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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
Anyone remember that very strange comment he made some time ago?
Something about if he made a substitution and we got something out of the game we wouldn't have deserved it and he didn't want that.
The bloke is a basket case.

That was when we lost to Brighton when 2-0 up at HT. Obviously he’s been massively humbled by results since then but back then he truly seemed to believe that it was only worth winning if we did it in his dogmatic way.

When we got destroyed by Liverpool in the Carabao 2nd leg he said some bollocks about how “that shows how we shouldn’t deviate from the way I want us to play” yet we got through to the Europa semi by abandoning all his principles and playing simple compact counter football against Frankfurt. He has been absolutely exposed at this level and he’s now grudgingly playing against his principles just so he can get that trophy and cling to the fact that he always wins something in his second season. Without a trophy his lack of football acumen can’t be obscured.
 
That was when we lost to Brighton when 2-0 up at HT. Obviously he’s been massively humbled by results since then but back then he truly seemed to believe that it was only worth winning if we did it in his dogmatic way.

When we got destroyed by Liverpool in the Carabao 2nd leg he said some bollocks about how “that shows how we shouldn’t deviate from the way I want us to play” yet we got through to the Europa semi by abandoning all his principles and playing simple compact counter football against Frankfurt. He has been absolutely exposed at this level and he’s now grudgingly playing against his principles just so he can get that trophy and cling to the fact that he always wins something in his second season. Without a trophy his lack of football acumen can’t be obscured.

He's all over the place at every press conference.

The players are the same on the pitch.
 
I listened to about 3 minutes of his latest presser and had to turn it off. Thoroughly sick of hearing his self-serving, feeling-sorry-for-himself, contradictory drivel.
He can't wait to be put out of his misery and run off into the sunset with his pay off

The sheer negligence from Levy to let this farce drag on this long eclipses every other fuck up he's made over the past 20 years and that's some stiff competition
 
"Of the eighteen losses, we have only lost by one goal in fifteen of them"

It's like losing is winning to Ange.

The man's has to go, irrespective of EL success or not.



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGfevbiXmlo

Do we get any points for that??? No, I didn't think so!! What a plonker!
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It's so sad. You look at other clubs where fans, the manager and the board all want to win at the very least and there's genuine urgency when they don't.

Here, nothing. It's soulless. No accountability, no anger, just shit banal excuses every other week, every month, every year. I'm sick of it.

This club has everything resource wise to challenge for any trophy. The fact it's one of the worst in the PL should not be brushed off as easily as it is. This was sackable form even for West Ham months ago. The fact AP is still here is a total insult.
Our club is basically a dictatorship. And it's not the only one.

Unless higher powers come in to say that there needs to be 51% fan ownership of clubs you'll get rich people using football clubs as their plaything.
 
Ok I’ve finally come around.

Yep decided that corten steel statue for Ange rather than bronze would best suit. Mainly because corten steel develops a protective layer of rust over time. So would better reflect Ange’s rough features due to the steel’s natural dappled surface which would make him look a little leaner as well. Not sure if they put it up straight after Europa Cup just in case he goes on to win a trophy or two next season.

Who knows though he could still get sacked..after all we sacked the great Poch just six months after making CL final
 
Sorry Paul 7th / 8th is not good enough for a team with our revenue and facilities.
Its realistic though.

Despite our revenue and facilities, we have a chairman who operates our club as if we're on the brink of administration.

I'm all for being sensible and not recklessly spending but we can still do more with the amount of revenue we do generate. We can also spend more wisely instead of on players who are injury prone, have behaviour issues or are otherwise disinterested in the club and merely use it as a stepping stone.
 
I listened to about 3 minutes of his latest presser and had to turn it off. Thoroughly sick of hearing his self-serving, feeling-sorry-for-himself, contradictory drivel.

Player injuries
Will play better when they return
Returning players not up to fitness
Changing lineup because of the number of games not helping
Fixture congestion
Having to play young kids
Mole in the camp


It's a rinse and repeat number of excuses rehashed to fit the result.

He's toast, and he knows it, Europa League win or not.
 
Listening to the post match interviews it seems he equates possession with success. It's as if given a choice between dominating the ball and winning the game he would rather dominate time of possession.

It's about long term vision and building a successful team.

The other team cannot score if you have the ball.

Spurs have been repeatedly let down by individual errors, and inexperienced players have been exposed.

The quality of the squad is poor.

Ange's ship has sailed. We look set to lose Bentencuar, Romero and Porro in the summer; and Barca's scouts are watching Bergvall. City want Madison and Kulu is wanted in Italy. Dragusin has wanted out for quite some time, and Sarr is admired in Spain.

How do expect the next coach to perform?

Season after season we have a squad that doesn't match fans expectations....and every time we call for the head of the coach.
 
Just a second in into his presser sound bites irritated me. He keeps changing his tune after every milestones he failed. No one instance have I heard he got it wrong. Always an excuse. We fans know how much the semi final of a European Cup is to us. Stop reminding us. The more he keeps doing it, the more we feel shit about him for ending our League Cup and FA Cup run.

And fuck all the pundits, media and whosoever keep saying he deserves a 3rd season. He has fucking overstayed. His narcissism is worse than Mourinho and Conte.
 
You can't choose a manager whose credibility is based on a very successful stint at Celtic, every manager/coach is successful at Celtic. They won their mm league 14 out of the last 15. It was a surprise at the time when they choose him.
 
Anyone remember that very strange comment he made some time ago?
Something about if he made a substitution and we got something out of the game we wouldn't have deserved it and he didn't want that.
The bloke is a basket case.

Yeah, his embargoed comments are very strange too. A lot of self preservation going on now and using the EL for that. I don’t remember Poch coming out with so much nonsense before the CL semis, but then again we weren’t 16th or whatever in the league having lost nearly 20 games.

Can’t wait for him to leave now at the end of the season. They can’t keep him.
 
It's about long term vision and building a successful team.

The other team cannot score if you have the ball.

Spurs have been repeatedly let down by individual errors, and inexperienced players have been exposed.

The quality of the squad is poor.

Ange's ship has sailed. We look set to lose Bentencuar, Romero and Porro in the summer; and Barca's scouts are watching Bergvall. City want Madison and Kulu is wanted in Italy. Dragusin has wanted out for quite some time, and Sarr is admired in Spain.

How do expect the next coach to perform?

Season after season we have a squad that doesn't match fans expectations....and every time we call for the head of the coach.

You realise only one of those players will end up leaving don't you
 
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