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Manager Antonio Conte
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I am not happy with the situation and with the players at his disposition, Conte should have done better. And it's frustrating to see how weak Spurs are in defense, particularly knowing that Conte has built a reputation of have strong defensive teams...
But, remember, at the end of last season most Gooner fans - including Piers Morgan, and prominent players - wanted Arteta sacked. And Klopp was also wanted out after his 1st season at Liverpool.
It takes time to build up a successful team in the EPL.
But, remember, at the end of last season most Gooner fans - including Piers Morgan, and prominent players - wanted Arteta sacked. And Klopp was also wanted out after his 1st season at Liverpool.
It takes time to build up a successful team in the EPL.
Howe is quality.
He's been backed well enough by Newcastle. But he has also made some of their already existing players take a step up in quality as well.
I thought we were beating Woolwich though?
Didn't you think we'd beat Villa?
I think it's twofold.
Yes to that of course and unless Levy is going all guns in during January (which does not seem to be the case) then what value and who do you bring in now?
But nobody coming in during January tells its own story..
Yes true, I understimated just how shit we are. Definitely didn't think we'd beat a vastly superior Woolwich team though, it was scrape a draw by bus parking at best.
And City will tear us apart. Lightning isn't striking twice, this team is done.
He was backed. We still have a better team and squad. They play better than us. For sure
He might even give the youngsters a chance!
We have had 22 years practice, for how much longer are the excuses going to continue.
Top stadium, expensive tickets with a piss poor team and leadership in return, I don't want to commit to paying that do you?
I don't think we'll beat City either.
No its crazy but he is right. Sissoko was loved and respected in that dressing room. He sort of tied the French and English lads together he was a bit of a father figure , Dechamp kept him around the French squad for a similar reason. He stopped heads dropping. I think we have start again and I think Dier Kane Loris are a problem. We need a new set of leaders.
On leadership and heart I also read that regards Loris in this area that Steve Mandanda the number three French GK plays a big part in keeping chins up when things go bad. So clearly the French cleverly recognise a deficit there as well.
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That's the tricky part about transfers.
You can throw as much money at a manager as you like. But it is on his table to work with the players he has, build on their strenghts and put together a system that fits them.
Howe has responded splendidly to the players that he has been given.
We have bigger name players but a much less brighter, energetic squad. Their average technical level is also much higher, every player is comfortable with a football at his feet. Just one example of that is how decisive & calm Ramsdale was vs Lloris.
It was Sissoko who stepped in when Son and Hugo had their halftime row during the Amazon season wasn't it?
I definitely think that we have a lack of father figures/leaders in the dressing room right now. During Poch and Jose we had not only Moussa, but Vertongen, Llorente and Dembele. Dier is said to have such attributes as well (everyone listens to him, he's able to communicate with everyone etc). But you can't just have one of those guys. You need a few in a team. That's why there's always talk about "senior counsils" at clubs like Chelsea when they hit their slumps.
And not to come off as a hater, but people say that Kane has leadership ability but I honestly don't see it.
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Not saying this is wrong but Conte has a massive team, he has half a dozen people round him, not including Mason, who should be good cops. One is his own brother.
Ventrone was fitness and nutrition, so I don't know how involved he got with tactics and performance evaluation anyway
We would have been. No doubt as in he would not have been holding a gun or looking elsewhere. And on a 3 or 4 year contract.
But unlike Newcastle we were understandably looking at a different model. Bizarrely going forward Conte is more likely a Newcastle fit as money won't be an object.
I think we may have gone all out for Howe, Potter before he went rogue and maybe one or two others if it were not for Kane and how it may have been received. I'm not knocking Kane for that as opposed to offering a possible reason why it was Conte and not anyone else
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Key to back 4 is a new CB not a new RB.
Again like you, I’m not hating, but I don’t see it either. I’ll never forget when he did a speech before a game in the All or Nothing documentary and it seemed fairly tame.
I also thought it was quite telling during the World Cup seeing the England players looking to Jordan Henderson more than Harry
Love the guy but Forest mate of mine said he was awful manager. He played ultra-defensive, conservative football and had an terrible record there