If he beats Dortmund even in one game, that'll be more than Conte has done in the CL. he beat Celtic, big $#@!ing whoop
Well Conte beat Chelsea and Shakhtar. Both were very good teams back then (Chelsea got better, Shakhtar worse but that's not the case).
To me if Allegri advances against this weak Dortmund, only then I'll consider placing him near Conte when it comes to CL (only).
We're 1st in Serie with a +7 point advantage over Roma, in the CL knockouts, and in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. He's had to deal with injuries to key players like Barzagli and Asamoah, and also the loss of form in guys like Vidal, Llorente and Pirlo. All in all, Max has done a really good job so far, there is definite room for improvement in a few areas (subs especially, fixing up our defending at set pieces, needing to motivate the team in crucial games after a rival loses points). But with a proper full season, any maybe a few new players that can add to his system, he can do even better next season.
You're not fair though. He lost the supercup. We should have been +9pts ahead of Roma AT LEAST. I can live with a bore draw to Udinese (possible +11pts) in an away game, you can't win every match but not winning against this shitty Cesena is very embarrassing. Most of our players looked like amateurs or casual oldies with no will and ability to fight. You expect a much different approach the moment Roma slips. They're in horrible form right now and we're unable to benefit from it over and over again which could backfire easily. We can't keep letting Roma getting back to the title race through back door, especially with our game in Rome yet to be played.
Overall I don't like Allegri but I'm surprised he's doing so well (thus far), I expected much worse tbh. It doesn't change the fact he makes retarded decisions and doesn't seem to learn from them. Why Llorente lasted so long on the pitch is beyond me. Same goes for Pirlo who was simply horrible. Seeing it all he takes off Pogba for Pereyra which is laughable. Pogba and Morata were our only creative sources last night and he (Allegri) shoots himself in the leg. You never take off a player like Pogba when you need a goal. He tends to play average but one pass, one dribble or one shot of his can change everything. Licht also deserved to be taken off I doubt Padoin would get skinned so often and he'd surely put better crosses into the box.
To sum it up I'm quite satisfied with Allegri's job so far but he has to grow a pair and bench both Pirlo and Llorente for life. He doesn't have an easy task this season as we have quite many injuries and very thin attack. I'm thankful to him for dropping the ancient 352 and making our boys play some nice football which is more watchable than Conte's Juve but when it's needed he has to ruthless. It'd be a disaster to lose the scudetto to this shitty Roma who don't deserve it this season at all.
If he wins scudetto and gets past Dortmund I'll call him a success with clear mind though.