4) Implement the 3-5-2 formation
Conte’s back to back defeats against Liverpool and Arsenal is the first time he’s lost two league games in a row in seven years. That is some record to have, and not one he would be happy about losing so easily.
When the Italian landed the Juventus job, the club were off the pace and couldn't compete with the likes of the Milan clubs. When he left, Juve were the kings of Italy and the Milan clubs had lost a huge chunk of their superiority status in Italian football.
His next project was to try and restore the Italian national team to its former glory. They had managed to reach the finals of Euro 2012 but were humiliated in the 2014 World Cup. Once again Conte took up the reigns and built a side that even brought the mighty Spain to its knees and made the World Champions Germany work extremely hard for a win in Euro 2016
The 3-5-2 system he implemented in both cases had a high success rate, with many finding it impossible to break down the formation when playing against his teams. So why not do the same at Chelsea?
Well for starters, he doesn’t have all his defenders fit at the moment. But with Kurt Zouma’s return imminent and John Terry also nearing a comeback, it could be time for him to revert to something he knows best.
Conte is using the 4-1-4-1 formation because he was unsure of the Premier League. It was new territory for him and he decided to go with a formula he thought wasn't broken. But so far os hasn’t reaped rewards.
Sometimes going with something you believe in is better than trying to adapt. Conte should work with what he knows best and that’s the 3-5-2 formation The sooner we see that, the faster Chelsea will return to their normal winning state.
