Antonio Conte (128 Viewers)

How would you rate Conte's (dis)appointment?

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Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
27,519
We can't field reserve players vs strong opponents, no matter the competition.
Yes, now we will give the right to brag for a season, just like we did with Napoli last year...

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We can't field reserve players vs strong opponents, no matter the competition.
Yes, now we will give the right to brag for a season, just like we did with Napoli last year...
 

MikeM

Footballing Hipster celebrating 4th place with Tuz
Sep 21, 2008
12,829
Wins the last 5 or so games before this match by like 3 goals per game but starters play 90 mins every match.

Rests them in Coppa game. Plays entire bench at once. Amazing.

If I see any starter rest in the Europe League I'm going to lose it.
 

JuveJay

Senior Signor
Moderator
Mar 6, 2007
74,903
he's gonna do the same shit in EL. watch
Of course he is, because to our club it means shit compared to the league. People might not like it but should face up to it. Maybe if we didn't have Lazio away following this game and have Genoa at home we might have seen a stronger line up, but for me the mentality is obvious to see.
 

baggio

Senior Member
Jun 3, 2003
19,250
It amazes me really. We speak with great intent about wanting the 10th coppa, but our actions dictate otherwise. The mentality is just so different when we are playing a league game. Conte should take the blame squarely on his shoulders for this elimination. It's not even the 352 tonight, it's just his approach, that can be seen filtered down into the teams attitude on the pitch.
 

Hængebøffer

Senior Member
Jun 4, 2009
25,185
Of course he is, because to our club it means shit compared to the league. People might not like it but should face up to it. Maybe if we didn't have Lazio away following this game and have Genoa at home we might have seen a stronger line up, but for me the mentality is obvious to see.
When the league is pretty much secured, there's no excuse. Our players haven't played much in the CL, so motivation is a lame excuse. These players are professional athletes and they all hate to loose and that counts in all aspects of life.
 

Wings

Banter era connoiseur
Contributor
Jul 15, 2002
21,568
What really disappoints in this loss is that we had a chance to test a new formation & approach against an opponent who dominated possession the last time we met. I was expecting Conte to go 4-3-1-2 on them.
 

JuveJay

Senior Signor
Moderator
Mar 6, 2007
74,903
It amazes me really. We speak with great intent about wanting the 10th coppa, but our actions dictate otherwise. The mentality is just so different when we are playing a league game. Conte should take the blame squarely on his shoulders for this elimination. It's not even the 352 tonight, it's just his approach, that can be seen filtered down into the teams attitude on the pitch.
The players aren't stupid, they know exactly what we and Conte know, so it's very difficult to generate the desire to go all out 100% like we would for our most important objective(s). It's impossible to recreate the mental stimulus. We could watch Al Capone's speech, or Rocky videos all day, but it's just not happening.

For us to win the Coppa we basically need to play with quality and hope the other team is also not completely focused. We could see Roma tonight wanted it more, but their club objectives are different to ours. As I said before the game, 2nd and a Coppa would be equivalent to us winning the scudetto.
 

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