Soccer Discussion

Postby **Trip McNeely** » Wed Sep 14, 2022 6:47 am

Antonio Conte making me want to gouge my eyes out.

Great in league play, awful in the Champions League. It’s been that way since he was at Juventus

I think he’s a great coach but he’s still very rigid tactically. He gets his players to go 100 percent but struggles for ideas when things get a little complicated

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Sep 14, 2022 7:32 am

Antonio Conte making me want to gouge my eyes out.
Great in league play, awful in the Champions League. It’s been that way since he was at Juventus

I think he’s a great coach but he’s still very rigid tactically. He gets his players to go 100 percent but struggles for ideas when things get a little complicated

What should have been a disappointing 0-0 draw yesterday turned into disastrous 2-0 loss because he refused to sub off the two CMs and RWB who were all obviously exhausted. Used one sub the entire match. Ridiculous.

Postby **Trip McNeely** » Wed Sep 14, 2022 9:11 am

Antonio Conte making me want to gouge my eyes out.
Great in league play, awful in the Champions League. It’s been that way since he was at Juventus

I think he’s a great coach but he’s still very rigid tactically. He gets his players to go 100 percent but struggles for ideas when things get a little complicated
What should have been a disappointing 0-0 draw yesterday turned into disastrous 2-0 loss because he refused to sub off the two CMs and RWB who were all obviously exhausted. Used one sub the entire match. Ridiculous.

Oh yea, I remember the one sub days.

Now I would take Conte back for Juve in a heartbeat (Allegri is a dinosaur). But as good as Conte is in many aspects of coaching, he decisions can sometimes be downright impossible to understand

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Sep 14, 2022 10:25 am

Antonio Conte making me want to gouge my eyes out.
Great in league play, awful in the Champions League. It’s been that way since he was at Juventus

I think he’s a great coach but he’s still very rigid tactically. He gets his players to go 100 percent but struggles for ideas when things get a little complicated
What should have been a disappointing 0-0 draw yesterday turned into disastrous 2-0 loss because he refused to sub off the two CMs and RWB who were all obviously exhausted. Used one sub the entire match. Ridiculous.
Oh yea, I remember the one sub days.

Now I would take Conte back for Juve in a heartbeat (Allegri is a dinosaur). But as good as Conte is in many aspects of coaching, he decisions can sometimes be downright impossible to understand

The stubbornness, control freak aspect is probably what kills me the most. Patterns and all that garbage. Reminds me of Jamie Dixon at Pitt micromanaging every detail of inbound plays and set plays and never trusting his players to make the right decision. Same attacking strategy over and over and over again. We don't want a 5 man midfield with a CAM because a CAM might not pass the ball exactly where Conte wants it to go.

He's changed the tactics since last season and it's just not working. Perisic, who has been great, coming in on a free has given us at least one "Conte wingback" for his preferred system. He's providing width and being aggressive up the pitch, pinging in crosses, attacking the box, and winning headers. Problem is, that's exactly where Son wants to be and that dude has looked lost since the season started. On the other side, Royal is a defensive RB with absolutely no finish to his game, but he's started every match this season and the opposition just collapses to our left, forcing the majority of the attack to go up the right side where it naturally dies on it's own. Something needs to change and it just never does.

As far as man management, Hojbjerg, who is going to the World Cup, has played all 720 minutes this season, and Bentancur, who is also going to the World Cup, has played 606 minutes, while excellent and proven EPL midfield Yves Bissouma has played 126. We're barely into a year with a **** ton of fixture congestion and guys are already getting run into the ground while others are not getting integrated at all. It's dumb.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:29 am

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:55 am

He's got a little Ibra in him.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:47 pm

Hammers beat another Danish team today. #COYI

Postby **willeyeam** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 8:01 pm

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Sep 16, 2022 7:40 am

Rafael Leao is just so much fun to watch, and the amount of chances he generates with his speed is incredible. Milan needs to lock him up long term and never sell him under any circumstance.

Postby **Gaucho** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:45 pm

Postby **willeyeam** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 9:42 am

Need one today @RonnieFranchise COYI

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 10:13 am

Good thing we seem to be a second half team because the first half sucked. Lucky it's scoreless. Everton sucks, let's do this.

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 10:28 am

We’re gonna get effing relegated. I'm not one to jump on fire the coach bandwagons but sure seems like they have tuned Moyes out. Sadly because I really like the guy.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:16 am

Can't believe we only managed a draw against you scrubs

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:25 am

Can't believe we only managed a draw against you scrubs

Well you suck, so.....

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:05 am

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:40 am

Can't believe we only managed a draw against you scrubs
Well you suck, so.....

But you suck so much more

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:46 am

Postby **RonnieFranchise** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:15 am

Can't believe we only managed a draw against you scrubs
Well you suck, so.....
But you suck so much more

And yet....

Postby **Gaucho** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:44 pm

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:40 am

Rafael Leao is just so much fun to watch, and the amount of chances he generates with his speed is incredible. Milan needs to lock him up long term and never sell him under any circumstance.

City is said to be very interested in him.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:44 am

Rafael Leao is just so much fun to watch, and the amount of chances he generates with his speed is incredible. Milan needs to lock him up long term and never sell him under any circumstance.
City is said to be very interested in him.

They can get ****. He's not for sale.

Postby **Gaucho** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:28 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:32 am

Team USA playing on what appears to be a cow pasture in Japan.