Conte said that it's not about formations.Could have rested Son if we wasn’t obsessed with one formation
It's about intensity.
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Conte said that it's not about formations.Could have rested Son if we wasn’t obsessed with one formation
Been pretty rigid with his formation thoughConte said that it's not about formations.
It's about intensity.
But Harry Kane.It's about intensity.
The Quiet Storm™.But Harry Kane.
Maybe Conte thinks English football fans are too primitive to understand or care about tactics.The Quiet Storm™.
Pretty funny when Jose says it’s not tactics, it’s individual mistakes the fan base calls Jose toxic. When Conte says it, fans blame the players??Been pretty rigid with his formation though
You can say it as much as you'd like, it won't make it any more factual.
Conte was hired on November 2nd, 2021.
Per Transfermarkt, only Lo Celso has been unavailable for more than he's been available under Conte.
Bergwijn has only been unavailable since December 27, 2021.
Bryan Gil has been available for Conte more than he's been unavailable for matches (which were between 02.11.21 - 12.11.21 & 07.12.21 - 23.12.21).
Edit: Sessegnon also has been available for more than he's been unavailable for matches (which were between 02.11.21 - 14.11.21 & 21.12.21 - present).
Ndombelere Berg this makes me question their date, but I'll kick on and take them at face value......
The fact is that we played very little football between 27/11 (Burnley), 9/12 (Rennes), 12/12 (Brighton), 16/12 (Leicester)
These dates marry up against much of the time that the above players are stated to be available... i. they were useless to us as rotation options if there were no games being played anyway. When it all kicked back in and got hectic they were missing for a significant chunk of that time. (This also completely ignores the covid factor where we don't truly who caught it and when and who suffered the most.)
Considering this the only spell of significance becomes 19/12 > 05/01 during which Son played:
Liverpool 90
WHam 29
Palace 76
S'ton 90
Watford 90
Chavs 79
Not ideal; but as originally put to you re: Son..... Over the "busy xmas period" (tm) Conte had shown a desire to manage Son's minutes that our player availability has regrdless hindered. You haven't dis-proven this.
Perhaps if/when we know the nature of Son's injury we can resume this thrilling debate.
Maybe it was an impact injury suffered vs Chavski? Maybe it was an tiggle that the player hid from the manager and he subsequently agitated..... We (inc. you) don't know.
re Berg this makes me question their date, but I'll kick on and take them at face value......
Bergwijn, Gil AND Sessegnon were on the announced substitutes bench for our match @ Burnley on 28.11.21 before it was PPed.The fact is that we played very little football between 27/11 (Burnley), 9/12 (Rennes), 12/12 (Brighton), 16/12 (Leicester)
There’s lots of things being excused for Conte that didn’t wash under Nuno or Jose.Pretty funny when Jose says it’s not tactics, it’s individual mistakes the fan base calls Jose toxic. When Conte says it, fans blame the players??
Agreed.The problem is we did not replace Bale or Vinny and Lamela only with Gil who is not ready. The lack of attacking players is bad enough when everyone is fit but as soon as one of them such as Son or kane gets injured we are in trouble. We need a new attacking player now not in the summer.
Bergwijn, Gil AND Sessegnon were on the announced substitutes bench for our match @ Burnley on 28.11.21 before it was PPed.
Son would've started.
Tottenham confirmed team vs Burnley as Skipp and Sanchez start, Bergwijn sub
Here is the Tottenham team Antonio Conte has named for this afternoon's Premier League clash away at Burnleywww.football.london
K.So?
(What a puerile counter-argument.)
Is that the best you can come up with bearing in mind reality blows your former contradiction out of the water?
The fact remains no football was played for virtually 3 weeks before the matches I listed; by which time they were all getting injured or recovering from Covid again.
K.
Well, only Lo Celso was unavailable on November 28, 2021 @ Burnley.
Our next match vs Liverpool was on December 19, 2021. Sessegnon played 86 minutes. Bergwijn and Lo Celso were unused subs. Only Gil was unavailable (due to COVID).
You keep talking bollox about the availability of alternative attacking options for Conte, and, instead of admitting that you may have mis-remembered, have pivoted to these specific 3 weeks for whatever reason.
At least we've got you back on track to talking about the period where there were actually matches for Conte to not give some of our players adequate rest for.You tell me; which 3 week period is most likely to contribute to a suspected case of fatigue:
The subsequent 3 week period where the club played 6 games.
At least we've got you back on track to talking about the period where there were actually matches for Conte to not give some of our players adequate rest for.
You're the Cløgberg of posters on TFC.
You're the Cløgberg of posters on TFC.
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