To be honest I'm getting a little tired of hearing from the media and most Chelsea fans how much of a genius Conte is. Now OK, we are top of the league and 99% we're gonna win the league, so he's done well cant argue with that.
But to hail him as some kind of magician coach? Not for me !! Please lets not forget, Chelsea is the most expensively assembled squad in English football history. They won the title only TWO years ago in 2015. Conte has merely got them playing to the level they should be, and were only 2 years ago, after Jose lost the dressing room last season. Funny thought it was how the mercenary players mugged off our own fans for a whole season!!
So onto Pulis, what he has done is to take a team that was fighting relegation for most seasons, and turned them into a midtable outfit within a few years with more points than anyone over those couple of seasons so far, with the 16th team on the wage table and a first XI that cost less than Sissoko !!!
Hes turned their shaky defence into a solid one, He's got the team scoring.
He has turned Darren Fletcher into world class player again.
He has made McAuley into a top player
He took Chadli from Spurs and had faith in him, hes now excelling again.
and the list goes on......
So Conte changes formation once in a season, gets hailed a genius even though its the system hes used all his career, Pulis changes formation several times a game!!
Sorry im not buying all the Conte love-ins. Yes he will probably win the title a few points ahead of Pulis, but when you fully analyse their respective achievements - no Conte-st (see what i did there)
Pulis vs Conte
posted on 3/5/17
I like Pulis
Wish he was given a chance at a bigger club.
posted on 3/5/17
good article
But Fat Sam > Pulis everyday of the week
posted on 3/5/17
Big Sam is overrated
posted on 3/5/17
I disagree Conte'nt.Allardyce is good enough to manage a big club but not everyone's cup of tea.
posted on 3/5/17
I think Big Sam is capable but got his big job and facked it up. Probably wont get a go at another one.
posted on 3/5/17
Big Sam>Conte
Pulis>Poch
Poch>Ferguson
posted on 3/5/17
Horses for courses. (I realise they're both chimps)
posted on 3/5/17
So onto Pulis, what he has done is to take a team that was fighting relegation for most seasons, and turned them into a midtable outfit within a few years with more points than anyone over those couple of seasons so far, with the 16th team on the wage table and a first XI that cost less than Sissoko !!!
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WBA finishing positions
10/11 - 11th
11/12 - 10th
12/13 - 8th
13/14 - 17th
14/15 - 14th
15/16 - 8th (?)
posted on 3/5/17
Lol JH.
posted on 4/5/17
Current Great British pastime. People with lots of money being up their own a**es and spilling their champagne laughing at others.
Reminds me of the 1980s. It was all money money money back then too. (Oddly there was a right tw*t in charge of the country back then too...)