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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
This is exactly it.
At 2-0 up we looked comfortable, but I didn’t feel comfortable because I know what the Spurs forwards are capable of in a very short space of time. But Conte had them playing with both hands behind their backs.
At 2-0 down he should’ve had his team go for it, but he was like Sutter putting Lucic out there when chasing the game.
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Well in all honesty, Ramsdale made a few big stops to keep things 2-0. I'm not suggesting we were close to getting something, but that's the exact frustration wit this team this year. Obviously, us conceding first time and time again is a major problem. But aside from that, someone makes a dumb play of some kind that costs us a goal (this week it was Lloris, but it's been Dier or others in the past). And the team has a mentality of just folding at that point, until the second half where they can string together 15-20 minutes and maybe get back into things. Rinse and repeat...always repeat.
And that's the concern with burning it to the ground and rebuilding. Like Son scored 22 goals last year and looked great. This year, here's brutal. There are rumours about why that is (away from the pitch), but undoubtedly a part of that is Conte and the system. He's handcuffed. I get that he's a year older and maybe loses a step, but there's clearly more to it. So, you sell him and goes to some other club and lights it up. Same for Kane, who will probably team up with Eriksen again at United and score plenty.