@TheLaz
Are you defending Elia? Are you saying he should have been given a better chance based on the fact he had one assist?
Im not talking about Elia, mate, im talking about Conte. There might be unknown factors as to why Elia didn't get to play more, but it remains a mystery to me as of why Conte chose not to give him more chances AND get rid of Krasic as soon as he was appointed coach. My theory is that Conte only want (or would only field) a player who's participating defensively. That's mainly because we play with 11 players on our half when we defend and this is a tactically choice, and perhaps the reason we succeed in Italy but in my opinion this is also the reason we suck in CL. Nani to Juve is unrealistic unless we change formation. If Ancelotti was appointed coach tomorrow Juve would play a new formation and we would sure as hell have a better chance of progressing from the group stages in next years CL. However, I fear we could look like Napoli at times in Serie A, having trouble against even the weakest sides. 352 is a success in italy because the mentality in different, but the rest of Europes top sides are ahead of this old style of football.It's not Conte - or Mazzarri's invention - it just got out of style to play 541 and is now trending in Serie A again. I stand by Capello when he stated this trend is a big step back for italian football.