Manager Antonio Conte

[skywalker68]

One thing yesterday's rant proved, Antonio Conte is not a decent person. At the age of 53, a multimillionaire no doubt, not happy at his current club, he didn't need to say all that crap.
How do our players feel today?
How about the remaining 10 crucial games?
He should have waited for Monday morning and resign in a quiet manner, all he needed some respect for himself, players and the fans. I don't think he was working for free and yes money has got to do with it, am sure he is on a decent package.

It was the wrong appointment from day 1 so was Jose.

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To be honest, the players obviously won't be happy because it's so public, but I don't care what they think.
These players, have let this club down, time and time again, I'm not just talking about finals or semi finals but games like yesterday are a prime example.
Too many times, this club is involved in games, where a win could take them say second, third or fourth, and yet they shit their spine's out.
I'm probably not alone in thinking this, but this club and it's players are constant failures.

 

[Château NoHo]

 

[skywalker68]

You had me at “ I hate Levy and knew this is the way it would end”. Couldn’t agree more!
& yeah I agree conte was a terrible fit for us but that’s levy for you. The guy who got nuno in to take us to the next level.
But I do disagree that he is damaging the club with his comments. Any words he says is nothing compared to the damage levy & enic have done.
Also I think we are burying are head in the sands if we pretend the manager is the issue for the 10th time or whatever it is. It needed to be said that these players aren’t good enough & the owners are losers & don’t even care about it.

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With attacking football you mean as it's part of our DNA.

 

[FOK]

One thing yesterday's rant proved, Antonio Conte is not a decent person. At the age of 53, a multimillionaire no doubt, not happy at his current club, he didn't need to say all that crap.
How do our players feel today?
How about the remaining 10 crucial games?
He should have waited for Monday morning and resign in a quiet manner, all he needed some respect for himself, players and the fans. I don't think he was working for free and yes money has got to do with it, am sure he is on a decent package.

It was the wrong appointment from day 1 so was Jose.

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Might be easier calling all the players out considering he wont see most of them for 10-12 days

 

[scott]

Fair play to him for speaking out , deflection ? Who cares . It’s a reality , previous managers have been here & probably been too polite . The club is apathetic, an afterthought .

He’ll go , someone will come in & we’ll be here again in 18 months , people will blame the manager yada yada

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That’s what they do. He says facts about our owners & levy being losers & instead of focusing on that which is the bigger issue. They turn it on the guy saying it which really doesn’t effect us as he is going anyway.
Same way if enic do something bad , instead of focusing on that, they bring up owners of another club. Anything but put enic & levy under the microscope. Conte is going so the fact we are stuck with levy & enic who are crap is the issue. We can cry about conte if we want but doesn’t mean enic & levy change.

 

[rusty]

To be honest, the players obviously won't be happy because it's so public, but I don't care what they think.
These players, have let this club down, time and time again, I'm not just talking about finals or semi finals but games like yesterday are a prime example.
Too many times, this club is involved in games, where a win could take them say second, third or fourth, and yet they shit their spine's out.
I'm probably not alone in thinking this, but this club and it's players are constant failures.

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agree with you, trouble is now adays you can't tell the players they are poor
or have a player kick them up the backside ( aka Ray Keane)
years ago i played in a talk where a couple of the players had been good amatuer level players in their time, and if you were playing/passing poorly they would warn you once or twice to pull your finger out, do it again and they would come over and give you a thump ( seen & been a player they put on the floor)

 

[FOK]

That’s what they do. He says facts about our owners & levy being losers & instead of focusing on that which is the bigger issue. They turn it on the guy saying it which really doesn’t effect us as he is going anyway.
Same way if enic do something bad , instead of focusing on that, they bring up owners of another club. Anything but put enic & levy under the microscope. Conte is going so the fact we are stuck with levy & enic who are crap is the issue. We can cry about conte if we want but doesn’t mean enic & levy change.

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If he's directed it at Levy (reports this morning suggesting Conte's clarifying that he hasn't and it was solely at the players) surely he'd be sacked already?

 

[meaningless-friendly]

Our poor little players, how can they be expected to twy deir bestest when the mangerywanangery is only there for a few monfs.

Cunts. Harry Kane has still banged in 21 league goals, the others ain't up to it. They lack ability and/or professional pride, just getting paid and going through the motions. Kane being the exception, which is why he wants out

I have come to the conclusion that player recruitment is everything. When we had a good crop of players, Poch was great with us. When the squad went into decline, so did Poch.

Unless the manager is particularly bad (Ramos for example), I don't think they are as important as we tend to think. Ancelotti with Everton players, shit. With Real Madrid players, he's the don. Same as Conte with us, failed. Everywhere else, a success.

Our players are, in many areas of the pitch, fucking gash. Take Kane out, the spine of the team is mid table at best. We are a team without a core of players. Paratici has been better than Hitchen, but I'm still unconvinced by our recruitment.

 

[Hrytn]

To be honest, the players obviously won't be happy because it's so public, but I don't care what they think.
These players, have let this club down, time and time again, I'm not just talking about finals or semi finals but games like yesterday are a prime example.
Too many times, this club is involved in games, where a win could take them say second, third or fourth, and yet they shit their spine's out.
I'm probably not alone in thinking this, but this club and it's players are constant failures.

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I agree you can blame the club , I don't blame the players because who bought the players and who trained them?!

10 games to go, we still have a chance for top 4, yesterday's rant surely will have negative affect.

The club is a constant failure because of Levy and his polices. Nothing will change until he goes,

 

[skywalker68]

agree with you, trouble is now adays you can't tell the players they are poor
or have a player kick them up the backside ( aka Ray Keane)
years ago i played in a talk where a couple of the players had been good amatuer level players in their time, and if you were playing/passing poorly they would warn you once or twice to pull your finger out, do it again and they would come over and give you a thump ( seen & been a player they put on the floor)

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Sadly that is the case now mate, we have, too many soft, mentally weak and emotional people around now most of whom are young.
Those days have gone, and we are left with a very soft society that cannot cope, I'm sure we could find a few pro nouns or whatever they are for them.

 

[skywalker68]

I agree you can blame the club , I don't blame the players because who bought the players and who trained them?!

10 games to go, we still have a chance for top 4, yesterday's rant surely will have negative affect.

The club is a constant failure because of Levy and his polices. Nothing will change until he goes,

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100% agree with you, although I can't see them getting fourth now, certainly has created a negative effect on an already negative season and football.

 

[scott]

If he's directed it at Levy (reports this morning suggesting Conte's clarifying that he hasn't and it was solely at the players) surely he'd be sacked already?

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I just don’t trust your judgement as your love for levy means no matter what happens or is said, you say they are happy & have a good relationship. So keep me out your propaganda trying to say conte is happy with levy & vice versa. You’re on another planet so impossible to debate with you.
As for wouldn’t he be sacked now, Levy thought nuno would take us to the next level & ignored poch crying out for better players. He is unpredictable. Gets Jose to win a cup & then sacks him a week before the final. I wouldn’t be surprised if conte is here for our next game or sacked tonight.
But you aren’t going to get me to agree that he is just unhappy at the players. So give up on that.

 

[Kaz Hirai]

Tbh I'm really quite appreciative of what Conte has tried to do here. Yes the football is an abomination but yesterday's conference was chefs kiss .
He says he tried to keep it quite to now which suggests to me me he's been telling the board and the players this for months now maybe.
That it's a club stuck in a loser mentality happy to just coast on CL qualification with no pressure whatsoever to win anything.

He'll leave in June with my admiration despite the shite football, he's tried to change the rotten core privately, now publicly.

I just levy has heard

 

[punky]

Probably because the guy we really want isn’t currently available. End of the season will give us more options.

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Maybe I'm blinded by Poch to see that, makes sense.

Do you reckon lightening will strike twice then? I’d love it but I’m wildly sceptical

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It doesn't seem to happen a lot in the EPL but one of the podcasts I listen to, I think it was A View From The Lane, gave quite a few examples of where it has worked in Europe before.

 

[Col_McCafferty]

Sadly that is the case now mate, we have, too many soft, mentally weak and emotional people around now most of whom are young.
Those days have gone, and we are left with a very soft society that cannot cope, I'm sure we could find a few pro nouns or whatever they are for them.

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Mate, take that kind of shit to another thread.

Our club is in dire straits because of our ownership, they're not interested in competing for trophies nor are they embarrassed by our lack of trophies during their tenure.

We're a laughing stock and will be whomever we appoint as the next manager.

People like Jose and Conte need to be backed, if you can't do that then don't appoint such managers in the first place.

We did the bare minimum last summer, that's all and that included two free signings and one Barca failure on loan without even an option to buy. Our recruitment over the past 5 years has been woeful and it's hard to pick out whom has been an actual success.

It doesn't matter who we appoint, this club is going nowhere whilst Levy and ENIC remain in charge.

 

[Mike81]

Tbh I'm really quite appreciative of what Conte has tried to do here. Yes the football is an abomination but yesterday's conference was chefs kiss .
He says he tried to keep it quite to now which suggests to me me he's been telling the board and the players this for months now maybe.
That it's a club stuck in a loser mentality happy to just coast on CL qualification with no pressure whatsoever to win anything.

He'll leave in June with my admiration despite the shite football, he's tried to change the rotten core privately, now publicly.

I just levy has heard

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Yet this is the same Conte who basically said a couple of weeks ago that little old Spurs couldn’t expect to beat AC Milan (a team we’d never lost to before, as it happens).

 

[Mike81]

That’s what they do. He says facts about our owners & levy being losers & instead of focusing on that which is the bigger issue. .

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Think you’re hearing what you want to hear there mate, to be honest.

 

[scott]

I don’t disagree with what he says , but why does he make out he is blameless ? A good manager would play to our strengths and change things when it’s not working

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Fattynomates!

conte is a dick, he is deflecting and this season (not last) he hasn’t been quite good enough.

However he is totally right in what he said about the players and the board. Conte is gone so there is no point focusing on him, the board and players are the ones that need to be looked at now.

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deflection tactic every time levy & enic make another cock up.

 

[skywalker68]

Mate, take that kind of shit to another thread.

Our club is in dire straits because of our ownership, they're not interested in competing for trophies nor are they embarrassed by our lack of trophies during their tenure.

We're a laughing stock and will be whomever we appoint as the next manager.

People like Jose and Conte need to be backed, if you can't do that then don't appoint such managers in the first place.

We did the bare minimum last summer, that's all and that included two free signings and one Barca failure on loan without even an option to buy. Our recruitment over the past 5 years has been woeful and it's hard to pick out whom has been an actual success.

It doesn't matter who we appoint, this club is going nowhere whilst Levy and ENIC remain in charge.

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Mate everything you have mentioned, I agree with, in fact I have mentioned it myself the club is fucked going nowhere.
I was responding to a particular poster regarding a general overview of things today.
This club is indeed a laughing stock and I can't see it stopping anytime soon.

 

[Michaelspurs]

The only person who benefitted from his rant yesterday was Conte himself. He is just establishing an excuse for his own pathetic failure. He has been backed! Apart from a couple we have got good players. What we haven’t got is a manager who can organise a piss up in a brewery - or a good attack-minded team. Just fuck off now you little cretin. YOU are the selfish one!