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Management Ange Postecoglou
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He’s bought himself discussion time with that cup win.
Unfortunately for him the CL football makes us more interesting to elite level managers too.
I'm telling you, the real story here is that Ange is the only person telling Levy that the job can be done with the squad investment he's willing to dedicate. He wants to use the players already here with a few reinforcements, his potential replacements want an expensive overhaul that Levy will never pay for.
And that's "bad", sure. Levy sucks.
But we've seen where we end up hoping a manager can force Levy to open his wallet. There's no fun through that door either.
I think he's full of sh!t...how can any proud EPLfootballer be happy about finishing 17th and losing 22 games...his pettiness and bullshit interviews blaming players...can't see it...or maybe even the players are swept in this euphoria..
We hardly ever get first dibs on players. We don’t pay the big wages.
What’s more important is what colour are the bedrooms going to be in the hotel?
I’m thinking maybe a nice green or blue from the heritage farrow and ball range.
Then we need to think about the thread count on the bedding.
Busy summer.
He did (weirdly enough) have his own bonkers "Paulinho/Barcelona" moment by managing to get the Real Madrid job (albeit not for long) after he left us. The 2008 League Cup is still the last trophy he won as a manager, despite managing four clubs after us.
What I would say is that without Levy hiring him, we'd have been potless for 26 years rather than 17
I am sure Ange would be saying such things. "If you stay with me I can do the job and you won't have to spend more" A siren call more tailored to Levy's interests there could not be. Can only hope Levy doesn't fall for it.
As a fan the only hope is that we sack him to appoint some other up-and-comer and strike gold this time. Ange certainly is not that. The chances are against any appointee, but we may as well daw the next card rather than stand on the poor hand we've got.
Quite frankly, I'd rather have the manager who got us into the CL rather than a manager who only became interested when we got into the CL.
If we weren't good enough for them before we got into the CL, we're not good enough for them now.
They can fuck off.
#BigAngeInstead
Maybe a splash of dado rail
Why does Jose always get lumped in with this when his chance to win one was taken away from him.
Last time you said that you would throw in a bag of chips and some scraps!
Because he blew a 2-0 lead in one half against a Croatian side whose manager was in prison. Because he shipped five goals to fucking Everton. Because Literally Timo Werner outscored his side over two legs.
Nobody opposed his Cup Final week sacking more than me, but he had his chances, it was a misbegotten appointment.
(I see on Wikipedia we lost at home to Norwich in the FA Cup, I don't even remember that game tbh. I bet it was shit)
Hopefully he is not coming back
Lost on pens to Norwich.
I recall at the time we appointed him, that people suggested Ramos wasn't the reason Seville won 5 cups under him, it was the team behind him at Seville, IE DoF, scouts etc.
That was the model Levy desperately seemed to want anyway, a coach that could be changed every 2-3 years but a backroom team that stayed and kept the consistency going.
He has pretty much said this publicly as well. Although I can't find anything to prove it, he's definitely said there is a trend abroad whereby manages come and go within 2 years but staff remain the same. And teams succeed that way.
Whilst that is all true, Mourninho is a coach for big games and we should have waited until after that final.
If only to end this exact debate before it ever happened.
And also, had we left him in place and we still lost, Levy wouldn't have been afraid to sack Ange months ago.
The irony, is that those are the tactics 22 teams have used to see us off in the league this season.
Blew a 2 goal lead who's manager was in prison. You'll never sing that.
