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Then it’s just pretty weird that we will invest in Winks and not Ndombele.Ali Gold out here sayin' Ndombele is the fittest he's ever been at Tottingham.
The irony is that this season Ndombele is understood to have got himself into the best condition of his time at Tottenham so the fitness is there to help him dominate matches with his incredible ability.
Conte and Spurs' January transfer window plus his Ndombele and Dele dilemma
Here are our talking points from Tottenham's 1-1 draw against 10-man Southampton at St Mary's in the Premier League on Tuesday afternoonwww.football.london
I just stumbled upon these quotes from Fabregas, and I know this stuff happened 4-5 years ago, but it may just be the case that Conte prefers water carriers in the middle of the park. Safety first.
"When Conte first came to Chelsea I didn't really play the first three months. He made it clear he wanted a different type of midfielder. Nemanja Matic was playing, I had an injury as well and I didn't really play the whole season."
"But we went to Manchester City, we had won seven games and Conte says to me: 'You have to play.' We won 3-1, I played well and gave the assist to Costa for 1-1. It felt like I had made a point to the coach that he could count on me.
"But next we played West Brom, Matic recovers and he starts. It was a typical game and for 70 minutes it was 0-0. They were defending well. The game was calling for someone like me to come on to open the door or do something but the minutes went by and nothing. I remember Costa coming to the touchline and shouting at Conte, saying: 'Put Cesc on!'
"Conte is not the manager you mess with this and he was pretending not to listen to Costa. Two minutes later he says 'Cesc come', and two minutes after I come on and I provided the assist for Costa to score."
MOTD Top 10 podcast: Cesc Fabregas on Jose Mourinho, Steven Gerrard and World Cup final goals
Former Woolwich, Barcelona and Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas picks some of the most memorable moments from his career for the new MOTD Top 10 podcast.www.bbc.com
A mix between stein, paisley, busby, ferguson, guardiola wouldnt get a tune out of this dope
Weve already invested close to 100 mil in the lazy prick.
Maybe Ndombele is busting at the seams to get out of England. Other than that, Conte appears to have the horn for micromanagement in terms of how we wants his teams to play, and probably don't like Tanguy's freestylin' ways.
Maybe Ndombele is busting at the seams to get out of England. Other than that, Conte appears to have the horn for micro-management in terms of how we wants his teams to play, and probably don't like Tanguy's freestylin' ways.
Fabregas again:
'I had coaches like Pep [Guardiola] who had a lot of positioning game but we had freedom inside of this. With Conte, the freedom was non-existent, he was telling me where I have to pass the ball.'
'I'm 29 years old in that moment, I've already played for 13 years, I played in every final, I won a lot of things and this guy is telling me where I need to pass the ball.'
Fabregas lifts the lid on Conte's controlling coaching methods
This month Conte returned to Premier League football following Spurs' SOS plea in the wake of sacking Nuno Espirito Santo, and once again looks to be ruling with an iron fist from the outset.www.dailymail.co.uk
Well, if you goes trawling the Internet, you will see what some top-class players had to say about Conte's coaching. Boring/repetitive, apparently.
Feel the same way too. He still could be good for someone else in a different league. Intensity of the PL is just too much for the poor fatty.
Shows the brain power of fabregas. Peps style is the most prescribed type out there down to the smallest detail.Maybe Ndombele is busting at the seams to get out of England. Other than that, Conte appears to have the horn for micro-management in terms of how we wants his teams to play, and probably don't like Tanguy's freestylin' ways.
Fabregas again:
'I had coaches like Pep [Guardiola] who had a lot of positioning game but we had freedom inside of this. With Conte, the freedom was non-existent, he was telling me where I have to pass the ball.'
'I'm 29 years old in that moment, I've already played for 13 years, I played in every final, I won a lot of things and this guy is telling me where I need to pass the ball.'
Fabregas lifts the lid on Conte's controlling coaching methods
This month Conte returned to Premier League football following Spurs' SOS plea in the wake of sacking Nuno Espirito Santo, and once again looks to be ruling with an iron fist from the outset.
The link to Adama Traore is terrifying
I’m not sure it was always like that tho, different style with that Barca side
Now we're onto to criticising conte and his coaching methods.good stuff. What next
Not sure why you keep having a go at Winks, he was our best midfielder last match. He looks completely different under Conte, much like other players in Contes career.
I think it was. the players were told where to be,where to go,where to pass but he had messi to go off script.
Could be our next RWB much like a certain other winger Conte is always mentioned with for changing his career.
He doesn’t look much different you’ve just convinced yourself he does because you don’t want to say a bad word about Conte picking him
See more ability in Bergwijn to play RWB than him
