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Manager Antonio Conte

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What I don’t get is why don’t we attack like we did for the last 20 minutes from the start of games? If we did I bet we’d have another 5/6 points. Yet against villa, we won’t, we’ll do exactly the same thing.
I'd guess its caution first, keep it tight and maybe nick a goal or hope our fitness tells 2nd half. Pretty bloody obvious by now its not working but agree, same again New Years day no doubt. Certainly will be at Palace.
 
We’re nowhere near title contenders.

Spurs under Conte remind me of Man U under Solsjkaer. Terrible football and hope one of the big names pops up with a goal.
Hard to compare situations though.

Ole was a rookie manager totally out of his depth but he was given signings he wanted and there was serious investment in his team.

Conte is a world class manager who’s won everywhere he’s been but is being let down by the same turd players that have left countless previous managers down.
 
It does feel a bit like , and I mean most of our recent managers , that because we lack ambition as a footballing business, we get rid of them .

Weird
 
Hard to compare situations though.

Ole was a rookie manager totally out of his depth but he was given signings he wanted and there was serious investment in his team.

Conte is a world class manager who’s won everywhere he’s been but is being let down by the same turd players that have left countless previous managers down.
Yet still plays the same players in the same system week in week out.
Only thing today we was a few due to injury or WC just seems he is too stubborn to change anything even when things ain't right.
 
Yet still plays the same players in the same system week in week out.
Only thing today we was a few due to injury or WC just seems he is too stubborn to change anything even when things ain't right.

Issue is who else. I can understand the Emerson Royal argument but the rest he plays are the best in their position we have.
 
Yet still plays the same players in the same system week in week out.
Only thing today we was a few due to injury or WC just seems he is too stubborn to change anything even when things ain't right.
What other players can he play and what system could he put these players in that other managers (Poch/Jose/Nuno) haven’t tried?

It’s just excuse after excuse to avoid to crux of the problem.
 
I’d like to see us try 4/3/3.

We don’t have WBs yet both our formations require it.
We don’t exactly have great full backs either though. Emerson and Davies would be our best bet’s and they’re just a milifraction better full backs than wing backs which doesn’t say much…

And we don’t have the midfielders for a 4/3/3. We’ve no out and out number 6/DM and no no.8s that are comfortable/good enough on the ball. Bissouma is the only midfielder we have that would fit a 4/3/3 and his true quality is very much up for debate after the first half of the season he’s had.

The squad is just simply shit. It really is.
 
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