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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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Don Pedro said:
Can anyone explain to me what exactly Ange got wrong today?

I thought he picked the right team. I thought bringing Werner on before Maddison was strange but werner actually did alot more than maddison so he arguably got that decision correct. He brought on Biss and Maddison at 1-2 so he did make changes but had no real impact. There was nobody else on the bench you could say should have come on.

We dominated the game, gave up 2 stupid goals, and were unlucky not to score more than just 1.

Its a pathetic result. Its been a topsy turvy season. I think some players need to take a hard look at themselves! But I haven't seen us played off the park all season so not sure how you can pin all this on the manager. Seems like lazy analysis but happy to be corrected if someone can give me a reason why this is all Ange's fault.
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It's not just today though mate. We are just so fucking open at the back and he's done nothing to adjust things. We are always going to concede with this set up.

If it works in a game and we go 2 or 3 up, i'm still not confident that we'll see it out for a victory. Aka Brighton a few weeks ago.
 
Postecoglou is lucky that the focus, outside of THFC is not on him. Very lucky.

No team other than Liverpool are doing anything of note.

So he may be helped by comparatuve mediocrity..... for now.

But losing today should have him answering questions in my opinion..
 
Spudulike said:
I've seen enough of Mckenna to say that I think he's already a better coach than Postecoglou.

I also think Andoni Iraola down at Bournemouth has shown that he can play a style that Spurs would love, and also concede far less than this Tottenham team.

There's others out there too, so when I hear people say who can we get to replace him? Well there's a couple there.
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Bournemouth have conceded more than we have this year.
 
Spudulike said:
I've seen enough of Mckenna to say that I think he's already a better coach than Postecoglou.

I also think Andoni Iraola down at Bournemouth has shown that he can play a style that Spurs would love, and also concede far less than this Tottenham team.

There's others out there too, so when I hear people say who can we get to replace him? Well there's a couple there.
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I'd take either tomorrow. I'd actually probably rather Mckenna and not based on today. Utd have shown with Amorim if you have the intent you can prise someone out of a job mid season and neither of the afforementioned are top of the bloody champions league table, or cost £10m.
 
septicsac said:
25 yrs one trophy, multiple managers, yes the one constant factor is Levy and every manager will be hamstrung by him, but Ange should still be getting more from this lot.
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Levy & enic hold us back with their opposite priorities to us fans. & ange like all managers is very restricted by them but still should be doing better especially when the league is open & weak. But if you blame ange then you blame levy for another managerial appointment failure!
 
If every team under performing in the league this season fired their managers, who would be left? It's an odd season. 10th place and 3 points off 3rd, tied with half the league for most wins at 5. Spurs could end up easily in the top 4 and win a trophy along the way. They might also end up about 7th and the season end up a step backwards. But those are things we won't know for quite some time. My guess is it will be an ugly season but we finish 4th or 5th. There's nothing for it but to keep pushing forward. The worst thing would be to take a team that has been schooled to play an unorthodox style and try to change direction in mid-season.
 
Ange has produced so shite in his time at spurs, but this is a new low and embarrassment. Keep saying it. This league is beyond his ability. 16 points from 11 games, only the bottom 3 have lost more. Shamefully incompetent.
 
Spudulike said:
Maybe so, but look at their players compared to ours. We have 40 - 50 million pound defenders. You can't tell me they aren't better than Bournemouth's back line. Which then tells me it's the system, formation and tactics that are wrong.
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40-50 mill defenders, you mean the ones we either overpaid for or are quite overrated?....Romero with his constant brainfarts, VDV with his dodgy hamstrings, Porro and Udogie who have no defensive awareness??
 
Meano said:
Where do we even go from here? We're so open on every transition that it must be a pleasure to play Dr Tottenham. The players look like they've given up and don't trust this kamikaze approach. Every set play whether in our box or theirs is a shambles. He's like a fucking mute on the sidelines, a shake of the head constitutes in game coaching. I don't want another manager and then another two year transition but he looks to be way out of his depth.
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Right as Rain said:
Can’t sugar coat it anymore. Ange and Conte are cut from the same cloth when it comes to being stubborn with their tactics.

Their philosophies may differ but it’s that stubbornness that costs us in the end and is keeping this train of mediocrity going
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I think Ange checked out after the City game last season...
He knows who we are mate!
He said it himself.

He'll carry on as he is, playing the bullish tough guy tactition - albeit with the one tactic - take his wages like the rest of them, and fuck off and write a scathing book about us once Levy's decided hes had enough of this one!

Levy can go, Ange can go...
... isn't Joe Lewis dead yet?

It's 40 years since Burkinshaw saw it coming:

"There USED to be a football club over there!"

That's not all on Levy, but between him, Scholar and Alan Sugar, they've done their best to turn us into what we are.

No wonder everyone hates us and laughs at us in equal measure!
 
Dudski said:
If every team under performing in the league this season fired their managers, who would be left? It's an odd season. 10th place and 3 points off 3rd, tied with half the league for most wins at 5. Spurs could end up easily in the top 4 and win a trophy along the way. They might also end up about 7th and the season end up a step backwards. But those are things we won't know for quite some time. My guess is it will be an ugly season but we finish 4th or 5th. There's nothing for it but to keep pushing forward. The worst thing would be to take a team that has been schooled to play an unorthodox style and try to change direction in mid-season.
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Its not this season. Last 39 league games since the great first 10 last season are now W17 D5 L17. Its the definition of mid table. This season we've had pretty comfortable fixtures to date, played Newcastle, Utd, West Ham at good times and we're 10th. Things about to get a whole lot tougher. I think talk of 4th is a bit of a fantasy at this point.
 
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