Easy to say this in the press though isn't it, I would suggest I would believe it a lot more if he signed an extension instead.
Sounds like he's off to Juve again
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Manager Antonio Conte
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Getting us into the top 4 was massive. To say anyone could have done that with the squad is crazy... Nuno couldn't!
4th now is excellent, not sure it's down to luck
Conte sees fringe players day-in day-out, I would love to see one come on and boss it, but there's a reason for not picking them. They either don't get what's required, or aren't good enough.
Every other team rotates players but only three are above us at the moment... Maybe that is the proof to not rotate unless you have a squad like City.
I get your frustrations, but parts seem irrational
lols but why would he? He has the power and is holding a gun to the clubs head. I for one thank him for that because it means they have to keep pushing.
A long contract isn't in our best interest. Also, if another club wanted him, they would just buy his contract out, which is done all the time.
If he's not happy and wants to leave then he will the toxic and the quicker we can get rid the better. It's easier for everyone this way.
But in order for Conte to be backed to the degree that he would be happy and deliver something we need the finances of City or Newcastle. He won't get that. So he might as well leave now during the world cup break.
For me the position in the league is fine, if you'd have told me before the season started that by the break we would be in the top 4 and through to the CL knockouts I would have been happy enough.
However that's just looking at things surface level, the position is good but could have been better, we are there due to a good start, and currently clinging on to it. Had we maintained our form then we would be right in the title mix. That makes it frustrating for me, it also means that we don't have much momentum at present that leaves me worrying that we are more likely to continue to drop than we are to chase down those above us.
We all know the nature of our progression through the CL group so I won't bother commenting on that, ultimately we are through and in 1st place, that's all that matters for now on that front.
However, on an overall level, the performances have been way below what I would expect for the entire season so far. If this is some sort of long term ploy from Conte to finish the season strong then he better hope that the gamble really fucking pays off after Christmas, because right now all it looks like to me is that typical Spurs have set it up to look like some major achievement if/when we come 4th at the end...
It's vital that we win against Leeds tomorrow for me, we need to take some positivity into the break and to make sure that we still have a firm hold on top 4, then use the break wisely for those not going to the WC, get some players in for the beginning of January to bolster the squad, injured players returning, others rested and pick up again post Xmas intent on giving the fans something to cheer about...
all that depends on ENIC really.
That's pure opinion. You'll forgive me for not taking your word as gospel, I'm sure.
It's all part of the poker game that is "squeezing Levy" which people said they wanted when Conte joined.
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I hope he’s being honest. But his track record at other clubs doesn’t reflect his words. And let’s be honest, he’s not going to say he doesn’t want to stay long term.
Sounds like he's off to Juve again
As long as Conte has always got what he wanted he's always stayed at his clubs, he's been consistent with his messages and he constantly preaches honesty and ambition from the board, he gets that and he isn't going anywhere.
I never said anyone could do it. I said we had the talent in the squad for it.
4th now is not excellent when you take in the context. People are ignoring the fact we have been embarrassed in every big PL game outside the Chelsea one this season. Even Newcastle looked much better then us.
Since Oct 1 we are 3-0-4 in the league. There is nothing good or excellent about our current position imo.
Maybe but hes only stayed longer than 2 years at one club and he won 3 league titles in 3 years and still left that club. So I’ll remain skeptical.
We're in the top 4. That is good.
Anyone who says being in the top 4 isn't good is a clownshoe bag o' balls with a definite agenda to be miserable and/or troll.
Wind your neck in or return to your own club's forum.
That's nonsense, he doesn't need big money to succeed#, it's a myth and I feel that people throw him in the Mourinho bracket in that respect.
Tottenham boss Conte laughs off claims he has to spend to be a success
Which is why he keeps going on about Spurs making clever purchases, he' been rightly bemoaning our transfer strategy ever since he's got here including our club record signing who he shipped out and replaced him with a player who cost £17m for example.
“If you want to go to another level and be competitive, especially in England, to win in England, you need to invest, not only to invest but to invest a lot of money"
- Antonio Conte.
The season didn't start in October though, strange point.
Chose the exact date of our first loss :contelol:
I dont think he needs, or expects that. Just ambition and to sign players in a bracket that a london based champions league club with a super high ticket prices should be signing , players who are ready and not ones that might be great in 5 years
And thats one of the things i really like about Conte, he wont stand for it the way Mourhino did, or Poch did. Of course in the case of the later it just ate him up inside until he became ultra miserable until dismissed.
Levy knows Conte wont hang around, he'll just leave the club in the hands of Ryan Mason in heart beat
For the 6th/7th richest club in the league to be sat in 4th is a good thing.....
Yes, the glass half empty argument could be that Chavs, Utd, Pool are struggling, but the flipside to that is that if we were playing even better, we'd be taking even more advantage of their plight and enjoying an even wider gap..... But as the saying goes, my Aunt is not my Uncle.... Our standing is actual; not hypothetical.
Aside from us being dumb enough to gift them 2 goals; in terms of what they did or didn't do, not really..... The same way that Liverpool didn't "embarrass" us either.... It was self inflicted.
Man U battered us.... Neither of these games looked remotely like that.
When relative success (proverbial 'destiny') is still within your hands it's always a "good" situation to be in.
.......5th or below means we'd be reliant upon others dropping points.