I think first of all he said we had four absences.
Skriniar, Asamoah, Barella. Cannot name the 4th one.
Second, you cannot say "if we have injuries there's no one to cover for them"! You have a roster of 25 people and you can only field 11. It's insulting towards your players to say this. You could say that the reserves did not play up to the required standards for example. This is plain unprofessional. What does he say to Valero, Vecino and Gagliardini all day long? That they suck and don't deserve to be at the club?
Rumours suggest there are multiple clubs interested in Politano (Roma, Milan, Fiorentina and Napoli). There are also rumours of a few clubs interested in Vecino (Milan and Spurs), and in Gabigol (Flamengo, Barcelona, Spurs, West Ham and Chelsea).
Now all these could be just rumours, or pure luck. Or maybe Marotta's slow and miserly policy is helping in some manner. Whatever it is, its good to see a situation where we are creating demand for our bad rubbish, rather than paying them to leave. I don't believe in coincidences, so if we do end up moving these players at decent prices, I will give our management all the credit for this.
The thing is, Conte knows he's getting his targets.
He knows fucking Ashley Young is coming, at his request.
He knows that Olivier freaking Giroud is coming, at his request.
He knows that we made a bid for Vidal and we're going to keep bidding, at his request.
He knows that we have agreed terms with Eriksen and that we are probably going to sign him sooner rather than later. Maybe he's not a big fan of this move?
What he said is a blatant attack towards his subordinates. He pretty much said that the responsibility of the result lies on their inadequacy rather than whatever he could have done different. That's pathetic. And unprofessional as fuck.
Imagine your manager at work telling the CEO that the assigned project didn't go well because he was stuck with useless people because his best people were on some sort of leave. I'm pretty sure everyone, from top to bottom, wouldn't be saying "well, he's right".
He was very good in the match Vs Sampdoria. If he can play at that level for 3 months, then he might be one of the key elements for the scudetto.
Trust me. Useless players are hard to miss. You will see for youself. It pains me to notice that Parma returned Karamoh to Inter after his long injury. But Marotta seems to have enjoyed keeping a shadow player like Sanshit.
I liked Sanchez when he was at Barca and Udinese. But signing him was a retarded move though.