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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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Was sacking Ange a good idea?

  • Yes, I think it was a good idea.

    Votes: 73 64.6%
  • No, I think it was a bad idea.

    Votes: 40 35.4%

  • Total voters
    113
Currently I'm out of the UK on holiday, got talking to a Celtic fella here around bar.
He was saying that, he got away with high line and open football in, Japan, Australia and in the Scottish league.
But doubt's it will work in a more competitive league like the EPL, I have had these doubts as well, just interesting to hear what others think.
But I agree with Ange on wanting to win, but then why set your team up to be so open and naive.
Think we need to see how the first 10 games of next season go, if it's more of this open, naive football, along with poor set piece defending it then might be time for a change.

Comment doesn't even make any sense, we have on average deployed the 6th highest line in the Premier League this season, Bournemouth play higher.
 
It's a shame Ange wasn't there in 1971, or 2004, or at Upton Park during Lasagnegate ...

Or in the presence of ANY Gooner rubbing it in your face ever in you life!

He's lucky, Mate... He's only had Sydney Utd, or Yokohama Warriors fans to have to go to work with on a Monday morning after a chastening defeat....

Not the same ball park...

Not even the same field...

NOT EVEN THE SAME CONTINENT.... MATE!

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disagree all you want , expected from a troll. it's literal FACT that he had to deal with losing 3-0 to Rangers, so it is in the same ball park and very much the same continent
 
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Comment doesn't even make any sense, we have on average deployed the 6th highest line in the Premier League this season, Bournemouth play higher.
I think our problems lie in midfield and attack much more so than defence tbh, if we had more incisive finishers or more accomplished dribblers on the wings and up front, the ball wouldn't be coming back at our team so often on the counter. The whole thing we do of crowding the centre and looking for the inch-perfect pass to set up a tap in is very reminiscent of Woolwich under Arteta in his early years, and we're suffering the same issue they did, when the attack fizzles out to nothing if the opposition defence can find an out-ball normally there is acres and acres of space to run into, and only the recovery pace of VDV has saved us from conceding many more goals than we have. Couple with that the fact that about 30% of goals conceded this season have come from set pieces, it's clear to me where we need to improve.
 
I think our problems lie in midfield and attack much more so than defence tbh, if we had more incisive finishers or more accomplished dribblers on the wings and up front, the ball wouldn't be coming back at our team so often on the counter. The whole thing we do of crowding the centre and looking for the inch-perfect pass to set up a tap in is very reminiscent of Woolwich under Arteta in his early years, and we're suffering the same issue they did, when the attack fizzles out to nothing if the opposition defence can find an out-ball normally there is acres and acres of space to run into, and only the recovery pace of VDV has saved us from conceding many more goals than we have. Couple with that the fact that about 30% of goals conceded this season have come from set pieces, it's clear to me where we need to improve.

Exactly what I've been saying

The high line won't be the becoming of Ange it will be the recruitment and whether he is able to get his message across to his players.
 
Comment doesn't even make any sense, we have on average deployed the 6th highest line in the Premier League this season, Bournemouth play higher.
I don't give a fuck about Bournemouth, nor should you as a supposed Tottenham fan Dan.
If you think or feel that, the amount of goals we have conceded and the manner is acceptable, then I don't really know what to say to you mate.
In general since Christmas, the football has been shit to watch, way too open and teams get through way too easily.
I didn't expect to finish 5th but, it looks like we will, so luckily for us , utd, Newcastle and Chelsea have all been shit as well, but next season they won't, so Ange and the team need to get their act together.
 
the league table since the Chavs fiasco makes grim reading, defintiely sackable form.

In the EPL you will get found it after a while, in the main it's the best managers working you out, and the best players putting those tactics into practice.
Same goes for all though, it's not about having some crazy tactic that nobody can suss out, it's about drilling your players to be good enough to carry them out anyway.

The fact that we've been so quickly and easily nullified speaks volumes about the coaching imo.
 
the league table since the Chavs fiasco makes grim reading, defintiely sackable form.

In the EPL you will get found it after a while, in the main it's the best managers working you out, and the best players putting those tactics into practice.
Absolutely, I don't know how or why any spurs fan cannot see it.
The form has been diabolical, and in times past he would have been lucky to stay in a job.
 
Fuany actually, he probably should've been calling out the fans as a bunch of losers after we happy clapped our way through a home battering by Chelsea.

Didn't seem to mind our loser mentality when it was overtly in his favour though.

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Spot on mate!

When they were being clapped off after being humiliated he didn't talk about foundations, he referred to throwing a salvageable match with his idiotic high line as " who we are mate".
 
I don't give a fuck about Bournemouth, nor should you as a supposed Tottenham fan Dan.
If you think or feel that, the amount of goals we have conceded and the manner is acceptable, then I don't really know what to say to you mate.
In general since Christmas, the football has been shit to watch, way too open and teams get through way too easily.
I didn't expect to finish 5th but, it looks like we will, so luckily for us , utd, Newcastle and Chelsea have all been shit as well, but next season they won't, so Ange and the team need to get their act together.

To be fair, you have no idea if they will or won't be shit next season. If they can be better next season, then so can way.

And no, the football hasn't been shit to watch.

We could always try and get Conte back and bore the fuck out of everyone again, or has your memory failed you on what that kind of football was like.

SUPPORT the team.
 
the league table since the Chavs fiasco makes grim reading, defintiely sackable form.

In the EPL you will get found it after a while, in the main it's the best managers working you out, and the best players putting those tactics into practice.
that disgrace was a lot deeper than just throwing a game against chelsea. he would of lost players over that or at least put seeds of doubt in their heads.

the irony about basically saying the fans are losers. the same fans that clapped that bullshit off! hes actually right, they are losers for applauding that nonsense!

that game will be spoke about in 20 years time. thats what youd expect a 9 year old to do on fifa.
 
My son sent me some comments from social media. Not impressed by Postecoglou.

If the bloke fails to get 5th and worse, doesn't recant some of his comments, I think there are strong odds of seeing De Zerbi or Silva in the hot seat by the start of next season.

You can't have the run we have been on and come out with the hypocrisy of last night's comments. Not acceptablle.
 
Majorly pissed off that the media is going on about us as fans potentially wanting Woolwich’s title bid to be derailed, when several years ago the PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS at clubs were inferring they wanted Leicester to win the league rather than Spurs. Coupled with stupidly “naive” displays against Leicester yet very hard performances against Spurs.

Pricks.
 
Majorly pissed off that the media is going on about us as fans potentially wanting Woolwich’s title bid to be derailed, when several years ago the PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS at clubs were inferring they wanted Leicester to win the league rather than Spurs. Coupled with stupidly “naive” displays against Leicester yet very hard performances against Spurs.

Pricks.

Yup and our fans were livid at that.

Ange has fucked up a lot in recent weeks but not bringing the club into disrepute by keeping silent about how us losing is somehow a good thing is not one of them.
 
Exactly what I've been saying

The high line won't be the becoming of Ange it will be the recruitment and whether he is able to get his message across to his players.
The post you replied correctly stated we need better wingers, specifically accomplished dribblers.

You reply with the recruitment, which I agree with, but this manager is the one that wanted and sanctioned £50m on Johnson, a useless winger, wanted Werner in and apparently wants Gallagher.

How can you have any faith in his recruitment or evaluation of players?

Unless you're relying on Paratici, in which case fair enough.
 
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