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Yeah I think Fonseca would have done a decent job, nothing spectcular but we would have been on-track.Fonseca has Lille in 5th and got them to finish 5th last season too, the season before he took over they came 10th so decent improvement. I’m not saying Fonseca would’ve been the miracle cure for us like Ange has been (who I hugely advocated for during the manager search) however Fonseca’s style of play is way more suited to our club than Nuno’s ever was, he’s also a bit more charismatic so I think he’d have done better than Nuno.
As for Conte you’re probably right that was likely driven partly by Levy to appease the fans and get a ‘World class win now manager’, which in heindsight was a bad move and bad fit for our club (same as Jose) as Levy said in the fans forum at the start of this season.
But yes recruitmentwise Paratici has been phenomenal, only really Bryan Gil and Gollini have been flops, the list is seriously impressive:
Gollini - MISS/loan/N/A
Romero - HIT
Sarr - HIT
Kulusevski - HIT
Bentancur - HIT
Royal - HIT overall
Gil - MISS
Lenglet (loan) - N/A
Forster (free) - FINE
Perisic (free) - FINE
Danjuma (loan) - N/A
Porro - HIT
Spence - MISS/N/A (‘club signing’?)
Udogie - HIT
Bissouma - HIT
Richarlison - FINE (hit based on recent form)
Solomon - FINE
Phillips - TBC
Veliz - FINE/TBC
Vicario - HIT
Van Der Ven - HIT
Maddison - HIT
B.Johnson - HIT
I count it as:
12 HITS
5 FINE/TBC
2-3 MISSES
Outrageously consistent in terms of getting it right.
Huge huge credit to Fabio and his scouting team.
I can see why we went for Conte and it was worth a try, because I now believe we truly know that we are not that club.
We need continuation, we need coaches who want to work with developing players and really coach. Not just set up a strategy and beast players.
So I am fine with us choosing a Fonseca if it leads to the next appointment being an Ange because we are not straying from our way of playing/thinking which means greater stability and a seamless change.