On 5/19/2017 at 23:48, robdog said:

come on bro you got to share it w/ the Board here

 

He is practically the face of the squad now. Not like how Real Madrid is Ronaldo or Barcelona is Messi.

Thank you, Antonio!

Seems genuinely happy to share moments with the fans, and not in a 'doing this to boost my own ego' way which comes across quite blatantly in certain other managers.

 

 

 

 

 

No pressure or anything but more of the same next week, please!

Edited May 21, 20179 yr by Charles Ryder

8 hours ago, Jezz said:

Thank you, Antonio!

What a legend he is!! We love you Antonio!

On 5/19/2017 at 16:48, robdog said:

come on bro you got to share it w/ the Board here

He's the coolest man in the EPL!!

 

His wife reminds me of my old Romanian girlfriend. Sigh good times.

Apart from turning round a team of players who had declined alarmingly last season, winning the league in his first season, and even getting a tune out of Victor Moses, I think the thing I most like about our Manager is the complete lack of drama and his good natured demeanour. Especially when we went through a sticky patch early on this season, he didn't hide or throw a strop at journalists, he took all the snide interviewing on the chin, and was honest.

I hope we manage to hang on to him for a few years, I don't expect any club to keep a manager for longer than 3 or 4 years these days, but a period of calm would be most welcome.

12 hours ago, Charles Ryder said:

Seems genuinely happy to share moments with the fans, and not in a 'doing this to boost my own ego' way which comes across quite blatantly in certain other managers.

Well said.

One thing I particularly liked yesterday was how when he walked onto the presentation stage, he went straight to the back to stand with the players who didn't get medals.

4 consectuive league titles as a club manager is an absolutely outstanding achievement, and yet he's all about his players and his staff rather than himself.

6 hours ago, SHELLY said:

Apart from turning round a team of players who had declined alarmingly last season, winning the league in his first season, and even getting a tune out of Victor Moses, I think the thing I most like about our Manager is the complete lack of drama and his good natured demeanour. Especially when we went through a sticky patch early on this season, he didn't hide or throw a strop at journalists, he took all the snide interviewing on the chin, and was honest.

I hope we manage to hang on to him for a few years, I don't expect any club to keep a manager for longer than 3 or 4 years these days, but a period of calm would be most welcome.

I loved the way we have reacted to really bad displays as well, the two obvious one's that stick out in my mind were Arsenal and United away. Those two performances were right out of the 15/16 textbook, yet we responded to one with a 13 game winning streak and the other with a 6 game winning streak to storm to the league.

This is the first time since 07/08 i have really trusted the team's sheer consistency, in 13/14 we went into the last four games with the title in our hands but we blew it at home to Sunderland and Norwich, but deep down i knew we would drop points somewhere as we rarely even won 4 or more in a row back then.

 

Well deserved, completely transformed the club in such a short space of time.

Here's hoping he becomes the second Italian to manage us to a domestic double! 

Hope his arms aren't getting too tired from lifting all of these trophies. He's still got one more on the table at the weekend...

A post by a Juve fan on redcafe responding to the ever so unpredictable line that we are going to get found out with extra European commitments.

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yes well, that was exactly the same comments that were being aired after his first title at Juve when he won the last but one match with 4 points over Milan in a season without European cups. The following season got into CL quarter finals loosing to treble winning Bayern and won with 9 points over second team with 4 games to spare.

Next year Conte will have a stronger team with more self confidence and deeper understanding of his methods and if anything I suspect he will win the league more comfortably than this year. Granted the competition in EPL is higher than in Serie A, but the gap in terms of tactical ability between a Conte team and almost all the other teams bar 3 or 4 is bigger in EPL

 

 

A post by a Juve fan on redcafe responding to the ever so unpredictable line that we are going to get found out with extra European commitments.

yes well, that was exactly the same comments that were being aired after his first title at Juve when he won the last but one match with 4 points over Milan in a season without European cups. The following season got into CL quarter finals loosing to treble winning Bayern and won with 9 points over second team with 4 games to spare.

Next year Conte will have a stronger team with more self confidence and deeper understanding of his methods and if anything I suspect he will win the league more comfortably than this year. Granted the competition in EPL is higher than in Serie A, but the gap in terms of tactical ability between a Conte team and almost all the other teams bar 3 or 4 is bigger in EPL

 

 

That must hurt for the red café doubters

On 05/16/2017 at 00:31, WhiteWall said:

I didn't read it that way actually. Yes i thought he wanted Cuadrado, because he called him back straight away. But then after a couple of weeks he then not only let him go back to Italy on loan, but let him go on a three year deal. I read into that that once Conte worked with Cuadrado maybe he didn't fancy him after all.

I'm sure he wanted to take a closer look at all the players that were available to him. Especially a player he had been keen on signing while he was in Italy. He did bring back Moses and kept him. That turned out pretty well, didn't it?

Huge revenues allow Chelsea and Antonio Conte to compete for Europe's top talent

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/huge-revenues-allow-chelsea-and-antonio-conte-to-compete-for-europes-top-talent-a3546341.html

interesting article

33 minutes ago, enigma said:

Huge revenues allow Chelsea and Antonio Conte to compete for Europe's top talent

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/huge-revenues-allow-chelsea-and-antonio-conte-to-compete-for-europes-top-talent-a3546341.html

interesting article

So about £333m in revenue apart from the £60m Oscar sale and (supposed) pending Costa sale. Not bad at all.

On 2017-5-23 at 12:37, Charles Ryder said:

 

 

I know the manager and player of the month awards look sh*t but you would think they would make an effort with the manager of the season award. What a piece of crap that design is. If Conte has a trophy cabinet, then imagine having to see this piece of junk standing next to all of the other trophies.

44 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I know the manager and player of the month awards look sh*t but you would think they would make an effort with the manager of the season award. What a piece of crap that design is. If Conte has a trophy cabinet, then imagine having to see this piece of junk standing next to all of the other trophies.

they should have made it a metal frame cutout of the PL Lion, with a little tie in the middle for Manager of the Season and a Ball in the middle for player of the season. For young player they could have had a baby bottle or a dummy

they should have made it a metal frame cutout of the PL Lion, with a little tie in the middle for Manager of the Season and a Ball in the middle for player of the season. For young player they could have had a baby bottle or a dummy

What are you smoking?!

2 hours ago, EmeraldBlue said:

What are you smoking?!

I want whatever he is smoking 

6 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I know the manager and player of the month awards look sh*t but you would think they would make an effort with the manager of the season award. What a piece of crap that design is. If Conte has a trophy cabinet, then imagine having to see this piece of junk standing next to all of the other trophies.

If, however, he is looking for a new door stop for his downstairs toilet, then this will fit the bill admirably !

 

5 hours ago, EmeraldBlue said:

What are you smoking?!

Just normal tobacco, why? 

Antonio Conte has won double the number of Championships of the top Division than Spuds have won in their entire history.

f**king Manc pricks. Let's see where moanio gets next season. f**king nowhere is my guess. Blokes a spent force.  Antonio is a breath of fresh air. Moanio is yesterday's man. A has been.