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With Slot it also had to do with him preferring to stay at Feyenoord. And the fact that for the risk we would be taking, the compensation was just too high. Especially when we had another candidate in Ange in the pipeline, who by all accounts won the board over.
98% with you there - apart from the very last bit - we won't be fighting it out with that bunch of pond life, we'll be fighting to stay ahead of City - mark my words. Big Ange is here.
What I expect will happen is that the club will set a transfer budget each year and expect the manager to work within that. The fine line I mentioned is whether the manager feels the budget is reasonable given the clubs resources and other commitments.
We’re 9th for revenue globally.
Feel free to take the year off then. You won’t be missed.
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Ange's Spurs are the new Leicester under Ranieri. On that basis, I'm putting a purple granny...or actually fuck it...even a big 100 on us winning either the league or FA Cup next season! Might even put another 100 down on us winning both cup comps...yeehaa!
And frankly that’s the biggest thing we need at the moment.
Then Why did Levy employ them?!
Big Bill wins. Again.I can't help but think that some (not all of course) of the more rabid Levy/ENIC Outers who have almost been wallowing in a sort of self-hate in recent times find themselves outside the zeitgeist at the minute.
If we're honest, who ever we appointed would have had a proportion of naysayers - Poch and the idea that second spells never work out well, Luis Enrique hasn't managed a club team for ages and even then it was Messi making him look good, Nagelsmann was a loose cannon, a bit of a weirdo and would have left us sharpish as soon as a bigger outfit lifted its skirt, Potter was another Chav reject, Brendan Rodgers was... well... Brendan Rodgers.
I'm not looking to excuse or deflect from our Chairman's appalling stewardship for a single second. It's just that the story of the day is a new and seemingly hugely likeable face in charge of the team who is known for his attacking philosophy. For me that's enough to press pause on angry fist-shaking, however temporarily, and dare to feel a little bit good about your team for a bit.
Fast forward to the start of August, Harry's about to leave and no one of note has been signed and the howling and gnashing of teeth will be fully justified, but as Doris sang, the future's not ours to see.
Conte was not committed to the club. Yes he came back from Gall Bladder Surgery early but by that point he was readying the self destruct button. The man wanted out and there was probably a myriad of reasons why.You really think that kind of interview would be acceptable vs Southampton? Nobody cares about Celtic the guy will get hammered if he's protecting a performance like that we had against Southampton. As for your other comment Conte was so committed to the club he tried to come back early from gallbladder surgery, he experienced the death of THREE close friends during the season, he kept going. Mourihno during the season experienced his dog dying on christmas day during a live interview ( I understand that you and others might not think this is something worthy of note, perhaps even funny but to people who love their pets it's a big deal). His close friend Luis Enrique also lost his daughter 9 year old daughter to cancer and he was really sad about.
Here Mourinho praise Aurier and talks briefly about his sisters death.
Mourinho then noted the similarities between Aurier's situation and the painful family tragedy he suffered when his sister, Teresa, died in 1997 at the age of 37, a subject he does not talk about.
"I remember when my sister passed away and a couple of days later I had a match and wanted to be there," he recalled of his time as Barcelona coach.
"I knew that is what she wanted me to do and I think with Serge it is probably a similar feeling.
"I think now it's time for him to turn the page and go to his mum and support his family."
Mourinho hails 'special' Aurier and spoke of similarities with sister's tragic death
Jose Mourinho praised the character of Serge Aurier, who played against Newcastle days after the tragic death of his brother. The defender made the decision to play in the 3-1 win despite being giv…
So I find your comment about them not being able to hold a candle to Ange when it comes to character really quite disgusting and wrong. Even if you hate these guys or think they are shit or whatever they certainly show they have commitment and character, fans like yourself forget that so easily,
