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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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20 right off the bat. The 20 we won you know, none of those wins were against the run of play, undeserved or skanked.

You're just another one of those 'fans' that expects the game won by half time, with a cricket score in the second, and you expect this from a virtually new team, under a new manager, playing a new way in their very first season.

Name me one manager, in the Prem, that has EVER done that. In fact, name me one manager, in English top flight history, that has ever done that. I'll give you a clue, there's one.
We've controlled 20 games from start to finish says a 'fan', to be fair at least you answered.
:pochshock:
 
You ask a question about our manager and wondering why we're not controlling matches against teams in the league

I say that there's 17 other teams struggling to do the exact same thing as you ask for and apparently there's no relevance to your question whatsoever, you're hilarious. :sonpoint:

Whatever crumbs of comfort you wanna hang onto though, whatever makes thing easier to digest for you better about your agenda.

Miss me with your bullshit bad faith arguments .
I read on here it was apparently smalltime to worry about what other clubs do, funny how it's ok when it comes to questioning this manager though eh
 
We've controlled 20 games from start to finish says a 'fan'.
:pochshock:
You must be one of those 'fans' who clearly doesn't understand the sport they're watching to come out with a statement like that.
So we didn't deserve to win those games? Or is your idea of 'control' a cricket score?

You've had your question answered, now answer mine. How many managers, in English top flight history, have won the league in their first season with virtually a brand new team, playing in a completely different way? I even gave you a hint.
 
This is probably the best I have heard from him and was definitely reassuring and felt sincere.

There has been a lot to criticise about him recently and I think it's been justified but I do believe he is learning and I am interested to see where he takes us because if his mentality of winning and all his talk actually shows in terms of results then I think he could actually change the fortunes of the club.

Let's see what he does.
My take is, regarding the whole curfuffle post-City game, is not of him learning, he's not changed his pov one bit (which, IMO, is great btw), but he is using this as a live example to communicate further on his beliefs. He's done this by taking full ownership and responsibility, he's not blamed anyone, in stark contrast to the two particular cunts in Mourinho and Conte. So if he thinks members of the staff are still to fully buy in the way he wants them to (his vision of what an elite football must be to be successful) then he saying he needs to be better at conveying his message.

He's apologised he got the sentiment wrong and the consequence of doing so means the preparations for the game were affected. I LOVE the fact though he doesn't accept (and never will) why anyone will be okay with your team dropping points.

Above all, I simply love his authenticity.
 
So we didn't deserve to win those games? Or is your idea of 'control' a cricket score?

You've had your question answered, now answer mine. How many managers, in English top flight history, have won the league in their first season with virtually a brand new team, playing in a completely different way? I even gave you a hint.

Lol nobody expects us to win the league. We are 19th in the form table and have given up an 18 point lead over Chelsea.

This is concerning. It shows a period of dreadful form and no progress. Fine for people to worry a bit and question if we can turn this around as lots of managers don’t turn form that bad around.
 
Lol nobody expects us to win the league. We are 19th in the form table and have given up an 18 point lead over Chelsea.

This is concerning. It shows a period of dreadful form and no progress. Fine for people to worry a bit and question if we can turn this around as lots of managers don’t turn form that bad around.
You're 100% right my friend, it is concerning. However, that has absolutely nothing to do with the question being asked, which was how many games did we control from start to finish.

Ignoring the fact that no team ever totally controls an entire game, from start to finish, throughout an entire season, my answer was spot on. Every game we've won has been because we were the better team with the vast majority of control over the game. We've even lost games (Villa and WH) where we had control of the game, but were let down by poor finishing and brief lapses, for which we got punished.
 
So we didn't deserve to win those games? Or is your idea of 'control' a cricket score?

You've had your question answered, now answer mine. How many managers, in English top flight history, have won the league in their first season with virtually a brand new team, playing in a completely different way? I even gave you a hint.
"So we didn't deserve to win those games? Or is your idea of 'control' a cricket score?"
Just so I understand you right, winning a game means you controlled it?

How many managers, in English top flight history, have won the league in their first season with virtually a brand new team, playing in a completely different way?
Couldn't care less mate (although our last manager would be one), I don't recall stating he should have won the league, I merely asked how many games people think we controlled and won convincingly.

You have at least answered however wrong it might be.

We seem to have a disconnect over what controlling a game and winning it convincingly means, thought it was pretty straightforward but apparently not.
 
Bet if we don't win the friendly next week by 3 goals, have at least 60% possession, don't concede from a set piece and have an xg of over 2.5 there's gonna be the same clowns moaning in here.
What an absolute load of bollocks you melodramatic fucking drama queen.
Literally nobody on here bar a few Ausies gives a single shit about that pathetic friendly on the other side of the world next week.
 
I read on here it was apparently smalltime to worry about what other clubs do, funny how it's ok when it comes to questioning this manager though eh

If that's your argument why have you done the exact same thing here:

Jog on, if you had been supporting the club all these years then you'd know what it'd mean to stop them winning the league. It was joy in '99 and it was agony in '04. You and this fraud can fuck off if you think competing for one meaningless game means anything compared to throwing away 2 cups and a gift wrapped advantage in the top 4 race against a team btw that made the semi's in Europe.

And here:

Bit weird that don't you think?

Klopp finished 4th with 76 points in his first full season, (10 points behind us in the league btw, imagine that), 10 points ahead of the best this manager can do.

The more you reply with bullshit the more you dig yourself into a hole, just give it up man 😆
 
I notice still no answer to the question of how many games we have controlled from start to finish and won convincingly?

I know it's a small sample size what with 3 cup games etc but shouldn't be too hard to answer given we apparently have the best man in charge...
Probably not many, as should be expected considering its his first season. Don't you think it's unfair to expect full controlled games this early in his tenure? 3 seasons in.. sure...
 
Lol nobody expects us to win the league. We are 19th in the form table and have given up an 18 point lead over Chelsea.

This is concerning. It shows a period of dreadful form and no progress. Fine for people to worry a bit and question if we can turn this around as lots of managers don’t turn form that bad around.
It actually also shows that we had a much kinder fixture list in the first half of the season.

The second half of the season we had all the following fixtures

United A
West Ham A
Chelsea A
Newcastle A
Liverpool A
Villa A
A red hot Woolwich at home

If that run of games (Newcastle, Woolwich, Liverpool, chels) had been spread out over the season and the results had been isolated rather than in one cluster, I don’t think there would have been the meltdown we saw. Even if we were 5th.

There were still some good performances second half of the season - I don’t think we played badly against Woolwich at home, city at home, Villa away for example.
 
"So we didn't deserve to win those games? Or is your idea of 'control' a cricket score?"
Just so I understand you right, winning a game means you controlled it?


Couldn't care less mate (although our last manager would be one), I don't recall stating he should have won the league, I merely asked how many games people think we controlled and won convincingly.

You have at least answered however wrong it might be.

We seem to have a disconnect over what controlling a game and winning it convincingly means, thought it was pretty straightforward but apparently not.
So winning 20 games deservedly is not being in control?

I've never claimed winning a game means you have control. They key word here is deservedly. It means you had control of the game. It's that context thingy that you appear to have trouble understanding.

What a surprise you don't care. Can't answer a question, shrug it off.

No, it's not Conte, he didn't bring in a virtually new team to play in a completely different way. Nor was it Ancelotti. Christ, I'm even narrowing the field here for you.

You're having a mare here mate, put the shovel down. Even the resident rescue ranger has given you up as a lost cause.
 
Lol nobody expects us to win the league. We are 19th in the form table and have given up an 18 point lead over Chelsea.

This is concerning. It shows a period of dreadful form and no progress. Fine for people to worry a bit and question if we can turn this around as lots of managers don’t turn form that bad around.

Normally though that kind of form over an extensive period means that managers have lost the players and they've given up, this team haven't given up (apart from the Chelsea match) tactically you can say that he set the team up to open and we were getting picked off and we had trouble defending set pieces which is all on the manager, happy to admit that.

But the City match told me there's still life in us and that he's able to stop the weakness and can do something about it anyway.
 
If that's your argument why have you done the exact same thing here:



And here:

Bit weird that don't you think?



The more you reply with bullshit the more you dig yourself into a hole, just give it up man 😆
I'm pretty sure you or someone else mentioned Klopp and Arteta yet again hence mentioning them.

"The fans are a major problem with this club, more so than the board IMO"

Just seen this, no point talking to you mate.
 
WOW!!!!

Annual revenue comparible to Woolwich, Chelsea and even Liverpool........But a wage bill dwarfed by all three!!!!!

There really is an issue with the way this FOOTBALL club prioritises everything but the actual fookin' football team.
You really missed the point of my post didn't you. Capology is not a reliable source and anything post the 22/23 accounts is guesswork. The latest figures have our wage at 5th, ahead of Woolwich. It's true that we're dwarfed by Liverpool that's hardly shocking given their success on the pitch. Chelsea are about to be hit with the mother of all financial sanctions so I'm not sure theirs is a model we want to follow.
 
So winning 20 games deservedly is not being in control?

I've never claimed winning a game means you have control.
They key word here is deservedly. It means you had control of the game. It's that context thingy that you appear to have trouble understanding.

What a surprise you don't care. Can't answer a question, shrug it off.

No, it's not Conte, he didn't bring in a virtually new team to play in a completely different way. Nor was it Ancelotti. Christ, I'm even narrowing the field here for you.

You're having a mare here mate, put the shovel down. Even the resident rescue ranger has given you up as a lost cause.
So all 20 games we've won have been deservedly, which according to your own words means we had control of the game, but winning a game doesn't mean you controlled it, am I reading that right?

Talk about a mare.
 
I'm pretty sure you or someone else mentioned Klopp and Arteta yet again hence mentioning them.

"The fans are a major problem with this club, more so than the board IMO"

Just seen this, andI'll use that as an excuse to bow out of this debate because everyone knows I'm chatting complete shite and exposing myself.

What?

What do you even think you've done here? 😆

Translated for you by the way :thumbup:
 
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