Ex-Manager watch: Antonio Conte

[Steffen]

Dolmio is about as Italian as a Kangaroo.

Are you saying the commercials LIE?!

 

[Donki]

Are you saying the commercials LIE?!

Yes.... the puppets arent Italian, highly trained actors

 

[chaching]

Yes.... the puppets arent Italian, highly trained actors

this is what they really sound like

 

[Johnny J]

Yes.... the puppets arent Italian, highly trained actors

Correct. They're highly trained Italian puppets.

 

[Tottenham_God]

I have a feeling that Contes hair is super soft and has a certain attractive aroma.

Or maybe that's just what my dreams are projecting into my conciousness. Either way, i love the man already

 

[Hotspur33]

I've said this before, but I can see Levy now leaving player targets and incoming transfers down to Conte and Paratici and giving them a budget to work with.

But where I see this blowing up is when it comes to outgoings. And I think this was the problem with previous managers and the crux of the issue I have with Levy.

It won't take long for Conte to realise, just as Poch and Jose did before him, that some of our players need to be axed for the good of the squad. But if (or when...) he wants to get rid of Dier, or Winks or Dele for example, this is when Levy starts digging in on unrealistic valuations.

It doesn't matter that Dele cost £5 million or whatever it was, Levy will be anchored to the fact that at one point he was considered a potential £100 million talent. Winks and Dier as homegrown and, until recently, key players for England must also be worth a premium price etc, etc.... Of course they can go Antonio, provided a reasonble bid comes in...

Player acquisitions are investments with potential upside, sometimes massive upside, and that's why Levy loves player acquisitions and always has. He has actually never been shy to splash the cash, (Traore aside). But, and this is the big BUT, getting him to sell players for what he deems a loss is like pulling teeth. This is where our transfer policy and squad management has always floundered.

Conte will expect players who don't meet his demanding standards to be out of the picture, no questions asked. This is even more important than who we bring in because his whole ethos demands we get rid of any bad apples. It doesn't matter what the financial cost to the club, every player must be on board or out.

It was the bad apples that undid Poch and Jose. Mourinho may have been past it, but he still knows more about football and players than Levy ever will. You just know that he would have been insisting that the likes of Winks and Alli be moved on at any cost, and you just know that the calculation going on inside Levy's head would have been, if I can get another manager to bring the best out of these players then I will be saving tens of millions.

So yes, Levy has always been willing to back his managers with player purchases, these are investments and that aligns with his DNA. But for him to really back Conte, and the thing we need him to do to prevent Conte blowing up and walking out, is to be prepared to jettison any player Conte demands at whatever the cost to the club or the imaginary loss based upon Levy's dream valuations. Cancel and buy out his contract if need be, but that is what will be required if this is to be a happy marriage.

My great concern is that this goes so completely against the grain for our dear Daniel.

I think you are right. We can only hope he is paying attention to the current climate and the way more and more players are letting their contracts run down, and the Serge Aurier saga will hopefully have taught him a lesson too.

 

[Delboy75]

This looks excellent I’ve only watched first 5 minutes but will definitely watch later.

 

[Gb160]

This looks excellent I’ve only watched first 5 minutes but will definitely watch later.

The first 5 minutes is just waffle about Juventus being relegated?

 

[dontcallme]

He's had the break to work with a few players like Ndombele. Very interested to see how we line up on Sunday.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

This looks excellent I’ve only watched first 5 minutes but will definitely watch later.

This is awesome thanks for sharing mate. Gives a lot of context.

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

This is awesome thanks for sharing mate. Gives a lot of context.

Nice to get an insight into Paratici, also. Liked the way he apparently has an eye not just for good young talent, but also seeing the strengths of older players who still have more to offer than they/their clubs realise.

Matt Hayes with the sad little dig at Hitchen at the end though. Yet another incorrect accusation that Hitchen said he hates transfer windows.

 

[ghjk_91]

 

[wiggo24]

Looks like a good appointment. Credited with developing Szczesny and Alisson massively at Roma.

Roma Should Do Everything in Their Power to Keep Marco Savorani

JonAS makes a plea for world peace. And Savorani’s job

www.chiesaditotti.com

La Roma alza il muro: ecco tutti i segreti di Savorani, il Re Mida dei portieri

Prima della gara con la Sampdoria viene premiato come miglior preparatore degli estremi difensori. Con lui Szczesny, Alisson e Olsen hanno fatto passi da gigante

www.forzaroma.info

 

[KaribYid]

Looks like a good appointment. Credited with developing Szczesny and Alisson massively at Roma.

Roma Should Do Everything in Their Power to Keep Marco Savorani

JonAS makes a plea for world peace. And Savorani’s job

www.chiesaditotti.com

La Roma alza il muro: ecco tutti i segreti di Savorani, il Re Mida dei portieri

Prima della gara con la Sampdoria viene premiato come miglior preparatore degli estremi difensori. Con lui Szczesny, Alisson e Olsen hanno fatto passi da gigante

www.forzaroma.info

Hopefully he can improve Gollini in the way he (apparently) improved Allison and the gooner tit

 

[The Long Suffering One]

Going by the way Levy is accommodating Conte's demands for his backroom staff, I'm excited and intrigued to see how Levy will back his manager come the transfer windows in Jan and in the summer.

 

[wiggo24]

Sounds like Conte wanted him at Chelsea but this guy grew up in Rome so wanted to stay at his hometown club. All the Roma managers seem to say he’s one of the best GK coaches in the world so I imagine he was Contes first choice and the timing has just worked out well for us.

 

[Donki]

Ha the Jose effect, poor guy couldn't get out fast enough welcome Marco.

 

[Aay_Jay_Dee]

Im so buzzing at the moment I am reading up everything I can on a GK coach. Whats going on

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

Im so buzzing at the moment I am reading up everything I can on a GK coach. Whats going on

Just enjoy the ride mate.

I sat through a 50 minute YouTube clip that somebody posted somewhere in here earlier (I'm off my tits mate, can't remember where I saw it, but I definitely saw it) and I was transfixed throughout it.

Was an excellent insight from a Juventus fan/blogger, about what Conte & Paratici are bringing to THFC.

It's hard to not be excited with things at the club right now. Yet just 18 days ago there was literally nothing to like about it.

God bless THFC (and drugs. Love 'em)

 

[bubble07]

So conte got his full roster of coaches except his wife?