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Manager Antonio Conte
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If its true that he's gone back to Italy, then he's a real coward. He should have faced the team.
They’ve all been given a couple of days off. He’s meant to be back tomorrow, as well as the non international players
The team have all fucked off for int. duty.
its true. theres a video of some muppet filming him sitting next to him on ryanair economy
I don’t like long posts either. So I just don’t read the fuckers.
Who do you think would suit us given the current squad.
Why do you immediately assume he’s doing us a favour? He would love the chance to manage Spurs again. We all know he has unfinished business here. You are incredibly naïve if you don’t think Pochettino would jump at the chance to come back.
If the club do want him back then they should sack conte now and get poch in whilst most of the players are on international duty.
You are incredibly naive if you think he automatically would. Ali Gold (I think it was him) said the other day it's not as cut and dried as that.
And I trust him with info far more than I trust you.
And 2 were goalies, his a fucker ain’t heIt's possible that's who he's talking about, but the statement was so loaded and vague, it could be anybody. Including our players out on loan.
I may be missing something, but I'm still shaking my head that he left two empty spots on the bench for our CL home leg vs Milan. There weren't two academy players available?
Seems... disrespectful.
Reports are also that he refused to speak to the team after the Southampton game.
That in and of itself should be the deathknell for his reign.
kane lloris and romero most likely
Not the first time apparently. Quite often after a loss he’ll leave them to stew for a couple of days
This is just as much bs as the “leaks” about players being unhappy with Conte.
It’s coming from Romano so it’s at least something. Maybe these are club briefings or Conte briefings designed to defend or attack but clearly there are games being played or it might be true.
Agreed.
Coming from a player is what I’m calling BS on.
Always felt Levy/board used BS player leaks as PR move to justify sacking managers. Also speaks to Levy undermining managers by having an open door for players to complain about managers.
Most likely Conte/Paratici is wise to it and had sent his own player brief to his friendly media
No of course he wasn't but by all accounts his first pick was Gvardiol (Too expensive) and Bastoni (Didn't want to leave Italy) so seemingly he wanted a LCB, in that time we have seen Martinez, Botman and Badiashile move the PL as well as Hincappie and and Ndicki, Kilman available or at least gettable, all left footed, are any of these players not good enough for Spurs, would they not improve the team?
I'm sure he didn't want Spence but it's obvious we needed a RWB and a LW (The club have been looking for a LW since Diaz) Spence is playing well at Rennes and Danjuma scored 6 in 9 in the CL last season, what grounds does he have to not use them when he played Emerson who wasn't at the level for 6 months and an out of form Son?
The CB situation is bad at the club because the recruitment over the years has been a bag of shite let's be real. I don't expect him to come out and slag anyone off but there's clearly a balance if you're a football manager, if you don't rate a player then you don't openly come and boost him on many different occasions, if said player was SUCH a problem you would prioritise replacing them.
I think Conte and his staff do know football or football players yet the evidence this season suggests that he seems to have lost focus, do you not think he can be questioned on some of his decisions?
By the way this was the same DOF he worked with before for a few years so again the club bent over backwards to appease him. This is the same DOF running the recruitment now by the way so why are we making excuses for him?
Well obviously he's not good enough that's the point but he did sign off on him.
He can talk all he want about raising the levels but how many players are you expected to bring in over 3 windows which was what his contract was permitted to? How do you expect the club to rebuild the team in such a quick turnaround, he said himself it would take 3-4 windows last year at the point where we only had 2. If you're making such statements in public then you shouldn't be expecting a quick fix.
Richarlison has been stuck on the bench for the most part when he's not been injured, he hasn't played him plenty at all, that's nonsense, he's missed 8 games this season through injury and he's only completed one 90 mins out of a possible 18.
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No-one has said that he should be playing instead of Kane but he should have got more mins due to an out of form Son.
Dier, we are talking about Dier - It was a general point stemmed from this post:
Manager - Antonio Conte
Guys tells the truth and gets called a cunt for it?! Harsh. He got us into the Top 4 last year, don't forget. We did the bare minimum last summer in the window and fucked around almost all of January. It doesn't matter who the manager is, under ENIC and Levy (the actual cunt in all of this)...thefightingcock.co.uk
Yeah no-one's going to argue that, we made a lot of mistakes in the past.
But you have to ask yourself if he's getting what he can out of the current squad and the near £200m outlay is getting used to it's maximum, do you think it is because you'll find a lot of fans that don't and I assume the board thinks that too.
Oh come off it, please use some context in your argument.
We were knocked out all the cups by weaker opposition than us and in those matches not even laying a finger on the opposition.
We've had about 2/3 complete 90 min performances this season in the league and toe football we gave played has been average at best
We are 4th by having a virtue of having a killer in front of goal, something our rivals do not have.
You can't say 4th is probably the best you're gonna get out of this squad because many of our players are under performing, the only constant you have is Kane who is World Class.
That's all well and good buy nobody held a gun to Conte's head to sign a contract.
We can call out the intentions of Levy and rightly so, I think he was personally trying to save his skin but again no-one forced Conte to take the contract and with that there's a level of accountability he should be taking.
I think it's fine to call out the board by the way but no way should Conte be getting away with it, I don't have an issue with the press conference and what he said but he's in full preservation mode and he's using it to protect himself as opposed to really looking out for the club.
Why didn't we sign any of the LCBs you mention then? How is that down to Conte? I'm confused because he's not in charge of recruitment and you seem to agree with me but blame him for not signing any of the players mentioned.
Spence is doing ok in the French league at a smallish club, decent going forward, not great defensively, after spending zero time in the Prem previously. Danjuma is an ex championship player who Seville are happy to release and was about to sign on loan for Everton. These are not players of the required standard if we want to challenge the best.
Emerson was never as bad as people made out and Conte has been vindicated largely. Son despite his piss poor season is still our second highest scorer. I'm not saying Conte is right all the time but when you need a goal Danjuma and Lucas are not great go tos. AGAIN poor squad depth and AGAIN not down to the manager.
We agree the piss poor CB situation is not down to Conte. Don't understand the rest - managers boosts player morale with public praise - what's the problem? And then you change tack again and now CB recruitment is down to Conte? What you're saying either isn't clear or isn't correct. The club signs players, not the manager. He wants good players you agree, he knows footy you agree but then you say we chose Lenglet over Botman because of Conte - that makes no sense to me at all.
He's defo lost focus this season, i've already explained why, illness and bereavement, Conte without his usual presence and intensity isn't as effective a manager.
Your point on Para I don't really understand. Who's appeasing who? And why?
He accepted Lenglet it seems, it may be he wasn't given much choice - but I doubt he wanted him above the other choices available. And let's be honest he smacks of being a cheap, risk free punt the same as Danjuma. Not good enough.
The Dier point I don't really understand, I can't see that post for some reason. Dier was a squad player same as Davies under Poch when we were good, now they're regulars. They should be squad players. No one in their right mind plays Tanganga or Sanchez over Dier. This is what he's inherited. It's not good enough.
The football isn't attractive at all, i've never said it was, but this season, considering the injuries and the illness and bereavement stuff, we are were we belong points wise. Woolwich going through the same with their manager and injuries wouldn't be any better off than we are. Play nicer footy though.
Don't understand, I was using context.
Yes we put out a team good enough to beat Sheffield United and the players took their foot off as usual when they think they're superior. That's a large part of why he exploded on Saturday. It's his whole point, they're not strong mentally, lack desire and fight.
I agree we've not been great often this season, I agree Conte is far from perfect but I also think we've got some bang average players who should've never been recruited and by now should've been moved on. I think you agree too.
Levy's job is to do the best for Spurs. Conte's job is to earn money to look after his family. And remember we were 7th and 6th the two previous seasons and 9th when Conte took charge. I think 4th and 4th isn't bad considering the mistakes the club has made with recruitment and continue to make. And a wider point. If Conte isn't good enough, surely Levy is to blame for hiring him?
I totally agree about Kane, once he goes I think we'll be lucky to finish top 6. And that definitely won't be down to Conte.