By all means im excited and its going to be a rollercoaster ride abd ill support conte all the way.
I just think its going to turn out exactly how it did with mourinho
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Manager Antonio Conte
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By all means im excited and its going to be a rollercoaster ride abd ill support conte all the way.
I just think its going to turn out exactly how it did with mourinho
If this gets over the line it’s deserved, and is evidence of the one positive football quality Levy has always had: when things are shitty, he seems to have a good sense of what sort of manager can remedy the situation.I am going to screen grab this, enlarge it, print it out and frame it.
All of the talent, none of the brains. You can't teach brains...
If this fails again I don’t know what I’m gonna do
Thank God he's re-found his touch then, because it certainly wasn't on display in the weeks after he sacked Mourinho.
Here is what matters more than the possession stats they had the 2nd most goals and most importantly the most points.
Jose is playing with similar low possession stats but getting 6th and 7th place. That is why Conte is a top manager and Jose is jumping at the chance to manage a club like Roma.
There is a bit of that - but if the insanely short contract is anything to go by, then I think everyone’s going into it eyes open. Interesting that the 18mths still takes us to the two years of Nuno’s contract so allows the assumed return of Poch.
What that means for the team I’m not sure - Paratici seems to want some kind of turnover and refresh, and we know that Conte wants who he wants…will be a totally different team in 2 years.
The idea of putting things in the hands of a Paratici-Conte duo was the right instinct and he fucked it up at the first attempt. Lets see if he can put it right.
Then it just becomes the same old question of making funds available.
My one concern (if we are genuinely in deep talks with the Wigmeister) is that he didn’t want to come in the summer - that much seems to be set in stone.
Was it because Levy wouldn’t allow him his back room staff and an open cheque book, or was it because he was waiting for something bigger and better to materialise, which didn’t happen for him?
It’s going to be an uneasy relationship from day one, but he has plenty of fire in his belly & a great pedigree. Hoping he lights some fires under some lazy arses!
There’s a strange irony that we ended up with Nuno who was our 4th/5th choice if we now end up with Conte, bearing in mind we were probably his 4th or 5th choice.
Was it because Levy wouldn’t allow him his back room staff and an open cheque book, or was it because he was waiting for something bigger and better to materialise, which didn’t happen for him?
It’s going to be an uneasy relationship from day one, but he has plenty of fire in his belly & a great pedigree. Hoping he lights some fires under some lazy arses!
There’s a strange irony that we ended up with Nuno who was our 4th/5th choice if we now end up with Conte, bearing in mind we were probably his 4th or 5th choice.
I am not a Paratici fan at all but I think working with Conte is actually the right role for him. Conte can identify the players he wants and then Paratici has to focus on making the deal work.
I don't trust Paratici to set the style of the football to be played or to pick the players we should bring in but I do think he is good at working with agents and trust him to get deals done with Conte doing the first two things.
But his choice now in terms of club is arguably better now than the summer.
Ole is struggling at United, and Poch is unpopular amongst many at PSG.
Gonna be gutted if it’s not Conte and we up with Mason for the season or some soulless anorak mannequin like David Moyes.
There's a weird confusion there that possession = good, exciting football. We had plenty of the ball under AVB and it was boring. We had lots of the ball under Nuno in the last two games and couldn't muster a shot on target.
Possession is just a means to an end. If you have players who thrive with it, great. But Conte's Inter were devastating to watch on the counter, and personally I think a great counter attacking side are more exciting than a great possession oriented side.
What is boring is being passive and uncreative. Not being a counter attacking team.
Conte to Spurs is done - why are people still worried, what have I missed?
Just imagine the shit show that would ensue on this forum and in the next game if Ole got the sack and United quickly snatched Conte from under our nose because Levy was quibbling over the demands and finances within the contract....... *Shudder*
I think if he wanted something bigger then it makes even more sense for him to wait.
United is going to come up eventually. Poch is always on thin ice at PSG, Allegri isn't exactly setting the world on fire with his return to Juve, Barca is open but doubt he wants any part of that disaster and I think Pep could leave City at any summer now.
Lots of big options for him. I think it was 100% control for Conte, even more than money it was the backroom staff, players he wants in/out and an overall commitment to winning. He might want a big pend early to make needed changes but I don't think he will demand 200m every window.
I think we are getting Conte now because Levy is running out of road and has said "Ok, ok, you win. Do what you want Mr. Conte, just fix this shit." In the summer, Levy was being Levy and Conte isn't a bitch so told Levy to fuck off.