Antonio Conte

[ArcspacE]

Here comes trouble

He’s not wrong completely - Nuno was given dog shit to eat in midfield and CB

 

[ArcspacE]

Got a feeling this emoji is gonna come in handy this season.

One in the pink 2 in the stink?

 

[SoCalSpurs]

Says the bloke who now claims to listen to the pod

LMFAO

Oohh just listen to you go

 

[Adrian Cimino]

Here comes trouble

 

[River Lea Banks 🇺🇦]

Over 50% of all UK Power now comes from renewable sources and this is only going to increase.

That's a lie, but okay.

Spoiler: Source

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1022005/Energy_Trends_September_2021.pdf

Fossil fuels generated 31.4 TWh in Quarter 2 2021, substantially higher than renewable sources.

 

[JDK]

Here comes trouble

Can we please not give bitter Mourinho the attention he’s so desperately craving. Onwards.

 

[Super Jan Fan]

What was said in that meeting was bang on about Dele.

I don't recall the rest, only that spiteful comment.

 

[Nabil Bentaleb]

If we don’t win a trophy with him we are doomed. There’s no point. Sell the stadium and cease operations

 

[CarrieFi]

Can we please not give bitter Mourinho the attention he’s so desperately craving. Onwards.

 

[Super Jan Fan]

Sorry to disagree with you (you seem like a top bloke), but I actually thought it was deliberately reverse-psychology. Like that scene in the Simpsons, where Homer (as a stand-in spokes-person) says "Now, I'm not a big-city lawyer..." and the audience whisper to each other "Ohh, big city lawyer!" and clearly take the opposite message because it's distracting and sets the emotional response.

Saying 'I'm not your dad' and then proceeding to talk about how he could nurture Dele's talent was a great bit of man-management and showed knowledge of Dele's daddy-issues. He wanted Dele to look up to him and set a new role model.

You might be right that that was what he was attempting but clearly it didn't work and any half decent manager should know better, and person with experience of life, having met and spoken to other people from different backgrounds should know it's not a fair thing to say. I'm not surprised it didn't work because people have feelings and it doesn't take a lot to understand that someone who has grown up in his shoes, it's going to be touching on that person's sense of loss and having missed out. I bet it was the only thing Dele took from that meeting and I bet he couldnt get it out his head all day after that.

Anyway, hes gone, and now we've got Conte. I doubt Conte would make the same mistake.

 

[Guido 🇺🇦]

Here comes trouble

I'll guarantee you this; If Conte does well here (I'm not even getting drawn on what "well" is) Jose will attempt to take credit for it. It will be because he signed player 'x' .

 

[Michaelspurs]

Can we all agree now that Levy (for once) has done the right thing? Conte won’t hang around long if funds are not available for the players he the wants so Levy has stuck his neck out here

 

[Guido 🇺🇦]

Well, the good news is that he seems to be a big fan of Bryan Gill.....

 

[VirginiaSpur]

Can we please not give bitter Mourinho the attention he’s so desperately craving. Onwards.

Yes.

I think Jose is actually very pleased for himself believing that him getting sacked caused Kane to go on strike.

 

[The Mercurial No.10]

Man asked for opinion by press gives one.

 

[mummy]

Here comes trouble

Directed at Mou, not you, Carrie.

Envy is a terrible thing, Jose.

 

[VirginiaSpur]

Can we all agree now that Levy (for once) has done the right thing? Conte won’t hang around long if funds are not available for the players he the wants so Levy has stuck his neck out here

Yes, Levy has done the right thing.

But it's all for absolutely nothing if he doesn't follow through. Every body and their grandmother knows that Conte demands immediate action. He isn't a "project manager" like Levy has teased along for the past ten years, and there's no room for meeting Conte halfway and saying "well, we tried."

Conte has a better eye for a player than Poch did, though. Conte is going to demand signings that will immediately impact the team, not trendy youth players on a hot streak that will need 18 months before integrating into the first team.

 

[Beech]

PEH isn't as creative as I'd like, but he at least looks like he gives a damn out there. More than I can say about 2/3 of our squad currently. Hoping that is about to change in a big way.

I don't mind him but I've seen washed up jellyfish create more than he does. Though it's not really his job to, to be fair.

 

[To Dare Is To Do.]

Yes, Levy has done the right thing.

But it's all for absolutely nothing if he doesn't follow through. Every body and their grandmother knows that Conte demands immediate action. He isn't a "project manager" like Levy has teased along for the past ten years, and there's no room for meeting Conte halfway and saying "well, we tried."

Conte has a better eye for a player than Poch did, though. Conte is going to demand signings that will immediately impact the team, not trendy youth players on a hot streak that will need 18 months before integrating into the first team.

I still want players younger than 25 though, so if Conte does leave in 18 months, our squad will be stronger for it.
Romero aged 23 is the perfect blueprint. Young but already class.

 

[FightingIllini]

I don't mind him but I've seen washed up jellyfish create more than he does. Though it's not really his job to, to be fair.

We’ve seen things from him in a Denmark shirt we haven’t at Spurs.

I’d say I have a fairly open mind about all of our midfielders as they transition to a system that is probably more different for them than anyone else.