05 Apr 2017 13:54:05
One for Ed001 here. I remember near the start of the season someone asked you for your opinion on the best managers about, and you said you didn't rate Conte that highly. Just wondering whether this season has changesd your opinion? Or do you think it's more that Chelsea's squad has always been strong, and it was more getting rid of Mourinho that has got them back to where they should be rather than Conte's management?

{Ed001's Note - bit of both. He is an excellent man-manager, which is what the Chelsea squad needed but lacking in tactics. I have seen nothing to change that opinion, just that he is better at what he does well than I thought. They did have a strong squad that had underperformed prior to his arrival but he still did well to get such a quick turn around in fortunes there.

The proof in the pudding of him tactically will be next season, in Europe, which is when he struggled in the past. He is a very good manager, but not a great one.}

1.) 05 Apr 2017
05 Apr 2017 15:07:44
it took him two months to move Kante further forward and Matic back to protect the defense. He should have worked that one out the minute they signed Kante. He does seem to get his players up for the game and players like Moses, Alonso and Cahill are playing the best football of their careers.