...has been really good at getting limited players to perform above their level, or else rejuvenating top tier players whose careers had otherwise stalled. At Juve for example, Conte took Pirlo who had just been released by Milan and helped re-establish him as one of the world's elite players. The way he utilised Asamoah on the left wing as well was a brilliant bit of management too. At Chelsea his deployment of Victor Moses, a guy who could barely get into the Chelsea first 11 before his arrival, as a right wing-back has become a bit of reference point for his time in the PL, and at Inter too, though he spent a fair whack of money, a lot of the players he brought in were unwanted cast offs like Matteo Darmian, Ashley Young, Alexis Sanchez, and an at the time much maligned Lukaku and managed to fashion them all into a title winning team.
Just wondering which of the current (mostly limited lets be honest) squad members you guys think Conte can have a positive impact on.
Throughout his career Conte ...
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I'm gonna say Dier and Davies. Both are limited but could breathe new life under Conte.
Not a fan of Dier at all but he has been steady this season. He put in a good display on Sunday but lets not forget Leeds had their best forwards out and he was up against a 19 year old rookie.
Davies could really excel too. One more player is PEH. A master of nothing and a jack of all trades. A steady eddie player who could go on be a real midfield stalwart.
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I have a soft spot for Dierfor some reason. I think with improved fitness and conditioning that Conte will bring, and in a back three, he may well flourish. His performance against Leeds was certainly impressive and at one point he even dropped a 30 yard pass over their back line on the foot of the advancing Davies who should have scored
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To be honest I have a soft spot for all the remnants of the old Poch even the likes of Winks and Dele who haven’t performed for us in ages. With Dier I don’t think he’s actually all that bad a player, just someone perhaps who has hit his ceiling and suffers for the fact that people expected a lot more. I agree with you on the fitness and conditioning and it will be interesting to see how that works out for him.
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I feel the opposite - I’d rather a complete rebuild from that era and now that we are +2 years down the line hav enlist all sense of sentiment to that group, or hope that they will recover their peak Poch era form. Hugo, Son, Kane. They are the only ones of any use to us, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if any of the others were sold.
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Agreed and to be honest Kane probably needs to go as well. My hope is that by the end of the season, Conte knows exactly who he does and doesn’t want and Levy sanctions the sales - no more side chats with Ndombele to try and get the best out of him, just listen to Conte and do what he says.
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Will be interesting to see what Kane's position (in terms of his furture) is now Conte is on board. If we make some signings in January will it be enough for him to commit to us? Time will tell.
A couple of names have been banded about like Kessie and Vlahovic. Vlahovic's team have been linked with some players yday which could mean they are gearing up for sale?
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Anyone actually watched Vlahovic play?
I haven’t but his record speaks for itself
What sort of player is he? Quick? Big and strong ?
From reports I’ve read he is going to be the real deal and could be ideal to replace Kane
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I'm gonna say Dier and Davies. Both are limited but could breathe new life under Conte.
Not a fan of Dier at all but he has been steady this season. He put in a good display on Sunday but lets not forget Leeds had their best forwards out and he was up against a 19 year old rookie.
Davies could really excel too. One more player is PEH. A master of nothing and a jack of all trades. A steady eddie player who could go on be a real midfield stalwart.
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I have a soft spot for Dierfor some reason. I think with improved fitness and conditioning that Conte will bring, and in a back three, he may well flourish. His performance against Leeds was certainly impressive and at one point he even dropped a 30 yard pass over their back line on the foot of the advancing Davies who should have scored
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To be honest I have a soft spot for all the remnants of the old Poch even the likes of Winks and Dele who haven’t performed for us in ages. With Dier I don’t think he’s actually all that bad a player, just someone perhaps who has hit his ceiling and suffers for the fact that people expected a lot more. I agree with you on the fitness and conditioning and it will be interesting to see how that works out for him.
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I feel the opposite - I’d rather a complete rebuild from that era and now that we are +2 years down the line hav enlist all sense of sentiment to that group, or hope that they will recover their peak Poch era form. Hugo, Son, Kane. They are the only ones of any use to us, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if any of the others were sold.
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Agreed and to be honest Kane probably needs to go as well. My hope is that by the end of the season, Conte knows exactly who he does and doesn’t want and Levy sanctions the sales - no more side chats with Ndombele to try and get the best out of him, just listen to Conte and do what he says.
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Will be interesting to see what Kane's position (in terms of his furture) is now Conte is on board. If we make some signings in January will it be enough for him to commit to us? Time will tell.
A couple of names have been banded about like Kessie and Vlahovic. Vlahovic's team have been linked with some players yday which could mean they are gearing up for sale?
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Anyone actually watched Vlahovic play?
I haven’t but his record speaks for itself
What sort of player is he? Quick? Big and strong ?
From reports I’ve read he is going to be the real deal and could be ideal to replace Kane
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Just watch highlights. He is tall, faster than Kane which is not hard. Left footed as well. Plenty of scope to continue to improve as well.
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I'm gonna say Dier and Davies. Both are limited but could breathe new life under Conte.
Not a fan of Dier at all but he has been steady this season. He put in a good display on Sunday but lets not forget Leeds had their best forwards out and he was up against a 19 year old rookie.
Davies could really excel too. One more player is PEH. A master of nothing and a jack of all trades. A steady eddie player who could go on be a real midfield stalwart.
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I have a soft spot for Dierfor some reason. I think with improved fitness and conditioning that Conte will bring, and in a back three, he may well flourish. His performance against Leeds was certainly impressive and at one point he even dropped a 30 yard pass over their back line on the foot of the advancing Davies who should have scored
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To be honest I have a soft spot for all the remnants of the old Poch even the likes of Winks and Dele who haven’t performed for us in ages. With Dier I don’t think he’s actually all that bad a player, just someone perhaps who has hit his ceiling and suffers for the fact that people expected a lot more. I agree with you on the fitness and conditioning and it will be interesting to see how that works out for him.
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I feel the opposite - I’d rather a complete rebuild from that era and now that we are +2 years down the line hav enlist all sense of sentiment to that group, or hope that they will recover their peak Poch era form. Hugo, Son, Kane. They are the only ones of any use to us, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if any of the others were sold.
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Agreed and to be honest Kane probably needs to go as well. My hope is that by the end of the season, Conte knows exactly who he does and doesn’t want and Levy sanctions the sales - no more side chats with Ndombele to try and get the best out of him, just listen to Conte and do what he says.
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Will be interesting to see what Kane's position (in terms of his furture) is now Conte is on board. If we make some signings in January will it be enough for him to commit to us? Time will tell.
A couple of names have been banded about like Kessie and Vlahovic. Vlahovic's team have been linked with some players yday which could mean they are gearing up for sale?
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Anyone actually watched Vlahovic play?
I haven’t but his record speaks for itself
What sort of player is he? Quick? Big and strong ?
From reports I’ve read he is going to be the real deal and could be ideal to replace Kane
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Just watch highlights. He is tall, faster than Kane which is not hard. Left footed as well. Plenty of scope to continue to improve as well.
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I’m lazy and can’t be bothered to look for highlights 😂
Not sure why but I’ve always liked left footed strikers …..Robbie Fowler springs to mind
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I meant I have only "watched" highlights. It wasn't an order 🤣. Seriously though if you get time have a pat butchers.
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I'm gonna say Dier and Davies. Both are limited but could breathe new life under Conte.
Not a fan of Dier at all but he has been steady this season. He put in a good display on Sunday but lets not forget Leeds had their best forwards out and he was up against a 19 year old rookie.
Davies could really excel too. One more player is PEH. A master of nothing and a jack of all trades. A steady eddie player who could go on be a real midfield stalwart.
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I have a soft spot for Dierfor some reason. I think with improved fitness and conditioning that Conte will bring, and in a back three, he may well flourish. His performance against Leeds was certainly impressive and at one point he even dropped a 30 yard pass over their back line on the foot of the advancing Davies who should have scored
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To be honest I have a soft spot for all the remnants of the old Poch even the likes of Winks and Dele who haven’t performed for us in ages. With Dier I don’t think he’s actually all that bad a player, just someone perhaps who has hit his ceiling and suffers for the fact that people expected a lot more. I agree with you on the fitness and conditioning and it will be interesting to see how that works out for him.
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I feel the opposite - I’d rather a complete rebuild from that era and now that we are +2 years down the line hav enlist all sense of sentiment to that group, or hope that they will recover their peak Poch era form. Hugo, Son, Kane. They are the only ones of any use to us, I wouldn’t bat an eyelid if any of the others were sold.
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Agreed and to be honest Kane probably needs to go as well. My hope is that by the end of the season, Conte knows exactly who he does and doesn’t want and Levy sanctions the sales - no more side chats with Ndombele to try and get the best out of him, just listen to Conte and do what he says.
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Will be interesting to see what Kane's position (in terms of his furture) is now Conte is on board. If we make some signings in January will it be enough for him to commit to us? Time will tell.
A couple of names have been banded about like Kessie and Vlahovic. Vlahovic's team have been linked with some players yday which could mean they are gearing up for sale?
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Anyone actually watched Vlahovic play?
I haven’t but his record speaks for itself
What sort of player is he? Quick? Big and strong ?
From reports I’ve read he is going to be the real deal and could be ideal to replace Kane
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Watched him play twice since we’ve been linked with him and can’t pretend to be any kind of expert but I really liked what I saw. Seems to be a proper old school out and out striker whose off the ball movement really caught the eye. Has a decent amount of pace on him as well. Those were my main impressions and on the whole really liked what I saw.
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I called Ben Davies before he was given the LCB role. It had to be him. He's left-footed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's one of the first names on the team sheet now. It's such a specialist role and you really need to be a lefty to play it.
As for others, I'm not sure Royale offers what Conte needs from an attacking perspective. He always opts for the pass backwards rather than driving down the line. I can see potentially Bergwijn being given that role if he can spend these early months on the training ground learning how to defend that right side. That said, I'm surprised Tanganga hasn't been trusted there. He's better than Royale both defensively and in an attacking sense. Lucas is too slight to play the role, same for Gil.
Then there's Sessegnon who might grow into the role on the left side but he'll have to go some to usurp Reggy who already was a wing back at Sevilla.
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I called Ben Davies before he was given the LCB role. It had to be him. He's left-footed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's one of the first names on the team sheet now. It's such a specialist role and you really need to be a lefty to play it.
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God I miss Vertonghen, he was so good.
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Same. What a Rolls Royce left footed CB he was. Could do it all.
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I called Ben Davies before he was given the LCB role. It had to be him. He's left-footed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's one of the first names on the team sheet now. It's such a specialist role and you really need to be a lefty to play it.
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God I miss Vertonghen, he was so good.
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Same. What a Rolls Royce left footed CB he was. Could do it all.
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He would do a better job than Reggie in the wing back position too