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Manager Antonio Conte

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people have pointed out reasons why. It's just that you disagree so you totally ignore the points.

1) He decided to ditch a formation that allowed us to create our most amount of chances in games against 2 good teams.

2) He refuses to blame Winks for anything despite the numerous mistakes Winks has made.

3) He waits far to long for substitutions. He watches us get dominated and does nothing THEN randomly decides to make the sub when we are on the front foot again (evidenced numerous times).

4) Our set up at defending set pieces is atrocious. Not sure who is to blame here but 2 out of the 3 CBs can't defend aerial balls whilst we have Rodon on bench wasting away.

5) He drops players he doesn't really rate for little to nothing whilst allowing the players He likes to make mistate after mistake without subbing them or calling them out. Ndombele was banished after the Liverpool game where he played well and got an assist (yes he came back for the cup game but it was just random to drop him after pool game).
Yep at this stage Igula is beginning to remind me of that nutcase Wonmina who darkened these pages when Jose was here and eventually opened an additional profile under the name of Eder and then a 3rd profile under another name before fucking off when Jose left. You just cannot criticise the manager or you get hit with an x on every post despite most people agreeing with you. Unfortunately I think Igula is here for the long term
 
Honest to god, I think Poch would be about the only high level coach that would take it simply because he’s got a soft spot in his heart for Spurs.
But it’s a fair question as I want us playing attacking football and players giving 100% but with our lot it ain’t happening no matter who is in charge
 
I remember Sam Allardyce saying he could do a job at Real Madrid when they had all their galacticos. He's right. Why is someone who wins everywhere they go one of the best if everywhere they go also have the best squads? It's his job to work with and improve what he has. And use formations and tactics suitable for the opponent we are facing. Wanting a championship team to have possession of the ball is a verbal warning offence as far as I'm concerned. Asking for trouble. Embarassing tactics. Imagine having "the best manager available to us" in the hot seat and not being able to play a flat back four system effectively.

Juve was recovering from going down to Serie B and finished 7th in the two season prior to him coming.

Conte hasn't always won with the best squads. When he went to Chelsea they finished 10th the year before he got there and haven't won the title since he left.

At Inter they hadn't come close to the title for 8 seasons before he got there and were 7th, 4th, 4th in the 3 seasons previous to him getting there.


Ridiculously enough, unless it changes, I think I've seen enough of Conteball. I have absolutely no problem in playing that way against City, Liverpool, Chelsea, fuck me even Scum or Leeds or West Ham away. But outside of that sort of opposition, to play the only way he appears to know how to play is boring as fuck and it doesn't even appear to work that well.

He has had nothing but success at every club he has been at its crazy to say his style/tactics don't work that well after a few months with a garbage Spurs team.
 
Yep at this stage Igula is beginning to remind me of that nutcase Wonmina who darkened these pages when Jose was here and eventually opened an additional profile under the name of Eder and then a 3rd profile under another name before fucking off when Jose left. You just cannot criticise the manager or you get hit with an x on every post despite most people agreeing with you. Unfortunately I think Igula is here for the long term

LOL

Most people agreeing with you?

No most people don't think that Conte is the problem.
 
LOL

Most people agreeing with you?

No most people don't think that Conte is the problem.
Seriously have a look back at your posts backing Conte to the hilt admonishing him of all blame. You’re a fool. I’ll let you into a little secret. When someone asks a question of Conte which they have every right to do based on recent evidence and people put a tick ✅ or a thumbs up 👍 in response to their post they are agreeing with the sentiments expressed in the said post. When they put an x like most people do to yours they are not blowing you a kiss. They are saying that they disagree- hope that helps though I doubt it
 
Seriously have a look back at your posts backing Conte to the hilt admonishing him of all blame. You’re a fool. I’ll let you into a little secret. When someone asks a question of Conte which they have every right to do based on recent evidence and people put a tick ✅ or a thumbs up 👍 in response to their post they are agreeing with the sentiments expressed in the said post. When they put an x like most people do to yours they are not blowing you a kiss. They are saying that they disagree- hope that helps though I doubt it

I am not admonishing him of all blame I am pointing out the realities and providing context.

I'll let you in on a secret I am getting much more likes and thumbs up than x's and the x's are mostly from pathetic losers with agenda's that don't read posts just x because of their pettiness.
 
This sort of shit negative football is not in Spurs dna. Just doesn’t suit us and so it doesn’t matter who the manager is we need to play a different way

You could bring in the ghost of Bill Nic, Keith Burkinshaw, Pep, Klopp and not a single one would get this group of shit playing "Spurs DNA" football.

When your MF is PEH, Winks, even with Skipp and Bentancur with CB's like Dier and Davies and FB/WB's of Royal, Sess, Doherty there is no way that we are playing a way that is anything close to what you are looking for.
 
This sort of shit negative football is not in Spurs dna. Just doesn’t suit us and so it doesn’t matter who the manager is we need to play a different way
I think that Spurs can play defensive football. But it has to be aggressive defensive football. We can't sit back, we need to press and play with killer instinct. And on paper we have a really good attacking setup for a fast, counter attacking style of football.

If we want to play a more defensive style it needs to be more in line with Klopp or the lad coaching Porto.

Be it attacking or defensive based, Spurs needs to play a style of football that is "on the front foot". That's historically what suits us.
 
You could bring in the ghost of Bill Nic, Keith Burkinshaw, Pep, Klopp and not a single one would get this group of shit playing "Spurs DNA" football.

When your MF is PEH, Winks, even with Skipp and Bentancur with CB's like Dier and Davies and FB/WB's of Royal, Sess, Doherty there is no way that we are playing a way that is anything close to what you are looking for.
Well Conte first 11 matches yielded 7 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss.
Last 12 matches 5 wins, 7 losses.
So actually in those early games the team showed it can perform. Not looking so good now but nothing to do with Conte I’m sure
 
I think that Spurs can play defensive football. But it has to be aggressive defensive football. We can't sit back, we need to press and play with killer instinct. And on paper we have a really good attacking setup for a fast, counter attacking style of football.

If we want to play a more defensive style it needs to be more in line with Klopp or the lad coaching Porto.

Be it attacking or defensive based, Spurs needs to play a style of football that is "on the front foot". That's historically what suits us.

So basically the way that Conte has played at every other club he has been at?

2nd in both seasons with Inter for GF, 2nd in GF with Chelsea when he won the league with them. 1st, 2nd, 3rd in GF in his 3 title winning seasons at Juve.

On paper we do not have a team to be on the front foot at all because outside of Kane and Son, and maybe Reggie, we have zero players that can play on the front foot, that can progress the ball or create anything.
 
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