With 3 at the back you only need 1 CB in the centre, you can use Gray on the right and Bissouma or someone else as the LCB as the wide centre backs operate more like defensive full backs. I appreciate we don’t even have 1 for CB at the moment.
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With 3 at the back you only need 1 CB in the centre, you can use Gray on the right and Bissouma or someone else as the LCB as the wide centre backs operate more like defensive full backs. I appreciate we don’t even have 1 for CB at the moment.
what.? worst?
Our $quad value is top-5 in the EPL.
Plus we got rid of 7 non-angeballers like Schipp, Hojberg, Royale, Dier etc
WE should be playing better Ange-ball (Plan-A) by now.
Any truly good manager who believes in himself isn’t going to chase a job because of more money and lack of other options.
In fact any manager that comes to this club in its current state instantly raises red flags for me.
Current crisis at CB has me wondering why we sold Dier? Dier was always solid when he had to come in and Dragusin isnt much of an upgrade.
VDV/Romero/Drag/Dier.
There's your 4 centre halves going into a season in Europe with Davies as emergency cover.
Ange will say it's because Dier is too slow to play his high line shite but Dragusin isn't exactly fast.
VDV/Romero/Drag/Dier.
There's your 4 centre halves going into a season in Europe with Davies as emergency cover.
Ange will say it's because Dier is too slow to play his high line shite but Dragusin isn't exactly fast.
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Poch adapted a lot. We changed systems and tactics fairly regularly until the end when everyone ran out of gas. But always with his philosophy for football in mind. Same under Jose for that matter. And Conte notoriously changed systems between his first and second season.
And that's the difference between those three and Ange. They have a philosophy for football, but know that there are multiple ways to achieve it. Ange is all philosophy, no tactics.
Angeball is not a system or a tactic, it is a philosophy and idea. Nothing more.
No the opposite.
This club punches well below its weight. I want a manager with the confidence and self belief that they can finally get it winning trophies. They should have that ego.
What's the alternative, just shut the club down? Have no manager at all? Have Paul Coyte pick the starting XI out of a hat?
Yes we need someone who’s won trophies. Someone who won’t stand for Levy’s bullshit. Someone like Conte. Or Jose Mourinho. They’d turn this club around.
I'm not saying that though am I?
Look, I know ENIC are ultimately responsible for us being underachievers. There's no argument from me here, but Ange is isn't appointed by any other club either.
This season is going well beyond simple underachieving.
compare what conte had from the midfield backwards to whats available now and its huge. yes kane is a big miss and son has regressed, but the midfield, defence and keeper have all been sufficiently upgraded.
what conte had
lloris
emerson, dier, davies, romero, sanchez, doherty, perisic
PEH, bentancur, skipp, winks, ndombele, lo celso
now
vicario
VDV, porro, romero, udogie, drag, davies, spence
sarr, bissouma, bentancur, maddison, kulu, gray, berg
them 3 lines have been sufficiently upgraded. the front line needs big investment and we are still a quality CM short....unless gray or berg can become that missing piece.
I can't for the life of me understand anyone who thinks one way of playing in the epl is a great tactic? It's fucking unreal, madness and doomed to fail!
You've got players (Robertson for one) playing for the top team in the league, a team 6-7 points clear of everyone else? saying Slot tweaks their individual game, every game and still some Spurs supporters are still backing Ange's methods!!!!
You've got players (Robertson for one) playing for the top team in the league, a team 6-7 points clear of everyone else? saying Slot tweaks their individual game, every game and still some Spurs supporters are still backing Ange's methods!!!!
Yup, plus struggling to score more than 1 goal against lesser sides recently, and everyone is making excuses for him that its because he has his defenders injured
Mate you said
I want a manager with the confidence and self belief that they can finally get it winning trophies. They should have that ego.
I brought up 2 managers who had a history of winning major trophies, came here, didn’t get backed by Levy and were fired.
Look no further than our current manager to check all of your boxes.
Ego
Self belief
Won trophies
(granted at lower levels)
That’s what plenty on here want though
They haven’t been “sufficiently” upgraded. Our squad depth is absolute ass and players like Son have massively regressed since Conte was here. So essentially we’ve lost Kane and Son.
Also people on here may not like to talk about him in that way but Conte is a world class manager. Easily top 10 in the world. Of course his tactics can get more out of the players. We won’t be getting a manager at that level again anytime soon. The era of deluxe spurs that Poch created is over and we’re back to Jol/Redknapp style teams at best.
I see no point in sacking Ange mid season with the state of this squad. If we’re going to get rid then we might as well wait until the Summer when the likes of Iraola would be more willing to jump ship. Even then, I can’t get excited for anymore “projects”. Levy will always leave his manager short in crucial areas in the Summer.
Yeah you must have misinterpreted what I said about the CL, my point was the coming to a club with EL football isn't a big draw unlike going to a club with CL football which kinda justifies my point about Tottenham not being a big draw for these managers.
Do you feel in the two weeks that you said that sarcastically that maybe there is a different way people would look at you now in terms of the Spurs fanbase because you've lost four in five and it's become more difficult this job?
I keep saying fanbase, they love their football club, they care about their football club and want their football club to succeed. They made those feelings and emotions seen. I haven't felt anything but support since I have been here and I still feel that support is there. I keep doing what I think is the right thing to get success to this football club and that doesn't change.
The task is difficult at the moment because of our situation but like most things that are fairly difficult to traverse, it's only temporary and we'll get through it and come out stronger.
Do you feel under pressure and is this the most difficult period of your career?
No and no. It is what it is. It’s not what motivates or drives me. I have always, my motivation for what I do is try to create teams who win things and have success and make an impact. That doesn’t really change. I will keep doing what I am doing.
It doesn’t add any pressure or I don’t feel any extra anxiety about anything. I firmly believe we will get through this and come out stronger and create the team we want to be.
I keep saying fanbase, they love their football club, they care about their football club and want their football club to succeed. They made those feelings and emotions seen. I haven't felt anything but support since I have been here and I still feel that support is there. I keep doing what I think is the right thing to get success to this football club and that doesn't change.
The task is difficult at the moment because of our situation but like most things that are fairly difficult to traverse, it's only temporary and we'll get through it and come out stronger.
Do you feel under pressure and is this the most difficult period of your career?
No and no. It is what it is. It’s not what motivates or drives me. I have always, my motivation for what I do is try to create teams who win things and have success and make an impact. That doesn’t really change. I will keep doing what I am doing.
It doesn’t add any pressure or I don’t feel any extra anxiety about anything. I firmly believe we will get through this and come out stronger and create the team we want to be.