I wouldn't say that to be honest. We have a great and loyal fun base which would support us no matter what , true , but Conte has made everyone believe that we can win, something for which everyone should give credit to him and i think that counts for at least 5k fans more on average.
Tell me one reason why you/everyone feels stronger today in comparison with 1 year ago ? We can't say that our transfers were spectacular or that we signed for sure better players then the ones we had last season before the start. Basically we have replaced Icardi with Lukaku , N9 with Barella , Miranda with Godin and lost Perisic/Keita while getting Sensi/Lazaro. In paper some people can even say we are weaker but yet we feel confident and that's because of 2 reasons in my opinion Conte and Marotta actions with the Perisic/N9/Icardi cases which like it or not shows a more solid club.