Zeman tactics! Maybe we should hire that ex-Romanista #$%$! 
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I'd say in the away leg against Fiorentina in EL, we clearly looked the better team. Besides the opening 15 minutes perhaps. We were imposing our will on that game for about 75 minutes and were unlucky not to walk away 3 or 4-0 winners. The problem here is, sample size is small dependent on your idea of "decent" opposition. Fiorentina, Napoli and Roma are about it, since our elimination from CL. Oddly enough,our matches against Real in UCL were quite good as a hybrid between 4-3-3 and 3-5-2. Our home match against Gala, we were unlucky not to win 5-2. We dominated that game and should have won easily, if not for a couple completely idiotic defensive lapses and poor finishing by Tevez. But those were long ago.
Recently. We impose our will for no more than 45-50 minutes a match. We look supremely dominant when we do so. Roma, Inter, Fiorentina, Parma, Lyon. We either play a dominant opening period, or a dominant 30-40 stretch on either side of the half. We press high, we move quickly and effectively, we create very good chances, and we impose our will. Yet, for some reason, and here is where I agree with you, we lack a certain mentality, to carry this through a full match. This is partly coaching in my opinion, partly the energy expenditure required from certain positions in a 3-5-2 which make dominating an entire match with hard work and pressing hard to do in the formation, and a very small part to do with exhaustion from having such a cramped fixture list and being light on rotation due to injuries in February and March. I would suggest a change in formation would help with the exhaustion, and the dependency on WBs to run like the wind for 90 minutes. Aside from Lichtsteiner, and at times Asa, none of our WBs can keep up the high pace and intensity required for 90 minutes, and our formation suffers when they tire out. The lack of decent backup options at the position means Asa and Licht have been worn down over the season, as evidenced by Asa's comments about Juve physically suffering.
I think Conte has room to evolve and grow as a coach. Most coaches do, aside from a rare few in the stratosphere. Yet, he's done a good job turning us into a machine over the past few years, and I'm hoping he will learn from the mistakes of this season, and it will lead us to make a few astute purchases this summer and then to better squad rotation, and a more tactical approach to each different opponent. I have faith in the man. If anything, he deserves it for taking us from two 7th place finishes to 3 scudettos, a UCL QF in our first year back and potentially a EL final this year.
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I'd say in the away leg against Fiorentina in EL, we clearly looked the better team. Besides the opening 15 minutes perhaps. We were imposing our will on that game for about 75 minutes and were unlucky not to walk away 3 or 4-0 winners. The problem here is, sample size is small dependent on your idea of "decent" opposition. Fiorentina, Napoli and Roma are about it, since our elimination from CL. Oddly enough,our matches against Real in UCL were quite good as a hybrid between 4-3-3 and 3-5-2. Our home match against Gala, we were unlucky not to win 5-2. We dominated that game and should have won easily, if not for a couple completely idiotic defensive lapses and poor finishing by Tevez. But those were long ago.
Recently. We impose our will for no more than 45-50 minutes a match. We look supremely dominant when we do so. Roma, Inter, Fiorentina, Parma, Lyon. We either play a dominant opening period, or a dominant 30-40 stretch on either side of the half. We press high, we move quickly and effectively, we create very good chances, and we impose our will. Yet, for some reason, and here is where I agree with you, we lack a certain mentality, to carry this through a full match. This is partly coaching in my opinion, partly the energy expenditure required from certain positions in a 3-5-2 which make dominating an entire match with hard work and pressing hard to do in the formation, and a very small part to do with exhaustion from having such a cramped fixture list and being light on rotation due to injuries in February and March. I would suggest a change in formation would help with the exhaustion, and the dependency on WBs to run like the wind for 90 minutes. Aside from Lichtsteiner, and at times Asa, none of our WBs can keep up the high pace and intensity required for 90 minutes, and our formation suffers when they tire out. The lack of decent backup options at the position means Asa and Licht have been worn down over the season, as evidenced by Asa's comments about Juve physically suffering.
I think Conte has room to evolve and grow as a coach. Most coaches do, aside from a rare few in the stratosphere. Yet, he's done a good job turning us into a machine over the past few years, and I'm hoping he will learn from the mistakes of this season, and it will lead us to make a few astute purchases this summer and then to better squad rotation, and a more tactical approach to each different opponent. I have faith in the man. If anything, he deserves it for taking us from two 7th place finishes to 3 scudettos, a UCL QF in our first year back and potentially a EL final this year.
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those wins prevent us from playing nice
