Mainly strong. One or two didn't work out, but that was more than offset by the ones that did.
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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Well yeah that's obvious, we have 4 senior ones at the club already, they'll all be back next month anyway.
We need a LB or maybe a LCB hybrid.
I also really dislike who we've become. We used to have a bit of class. But under this lot the way we treat people yuck.... Pochettino, Nuno, Jose, Furlough, senior concession, Vertonghen, Loris. We used to be Mabbutt, Defoe, Perryman Burkinshaw. Decent. Now we are class less from the pitch to boardroom. That's Levy Cullen and the others.
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Not to worry, Levy is bringing in Beyonce and Lady Gaga as reinforcements this summer
Along with Spence and Bergval reasons to be cheerful
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FYI.
We have in England what we call "a football season."
It normally runs from August to May.
Last season we finished 5th, missing top 4 and UCL by 2 points.
This season, despite 10 regular first teamers being injured, we are 6 points behind 5th place and UCL.
Grey will be the next to get injured playing this stupid game plan. Every centre back has done their hammy so it’s likely he will eventually too.
Dragusin has an ankle injury
Dragusin got kicked on the ankle, and Romero’s muscle injury wasn’t after sprinting back but after he tried to do a Cruyff turn in the box.
I do think broadly you’re correct that a high line increases injury risk, especially in a packed schedule playing once every 3 days. The solution to that should be buying more CBs.
We started the season with 3 natural CBs and Spence out of the Europa squad… poor decision making by all.
That went right over my head.There is a lot of how managers and players move around in football that is down to agencies and business relationships. Just now you've got a front office and manager with ties to City Group. It's one more reason Postecoglou isn't going anywhere. Two things will save him. First, he was in the media and did motivational speaking in Australia and he's good at selling himself and his system. He put a lot of effort up front into telling fans what they wanted to hear and creating an image. That reserve of good will is still working for him. But the second thing is the people in the front office who should be overseeing his work and evaluating him are often from the same network of connections. I think he is as close to "fire proof" as any Spurs manager has ever been.
This does worry me. Of course levy always falls for bullshit baffles brains too which our current manager has in abundance.
I'm not even sure if this accusation of enjoying a "managerial-merry-go-round" is factually correct. Have we employed more managers in, let's say, the last 20 years compared to some other clubs that are often mentioned as benchmarks of success?
Clubs like Bayern (13), Real Madrid (16) and Ajax (13) have actually had more full-time managers than us (10) in the same time period. If we're guilty of changing managers too much, then these supposedly enviable clubs are doing even worse.
Like it or hate it, this managerial-merry-go-round is universal. It's not something we as a club are particularly guilty of resorting to. In fact, we're probably on the more conservative side in terms of sticking with our managers in the face of adversity.
The average lifetime of a manager is around 18 months. Don't expect them to get years and years, hundreds of millions of pounds worth of signings before you think you can start evaluating them. No one is afforded this sort of a luxury, for good reasons.
Clubs like Bayern (13), Real Madrid (16) and Ajax (13) have actually had more full-time managers than us (10) in the same time period. If we're guilty of changing managers too much, then these supposedly enviable clubs are doing even worse.
Like it or hate it, this managerial-merry-go-round is universal. It's not something we as a club are particularly guilty of resorting to. In fact, we're probably on the more conservative side in terms of sticking with our managers in the face of adversity.
The average lifetime of a manager is around 18 months. Don't expect them to get years and years, hundreds of millions of pounds worth of signings before you think you can start evaluating them. No one is afforded this sort of a luxury, for good reasons.
How many CB would you have in 26 man squad?
4 natural CBs, so I’d want to buy one more left footed one. Genuine quality needed.
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Please just bin him and find a new man as quickly as possible, give them Jan to bring a couple of players in that fit their idea for the team and try to salvage something. This guy will not win us a cup, he's fucking clueless.
Don't think there is anything left to say on the topic personally but its really interesting reading the same points being made over and over again.
they have been sufficiently upgraded. dier, lloris, sanchez, emerson, skipp, winks..these players were seeing a LOT of football. all serious weak links in a side. they have all been sufficiently upgraded. the front line is now the weak area, whereas before it was the strong point due to kane.
our depth isnt great, but it was fucking diabolical with conte.
I think four plus youth realistically. A 22 man squad should be two full teams. It’s a 25 man squad so you’d then go of one utility defender, utility midfielder and forward. Then your kids to supplement.
If we had 4 proper CBs and rotated somewhat you could argue we wouldn’t be in this bad a position. A lack of options and rotation has exacerbated poor fortune too.
Ah okay I thought 26 for some reason.