Well, apart from the mention of Dele Alli being an option, he was spot on...Bastard, was just about to post that
Really good analysis though I thought!
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Manager Antonio Conte
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Under Nuno.....they aren't world class. 4th place is up for grabs imo. Sadly i don't think it will be us though...
I have full faith that Conte will “Weed out the weak”, word to Michael Owen.
I don’t expect top 4 this season, but top 6. And I firmly believe we can snatch a cup or two. Conference league we are the best team and already in the last 8 of carabao. FA Is about avoiding the big teams away
Hasnt seemed that way
He did say "very good considering it was week 1"........
I'd say it was miles apart from Nuno-ball..... Just look how many players we have in the final 3rd during the second half of that clip...... That's the aggression that people have been mourning since before Poch left.
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Hope to see it thrown back in my face....Bookmarking this quote...
At this moment we are the biggest and not the best. Agree
Bergwijn called up as a replacement for injured Dutch players - one less for Conte to train..
On the other habd it looks like Gil has not joined up with a Spanish squad, possibly due to his minor injury, so he might be available to train with Conte
Sure and it's probably just semantics from my part but everything attempted was very basic, I've absolutely no issue with it and as I said in my first post these are encouraging green shoots but to describe these basic/rudimentary patterns as "very, very good" is massive overkill. The patterns weren't complicated and were unsuccessful.
I did quite like Davies part in them, however, him underlapping often in the half-space is where they had issues in dealing with which did create space for Emerson on the opposite flank.
Conte has shown in all of his previous jobs that he can effectively implement his patterns very quickly, I don't think what we saw vs Everton was the cause of drills but more the case of what happens when players are asked to do certain things (without a lot of training with the ball). Some of the players (Reggie & Davies) have kinda confirmed this by saying they watched a lot of videos of Inter and Chav teams. Conte's doesn't have the luxury of a pre-season, so I'm not expecting the team to adopt his systems as quickly as with his previous teams (although many of the Poch players have paled 3ATB with Poch and players like Romero are well accustomed to it, so fingers crossed they can adapt/click quickly).
Unfortunate for us, but right now I'd say the more he can focus upon Reg & Ndombele the better.... Let's face it they're the biggest individual improvements we can make to the starting XI right now.
The extent that Davies got foward suprised the hell out of me to begin with...... Such an alien concept given what we've got used to. Romero's gonna love this shit.... Defo don't want to shackle him as being the CB to sit back.... Somewhat dampens the idea of Japh playing RCB for us tho', but seasons are long and bumpy roads with plenty of games.
Even when Conte leaves, we should keep his fitness team somehow.
These footballers are being paid an obscene amount of money, it's only fair they work like crazy.
Good points, will try to be more optimistic based on that.
Some of the reason for my negativity is the worst players in our squad imo are HG which makes the clearcut process even harder
The ball playing was noticeably better. Triangles, pass & move, playing the ball into space where the player should be instead of at his feet. All positive things. Just another case of severe lack of quality. Reguillon & Emerson had great chances. Should've at least hit the target.
This is how we played under Poch when we finished 2nd in a 3-4-2-1. Walker and Rose bombed on. Ali and Eriksen in the pockets and Kane Upton. Mind you we did have prime wanyama and dembele in midfield that just ran over teams physically
I'm really looking forward to Conte's build-up patterns, when bedded in they are far more complex than what we attempted at the weekend, just not sure if we'll see them this season though because of not having the team for an extended period as in pre-season, this is, of course, an unknown for him too.
I'm kind of expecting the team he's gone with so far to change over time but think he's tried to gain a bit of consistency by not wanting to change things in his first two games and keep the approach/instructions quite basic. Perhaps the biggest plus was we kept a clean sheet with the oppo creating no big chances throughout the entire +90mins.
Another thing that the analysis didn't cover in the video was how easily Everton dealt with us. I'd say, Benitez expected us to play 3ATB (just as I think everyone else did) another reason why I don't think it was "very, very good".
But it's all good that we are aiming for a definitive identity for the first time in nearly 3 seasons. Our enjoyment should come in watching these players become more automated and fluid. One fascinating bit will be on our left, my gut thinks Bergwijn as WB is a better option than Reggie (there are +/- for each of cause) but I just see Bergwijn to have more control than Reggie, stronger on the ball and in the tackle and better in 1v1 situations.
Agree with most of this, but the fact that Rafa largely just set up to stiffle us is no bad thing... It means we're already commanding more respect than we have done for some time.... Yet we still carved the clearer chances in the game.
I have a similar hunch about Bergwijn....... I think physically he totally has the goods..... Just a question whether he ca be successfully coached on the defensive end of things.
I'm fascinated about how all this is going to turn out, how long will it take for the penny to drop for the squad, which players are going to break through, which of the first eleven will drop out, will we get anyone in January or will it just be pre-signings for the summer...Fuck the results, those are the last things I'm worried about...