What Conte did to Spurs' players in Brentford dressing room and his big summer transfer overhaul

When Antonio Conte emerged for his press conference after Tottenham's disappointing draw at Brentford he was surprisingly upbeat.

The Spurs head coach even laughed as he tried out two different chairs that were both stuck at their lowest height before a third was found that allowed him to sit at the required level to address the room. It was a very calm version of the Italian who has showcased every form of emotion since arriving at the north London club in November.

Conte, like most managers at Tottenham, has tried every different approach with the players privately and publicly, prodding and probing or ignoring to see what gets the required reaction. He has spent the past six months studying the different personalities he has in his squad and how they are motivated.

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After watching his team fail to muster a shot on target for the second game in a row with defender Cristian Romero their best player by a long way, understands that Conte barely spoke a word to his Spurs squad in the changing room after their latest dismal display.

The players may take that as the 'disappointed father' look or the 'oh dear, he's going to kill us tomorrow on the Hotspur Way pitches' warning. For just after they had got themselves into a great position in the Premier League table, so Spurs are do their best job of trying to throw it away.

It says everything about how poor the teams in the fourth place race have been that Tottenham and Arsenal somehow both still control their own destinies in the chase despite so many poor performances over the season. Both teams will have lost almost a third of their matches by the time the campaign ends. With 11