And that's with keeping a clean sheet in one of the games
Cheers Ange. Top job.
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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In 10 years you'll be looking back and saying, "Remember that season we finished 17th and nearly won the EL." That's what you'll be saying mate.
And if so then yeh, I'll be annoyed.
I don't lose sleep over football results I can't control. I'm a fan of Tottenham, but for me life is a lot bigger than just that.
I get for some fans it is all they have, and I respect that. But if I did, my mental health would be rock bottom.
If we win the lot, I'll be dancing in the street with my son and a case of the golden nectar. If we lose, I'll just have to move on.
Yeah.
But all the fans that have repeatedly banged on about giving managers time have deserved this. In fact, they deserve worse tbh.
In some ways, I'm sort of glad we have shown the world what actually happens if you give a total fraud (of which there are many) carte blanche to carry on.
You'd like to think this would prove to any and all that the cliche is nonsense and that just giving anyone, no matter how little evidence there is that things are/will improving, but you know the same old voices in the fanbase and the media will be back to "you gotta give him time" with the next one and the one after that.
Massive celebrations in Rotherham as they get that monkey off their back.
Cheers Ange. Top job.
This must be the season with the most humiliating moments in Spurs history.
Wether or not the Europa is second rate. It leads to CL qualification, and there's NOTHING second rate about that
I remember we were bottom half shite the last 2 time we won a cup.
I remember we sacked the cup winning coach 8 games in to the subsequent season having set a premier league record for least points in the first 8 games. I think that was only beaten this season by Southampton.
I think the odds are though, that we bottle the Europa league, either this round or the final. And we'd have totally thrown away any league dignity.
Unfortunately I think some would rather finish 4th than qualify that way.
That has changed the entire Europa League debate. It should always have been that way.
That and the fact that there's no Champions League dropouts anymore.
It's gone from a 2nd rate cup, that's hard to win, with very little on offer for doing so, to a 2nd rate competition, that's easier to win and has a very worthwhile prize.
I'd rather finish anywhere in the top 6-8 and win the ropey league.
Top 4 and any trophy should be the aim every season.
Bottom 5 is, to quote Conte, "unnasettable"
League dignity is dead and buried this year.
A new manager will come in this summer (dictated by whether we're a Champions League outfit or not), and next season I expect it'll be another 5-8 place finish.
It definitely doesn't make up for this season, Ange should still go.
But our own fans calling it the Ropey cup, come on...we expect our players to take it seriously when we don't??
Oh absolutely, I agree with you. But we haven't actually proven we can do that for a long long time.
You rightly say, having a winning mentality means taking every competition seriously, that should have been the league & FA cup too, both of which have been pathetic. Europa league looks like it’s been prioritised because they stumbled through a lot of it. I am not sure it’s been because that was the plan.
The easy solution to this bit is to stop caring what fans of other teams think of us.
I don't give a damn what sort of banter that Gooner, Chav or Dipper fans throw our way. Or at the very least I try not to. They will always find something to hurl our way so it is better to just focus on ourselves.
nothing wrong with going after the final boss.
i'll bet steak dinners everyone's in the next manager thread calling him a cunt and asking why isnt he sacked within 24 months
Well bully for Bilbao then.
You're absolutely right there. Ange has made a complete mess of every competition this season, including the Europa league. However we're still in it, we have a chance to win it and get that 'Spursy' tag off our backs a bit, plus it leads to CL qualification.
I just think as fans we should be proud to win a trophy regardless, and not focus on the negative aspects that it's not as prestigious as the CL or PL.
If they have us 16th after 2 seasons and are generally obnoxious, excuse making tossers then i agree. Jol, Redknapp and Poch largely managed to avoid that abuse strangely.