Conte's Instagram denial reads like a man who knows the job's coming but needs to protect his current paycheck a little longer. • Kaio Jorge's knee injury excuse would land harder if he'd actually done anything before it happened. • Real Sociedad just reminded Norway that sometimes the gap between European leagues isn't a chasm, it's a canyon. • Wolves drawing at home to Portsmouth tells you everything you need to know about where they are right now—and it's not pretty. • Monaco needed that thrashing after Lorient, and Freiburg walked into the wrong fixture at the wrong time. Conte's Instagram denial reads like a man who knows the job's coming but needs to protect his current paycheck a little longer. • Kaio Jorge's knee injury excuse would land harder if he'd actually done anything before it happened. • Real Sociedad just reminded Norway that sometimes the gap between European leagues isn't a chasm, it's a canyon. • Wolves drawing at home to Portsmouth tells you everything you need to know about where they are right now—and it's not pretty. • Monaco needed that thrashing after Lorient, and Freiburg walked into the wrong fixture at the wrong time.