What about the entirety of last season, ya melt?
Was that a "false dawn"?
3 things have changed since last season that have reversed our fortunes, and only one of those can be partially blamed on Conte:
1) We lost Costa - Conte needs to take the majority of the blame for this, he handled it terribly and I said so from Day one.
2) City went and got the players Pep wanted and turned them into a great team - Nothing anyone at Chelsea can do about that
3) The board ****ed Conte on transfers and got NONE of the targets he asked for, and he was forced to accept bargain basement, mediocre, second string alternatives, He wanted Lukaku, but got Morata, he wanted Nainggolan and got Bakayoko, he wanted Dzeko and got Giroud, and also someone thought it would be a good idea to sign Danny ****ing Drinkwater and Ross Barkley, two mediocre, perenially injured crocks, for around £55m. This is the boards fault 100%