I don't particularly appreciate when members on here deliberately change the course of debate when their initial argument weakens, but anyway... Conte took charge at Tottenham when the club's season was already fucked up by Santos. Nonetheless, he managed to snatch the 4th CL spot towards the end of the season being neck and neck with Arsenal until the last couple of weeks. This season he won their CL group and still has a chance to advance further in the playoffs. The club is slowly climbing up in the premier league and currently is sitting in 4th place. All that despite an immense number of injuries. I don't get why you are thinking his style of football is diminishing. I would get it if he was at the helm of Mancity, Liverpool, or Chelsea. He is coaching Tottenham who was in crisis mode for the past several seasons. Inzaghi is nearing his second season with Inter too and instead of continuing where Conte left off, he has been dragging us down yet you are blowing his horns. Should I just conclude that you are hating Conte and that objectivity doesn't work for you when judging his work?
We are playing such unpredictable football under Inzaghi that we win Napoli, then draw against Monza or lose to Empoli at home. Inzaghi is such an attacking style manager that he couldn't outscore Conte's Inter, in a much less competitive season. I mean scoring 84 goals is not bad and I agree we are playing attacking football, but Conte's football had been also rich in goals while demanding from the defenders to keep the defense tight.
Perisic has always been like that. He spends his best season when his contract nears its end. Last year he gave his all to get his last fat contract and just relax afterward. I watched around 60% of Tottenham's games and never have I seen him perform as he did last year. He can't dribble past the defense with his usual trick, his crosses are inaccurate most of the time. He loses the ball too often. Just in today's game, he came on at 75' and showed nothing. Tackled the opponent (Coufal I guess) twice in a minute, and both times didn't touch the ball at all while butchering the guy's leg. It's not related to tactics, it's just he is not on par anymore.
Son felt the competition with Richarlison's arrival. I think his poor performance stems from his anger, that he has to now fight for the spot in the starting 11. If you watch Tottenham closely, you will see he is so selfish, always rushing to get his surname on the scoresheet. He has been wasting many chances instead of passing to his teammates who were in better positions to score.
All in all, Conte is doing good with the material he has in hand.
