I will reiterate I think his injury record is a bit overblown, he's played 30 or over league games each of the last three seasons and last season had two suspensions.

I would say when he does get injured, it takes a few games for him to get fully back up to speed again.

Yeah forgot about his bad temper. He is now getting easily frustrated and therefore tend to blow the fuse more often. Conte doesen' t like ill disciplined players, I think this is one of the reasons he dumped Costa, as he was playing on the edge, hence a liability.

I am not suggesting he will continue this trend, but it is a risk that needs to be factored into the equation.

Agree with that, although one of the main one people that seems to increase his temper is playing in your defence

comment by meltonblue (U10617)
posted 46 minutes ago
Agree with that, although one of the main one people that seems to increase his temper is playing in your defence
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He really doesn't like sideshow bob

Nearly crippled him. He went for it didn't he ?

Well to be fair he's no shrinking violet

The Winston Reid incident was harsh, his shirt was being pulled and there was minimal, to no contact.

And Reid threw a punch.

If the ref had done his job then side show bob wouldn't have been on the field.