I must have missed that?
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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I must have missed that?
You didn't actually read my post, did you, Dudu.
I can see Ange feeling like he was in an invidious position.
But find it concerning that it was the thought of what would be thought of him, if we got hammered, that kicked him into being hyper-motivated - and clearly charged the players up as such - to play as ferociously as we did, with a significant tactical upgrade implemented.
Also:
"It could have gone a very different way [City battering us] - without anything changing from us - just by man city being man city."
Ok, so you already had a built-in feasible reason for any level of loss, Ange.
No anxiety needed. Should have leant on that.
It was an inescapable potential outcome in playing city - in the form they had been in and the amount of goals they were scoring - regardless.
He said this before the game:
"I think the last 48 hours have revealed the foundations are fairly fragile - outside the club, inside the club, everywhere.."
He's now converted that into: "I couldn't sit there and be disingenuous and say our foundations were strong, because we'd lost 5 out of 6 games"
And he finessed that as being the players' fault, due to lack of discipline (nothing to do with set pieces, Ange?)
I mean, have I got that wrong?? lol
Anyway, presser could have been much worse.
So, thankful for that.
Didn't know what to expect.
He was calm and considered and held a good tone (important to laugh at the VAR stuff to lighten things).
As far as I'm concerned, I want to see the same level of managerial performance put through the players in that city game, as the baseline for us moving forward.
SU need to get mercilessly battered.
And that's what I expect.
You mean you don’t enjoy analysing everything under the microscope, and repeating the same thing over and over and over and over and over again?!
How strange!
We play inverted fullbacks, and a very high line. Teams then attack down our wings and the central defenders have to spread themselves wide to cover the fullbacks That weakens us imho. As regards corners it’s simple we need a set piece coach to improve us both attack wise and defence wise.
Evidently his prose is not up to scratch...
So you got all of that after turning off halfway through?
I guess you just 'filled in the blanks' with what you think he must have said.
Looks like Starks has created a Twitter account.
Pls email this to Ange:
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Jamie Carragher: "I grew up in a city with a similar rivalry and if the shoe was on the other foot, I think Woolwich fans would be exactly the same. So I’ve got absolutely no problem with any Tottenham supporter not wanting to win this game."
"Woolwich have won the league twice at Tottenham. They won it in 1971 and 2004. If Tottenham win here tonight, Woolwich have won the league again at Tottenham's ground, they just have."
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Yeah I don't think he needs it now mate.
He was on TFC podcast just after Liverpool
Yeah that is exactly what I did
If we hold Postecoglou to high standards, why are you comparing him to last season? It was one the worst seasons we’ve had in the last decade, so the bar is fucking low. Not so impressive that wE’vE gOnE fRoM 8Th To 5Th.
Compare him with Conte’s first season or to Poch’s first season.
Yeah, uhh there were times during Poch when fans said we played better/more fluid when Kane was out injured.
But fairs, it’s difficult to replace a striker of this quality. If only we had strengthened the striker depth.
Yeah that’s not an excuse. Most managers go through that cycle.
In the end, the fresher memories stick, so considering how we played in the last few months, you could see that we played like shit and the results have not been as good, so it can be thought as regressing…?
Moodys rating a BIG SELL buy better or just give one of the younger players a chance
I did, I read your interpretation about what he said.
I still think he didn't want his, the players, the clubs integrity and proffesionalism being called into question.
We all were fucking pissed at how players and managers were acting when playing us in the Leciester season. It fucking stunk.
Either way we have to move on now and he needs to get us purring next season or else it's going to be another fucked up year
I don't usually bother with pressers but was quite impressed with Ange here. He held his hands up and said he was mistaken to misunderstand the feeling of so many fans, and would've done things differently if he could. He said the fans are the custodians of the club and he's just managing, something some of us have been thinking I'm sure. It does make you wonder what kind of bubble these players and managers are in now though, if he could go into such a game and be genuinely unaware of the depth of feeling about it here.