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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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Was sacking Ange a good idea?

  • Yes, I think it was a good idea.

    Votes: 73 64.6%
  • No, I think it was a bad idea.

    Votes: 40 35.4%

  • Total voters
    113
I can't believe anyone has convinced themselves we're good to watch.
We try to attack but there's no plan on how to score. We throw bodies forward recklessly and that's why we concede so often
Exactly we have no idea of how to transition the ball from A to B. If we have the space it may work but again all passes have to come off. Otherwise we can’t even get into oppo half without losing the ball. If we somehow get high up then no one wants to shoot or cross.
 

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Not a peep from any professionals or players that Ange's training or playing style is responsible for injuries. It is literally just an internet narrative.

Apart from Ange Postenoclue saying it himself.
 
I can’t help but feel that his whole looking at the floor shtick is because he’s just constantly bullshitting.

He cannot tolerate eye contact because it communicates doubt or nuance.

He wants to talk to the floor or the wall because they don’t ask questions.
the whole things beyond strange. weve got a 'manager' that cant look people in the eye and has not once spoke about actual football or tactics.....HELLOOOOOOO! what the fuck is this shit.
 

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Not a peep from any professionals or players that Ange's training or playing style is responsible for injuries. It is literally just an internet narrative.

Was does raw facts say? Hur much are the players running per game? How many max runs? Compared to other teams?
 
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Not a peep from any professionals or players that Ange's training or playing style is responsible for injuries. It is literally just an internet narrative.

Aye, but what does Mido think?
 
I can’t help but feel that his whole looking at the floor shtick is because he’s just constantly bullshitting.

He cannot tolerate eye contact because it communicates doubt or nuance.

He wants to talk to the floor or the wall because they don’t ask questions.
I suspect that it's a dominance thing.

He only looks people in the eye when he feels like he is in a position of dominance, were he can dominate the discussion and speak with confidence. When he cannot do that, he avoids eye contact, probably because he doesn't want people to see weakness in his eyes.
 

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Not a peep from any professionals or players that Ange's training or playing style is responsible for injuries. It is literally just an internet narrative.

I don't know if that BBC piece is as absolving of Ange as you say, it's quite interesting.

"In year one at Celtic, Kyogo Furuhashi was injured going into the Scottish Cup final: a grade 2B hamstring injury. The manager asked 'Can we get the player available for the game? Is it a big risk?'

"The player wanted to play, we took the risk, we did the right strategies to try and get the player there, but it was the manager's choice.
"Look at the evolution at Celtic under Postecoglou, we had a three-month period of sustaining injuries every week, mostly hamstring injuries. We had to get to the winter break to reset."

"As the players adapted to the demands of the system, the game fluctuation changed rather than that constant 'basketball' up and down the pitch, the team was able to control one half of the pitch more. So that stopped the centre-backs having to run in behind as often.
"What's really interesting about Ange is everyone that works with him realises this is a very strong manager. And I don't mean this in a critical way, but he's his own guy," said McElhone. "He has a Sir Alex Ferguson type mentality: this is how I do it, this is how I work. He doesn't have a network of staff.

To the extent maintaining squad fitness in Angeball requires (1) Celtic-in-SPL-level territorial domination of games, (2) deep and constant squad rotation, and (3) sitting players who want to play for key games as a protective measure, it is pretty hard to see how that's going to be in any way sustainable.

And that goes to a narrow decision about who should take charge for the remainder of the season for Spurs, but it also raises some pretty broad questions about how to play front-foot possession-based football in the modern era.

I remain convinced that the optimum substitution patterns for five-sub, fixture-heavy, press-oriented modern football are eventually going to look very, very different.
 
I don't know if that BBC piece is as absolving of Ange as you say, it's quite interesting.





To the extent maintaining squad fitness in Angeball requires (1) Celtic-in-SPL-level territorial domination of games, (2) deep and constant squad rotation, and (3) sitting players who want to play for key games as a protective measure, it is pretty hard to see how that's going to be in any way sustainable.

And that goes to a narrow decision about who should take charge for the remainder of the season for Spurs, but it also raises some pretty broad questions about how to play front-foot possession-based football in the modern era.

I remain convinced that the optimum substitution patterns for five-sub, fixture-heavy, press-oriented modern football are eventually going to look very, very different.
Atalanta manager
 
I suspect that it's a dominance thing.

He only looks people in the eye when he feels like he is in a position of dominance, were he can dominate the discussion and speak with confidence. When he cannot do that, he avoids eye contact, probably because he doesn't want people to see weakness in his eyes.
I have always assumed that it has got to do with Ange being ever so slightly Autistic which also explains a lot about his character and the way he acts.
 
This looking down thing - he could be anxious. He could also be trying to process information, like the question he’s been asked. Trying to recall information to answer the question.

It’s more likely to be the information processing than anything else. Doesn’t mean he’s the right man for us, I’m just saying his habit of looking down in interviews probably isn’t a reason to sack him.

Nor is him being overweight or being from another country.

Plenty of actual reasons without shit like this.
 

View: https://x.com/CarlyOnYouSpurs/status/1881773761390875075

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Not a peep from any professionals or players that Ange's training or playing style is responsible for injuries. It is literally just an internet narrative.

So the consistently high level of injuries is just bad luck. There is a clue in that sentence btw
 
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