it is the perfect match for EPL these days. You can also cover an awful lot of space on the pitch by using it.

[the wes 7,212]

36 minutes ago, petre.ispirescu said:

Can only speculate on Conte's tactics, but I really hope he goes for 4-4-2 with two pure centre forwards. No Oscar and no "number 10" bullshit, just the two centre midfielders, two wide midfielders and two strikers. Leicester thrive under this system and it seems that it is the perfect match for EPL these days. You can also cover an awful lot of space on the pitch by using it.

in the 4-4-2 formation who would you buy to partner costa upfront ??? 

[AWorriedChelseaFan 151]

53 minutes ago, petre.ispirescu said:

Can only speculate on Conte's tactics, but I really hope he goes for 4-4-2 with two pure centre forwards. No Oscar and no "number 10" bullshit, just the two centre midfielders, two wide midfielders and two strikers. Leicester thrive under this system and it seems that it is the perfect match for EPL these days. You can also cover an awful lot of space on the pitch by using it.

Imagine a striker partnership between Dybala or Cavani with Costa in that 4-4-2 formation....delicious!

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

10 minutes ago, the wes said:

in the 4-4-2 formation who would you buy to partner costa upfront ??? 

Well, Chelsea seems bound to miss Champions League football next season, so I find it hard that the likes of Higuain, Benzema or any other top striker could be persuaded into coming here. My choice would be Cavani, though. Read this morning that Paris have decided to let him go this summer should anyone meet their evaluation - £31m. Fair price if you ask me. Hard working and a superb player in his day. Still a predator, shame he had a superstar like Ibrahimovic as his competitor for the centre forward spot. I know he is 29 already, but who cares. Luis Suarez is 29, too. 

[milka 3,344]

Fabio Capello: "Congratulations to Conte. But Chelsea is a club that does not protect you like Juventus." #CFC (Corriere dello Sport)

Chelsea target Antonio Conte expected to confirm Italy exit

Reports in Italy that Antonio Conte has told Italy FA that he's leaving to take Chelsea job after Euro 2016. Italy FA board meeting tomorrow

 

 

 

 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Wouldn't mind having Capello on standby as interim if Guus retires by then  

[BlueLyon 9,359]

If we go with two strikers it should be Costa plus another more creative striker ala Aguero/Tevez. Think two typical finishers like Costa and Cavani would not work. At juve, Tevez was as i remember also half playmaker and thats something Cavani or Costa or Higuain cant do. For two strikers we will need someone else to play along Costa.

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

12 hours ago, Styles said:

Will be funny if Italy flop at the Euros. Mood around here will darken quick haha

Nothing can be funnier than Manchester United fans believing they will win Treble under Van Gaal after he subbed a goalkeeper at the World Cup.

[Henrique 9,133]

Lol

Mouirnho's widows give us the best and most nonsensical posts in this topic. 

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio: "Conte will leave the national team after the European championship. Conte misses the daily involvement of club football".

[11Drogba 2,000]

National team performance of a manager hardly indicates anything about his performance in club competitions and vice versa. His transfer list which he can't have as a national team manager is much more important for us than what he does in the Euro cup.

[Billy. 2,742]

 

Sky Sports News HQ ‏@SkySportsNewsHQ  20s20 seconds ago

BREAKING: Antonio Conte to step down as Italy coach after Euro 2016. Reaction on #SSNHQ

 

 

 

[Special Juan 27,424]

Yep breaking now, looks like it's on.

[Cosmin 2,484]

18 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

National team performance of a manager hardly indicates anything about his performance in club competitions and vice versa. His transfer list which he can't have as a national team manager is much more important for us than what he does in the Euro cup.

Spot on. Being a NT manager is a totally different thing than being a club manager. 

I really expect an announcement to be made today. We need to make things clear and start negotiations for a few players. We have nothing to fight for anymore, so why keep the silence? 

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

http://www.corrieredellosport.it/news/calcio/italia/2016/03/15-9476498/italia_tavecchio_conte_lascer_sente_il_richiamo_del_campo/

http://www.sportnotizie24.it/news/calcio/56640/italia-antonio-conte-lascia-la-nazionale-dopo-l-europeo-2016

Nelle prossime ore arriverà anche l’ufficialità dell’ingaggio dell’allenatore italiano da parte del Chelsea, che ha scelto lui per iniziare un nuovo ciclo.

"In the next few hours Chelsea will announce Conte as the new manager."

It's happening. 

[Cosmin 2,484]

*Breaking the F5 button*

[BlueLion. 21,491]

We didn't learn from Man City, when, in 2014, after winning the PL, they didn't spend anything. We repeated that this year.

I hope we can learn from them and wait until the end of the season before appointing the new manager. The team's confidence is already hanging by a thread... to completely undermine any rescue operation Hiddink is heading up would be counter-productive. 

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

4 minutes ago, BlueLion said:

We didn't learn from Man City, when, in 2014, after winning the PL, they didn't spend anything. We repeated that this year.

I hope we can learn from them and wait until the end of the season before appointing the new manager. The team's confidence is already hanging by a thread... to completely undermine any rescue operation Hiddink is heading up would be counter-productive. 

We have nothing to play for so we can announce conte imo.

The team confidence is irrelevant cos conte will start from 0 anyway.