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LeParisien said:
Without launching an Ndombele Defence League, none of those managers was likely to get the best out of him. Poch would have but his time was going south and he had just arrived in the country.

Mourinho was a disaster and was never going to like him.
Mason … lol.
Nuno lol lol
And conte doesn’t want players as expressive as Ndombele.

I don’t think he’s been perfect but it’s been a particularly tumultuous time for the club with some sad, dour managers for most of that time. Ndombele was a bad fit for the club but no one could have foreseen that after our CL final.
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Yeah yeah. Believable until you forgot the fact that Conte happened to coach Pogba and get a tune out of him, who is even more expressive.
 
VirginiaSpur said:
That trio of peak Vidal, Pirlo, and Pogba though could not have been more favorable to Pogba.

It was like early Dele playing alongside peak Dembele and Eriksen.
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Doesn't explain why the other poster said Conte doesn't like expressive NDombele. Pirlo can be expressive on the pitch too. Vidal is wild off the pitch, getting caught drunk all the time.

Pogba best season for Juventus was post Vidal and Pirlo (post Conte too of course). It's not like he can only perform with the other two around. For example this game against City, a PL team.

 
bk_spur said:
Yep. Things seemed to be going well for him before that. Opened his account with a beauty of a hit. Having had bosses that really held down workplaces quit on me before and seeing the place go to shit afterwards, I can totally understand Ndombele feeling betrayed and let down. The problem though is you can only sulk for so long before you need to sack up and carry on with life.

Firing Poch instead of properly backing him was a huge mistake. I myself called for Poch to be fired at the time, which I now regret. Hopefully Levy has learned a great deal from a couple seasons in the desert and won't so easily let great opportunities and key moments slip from his fingers again.
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If the opportunity is too expensive he will
 
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LeParisien said:
Im going to provide some counter evidence.

In interviews in french, Tanguy always comes across as extremely humble and a sweet, nice guy. Not as charming as Dele was … a lot more shy and reserved,.. but a nice kid.

Twitter was full of photos of him with fans upon his return, smiling and happy to be back.

I can’t speak to what the OL dans are saying. It might all be correct. But he’s not an obviously bad kid at all.
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You get the impression he just got to England and was out of his comfort zone.
 
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bk_spur said:
Yep. Things seemed to be going well for him before that. Opened his account with a beauty of a hit. Having had bosses that really held down workplaces quit on me before and seeing the place go to shit afterwards, I can totally understand Ndombele feeling betrayed and let down. The problem though is you can only sulk for so long before you need to sack up and carry on with life.

Firing Poch instead of properly backing him was a huge mistake. I myself called for Poch to be fired at the time, which I now regret. Hopefully Levy has learned a great deal from a couple seasons in the desert and won't so easily let great opportunities and key moments slip from his fingers again.
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The Poch thing was over. He needed backing about 2 years prior to any signings he got, the team and even Poch just looked out of steam running on fumes. The club was neglectful and everyone , Poch, players, fans, even Levy to a lesser degree paid the price in the end. We cannot do something like that again.
 
iz futbal said:
I dont know what you are going on about either. Just said ndombele's rate of goals/assists unlikely to be matched and there was no issue of 'trust' with the fatty just fitness.
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Let it go then.....

TN was LAZY and unfit.

Ergo couldn't be trusted to track players or stay in shape.

"Season so far = Nuno + Conte (no Jose)" couldn't spell it out any more basically. Start at the begining if you don't get it (and genuinely want to).
 
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Airfixx said:
Let it go then.....

TN was LAZY and unfit.

Ergo couldn't be trusted to track players or stay in shape.

( "Season so far = Nuno + Conte (no Jose)" couldn't spell it out any more basically. Start at the begining if you don't get it (and genuinely want to).
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What is all this gibberish?

Lack of fitness doesnt have to anything to do with trust.

Winks, Hojberg, Skipp cant provide any creativity , so by your stupid logic they cant be TRUSTED to provide goals. So Conte TRUSTS none of them. Hojberg 1 goal/assist every 550 minutes, Winks 1 every 525 minutes and Skipp 0 in 1300 minutes. They cant be TRUSTED

Maybe the new guys wil be really good at scoring and creating goals, but I still think they wont match a goal or assist every 240 minutes that ndombele was getting.
 
iz futbal said:
What is all this gibberish?

Lack of fitness doesnt have to anything to do with trust.

Winks, Hojberg, Skipp cant provide any creativity , so by your stupid logic they cant be TRUSTED to provide goals. So Conte TRUSTS any of them.

Maybe the new guys wil be really good at scoring and creating goals, but I still think they wont match a goal or assist every 240 minutes that ndombele was getting.
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It's not gibberish.... You're blatantly being cantankerous; clinging to the semantics of the word "trust"..... Presumably due to residue from another discussion.


Ndombele's G&A/per game being projected over a whole season is futile when BOTH managers we've had during said season said "fuck that" with regard to playing him regularly to the point that he's been shipped out.

Ditto GLC & Dele.

(As for systems; if TN wasn't such a dosser we'd likely be playing a 3 man MF under Conte.... Sick of excuses for the bloke's lack of fitness, effort and professionalism.)

That's why I'm happy to say that I believe that Kulu will comfortably replace their COLLECTIVE (NOT individual pro-rata!) contribution so far this season.




 
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