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Give him a chanceyou give denial a whole new meaning. And don’t start about who else will we get then? Mason would be a lot better than this angry obnoxious fool.
Speaking in his press conference after the game, Postecoglou said: “Yeah I could have [made subs]. But… all these things… are totally irrelevant to me. Substitutions and all those kind of things. If you’re not competitive, it doesn’t matter what you do, you’re not going to get rewards, you don’t deserve to win.
Agree, although not so sure he's a nice guy: now we're losing he often comes over as passive-aggressive, sullen, and short-tempered when faced with fairly reasonable and easy questions.
I think I understand what hes trying to say ("if you arent committed / competitive you dont win stuff") but it reads really badly. It reads more like "if we arent committed / competitive I am going to do nothing to change it" which is desperately bad stuff indeed, and infers its the ONLY thing that matters. Yeah for sure you need to be competitive, you need the desire, the fitness, mental strength etc but you also need WITH that : tactics that work, training, planning, set piece coaching - I could go on. Not defending him here at all but I think he definitely could have worded that response a lot better, because he DOES make subs (albeit usually late) - the issue for me is the "all these things" ie. changing tactics. It seems to suggest that he believes his Plan A should be enough all the time, and if it isnt, thats the players not being competitive, which is bollocks. If I set my team up in a 0-0-10 formation then my team will lose and lose A LOT, regardless of competitive edge or fitness.
In the league. Dropping the entire team for Coventry was fucking stupid too.
Only been a spurs fan for 40 years but personally I am hoping for a win today and then get some players back in Jan and go on a decent run to kick start our season.As a Spurs fan of 56 years I'm ashamed to admit that if it was guaranteed that AP was sacked this evening if we lost at home to Wolves today, then I'd happily take the loss
Ange Postecoglou: Spurs boss says Brighton loss 'worst defeat' of his tenure at club after second-half collapse
Tottenham lost a two-goal lead to slip to a 3-2 defeat at Brighton; Spurs suffered a stunning second-half collapse as Seagulls scored three goals in 18 minutes; Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou told Sky Sports: Thats probably the worst defeat we have had since Ive been herewww.skysports.com
It's by far the single dumbest thing I've ever heard from an elite coach. It's the kind of empty headed reactionary thing an unintelligent person says when they have exhausted every last rational instinct they have. I loath Levy but I have to belive he is smarter than the handful of folk on here still making excuses. I think he's been making plans to replace him for a while. You cant have any pretence at being a serious pro team and have Postecoglou, Yedinak Wells Mason, its bonkers. Ange is not waving he is drowning it's actually cruel to leave him in post the hostility in the press conferences may as well be tears.
You are willing to "lets see", I'm not. I'd prefer if Terzic or Potter replaced Ange this week. But if the club decide to wait until summer, I believe we will be better off with mason as manager than if we keep Postecoglu. Mason, if he's not totally daft, should at least have picked up some notion of how to defend under Mourinho, Nuno and Conte. And should probably know a bit about how to play attacking football after working with Pochettino, Ange, and to a small part (transition) Mourinho and (patterns, counterattacks) Conte.
Go on a run of what?
Never won more than three games. It's like they are having their memories purged.
Just wait till the players comeback and if we don't go on a run then yes its not working and we replace him but at least wait this injury crisis out before you draw a conclusion.
We won 5 on the spin before throwing away the 2 goal lead against Brighton away. Thats when we had nearly a full squad available. Injuries have killed us and its been impossible to get any momentum going without all 3 of Vicario, Romero and VDV since the 4-0 City win
The last time the club felt this much of a mess was in the 90s. It’s insufferable at the minute.
