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Manager Antonio Conte
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All of the players I named have regularly been in the starting xi this season...which is what I said in my post, not "nailed on starter." Sanchez and winks are the only guarantees to drop out when everyone is fit. Maybe the new midfielder replaces Hojbjerg but with paraticis record on signings so far, I will reserve judgement there as well.
Too many average players starting too many games has given us the past couple of seasons. Conte has given them a lift, but they are what they are. Major work to be done in the transfer market or it will be more of the same I think.
To a coach who can get the best out of players without demanding we spend like City?
We've just been beat at home - and run of the park for 45 minutes - by a coach who has a championship squad. A few days before that we played another team whose coach is doing a great job, dominates most of the teams his teams plays, also with a pretty wank squad. Neither of these coaches are in the press every week whining about not having 200m to spend every window.
Forgive me if I don't piss myself if the bloke we are paying 17m a year, and providing with more transfer funds and player salary budget can't do a better job than Potter and Hassenhuttl.
For me, the available evidence points against the proposition that Conte “wants” a 3-5-2 rather than a 3-4-3 and if anything indicates the opposite.
It’s what he did at Chelsea, no big surprise.
Best XI, first XI... Starting XI.... Call it what you want but Dav, Winks and such aren't in it.
Of course improvements are required..... They always will be, but there's no fairness in using back-up players to denigrate the level of our best XI.
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Ah - he never saw the mid-90s! That was when you ran out of the stadium!My mate who's been following Spurs for a good 15-20 years said that it's the first time in his life he's ever walked out of a stadium at HT, he was that disgusted with the performance
And that’s not an exaggeration!Ah - he never saw the mid-90s! That was when you ran out of the stadium!
Ah - he never saw the mid-90s! That was when you ran out of the stadium!
Run? ......You're joking!!!
The ecstasy hangovers from Friday nights played a special role in that, mind.
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Just checking in…are all the conte fanboys feelings still hurt after the deserved criticism of his managerial performance vs Southampton ?
Let me get this straight, you came on here to take the piss out of our manager and troll other Spurs fans right?
Let me guess this straight, you think the spurs manager is above any type of criticism while you take the piss out of spurs players ? Is that how a spurs fan is supposed to act ?
Oh you're one of them, I see...
If this was a more disappointing performance than the stinker's we had with nuno, it's only because expectations were higher vs southampton.
Against, southampton, we were complete shit in the back and midfield but we scored 2 decent goals and created several high quality chances (Reggie miss and Kane's header come to mind... plus the bergwijn close offsides goal).
Under Nuno, we went games at a time without even one quality chance. To call this the worst performance of the season is recency bias.
Dramatic much? If we just lost our must win match, why don't we just forfeit the season now because clearly there's nothing left to play for?
Oh you’re one of them I see. Up conte ‘s arse so far that he can do no wrong. Predictable
I literally haven't said anything to give you that impression but you do you, enjoy your Friday evening getting your bites in here you sad little specimen
Just to add to this, I think Conte is a very good coach, and I think he’s improved some facets of us quicker than I’ve seen most managers do mid-season, which is why I posted the metric comparison showing this - it’s pretty impressive- but I also don’t believe the world will end if he fucks off, and believe for the money we are paying him he should be able to coach and improve players individually and collectively.
We're assuming that Conte "knows he's a midfielder", right?
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Be more Antonio :contethumb:
"First I like Nutella. Every morning my breakfast is bread with Nutella and a coffee, but for me I don’t play football any more"
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"First I like Nutella. Every morning my breakfast is bread with Nutella and a coffee, but for me I don’t play football any more"
Massages, Nutella and coffee as Conte explains how he steps away from stress
The Tottenham Hotspur boss has been speaking about his emotional ways during matches and how deals with the stresses of the game
Why hasn’t he done it already. His sort of done it with some players but not with the ones who really have no talent. Why is it easier to banish the skillful players but not the technically inept?