Antonio Conte (118 Viewers)

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

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icemaη

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Aug 27, 2008
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I think it’s better to bring in Conte not just as a coach, but as a manager, someone with authority over transfers and the squad as a whole. That way, he won’t clash with the directors, and honestly, I trust him more than people like Giuntoli when it comes to building a team. Give him full control, a role like Ferguson had.
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Paolino

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Nov 1, 2013
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Even someone like Iturbe might’ve done well under Conte. He usually knows how to get the best out of the players he wants, just look at guys like McTominay or Lukaku right now. Personally, I’d rather see a player come in who the coach can actually work with, than watch us make a bunch of random signings like Koopmeiners, Douglas Luiz, Nico, and the rest, only for all of them to flop.
 

Suns

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May 22, 2009
22,105
Why is our former captain, 300+ games and 8x league winner and CL winner not in the legends section? :lol: Is it because he managed Inter 2 clubs after us? We that butthurt on Tuz?
 

Amer

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Feb 13, 2005
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Why is our former captain, 300+ games and 8x league winner and CL winner not in the legends section? :lol: Is it because he managed Inter 2 clubs after us? We that butthurt on Tuz?
Totally.

Won with us as player and coach.

And probably will win again as coach as I don't see anyone else getting us out of this 6 years long mess.
 

Scottish

Zebrastreifenpferd
Mar 13, 2011
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Why is our former captain, 300+ games and 8x league winner and CL winner not in the legends section? :lol: Is it because he managed Inter 2 clubs after us? We that butthurt on Tuz?
You know why. Retired as a legendary player as you describe. Came back as a coach and turned the team around (after saying his aim was to manage Juve within 5 years otherwise he'd give up). During that time he was banned by the FIGC on some ludicrous charge of not reporting betting that he hadn't seen. Club sticks by him and keeps winning in a show of defiance. Some sketchy vibes between Conte and Del Piero aside it was all good. Unnecessary overfocus on Serie A saw us pass over a chance to win the EL in our own stadium but still things were great and Juve hadn't looked so strong since Calciopoli.

He then throws a tantrum over transfers implying he (and by extension the club) are being held back by the budgeting and transfer policy. He quits on the first day of preseason- leaving us entirely in the lurch and scrambling for a replacement. We grit our teeth and hire Max Allegri: recently let go by Milan after overseeing a decline over there. Allegri takes the same squad Conte claimed was holding him back and reaches the CL final and wins the Scudetto.

Conte's career after this sees him accept the Azzuri job and issue a humiliating apology and acceptance of the ban he had received saying that it 'helped him grow'. From there he sees success elsewhere, finding fame in England before eventually agreeing to manage Inter. You dismiss this but would this have been an acceptable transfer for him to make as a player? No chance. From the slobbering apology to the FIGC to the quotes of him celebrating "dethroning Juventus" I can't stomach this piece of shit any more. He's not uno di noi and if he comes back that will be the narrative and it will turn me off watching us.

It was all good when he was a symbol of the loyalty and siege mentality that Juventus is built on but now he's a symbol of Nu-football and Nu-Serie A: no soul, no bite, no danger and no passion. It's all sanitised, it's all family-friendly, it's all Netflix, it's all pink/yellow and aqua/orange and it's fucking shite.

Fuck him.
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
24,161
You know why. Retired as a legendary player as you describe. Came back as a coach and turned the team around (after saying his aim was to manage Juve within 5 years otherwise he'd give up). During that time he was banned by the FIGC on some ludicrous charge of not reporting betting that he hadn't seen. Club sticks by him and keeps winning in a show of defiance. Some sketchy vibes between Conte and Del Piero aside it was all good. Unnecessary overfocus on Serie A saw us pass over a chance to win the EL in our own stadium but still things were great and Juve hadn't looked so strong since Calciopoli.

He then throws a tantrum over transfers implying he (and by extension the club) are being held back by the budgeting and transfer policy. He quits on the first day of preseason- leaving us entirely in the lurch and scrambling for a replacement. We grit our teeth and hire Max Allegri: recently let go by Milan after overseeing a decline over there. Allegri takes the same squad Conte claimed was holding him back and reaches the CL final and wins the Scudetto.

Conte's career after this sees him accept the Azzuri job and issue a humiliating apology and acceptance of the ban he had received saying that it 'helped him grow'. From there he sees success elsewhere, finding fame in England before eventually agreeing to manage Inter. You dismiss this but would this have been an acceptable transfer for him to make as a player? No chance. From the slobbering apology to the FIGC to the quotes of him celebrating "dethroning Juventus" I can't stomach this piece of shit any more. He's not uno di noi and if he comes back that will be the narrative and it will turn me off watching us.

It was all good when he was a symbol of the loyalty and siege mentality that Juventus is built on but now he's a symbol of Nu-football and Nu-Serie A: no soul, no bite, no danger and no passion. It's all sanitised, it's all family-friendly, it's all Netflix, it's all pink/yellow and aqua/orange and it's fucking shite.

Fuck him.
It's all in the past. Will he be able to win a title here because that is what matters to me the most? I'm leaning towards yes in his 1st season. All the evidence is there that he could turn us around. I don't care if he fucks off soon after as long as he gets the job done.
 

Scottish

Zebrastreifenpferd
Mar 13, 2011
10,459
It's all in the past. Will he be able to win a title here because that is what matters to me the most? I'm leaning towards yes in his 1st season. All the evidence is there that he could turn us around. I don't care if he fucks off soon after as long as he gets the job done.
I love you Vlad but you are mistaking optimism and desperation for evidence.
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
24,161
I love you Vlad but you are mistaking optimism and desperation for evidence.
He won with Juve, Chelsea, Inter, maybe Napoli now.... The evidence is overwhelming in his favor. ;) He burns bridges? Sure but I past the point of carrying what happens in the next 2-3 years and would like to see us compete for the title.
 

campionesidd

Senior Member
Mar 16, 2013
16,994
I love you Vlad but you are mistaking optimism and desperation for evidence.
Sure, we’re all a liitle optimistic, if not delusional, but his track record with Chelsea, Inter, Italy and Napoli does prove he is more than capable of winning the title again with Juve. His ‘us vs the world’ mentality is exactly what this club full of losers needs.

I couldn’t care less about his European record at the moment. If he can win us title while losing every match in the CL, I’d day he’s done an excellent job. We need to be the strongest in Italy before even thinking of being the strongest in Europe.
 

Scottish

Zebrastreifenpferd
Mar 13, 2011
10,459
Sure, we’re all a liitle optimistic, if not delusional, but his track record with Chelsea, Inter, Italy and Napoli does prove he is more than capable of winning the title again with Juve. His ‘us vs the world’ mentality is exactly what this club full of losers needs.

I couldn’t care less about his European record at the moment. If he can win us title while losing every match in the CL, I’d day he’s done an excellent job. We need to be the strongest in Italy before even thinking of being the strongest in Europe.
Agree with the bold but what I'm saying is the mask has come off- he's not one of us.
 

Mokku

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Apr 17, 2019
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Even if Conte is only here for one season, he'd set the foundations for the next coach. He'd get rid of the lazy players, the incompetent ones, and we'd at least become mentally solid. After so many years of regression, we need a calculated revolution.
 

Scottish

Zebrastreifenpferd
Mar 13, 2011
10,459
He’s not one of us right now because he’s the Napoli coach. If he joins us, he will be one of us, just like all our coaches were- even Sarri and Motta.
Even if Conte is only here for one season, he'd set the foundations for the next coach. He'd get rid of the lazy players, the incompetent ones, and we'd at least become mentally solid. After so many years of regression, we need a calculated revolution.
There 100% must be somebody else who can do this who hasn't attempted to teach the club a lesson like a spoilt child, and have it backfire and expose him as a little shit.
 

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