I don't think anything he said is mad whatsoever.
This is not new with Conte, i have said for years he makes Mou even at his most aggressive look like a pussy cat. There's a reason he's at Spurs despite being bang in his prime ability wise, the top tier clubs have all come to the conclusion he's just not worth the hassle.
His big game record is lowkey quite poor, especially away from home (with us 2 wins and 5 defeats in 10 away games vs the "big six"). He's good with flat track bullying (for us in the title winning season we only failed to win 3 non big six games and 2 of them were daylight robbery) which in a league season can offset a so so big game record but in the Cups it's highly likely to trip you up at some point.
Yeah, maybe the way he values a player like Lukaku shows how he can be quite consistent with the flat track bullying but can go missing on the bigger games.
The squad is terrible.
No excuse. You guys should be putting teams like Boro to the sword.
That's not a valid excuse against this team though.
And most importantly ENIC is averse to investment. Klopp too inherited terrible squad but with clear vision and support from FSG turned Liverpool in correct direction.
I agree the squad is terrible, and I dont like using one-off games as an example to create a narrative as upsets happen more often thawhat we like to think.
Boro had more possession with an older CM dominating the game
He's going to challenge for the PL this year they said. Bunch of jokers really
I wouldn't say unlucky, I would say a blatant refereeing decision that I still can't get my head around it.
Yep and there was massive fans discontent on twitter and here when Spurs got him saying we are not a serious club.
Nobody is saying he is blameless at all. The club is a mess, the squad is very weak apart from a few very good players. Those are facts. Conte should still be doing better than he is though - our recent form has been absolutely shocking.
If I were your club mate, I'd just cut my losses and get Ralph Hassenhuhl in. The man can work wonders on a shoes string budget and would actually make Spurs exciting to watch again.
"Oh, but we had possession and xG". Right, then why weren't we the ones playing Spurs yesterday?This sort of illustrates my point, with respect. I know a lot of Spurs fans coming from the area and they all sound like your points in bold. I asked one of my friends weeks ago, 'at what point does any of this become Conte's fault?' and he looked at me in disbelief. The notion hadn't even ever occurred to him. That's what I mean when I talk about credit in the bank.
His record speaks for itself mate - if you think that I'm looking to get rid of the most elite manager (currently elite, not like Jose) we have had in my lifetime after only a few months with 99% of the same shit players we have had for 3 years then you are barking up the wrong tree. Conte may or may not work out but there is nobody in their right mind thinking we need to get rid of him at the moment.
His record speaks for itself yes, but currently elite? I don't know about that. I think Levy would be right to be wary of going big on such a combustible character, and will probably end up regretting hiring him in the first place. Conte was undoubtedly the biggest name you could have attracted, but for me I think he needs to stop trying to find managers with a reputation as big as your stadium and be looking for a club builder. Someone like Potter or Hassenhutl would be a far better fit for where you are as a team right now.
If you did get rid of him (or more likely him and levy fell out and conte walked) Id take him at heartbeat at united and wish he had gone all out for him when you did
Of course he is currently elite. He won the league in Italy at his last club last year. On what planet could you argue he is not currently elite? Just because he has walked into a shit show at Spurs doesn't take anything away from his achievements to date. I gotta laugh honestly at you suggesting we dump Conte for Potter or Hassenhutl - you need to read that again and think about it. It just comes across as you saying Spurs don't deserve a manager like Conte - he is too good for the likes of us - he should be at a big club like Utd right? We should just get Potter in because that's more our level. This is the standard media driven drivel us Spurs fans have to listen to every year - whether its Kane must leave us, to now our manager not being a good 'fit' because he is clearly hugely successful.
They are half-arsing their decision making. You either go for "potential" like a Potter and accept that you're going to need a few difficult years or you want results now because you got Kane and Son. Appointing a Conte/Mourinho without giving them a huge budget and free reign is a waste of time and ressources. They're on course to ruin Poch's "achievements"
No I don't think that at all. My concern is whether someone like Conte would feel that way. He obviously views himself as a manager that chases and win titles, so what would possess him to take on this particular job at this moment? How driven do you think he is going to be, knowing that major titles are impossible right now? What does he expect to achieve? How long does he see himself staying there? How is that impacting his demeanour, and his decision making? These are important questions. This felt like a bad marriage for either side from day one.
I think he'd have run into many of the same problems as RR had he come here. He's not a magician simply put.
It doesn't matter, you need to rotate. It's far far better to manage your first XIs legs by playing a mix of youngsters, especially against lower league opposition than to burn your first XI out for the rest of the campaign. If you don't you basically end up throwing away all your competitions as the players are dead.
Personally and I say this as unbiased as I can, I think Conte is a top level manager but he's not close to the likes of Pep and Klopp. He's much more closer to Jose.
He is a lot closer to Pep and Klopp than Potter or Hassenhuttl
No question about that. He has walked the walk. That's not really the concern though. Squad issues aside these elite coaches are supposed to elevate teams. He is meant to have Spurs punching above their weight, isn't he?
They can still finish 5th, in the circumstances that's alright I think.
It wasn't about xG and possession, we missed 2 open nets and they cheated to score, even then we lost on penalties. Slightly different circumstances but embarrassing nonetheless.Some people here talking like Middlesbrough weren't the ones that knocked us out earlier in the competition.
Levy would have to be crazy to let Conte go instead of backing him in the summer. But it's Levy, so no surprises there. Hey, maybe they can replace him with Poch?
Simone Inzaghi has been sitting atop same league with the same club most of the season with a negative net spend of £150m. Is he an elite manager?
