The Chelsea Club Thread No Spoilers

Cosimo · 9 Jul 2016 at 08:10

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Cosimo · 9 Jul 2016 at 08:33

Let's start this off...

Alberto Conte finally starts next week. Feels like it's going to be a new start for the club with the building of a new team, looking forward to better tactics, making fuller use of our "young ones" and some interesting transfers!

Thoughts?

JohnnyG · 9 Jul 2016 at 08:52

We have some of the best young talent in the country and out on loan no doubt but the problem is he's going to be under so much pressure to get us back in to the top 4 that I'm not sure he's going to have the luxury of playing them.
If the club are willing to give him a season or so to genuinely rebuild then I'd love to see te likes of Loftus-Cheek, Christensen. Boga, Musonda, Kalas, Solanke etc get their chance but I doubt it will happen.

Loki · 9 Jul 2016 at 08:55

Quite looking forward to seeing Conte in the Premier League. I think he is going to bring a lot of fireworks to the sidelines, I can see a big firework display between him and Big Sam

JohnnyG · 9 Jul 2016 at 09:03

And fans of other teams, they're really going to hate his passion which is brilliant

Newbfail · 9 Jul 2016 at 13:27

Chelsea need a top centre back and right back, will be interesting to see who Conte brings in.

Cosimo · 11 Jul 2016 at 06:39

Boot camp starts today (Times):

Chelsea’s players will return to training today braced for the hardest pre-season of their careers as Antonio Conte starts work at the club.

The Italian has already made the players aware of his intention to work them far harder than they were accustomed under José Mourinho and Guus Hiddink, with much greater emphasis on building physical fitness before the new season.

Conte’s methods contrast starkly with the more holistic approach favoured by Mourinho, whose sessions were intense but conducted almost exclusively with the ball, even during pre-season. Hiddink adopted a more laid-back approach when he took over midway through last season, delegating much of the coaching responsibilities to Steve Holland, his assistant, so the change to Conte’s boot-camp mentality will be even starker.

Conte is a very hands-on coach, who will personally see to it that his players are giving their all in training. Fitness and work rate is at the heart of his methodology and as a result will feature heavily in pre-season, during which Chelsea’s players will be asked to do far more running than they are accustomed to.

It is understood that Conte’s pre-season programme features lots of interval training over 200 metres, 400 metres and 800 metres, distances the players will be made to cover repeatedly, broken up by a short recovery, to improve their stamina and speed endurance. Only after these running drills have been completed will Conte get the ball out because he believes that the players need to hone their skills when fatigued.

Conte, the former Juventus coach who took Italy to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016, also places a great emphasis on strategy and will run extra tactical sessions for the players in the afternoon. The 46-year-old plans to continue doing two training sessions every day when the season starts next month and has told players they can expect limited days off.

Conte has been allowed to bring a large back-room staff. Angelo Alessio and Massimo Carrera, his long-term assistants, have followed him from Italy, Gianluca Spinelli has replaced Christophe Lollichon as goalkeeping coach and Mauro Sandreani, the scout, and Paolo Bertelli, the fitness coach, are also expected to join the club.

I got tired reading that.

jonneymendoza · 11 Jul 2016 at 08:01

Wait are we allowed to now have club specific thread?

Cosimo · 11 Jul 2016 at 08:51

jonneymendoza said:
Wait are we allowed to now have club specific thread?

Yes, see here:

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18739566

Cosimo · 11 Jul 2016 at 09:01

Chelsea should be presenting Antonio Conte to the media at Cobham today so we can expect a press conference.

Loki · 11 Jul 2016 at 10:19

Does he speak English ??

Well I am sure he does but does anyone know how he will address the press e.g. Italian or English

Even as a Utd fan, actually looking forward to this nutjob coming to the EPL

Robbo · 11 Jul 2016 at 13:32

Loki said:
Does he speak English ??

Well I am sure he does but does anyone know how he will address the press e.g. Italian or English

Even as a Utd fan, actually looking forward to this nutjob coming to the EPL

Yes, his English is pretty good actually. Been learning it for a while.

Cosimo · 11 Jul 2016 at 16:02

Now being report that he won't be starting until Wednesday.

Cosimo · 12 Jul 2016 at 17:50

Thursday it is:

From Chelsea FC: media conference 2pm, Thursday 14th July 2016. To unveil: Antonio Conte. Stamford Bridge (accredited media only).

Cosimo · 13 Jul 2016 at 15:59

Conte at training:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChelseaFC_Lat/status/753203807937495040/video/1

Cosimo · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:47

Transcript of Conte presser:

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/14/anton...e-as-chelsea-manager-full-transcript-6006747/

Cosimo · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:50

The full version English and Italian :

Rendog · 15 Jul 2016 at 20:16

I'm a bit annoyed the first game of the season is on a Monday, hate travelling to a game after work and then getting back home so late from an 8pm kick off.

Also didn't realise the home Liverpool game is on a Friday, what! Again, annoying.

Cosimo · 19 Jul 2016 at 16:50

Finally some good news on Kurt Zouma as he appears in training for the first time since his cruciate ligament injury in February:

‘Today he started the aerobic work for the first time,’ Conte revealed.

‘When we have a very strong situation, no [he is not involved]. We wait because we must respect the right time for him.

‘Now we are preparing for him to go and train when there aren’t very strong situations. He has also started to play our idea of football when we have the ball, and also without the ball.

‘We know he is recovering but I know he needs more time to recover. It’s important we don’t push him. I had the same injury and I know from experience when the player is ready to go.’

JohnnyG · 19 Jul 2016 at 20:22

I really hope Zouma's injury doesn't have a long term effect on him when (if) he recovers, he was really progressing well and was pretty much the only positive thing going on last season for a while.

The Chelsea Club Thread **No Spoilers**

The Chelsea Club Thread No Spoilers