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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
Don't like the way journalists are still reporting that his future is up in the air. Tells me that Levy still hasn't got a clue. This needs a resolution this week, no time for the usual ENIC dithering.
They’re guessing and hedging their bets as a result so they don’t look daft if it falls a different way to they have reported.

I wouldn’t put much store in it.
 
i'm not so sure they do. i think the players are like fans and are caught up in the emotion of a dramatic big win and wouldn't speak out against ange or do anything but celebrate in the immediate aftermath but they know he's out of his depth. i still don't see any strong statements in his support anywhere and i think as the afterglow fades the consensus will be he has to go
I meant more that they can lose 22 matches out of 38 and the manager calls them outstanding

I'm sure they are more than happy for Ange to stay
 
I don’t think it’s as easy as you say and is so incredibly risky. The whole campaign can blow up with a single odd goal getting through. Based on where our season was when we apparently decided to risk it all for the cup, we were in a very different situation than many other clubs in that our season was already likely over.

I don’t think we strategically sacrificed the league to the degree Ange has maybe suggested. I think it’s a cop out now that we won. We didn’t bench swaths of starters in league games to rest for the cup. More often than not we played our strongest team, and the only exceptions was integrating returning players a little slower. Ange is deflecting and trying to take the blame for the poor season off him and the players.

I don’t believe this one bit. It’s more gaslighting from him.
 
I meant more that they can lose 22 matches out of 38 and the manager calls them outstanding

I'm sure they are more than happy for Ange to stay
i don't think they want him to stay but that's just speculation on my part. if i was say madders i'd be over the moon with a trophy and i wouldn't spoil the fun by complaining about ange but i'd still think he was not up for the job and be really concerned about another season under him but i'd never say any of this publicly until he was gone and maybe not even then. he got us a big win and it would be bad manners to trash him now
 
he has to say it, we finished 17th with 22 defeats. he cant say that he gave his best in that can he with that return LOL.

but its no surprise his legion of simpletons believe it.
if he really was the straight talking truth sayer he would've said, 'we had a terrible league campaign with a lot of injuries but a lot we got wrong too and it's unacceptable. this cup is very important for the club and we're thrilled but there's much work to be done to get back to where we belong.'

instead it's, 'yeah mate i don't know what everyone is complaining about. i did miracles.'
 
We got the get out of the jail card with winning the Europa League.

When you think about it, this season has been an absolute abomination, worst league season ever, most losses ever, absolute turgid football and manager fighting his own fans.
Just look at the league results on Wikipedia and the amount of red that makes you wanna puke.

The celebrations, the parade and the trophy is just a refund to the fans for watching this bollocks, not a justification for continuation.

Levy needs to man the fuck up. Not just the manager needs to go, we need 3-4 top players. Not average, mediocre. Not kids. Real top quality.

1 point in 7 is no joke. If we get complacent we'll be in relegation battle. At least if Ange stays.
 
Don't let your arse friends hear this, but winning the Europa by absolutely downing tools in the PL isn't hard.

Don't ask me why it hasn't happened more often like you don't know.
Nobody has ever, to such an extent, thrown away game after game after game in order to win it.
Actually, that's wrong West Ham did in the conference league. That is closer to the Europa than than Europa is to the Champions League.

So let's not act as if he's some sort of messiah. 3rd, 4th, 5th best teams from 1 or 2 team leagues are nowhere near top half Premier League sides.

Newcastle won a trophy AND finished 5th.
Palace won a trophy and finished on the most points in their history.

We won a trophy and had our worst season in our 143 year history domestically.

Decent post but we didn't down tools. We were simply poor. I destest this idea that presumes we were so good that we just felt like we would lose games or not give maximum effort. It's rubbish.

As to not hard to win the Europa,knowing the carrot of the CL awaits, just remind me of the other English teams that have qualified for the CL as a result over the years?

An annual occurrence it certainly is not.
 
The inzaghi links the week before the CL final are bizarre. I'd say there is zero chance of us getting him anyway. Must be AC Milan journalists spreading lies to distract Inter before the CL final. Its a nasty business.

Hope no fans are actually buying them stories. You'll be left very underwhelmed if you think there is even a chance of us getting Inzaghi.
 
if he really was the straight talking truth sayer he would've said, 'we had a terrible league campaign with a lot of injuries but a lot we got wrong too and it's unacceptable. this cup is very important for the club and we're thrilled but there's much work to be done to get back to where we belong.'

instead it's, 'yeah mate i don't know what everyone is complaining about. i did miracles.'
He has said that a dozen times at least.
 
i haven't seen the 'we got a lot wrong' part and his tune after the victory has certainly switched to self righteousness.

His attitude and behaviour has been enabled by the club and some fans. It’s allowed him to think this is some unprecedented insane achievement and has allowed him to parade it and act like the league is irrelevant.

It’s extremely small time and short term thinking.
 
His attitude and behaviour has been enabled by the club and some fans. It’s allowed him to think this is some unprecedented insane achievement and has allowed him to parade it and act like the league is irrelevant.

It’s extremely small time and short term thinking.
the cl qualification part has everyone feeling like this was a top 5 season for some reason. we lost 22 times. it wasn't just a bad dream. that shit happened
 
the cl qualification part has everyone feeling like this was a top 5 season for some reason. we lost 22 times. it wasn't just a bad dream. that shit happened

Yeah we got a get out of jail free card at the end due to winning that final. Let’s be honest, neither side who won that game really belongs at CL level.

Winning that cup was amazing in so many ways but we have to be real and look at who we played and then ask whether wins over those teams justifies 22 losses and not even getting 38 points.

Not even 38. We didn’t even reach the usual safe from relegation marker. It’s absolutely fucking disgraceful.
 
if we'd been sitting around top five he would've shit on this cup and given long speeches about the importance of playing at the highest levels, etc. blah blah blah.. ange is in it for ange
hes a master of spinning things.

every game was about winning before as hes such a winner and hes focused on building a winning culture....all of a sudden hes built a winning culture off the back of losing! first person in history to do it...if you believe him.

he really does have the simpletons eating out the palm of his hand. fair play to him, he knows how to exploit idiots!
 
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