Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Surprised to see so many posts saying Conte 'has to go' if we lose tonight. I'd expect to hear that if we were languishing in mid-table, and/or if Conte had disrupted a recent history of regularly winning trophies. But we haven't won a trophy in 15 years, and we're currently on track for 67 points, which is 4th best in the league (the teams behind us aren't all likely to win all their games in hand). Not brilliant, but better than the 59 and 62 points that we got in the two seasons before Conte.
Now I'm not saying things are great - we've gone backwards since last season, despite what seemed at the time like a decent summer window. So I'm certainly not satisfied with how we're performing under Conte. But I don't understand why people think he 'has to go'? Is it about more than the results? Is it also how boring we are to watch, and/or the uncertainty around his contract? (Both valid reasons IMO!)
I think taking into account the cup exit and his prolonged recent absence, twinned with future contract uncertainty I can 100% see the reason behind thinking he is walking a slight tightrope. His saving grace being we have 4 favourable games (in theory) so should he get a stay of execution should we beat Forest, if we lose that, he will be dead man walking in my opinion