In the long run, I agree.
But in short term - come the fuck on... we conceded first goal for what, 9 or 10 games in a row.
Game after game after game, he knowingly surrenders midfield... and for what ?!? to keep forcing Son to start, even he is totally worthless in every possible sense...
I`ve been saying this for months - he has no tools to make us really work over 90 minutes, and EVERY decent team will already finish us off before we even start trying. He is making poor decision after poor decision and should just fuck off right away!
Look, we have been down this road before many times haven't we though?
The last season with Poch (CL run aside) we were all saying the same thing "He doesn't change anything" "Shit formation" "Never makes a sub" all the things we are saying about Conte.
We were getting dominated by teams towards the end of his run. Then skip forward a few, Jose comes.
Started well and as time goes on, same complaints, same EXACT complaints.
Now Conte, started well, ended last season in the top four, this year, same complaints. Isn't flexible, bad subs, shit formation etc.
Look, the reality imo is this, every recent manager we get seems to descend into some form of madness after the first season, shit starts going haywire and all the fans start throwing barbs at the manager and players and yet the thing that is CONSTANTLY overlooked is what impact things behind the scenes are having on everything.
Our owners don't know how to run a football club, that much is evident, they have no plan, they have no solution and I imagine that behind that curtain the lack of any cohesion creates a pretty poor foundation for success.
If I was a betting man I imagine it leaks on to the manager and the players and I think the number one priority is to remove the true rot from this football club and that rot is ENIC.
We are not an entertainment venue or an infrastructure project in the main, first and foremost we are a football club.
So yes, whilst I agree that on a micro scale, game to game, the manager and players should and could be doing better but I think the bigger picture is more important and has more impact than people care to admit.
Levy and Enic ARE the problem.