Tottenham Hotspur 2022-23: Conte the Magician

[kingkoopa6 8312]

1 hour ago, midtown said:

Conteout

These loses are just terrible.  I can handle losing to good teams but all these last 3 are garbage.  A championship side and the last team in the PL is unexcusable. 

We didn’t lose tho. But I get you. This really felt like a lose

[Sbbruin 21709]

27 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

We didn’t lose tho. But I get you. This really felt like a lose

Blowing a 2 goal lead to Southampton is definitely a losing feeling.

[Schulz2.0 28764]

1 hour ago, midtown said:

Conteout

These loses are just terrible.  I can handle losing to good teams but all these last 3 are garbage.  A championship side and the last team in the PL is unexcusable. 

Hard to see how he stays after his PC. Hopefully he's sacked in the morning.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/tottenham-hotspur-engtottenham/story/4903935/antonio-conte-blasts-selfish-tottenham-players-club-ownership-after-draw-at-southampton

[midtown 3341]

Going off on players is usually the sign of a last straw

[Schulz2.0 28764]

2 minutes ago, midtown said:

Going off on players is usually the sign of a last straw

And Conte still taking zero responsibility.

[Captain Ron 12793]

At this point he wants to get fired. He’s checked out. He had an easy out calling out the refs and instead went inward.

Like I said, given the time off earlier this month, I don’t get why they didn’t mutually decide to part ways on amicably terms. This whole thing is galacticly stupid. 

[Schulz2.0 28764]

1 hour ago, Captain Ron said:

At this point he wants to get fired. He’s checked out. He had an easy out calling out the refs and instead went inward.

Like I said, given the time off earlier this month, I don’t get why they didn’t mutually decide to part ways on amicably terms. This whole thing is galacticly stupid. 

 

[mr. littlejeans 184]

2 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

At this point he wants to get fired. He’s checked out. He had an easy out calling out the refs and instead went inward.

Like I said, given the time off earlier this month, I don’t get why they didn’t mutually decide to part ways on amicably terms. This whole thing is galacticly stupid. 

hiring him in the first place was galactically stupid. 

[Schulz2.0 28764]

20 minutes ago, mr. littlejeans said:

hiring him in the first place was galactically stupid. 

Hiring Nuno because we didn't want to stump up the cash for Potter was stupid.

[Captain Ron 12793]

Until we have a real plan for what we want the team to be/do - any hire is dumb. 

[mr. littlejeans 184]

35 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Hiring Nuno because we didn't want to stump up the cash for Potter was stupid.

conte did have a point about ownership’s role in this.

[Schulz2.0 28764]

4 minutes ago, mr. littlejeans said:

conte did have a point about ownership’s role in this.

Sure, but Conte hasn't accepted any responsibility for his role. He shares plenty of the blame.

[mr. littlejeans 184]

48 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

Sure, but Conte hasn't accepted any responsibility for his role. He shares plenty of the blame.

of course he does. it’s laughable to hear him blame ownership by saying the manager doesn’t matter. general ownership issues aside, they’ve given him everything he’s asked for. this is on him.

[Schulz2.0 28764]

Conte getting sacked this week per multiple reports.

 

[DeepEastTexas 640]

I doubt he returns from his Italy vacation this week. I don't know the Eintracht Frankfurt boss, but apparently Levy has already reached out to him.

Just go get Poch. He plays an enjoyable style, he actually wants to be here, and the players that matter like him.

I have a feeling we'll see Mason the rest of the way. 

[Captain Ron 12793]

On 3/18/2023 at 9:37 PM, mr. littlejeans said:

of course he does. it’s laughable to hear him blame ownership by saying the manager doesn’t matter. general ownership issues aside, they’ve given him everything he’s asked for. this is on him.

Meh, the failure is a team effort. The club certainly hasn’t giving him everything he needs/wants (our lack of creativity in the MF demonstrates that). He has been very stubborn on roster selections. It’s been a whole mess with blame to go around. 

[mr. littlejeans 184]

1 hour ago, Captain Ron said:

Meh, the failure is a team effort. The club certainly hasn’t giving him everything he needs/wants (our lack of creativity in the MF demonstrates that). He has been very stubborn on roster selections. It’s been a whole mess with blame to go around. 

it'll never be enough, but he's gotten everything he's asked for. richarlison, lenglet, perisic, bissouma, deki, bentancur, danjuma, porro. if we're missing creativity in the midfield it's mostly on conte and his tactics/roster selection (and a bit of shit luck injury-wise). leaving kane on the bench against sheffield w/ a trip to the FA cup quarters on the line was impossibly idiotic.

the club has problems at the top, but conte thinks he's the smartest dude in the room and blames everyone else except for himself when things start to go sideways. mourinho 2.0.

[midtown 3341]

Im with jeans on this but were getting to the point that no one worth a shit is going to want to manage.  We've run off 4 managers in 3 years.   Plenty of blame to go around

[DeepEastTexas 640]

21 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Meh, the failure is a team effort. The club certainly hasn’t giving him everything he needs/wants (our lack of creativity in the MF demonstrates that). He has been very stubborn on roster selections. It’s been a whole mess with blame to go around. 

Conte doesn't want a creative midfielder. His tactics are to attack down the wings. Even in Italy when he had Eriksen, the attack came down the wings. That's why Eriksen struggled when he first arrived. 
 

That's why he needs to go. The EPL is won thru the midfield. Arsenal's turnaround began when they got Odegaard. The top of the table all have creative midfields. We have Skipp/Hojbjerg/Betancur/Bissouma. The last two are injured, the first two are the same player. 
 

Club scouting and recruitment certainly needs to be overhauled. We haven't hit on several high profile players, most notably, Ndombele. 

[midtown 3341]

Bayern sack Naglesmann and appoint Tuchel.   

Naglesmann to Spurs?

[Captain Ron 12793]

Sure!

 

But does it really make a difference? The organization still isn't going to do the work needed to make them competitive with the top of the table.

[DeepEastTexas 640]

At least we aren't getting Tuchel. Stop the streak of ex-Chelsea managers

[Schulz2.0 28764]

 

[midtown 3341]

Conte gone

[DeepEastTexas 640]

Yep, looking like JN coming from Bayern. 

[TheBryMan81 2501]

Opinions:

Nagelsmann vs Poch vs Other?

[midtown 3341]

Put me in the "as long as our owners see the club as a money making machine vs winning it doesn't matter" camp.

Esp in the this area with mega rich clubs spending with abandon.  

[midtown 3341]

Welp. No manager no director.  Just blow this fucker up

 

[DeepEastTexas 640]

Yeah, said Spurs were caught by surprise by this announcement.  WTF? It's been in the making for months!  Move on from him. 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

COYS 

[Sbbruin 21709]

Oh when the Spurs o marching in!

 

[Sbbruin 21709]

Thought Harry had that

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Just gotta keep playing 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Lol. Can’t do that to the English captain 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Haha and then Gary kicks the ball at H. 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Ayyyyyy Harry time 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Kane v Pickford. 

Let’s goooooo

[kingkoopa6 8312]

I guess we don’t sub 

Nevermind 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Good god Lucas 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Hahhahahha

[kingkoopa6 8312]

Eh. Point a point. But wack 

[DeepEastTexas 640]

Such a bad performance to close out the match. Need a new manager lined up quickly. 

 

[Sbbruin 21709]

Very whack.  Bollocks!

[midtown 3341]

Jesús. Left to do a school pickup and bam. This team is painful to watch

[kingkoopa6 8312]

1 minute ago, midtown said:

Jesús. Left to do a school pickup and bam. This team is painful to watch

We are good, bad and ugly. 
 

can never just be good 

[Schulz2.0 28764]

31 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Good god Lucas 

Why is Lucas even playing? Dude has an expiring contract and won't be here next year. Also kinda sucks.

[midtown 3341]

#stelliniout

[Captain Ron 12793]

This thread + reading the score line makes me glad I was at Augusta National yesterday. 

and they don’t allow phones.

Edited April 4, 2023 by Captain Ron

[DeepEastTexas 640]

COYS!!!! Let's get 3 and move away from all the recent bullshit. 

[kingkoopa6 8312]

COYS FEED SONNY. !