I voted that I rated his appointment as "3" and I stand by that. I won't be able to judge him higher until after the winter break. Although there's buzzing positive vibes around him 
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I've actually seen enough to be confident that Conte's the right man - long term.
Like someone pointed out earlier, Alex Ferguson wasn't successful with Man United in the beginning, but they stuck with him.
I sincerely hope that we can stick with Conte through good times and bad times, because he clearly has the ability to unite and motivate.
I've also noticed that he has the ability to change games for the better, tactically. This is also very positive.
As for starting lineups etc., every manager can be wrong some times, tactically. Mourinho was wrong when he was thrashed by Barcelona last season (was it 5-0?) and SAF was outclassed by Manchester City earlier this season.
No manager is perfect.
The important thing is that they are tactically spot on most of the time, and that they have those crucial abilities to motivate the players and unite the squad.
I see all of this in Conte.
Like someone pointed out earlier, Alex Ferguson wasn't successful with Man United in the beginning, but they stuck with him.
I sincerely hope that we can stick with Conte through good times and bad times, because he clearly has the ability to unite and motivate.
I've also noticed that he has the ability to change games for the better, tactically. This is also very positive.
As for starting lineups etc., every manager can be wrong some times, tactically. Mourinho was wrong when he was thrashed by Barcelona last season (was it 5-0?) and SAF was outclassed by Manchester City earlier this season.
No manager is perfect.
The important thing is that they are tactically spot on most of the time, and that they have those crucial abilities to motivate the players and unite the squad.
I see all of this in Conte.
We need "stability" thats for sure, Most of the succesfull clubs in the world have a stable environment within their management.
No one knows how this season will end but unless we take a serious dive in performance and end up 7th-8th again, We need to keep Conte.
Even if we end up 4th this season and not qualifying for the CL, I'd rather still keep Conte and try to qualify next season.....
No one knows how this season will end but unless we take a serious dive in performance and end up 7th-8th again, We need to keep Conte.
Even if we end up 4th this season and not qualifying for the CL, I'd rather still keep Conte and try to qualify next season.....
The past seasons have taught us to be careful when it comes to coaches / success in general. Conte seems to have some things previous managers lacked, like a strong personality. He doesn't insist on a certain kind of system and simply does things his way and we've ( somewhat ) consistently looked like a decent side. It doesn't feel like that hit-or-miss kind of Juve we've been tortured with over the past years. I'm more optimistic about this Juve than any other post-Calciopoli Juve so far, but still fairly calm about it all.
We'll see what we've made of in the long run, or if someone like Pirlo were to get injured, but Conte seems the right man to guide all of this right now.
Conte: Palermo match is like a final
"Tomorrow we will return to camp after 22 days, it is inevitable that we will have some concerns. We went back to work trying to re-tune on the same wavelength."
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Mimicking Allegri I see. He said that the CL match v Barca is like a final. Reminds me of when Mourinho said that RM are concentrating on getting 40 pts to stay up after Guardiola said it would be normal for Barca not to win anything.
"Tomorrow we will return to camp after 22 days, it is inevitable that we will have some concerns. We went back to work trying to re-tune on the same wavelength."
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Mimicking Allegri I see
. He said that the CL match v Barca is like a final. Reminds me of when Mourinho said that RM are concentrating on getting 40 pts to stay up after Guardiola said it would be normal for Barca not to win anything.
