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The strange thing is that for the first half of last season. Yes the games were often chaotic. But it didn't feel like chaos was the goal. It felt like we were trying to sustain attacks and throttle the midfield. And we'd have long stretches of games, even against top teams, where we did that. It's got to the point now where it looks like the intent is to empty midfield and have these crazy basketball games. And if it isn't the intent, then he's spent the last 9 months not really doing anything to try and remedy it which is even more concerning.
You too mate. I guess we're all bound to 'get at each other' on days like this - apologies.
I'm not as knowledgeable as other posters here, so I was hoping that perhaps you were seeing adjustments that I wasn't noticing.
What high horse? What the fuck are you talking about? We're a fucking mess at the moment, and Ange doesn't seem to have a fucking clue what to do about it. I was merely pointing out that Kulu, having been our best player this season, is most certainly not the main problem, or whatever it was that he said. So perhaps you need to get off your fucking high horse, or at least pick your targets for your aggression more carefully.
Yeah, he's a snake oil salesman.It’s genuinely fascinating how some supporters seem ready to proclaim the apocalypse at our club should Ange be shown the door, as if he’s the final roll of the managerial dice and no one else in world football could possibly be entrusted with rebuilding this team. It’s the footballing equivalent of declaring the sun will never rise again should he depart—a dramatic overestimation, to say the least.
The devotion is, quite frankly, cult-like. And no, that’s not hyperbole anymore; it’s a serious observation now, I have never seen a manager at this club be so highly rated for doing so little; his tenure has become something akin to scripture—sacred, immune to critique, and alarmingly detached from the hard evidence staring us in the face, this idea that he will improve and this team will improve under him is entirely divorced from observable reality at this point, when will the penny drop for some of you?
WHEN his time with us inevitably ends (and it will), he might genuinely consider founding a religion lol, I am being sincere here as well.
The man clearly has a gift for rallying unwavering discipleship, even when the path he’s leading them down seems destined to dead-end in mediocrity and broken promises.
Perhaps it’s the allure of a charismatic grifter offering comforting fictions—a footballing pied piper for those in need of a figure to follow and adore, (like a father figure to some I imagine) regardless of whether his "hymns" lead to triumph or torment.
The idea that Ange is "a decent bloke" is pure, unfiltered copium. Let’s call it what it is: a fallacy. Time and again, his so-called geniality has been overshadowed by his passive-aggressive tendencies, thinly veiled insecurity, and a stubborn ego that refuses to acknowledge fault or adapt. The mask has slipped too many times to buy into the “nice guy” myth any longer.
Take today as yet another prime example. He deflected blame onto injuries yet again to explain away the shortcomings of his system and in-game management. We were 2-0 up, a more pragmatic, tactically astute manager—one with less hubris—would have adjusted, closed the game out or at least changed the strategy, and taken all 3 points or at the very least, a point. Instead, we got yet another demonstration of his one-dimensional, tragically predictable “Ange Ball,” a philosophy seemingly allergic to evolution or nuance; but you know it's "entertaining" right? LOL, what is entertaining about it exactly? Please tell me...
Oh, and about those injuries he’s crying about? Let’s not forget that he rushed players like Romero and Van de Ven back into action prematurely, likely exacerbating their conditions and sidelining them for even longer just to try and save his own bacon (shock) great news for a club in multiple comps isn't it?
And as for the replacement for Romero? We paid a hefty sum for Drags services, but suddenly, he’s not good enough Ange? It's all on Romero? Have we not lost multiple winnable games this season with both Romero and VDV fit? Curious logic, isn’t it people?
Perhaps the real injury we’re dealing with is Ange’s fragile ego—it’s proving far more detrimental to the team than anything else at this club currently, the only one who supersedes him in the failure olympics is Levy but even he can't be blamed for the awful results we have seen this season.
Shocking state of affairs.
Lack of investment? No, just bad investment. Solanke, Rich, BJ that’s a 170M forward line. Werner is on 170 grand a week.
Our overall net spend hasn't been high enough. Our wage bill is also low compared to our major rivals.
