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Antonio Conte - Now Officially Manager

JMaher94
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Tottenham 6th? Bah, I've always said football fans are idiots.

 

I imagine Man Utd have fallen off top spot because they've gone a few years without being a serious threat. I would expect that to change next season.

 

We haven't done a 'which team do you hate most' poll for a while on here... that gives me an idea.

Everyones second team is third hated? Who'd have known

 

Liverpool aside the top 5 have the 4 most successful clubs. Funny that.

Not sure where to post this, but according to some survey, we're the most hated team in the premier league, I love it, I love us being hated.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-news-chelsea-mourinho-11661150.amp?client=safari#

 

I enjoy it too, or as a meme would better say....

 

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    Clearly the squad haven't impressed him that much in training if he wants to replace four players.

    We have a problem in defence with JT and Ivanovic aging and in my opinion we need to sign a centre back and a fullback. Apparently, Conte was Diego Lopez so that means Begovic is on his way out and obviously we are tracking Morata and Lukaku.

    What are everyone's thoughts on the fact he wants four more signings? I do think our squad needs a massive shake up, some of the deadwood needs to go.

     

    We are sh*t!.....we haven't done anything on the pitch to change that so far....i`ll wait until the season is at least ten games in until i can judge how good or bad we are.

    makes it sweeter when we win. i would assume most of that hate is due to mourinho and abramovic, but mostly the former. in a few years time unfortunately we may become... 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    shh, don't say it too loudly...

     

     

     

     

     

    LIKED *shudder* 

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    makes it sweeter when we win. i would assume most of that hate is due to mourinho and abramovic, but mostly the former. in a few years time unfortunately we may become...

    shh, don't say it too loudly...

    LIKED *shudder*

    I made a research and realized the same thing. Most people dislike us because of José and the money invested in the team by Abramovich.

    New Chelsea boss Antonio Conte admits he's inherited a club in a "very strange" situation as he looks to rebuild the Blues into a European force once again.


    Speaking exclusively to ESPN FC's Gabriele Marcotti, the Italian tactician gave a frank assessment of Chelsea's task ahead, stressing that only hard work would return the club to the upper echelons of the Premier League


    "The situation is very strange because two years ago Chelsea won the title in England," Conte said. "And last season we finished in 10th in the table and as a result out of the Champions League, out of Europa league.


    "Surely, this is not a good result for our great team like Chelsea. But I think also that now it's important to forget, to forget the past and concentrate, focus on the present.


    "[We must] work really hard in the present to build a great future for us, for the club, for the players, for me, for the fans, for all the people who work in Chelsea. For me it's important to concentrate to the present and leave the past."


    As he looks to reinvent the Chelsea side, Conte hinted at introducing a new series of tactics while warning that the system he used to great success at Juventus might not fit at to Stamford Bridge.


    "In my mind there is an idea about what system we'll play. We are working about this idea," he said. "It's important for the coach when you arrive to understand the players and to understand every single player's strength and their weakness. It's important for me to exalt my players in their strengths and to try and cover their weakness, no?"


    Likening himself to a tailor, he continued: "When you work with your player, you must prepare a good coat. It's important because I can have an idea.


    "For example, at Juventus I rode with my idea to continue the 4-2-4 [with which] I won two championships with Bari and Siena. And when I arrived [at Juventus] and I saw that it was [Andrea] Pirlo and [Arturo] Vidal, I understand we can't play in this system, so I changed to 3-5-2, 3-3-4.


    "It's important to understand this and also it's important to have principles of the play and then you must build, create a good team with a good idea of football."


    Conte stressed that he would adjust his system to fit his players, rather than the other way around.


    "I adapt my idea of football to my players, not adapt my players in my idea of football," he said. "It's important because there are others players that must play. The players are the most important things in football. I adapt my idea within my players."


    Chelsea have made two signings this summer, with former Marseille frontmanMichy Batshuayi joining N'Golo Kante as the new faces in Conte's squad.


    The former Italy manager is keen to bring in a few more players, but said the club must wait for the "right situation" to materialise before spending more money.


    "They are good signings, sure. Batshuayi is a young player but very strong," Conte said. "Last season he scored 17 goals in France. Also he played the last tournament in France, the Euro.


    "He's very young, but great potential. He uses both feet, very fast; good technique and I think he's a good buy for Chelsea.


    "Also, Kante was a target for Chelsea, my target, Chelsea's target. It's important that we close these operations.


    "Now we are waiting for the right situation to improve our team but it's important now to work very hard to try to play an attractive football with high intensity. Now it's important to work, then in the future, we'll see."


    Hard work was a feature of the sides that Conte coached to three successive Serie A titles and Conte vowed to reward those academy players that show potential with spots in the first team, as he did with Paul Pogba at Juventus.


    "Yeah, it's important. Because Chelsea has a fantastic academy. There are many players with a good prospect for Chelsea," he said.  "I don't know why in the past a few players have played with the first team. But I think that the academy is a great source for the manager of the first team.


    "It's important, also, that the young players must show to play in the first team. But I love to play with the young players and to improve them. It's important to have good quality to improve and to show that a young player can play with the first team.


    "I haven't any problem with the choice to take a young player in the starting 11. For example, [Paul] Pogba. Pogba arrived at Juventus and he was only 18 years old and after three months he played in the starting 11."


     


    http://www.espnfc.com.au/chelsea/story/2918457/antonio-conte-aiming-to-rebuild-chelsea-from-a-very-strange-situation


    Edited by enigma

    ^ Based on that my guess is that we'll eventually opt for a 4-3-3 (unless we stick with a 4-2-3-1). If we're building the side around our best players, we need a system which suits Hazard and which suits Fabregas, and that almost instantly discounts the aggressive 4-4-2 we've been playing in pre-season. We also have an abundance of talented attacking midfielders; I still think our best XI would include Oscar and Willian somewhere.

     

    -----------------Kanté--------Matic

    ----------------------Fabregas

     

    ------Pedro------------------------------------Hazard

     

    -------------------------Costa

     

    or (presumably against weaker sides)

     

    ------------------Kanté---------Fabregas

    -----Willian------------Oscar--------------Hazard

     

    --------------------------Costa

    Paying £33m for a player who isn't inherently first-choice doesn't seem particularly out-of-place at the moment. You have to consider a) the inflated prices of this summer's market, b) our weakened negotiating position due to a lack of Champions League, and c) we've spent a contextually similar amount of money on players who weren't necessarily going to start in the past (Zhirkov, SWP, Cuadrado, Lukaku, Schurrle).

     

    You might not be wrong about playing two strikers, but I don't see how Conte, if he is serious about building the strongest XI out of the players we have without further signings, can stick with the 4-4-2.

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    A question I have is, will Conte be as stubborn as Jose about his first 11?  Or, is he bringing in more players so he can be dynamic and change formation/personnel depending on the game/situation?

     

    I heard that with Italy he liked to use his full squad.  But I'm not sure how true this is of his time at Juve.

     

    Thanks 

    A question I have is, will Conte be as stubborn as Jose about his first 11?  Or, is he bringing in more players so he can be dynamic and change formation/personnel depending on the game/situation?

     

    I heard that with Italy he liked to use his full squad.  But I'm not sure how true this is of his time at Juve.

     

    Thanks 

    I'm paraphrasing a bit here but he said he will be dynamic and he enjoys having a lot of quality to chose from.

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    A question I have is, will Conte be as stubborn as Jose about his first 11? Or, is he bringing in more players so he can be dynamic and change formation/personnel depending on the game/situation?

    I heard that with Italy he liked to use his full squad. But I'm not sure how true this is of his time at Juve.

    Thanks

    In his last presser he said he needs to find the best solution game by game. I think he won't use the same guys all the time.

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