I really think Conte would have failed badly too. We simply aren't the same team that finished 2nd regardless of tactics. The team has been absolutely broken by last season. Things like Luke Shaw spending over a season refusing to track runners, Maguire panicking in pressure situations, Rashford becoming a league 1 footballer, Bruno doing nothing but skying shots, Dalot being fecking Dalot, Mctominay being Mctominay. Yes Conte ball would suit this team more and there would be less growing pains. But I can't see how any manager deals with a team that is in absolute mental freefall since last season. The battering this lot have taken on and off the pitch, I don't think it can be fixed.
It needs a transformation in terms of recruitment. RR was spot on that and we start seeing real improvement until we replace many many of these players