I agree. Conte is so casually brilliant at building a squad and team. You’ll finish closer to the league winners than anyone expects.
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So did some Utd & Chelsea fans last summer.
So you are saying be afraid... be very afraid?
Remains to be seen. You don't do that with Perisic , Richy and cast offs like Lenglet. You would certainly challenge United and Arsenal but that's about it.
Since when is Conte's football poor. I never get this general consensus of him. His teams always score loads of goals and are fantastic on the counter. I've always enjoyed watching his best sides.
Way too much of a leap to make before we've seen (a) what business everyone will do and (b) anyone kick a ball yet this season.
Id be pretty confident that Spurs will finish with more points than they did last season (71) due to their new arrivals and the fact Conte will be there for the complete season so adding just 4 more (75) would mean they would have enough to finish at least 3rd in 3 of the past 4 seasons (18/19, 19/20, 21/22) and 2nd in one (20/21).
Yeah they for sure have business to do, a lot of it.
I just see the same types of predictions happen every season and it never works out how many think it will. If Spurs were coming off a season where they'd been mightily impressive that would be something, but they weren't. They were simply the best (marginally) of a very, very mediocre group of teams fighting for fourth. That's all.
Well yeah but of those very, very mediocre teams they (probably) have the best manager and have done their (Good IMO) business early.
Interesting Spurs averaged 2 points per game under Conte… if they maintain that average next season they’re certainties for top 4.
I don't think they will be worse than last season either. I'd just prefer to see everyone's hand first before claiming anybody is nailed on.
Unless there is another freak season where 4 other teams hit 78+ points (The average points total to get 4th is something like 71 but Arsenal have the highest 4th place points total for the 13/14 season with 79 so it can get higher) I think they should probably be pretty safe.
Well since Conte arrived they averaged bang on 2 points a game so a repeat of that for the duration of the season would see them get 76. They did have a tough fixture list at the start though under Nuno, with Liverpool being the only team from what would go on to be the top 7 that they didn't face in their first 10 matches. Conte had a relatively decent set of fixtures but of course still had to play against that lot again.
Wasn’t aware of that, but yes around 76 points should be safe
Still think it will be a decent fight. Arsenal lost 13 games last season for instance and still got to 69 points. If we can continue to improve the squad, turn a couple of those defeats into draws / victories then you would be talking about mid 70 points for Arsenal as well.
Arsenal still a little behind Spurs for me, think Spurs have a better attacking force, mostly due to Kane and Son and Conte is a genuine world class manager whereas Arteta still in that mid to good tier.
You also have to consider conte took a squad which struggled to understand what to do in foot ball match into top 4.
I can't disagree with you. Think Spurs team is being built for Conte for the here and now, which is fair enough, they want to get the best out of having Conte, & having Kane & Son at their absolute peak.
Not sure what the difference is here between the players Spurs are signing and Arsenal - apart from Perisic the players coming in so far have been aged 25 with possibly Spence coming in soon (22). We have a relatively young squad and are bringing in quality players with many years ahead of them.
Yeah I agree and also think they will be closer to 80 points than 70 by the end of next season.
I think what i mean is that the Spurs team are more ready than Arsenal already in terms of the experience and quality of the squad.
Hojberg and Sanchez are both 26, all those you put at 25+ are actually 25. Our squad isn't that much older than Arsenal's.
Apologies, Hojberg will be 27 by the time the season starts, Sanchez I meant to put in the 25+.
25/26 does not make a huge difference but the spine of your team is the "here and now" Lloris-Kane-Son and Conte needs to get something this year or next. After that you will definitely have a good young group of players but you will need to sign 2 WC players as i don't see who could develop to become the main attraction. Romero maybe ?
What's shady about it?
I do think they rode their luck a lot last season and had some really woeful games that they shouldn’t have come away with points from. I’m not sure how good they’ll be - I think that style of football will always be effective and is probably their safest bet of getting top four but it won’t win the title (or get close to it in my opinion) and it’s not usually very effective in the CL either.
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Conte gets the transfer window trophy already? Will celebrate it like a madman?
