There is no point in predicting failure for Conte, speaking of his selfishness (don't know where you get that from) or comparing him with Ferrara. Conte was and is more inteligent than the latter one. I will always keep supporting every new coach because for me to bitch about something that hasn't happened yet (failure) doesn't make sense. Judge his work after 10-15 games, but not now.
This coach is very very limited, he does not have the exp to rebuild our squad, to fix our defensive lapses, to create an attacking plan that works, to tweak our midfield in order to get the best out of our midfieders. He has not the prestige to make demands or attract high quality players, neither the influence.
We know all that for sure, we have seen how it worked out, when men of similar exp but ambitious naivety have tried and failed, we should know better by now...
Yes, his Ranocchia is better than Bonucci always comes to mind.
What is correct about hoping? It is only hoping, not a prediction.
He is, as he has proven by the time they were playing together and thats why a better team chose him and we took the leftovers
and is cheaper too, honestly do you believe that Bonucci has justified the 22mil we have spent for him in cash and players?
Do you honestly believe that he would have coped better in world class competition within and vs the CL greatest strikers?
You have seen him here having a troubles, when he only had to face Barzaglis and Lucarellis
I don't think Conte accepted job out of selfish reasons. Today beeing our coach is very risky job. If results don't match expectations the coach, no metter who he is, will be the first one to blame. If he fails it can only be a step backward in his career. For me he is a good choice. I would give him 3 out of 5, but also I think that there weren't many candidates for our job. Other good coaches simply avoid us, because we are as I said risky buissnes. How many times have we read the names of Capello, Hidink, Benitez (even though he sucks as a coach), Spalleti, most recently Boas, and in the and we would get Ferrara, Del Neri or now Conte. We should give Conte support and hope for the best. In a field he was our saviour, giving goals in the last minutes. Does anybody remember CL quater finals against Panathinaikos and Conte's goal which took us to semis and many more decisive goals, I hope he will continue with saving us only this time in a different role.
It wont be a step forward, if he remains in serie A, no other serie B coach has the opportunity to coach Juve and no other coach serie B, coming in serie A has the opportunity to coach a team like ours and rank 7-10 even if he fails.
CR and DN have also failed, but that doesnt mean that they wont find jobs in serie A, maybe not among the top fliers, but average to bottom line teams would easily give them a chance.
Conte would never had that chance if he wasnt a former Juve glory, his wining medals has not earned the right to be in our bench, as a coach.
If he stays in serie B longer, he will always be a serie B coach, we are his best chance in serie A and despite being at the worst possible moment, he wants to waste us one more year, so that he can have a chance as a serie A coach, a few years after our failure...
@Cron: That's a bit harsh. Agreed that he may not be what we need or want at this stage of Project Geronimo, but to knock on him personally, saying he's taking advantage of our situation is a little unfair IMO.
He is and history will prove that, i believe that he is not that stupid, to believe that he can succeed where DN and CR have failed, right from the first season...