Antonio Conte

Here are our Tottenham talking points after their 3-3 draw at Southampton and a remarkable press conference from Antonio Conte.

"If they want to continue in this way, they can change the manager, a lot of managers, but the situation cannot change. "Not only the club, the manager and the staff, the players have to be involved in this situation because it is time to change this situation if Tottenham want to change. This is a very different Tottenham to the one he was ejected from three-and-a-half years ago, a club with a cluttered structure inside that now bears very little resemblance to what he will remember. I said that I want to see the fire in their eyes, in their hearts. If they want to continue in this way, they can change the manager, a lot of managers, but the situation cannot change. "I said that I wanted to see the fire, not that I have seen. One reporter attempted to put that to the Spurs head coach on Saturday and he was interrupted before the first few words had left his mouth. While seemingly trying to claim that the club didn't deserve all the flak and the players deserved their fair share, he uttered the words that may end up as his club epitaph: "Tottenham's story is this. "Until now I try to hide the situation but now no because I don't want to see what I have seen today because this is unacceptable and also unacceptable for the fans. They follow us, pay for the ticket and to see the team another time to have this type of performance is unacceptable. You risk to disrupt the figure of the manager and to protect the other situation in every moment. The club reeks of a fear of the inevitability of failure rather than the courage to remove it.

Antonio Conte launched a stinging attack on his 'selfish' Tottenham players while also criticising the ownership of the club following their collapse.

“In my experience, I can tell you that if you want to be competitive, if you want to fight, you have to improve this aspect. “He doesn’t want to be at Spurs. We have to play to show desire. I’m going to hammer the club, hammer Daniel Levy and everything about them’. The players? And the players? We have to play to make our fans proud of us. You risk to disrupt the figure of the manager and to protect the other situation in every moment. We have to think a lot about this.” To understand that we play for the badge. They don’t want to play under stress. They don’t want to play under pressure.

Spurs looked set to move above Manchester United in the race for the Champions League spots as goals from Pedro Porro, Harry Kane and Ivan Perisic left them in ...

But there was a twist in the tale as 22-year-old Simms levelled in the 89th minute with his first goal for the club, helping Everton make it three games unbeaten and move two points clear of the bottom three. Wolves rallied through goals from Jonny and Matheus Cunha but their hopes of salvaging something from the match were hit when the former was sent off for a late challenge on Ayling. Antonio Conte’s future as Tottenham coach was again in the spotlight after his side surrendered a 3-1 lead to draw at struggling Southampton and miss the chance to go third.

Spurs conceded twice in the final 13 minutes to draw with Saints and lose ground in the race for Champions League qualification.

“We were actually playing pretty well up to that point even though we were losing. We are very disappointed and not much words inside there.” We are very disappointed with ourselves and it is not good enough. We know this three points was very important and we prepare for this game a lot this week. “There will be lots of ups and downs for everybody fighting for top four and relegation. They lost both their centre-backs and we should cause them a lot more problems.

Gary Neville believes Tottenham Hotspur should keep Antonio Conte in place to do the job he was hired to do - and help them secure Champions League football ...

before defending his Salford City record after being accused of double standards by Jamie Carragher Conte's Spurs have to finish in the top four to secure Champions League football next season Gary Neville tweeted that Tottenham should make Conte finish his job at the north London club But his colleague Gary Neville has come out to claim that Spurs have to keep Conte in place so that he can fix their problems, without just jettisoning him from the hotseat. [Tottenham](/sport/teampages/tottenham-hotspur.html) Hotspur should keep Antonio Conte in place to do the job he was hired to do - and help them secure Champions League football next season. Gary Neville urges Tottenham to keep Antonio Conte 'right where he is and make him do his job' of finishing in the top four despite his astonishing rant...

Tottenham Hotspur was involved in a dramatic 3-3 draw with Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday.

A win at Southampton, would have moved Spurs up to third place in the Premier League table. “Yesterday’s rant was the self interest of a narcissist whose anti football tactics have not made the best of what we have. “I’m really upset and everyone has to take their responsibility. They don’t want to play under pressure, they don’t want to play under stress,” added Conte. However the club last won a top-English title over half a century ago. “It is easy in this way. Fight for what with this spirit, this attitude, this commitment? “We are 11 players that go into the pitch. Not only the club, the manager and the staff, the players have to be involved in this situation because it is time to change this situation if Tottenham want to change. I am not used to this position. Because they are used to it here, they are used to it. Tottenham’s story is this.

We should try to understand why Conte would commit such an act of self-sabotage.

"Until now I try to hide the situation but now, no, because I repeat, I don't want to see what I have seen today because this is unacceptable and also unacceptable for the fans. Adding: "Tottenham are an important club in England and around the world. But that was the case with Tottenham Hotspur and Conte. They follow us, pay for their ticket and to see the team another time, to have this type of performance is unacceptable. We should consider this when analyzing his outburst. "I'm really upset and everyone has to take their responsibility. I see a lot of selfish players and I don't see a team,” he raged, "we are 11 players that go into the pitch. I have seen the training ground and I want to start to work.” I see selfish players, I see players that don't want to help each other and don't put their heart [in].” "Twenty years there is the owner and they never won something but why? Believe me." Fight for what?

Antonio Conte launched into a spectacular rant after Tottenham threw away a two-goal lead to draw against Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday ...

He did brilliantly in his first spell but it would be impossible to replicate it with this squad. He is super-shrewd and hired a manager on £15million a year and last season he got them into the top four ,so that’s job done. When you slaughter the players like Conte did, it is hard to imagine that they will have respect for him in the same way that he has made it pretty clear he has lost respect for them. Now, Spurs have a huge decision to make as to whether to stick with [Conte](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/antonio-conte) for the rest of the season or make the change immediately. Conte should accept responsibility and his part in why it has gone sour. The manager decided not to start their best player, the England captain and record goalscorer, and it’s the club’s fault not his that they don’t win trophies?

The Italian laid into his players during a series of explosive post-match interviews in which he questioned their desire and attitude.

Antonio Conte (pictured) and Tottenham have held crisis talks following his explosive rant - Tottenham and Antonio Conte have held crisis talks after his explosive rant Tottenham and Antonio Conte hold CRISIS talks following his explosive rant after Spurs threw away 3-1 lead at Southampton - with boss insisting it was aimed at his players and NOT the board - as Daniel Levy gauges opinion before making a decision

Business as usual at Tottenham despite Antonio Contes extraordinary rant in which he called his Spurs players selfish; the squad will report back to the ...

Many fans now think finishing in the top four would not be enough to make up for a disappointing and dispiriting campaign. They say his criticism of the players and the board was long overdue. Spurs were third favourites for the title last summer and they deserved to be after such a promising end to last season - three wins in a row including beating Arsenal 3-0. Just when Spurs fans thought they were heading for a relaxing two weeks off during the international break, it's all suddenly all doom and gloom again. Richarlison arrived for big money from Everton, Yves Bissouma was a key player at Brighton and Conte wanted Ivan Perisic, but despite all that you could argue the most successful signing from last summer has been back-up goalkeeper Fraser Forster. Conte can point to injury problems as part of the reason for what's gone wrong this season. The big question is what the club hierarchy will make of his comments. Conte has a track record of speaking his mind to journalists when he was manager of Juventus, Inter Milan, Chelsea and Italy. He later admitted that those comments were meant to challenge the players but Saturday felt more personal. "Twenty years there is the owner and they never won something but why? And the players? The players?

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte launched a extraordinary rant following his side's 3-3 draw with Southampton on Saturday and has now found himself in trouble ...

In the aftermath of Conte’s comments and the draw against Southampton, Players and staff are currently in the midst of a pre-scheduled two days off and will report back to the training ground on Tuesday. The players? As per the reports, there are currently no plans for Spurs to make a managerial change. And the players? Where are the players?

Spurs conceded twice in the final 13 minutes to draw with Saints and lose ground in the race for Champions League qualification.

“We were actually playing pretty well up to that point even though we were losing. We are very disappointed and not much words inside there.” We are very disappointed with ourselves and it is not good enough. We know this three points was very important and we prepare for this game a lot this week. “There will be lots of ups and downs for everybody fighting for top four and relegation. They lost both their centre-backs and we should cause them a lot more problems.

The Tottenham squad expect Antonio Conte to leave the club in the summer at the latest following the manager's outburst after the 3-3 draw at Southampton.

[won only the 2008 Carling Cup](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/feb/25/match.tottenhamhotspur) on his 22-year watch. If Levy wants to make a change now, at the business end of the season, he could find that other targets who are in work are out of reach. The comments were extraordinary, although they were certainly matched by those after the Southampton game. Newcastle are two points back in fifth and with two matches in hand. [Champions League last-16 elimination against Milan](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/08/tottenham-milan-champions-league-last-16-match-report), Conte had [gone for the fans](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/mar/10/antonio-conte-tottenham-future-contract-richarlison-nottingham-forest), saying their lack of patience with regard to trophies had affected the players and created the wrong atmosphere. There are serious doubts over whether enough of them are still behind him.