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Match *** Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham Sunday 1st Dec 1:30 GMT ****

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ThePreacher said:
Ange has had eighteen months.

Someone tell me where the improvement is.
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Yes, my man, I get you.

But as Gatsby Gatsby has rightly said, where do you go after that if you sack him?

We had to appoint him and he wasn't first pick, neither was Nuno...that means serious managers wouldn’t touch us with a borrowed dick!

I've said plenty times on here...you could give the gig to a combo act of Sir Alex, Pep, Carlo, Zidane, Simeone and friggin Wenger the cunt, we still wouldn't do squat. When a tree is rotten, pal, you can tape up the branches all you want, it ain't gonna change a thing. Just chop the friggin thing at the trunk and start again.
 
Whether they like it or not... those blaming the manager for this are giving Levy and Lange a pass ahead of January window. So obvious to me that the issue is the squad, i.e. wingers, and not the system. I much prefer high press to Conte/ Jose ball.
 
To Dare Is To Do. said:
Absolutely bizarre to see people trying to blame Ange for this... the problem is our squad isn't good enough.

Instead of blaming Ange, the onus should be on the club to buy some reinforcements in January. Given Odobert is out for a while and Rich can't stay fit- there's absolutely no reason why we shouldn't aim to buy one top quality winger.
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The FULL squad is just about good enough for us to reasonably expect to compete for Top 4 and a cup run.

We are playing with HALF a squad and paying the price for only signing one first teamer in summer.

The same people who rightly moan about the latter somehow believe we should be smashing everyone while half our first team is injured.🤷‍♂️
 
To Dare Is To Do. said:
Absolutely bizarre to see people trying to blame Ange for this... the problem is our squad isn't good enough.

Instead of blaming Ange, the onus should be on the club to buy some reinforcements in January. Given Odobert is out for a while and Rich can't stay fit- there's absolutely no reason why we shouldn't aim to buy one top quality winger.
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I don’t think anyone believes the squad is good enough but that doesn’t absolve Ange from his share of blame. There was enough on the pitch and bench to get a result today but poor set up and poor substitutions cost us
 
Tomo said:
Harry Kane situation coming home to roast. For the past 5 years we have been playing often shit but Kane could often bale us out. No Kane and Son in decline and the whole thing is now exposed for what we are.
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What we are is an under invested mess coached by a manager out of his depth and owned by leeches just using the club and it's supporters to grow their multi sports and entertainment empire.
 
Hrytn said:
Yes we drew with Fulham BUT we have better stadium.
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To Dare Is To Do. said:
Whether they like it or not... those blaming the manager for this are giving Levy and Lange a pass ahead of January window. So obvious to me that the issue is the squad, i.e. wingers, and not the system. I much prefer high press to Conte/ Jose ball.
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The high line isn't the issue, its other things that we've sucked at under Ange this season and haven't improved.
 
TonySoprano said:
No we wouldn’t attract those players in the first instance.

That’s part of the problem. We don’t compete for elite footballers. And they don’t want to come here unless the clubs they do want to join don’t want them.
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This is why I think Ange is doing as well as can be expected with the tools at his disposal.

Maybe another manager could do better but i wouldn't have much confidence - unless they can magically stop players being injured
 
BrightonSpurs said:
Really? Listen I’m not massively pro or anti Ange but we have only just about a top 6 squad. The manager needs MUCH better players at his disposal. As someone pointed out earlier we put out a team that you expect if you are Palace or Brentford. Some of those Fulham players walk into our 11 right now let alone squad.

Get Ange 2-3 experienced players that have done something of note, some actual leaders, then see where we are at
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But those players will still be in Anges system which is not working
 
glacierSpurs said:
I wouldn't wanna blame Ange for those injuries. But sometimes our players are just a bunch of dumb fucks. Many injuries are actually a result of them holding on to the ball unnecessarily when they could have passed away, or making such stupid decision causing another player to cover for them and got wrecked in the process.
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Or maybe our medical dept is shit?

Maybe we also have some players who don't really live the life of a pro athlete ie drinking, smoking, going bed late etc?

The old bad luck too.

It's always a sum of factors. We just don't seem to be able to address it year after year.
 
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