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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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It was an orderEven though this post wasn't directed towards me... it felt like a personal attack....
Not just found out. Capitulated.
Our front players looks like they want to get rid of the ball as soon as possible. They lost possession almost all the time.
Its clearly a manager issue. We didn't have trouble scoring especially in the first 10 games and the defense was pretty solid too..... We were praising Ange at that point.
However, it seems that the league has figured out how to play against us and we haven't found a good solution yet. Ange seems to be just one trick pony and has trouble adjusting to the better managers in the league.
And it’s not the first time this season
When they receive the ball their first instinct is to turn backwards and play the safe pass!
Instead of looking to take a defender on
That was one of the most frustrating things that I noticed in last night's performance.
To be honest, it was some of the worst football I've ever seen as Spurs fan.
It’s his first season. Took Pep, Arteta and Klopp a lot longer to sort their teams out in their vision. This season was always gonna have problems and Ange himself said so. As did most of us. Last 3 matches have been shit but we need more options and a squad for the manager. Oh and all those managers play one style
Sonny had numerous chances to see if a kid could handle him and he chose to turn back and play the easy pass. I find that bizarre. Johnson on the other side lost the first two duals then was non existent apart from when he did cross it which either hit the first defender or was to floated. Both of them miles off it. You might get away with one being off it but both totally fucks us.
this has been the case for years. we struggle to beat teams that sit deep because we lack the technical players required in the final third. son and johnson would be weapons if we are 2-0 up at 60 mins and the other team is pushing. they would end up getting destroyed on the counter....but thats too much to ask a football genius to implement. they want to try and make it seem like football is such a complex game, maybe its too try and justify the ridiculous amount of money they get.
I wasn't thrilled about the possibility of Udogie being injured but;
Yeah, I like it when a player hates losing.
Romero has it.
Davids had it.
Roberts had it.
Mckay had it.
We're a bit Spursy in this department.
One every 15 years.
I made ONE slightly humorous, tongue in cheek post and the thread went in to meltdown.
A bunch of losers who claim to have me on ignore gave my post a mandatory x even though they wouldn't see it, followed by Admin being buzzed and asked to ban me from the thread.
The cult of Ange, eh'
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Expressions accused Ange of looking like an Australian Barry Evans on the touchline last night.
It did make me laugh.
It did make me laugh.
So you think Ange has told them to simply slow down, move less and pass backwards more?
Fair enough
I don’t think that’s happened but I do think that too many players are barely going through the motions and have no confidence in the manager let alone each other
The players are not constantly moving into space enough. We don’t appear to have any coached combinations through the middle, or around the sides. Against the more financially well-equipped sides we don’t have enough raw athleticism to be able to improvise our way through organized opposition.
Pep and Arteta both won cups in their first year as manager( If Ange did that for us we would be legend status). I would say Klopp is one took some time but he did go to league cup /Europa finals his first year.
Plus, those 3 plays their style but they also know how to adjust and adapt to certain situations. We havent seen that from Ange so far.
I don't think they have anything against the manager at all and to be honest, the ones not confident in him or his beliefs should be moved on quite swiflty in the summer.
It's evident that Ange expects in every game that these players are willing to take on a lot of risk and not flinch regardless of how the game is going. I actually think van de Ven alluded to this too in his post match interview after Chelsea.
However it's quite obvious that after we get attacked once or twice, we have a squad full of players that basically try to be safer and avoid making mistakes.. I also think that's why he specifically called out Romero after the Woolwich game - you know he's not going to back down, even if he's made a mistake. He's always going to try and be brave.
The attitude round the club has been rotten for 5+ years now. Turns out, that is a much more important (and harder) fix than pretty much everything else. We have a bunch of players who have such a weak mentality that they can't even seem to follow simple instruction out of fear of themselves making mistakes.
And I was quite disappointed that Sarr and Porro seemed to be two of the players who weren't brave enough last night - because both have been pretty good throughout the season but the amount of times they both played sideways or backwards when they had acres of space in front of them was infuriating.
However, I would still persist with both. Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Sarr, Maddison are the only players we have that seem to be brave on the ball (Even though Maddisons confidence seems shot) and tbh the only players I'd be willing to persist with. The rest can go if a decent fee comes in.
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AVB finished 5th and got sacked the following October.
If my Aunt had gonads she'd be my uncle.
Do you see where this is going?