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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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Haha wow, just the 3 seasons to finally beat Woolwich? He's been a disgrace in London derbies, that is a sackable offence alone.
Thats my concern with de zerbi tbh. But can have a full season with him chellenging, he starts his shit then sack him off in 2026. Then hire poch or tuchel. Win win imo.
Not Ange in particularly but you do know that Brentford’s owner used to work with Brighton’s owner (until they fell out) . They both use the same data techniques - and both are clearly ahead of the game in it.
Potter was thriving at Brighton and now look at him. De Zerbi was thriving at Brighton but his future at Marseille after 1 season is precarious.
How will Frank fare at our shitshow? Hmmm…
Getting humped by Woolwich just once essentially signed Nuno's death warrant but Ange has had his belly tickled by our two biggest rivals 7 out of 8 times of asking and people are just ok with it apparently.
You say that but the average person is fucking stupid. It’s entirely believable people are sucked in and don’t step back and look at the facts. You only need to look at other aspects of life to see how easy it is to manipulate people. Ange is great at it.
Yep. It reminds of me a certain MAGA crowd across the pond.
Exactly. I've never seen us bend over so readily for Woolwich and Chelsea as we have under Ange.
Not to mention Everton away, Leicester at home, Fulham away winter 2024, Ipswich home.
But the worst of it all was his Woolwich and Chelsea record. Shocking. Never seen anything as bad as what Ange presided over.
Don't really think it's terribly relevant that Brentford have a good data model, and accept that while it will be responsible for at least a modicum of Brentford's success at PL level, Frank's tactical acumen has been equally a vitally important factor. Look at Forest and Gary Cooper, clearly Marinakis had equipped that side with enough talent to stay up with his mad summer spending spree, but required the right fit of manager in Nuno to up the results to the required level. They 100% would have gone down in 22/23 if they had kept faith in Cooper. It wasn't the players he was equipped with, they were the same ones Nuno stayed up with. It was the manager and his tactical approach that kept them safe.
By the way, all this talk about Frank. Knowing the way we operate, it will probably be a totally leftfield appointment nobody saw coming.
Is Frank top of my list? No. Iraola was, but I have cooled a bit on him with the way Bournemouth finished the season.
I would probably favour Iraola, however Frank has more than earned his chance and I don't see too many downsides to his appointment.
He could well go on and do an exceptional job for us. He is a great guy and the fans will love him.
Is Frank top of my list? No. Iraola was, but I have cooled a bit on him with the way Bournemouth finished the season.
I would probably favour Iraola, however Frank has more than earned his chance and I don't see too many downsides to his appointment.
He could well go on and do an exceptional job for us. He is a great guy and the fans will love him.
Imo our league position will swing the sack pendulum. The board will surely think we keep him we could go down next season or would have to change mid-season. Catastrophic imo. Were in the champions league so have to be serious. Do think as well new ceo and paratici back has an element of change needed. Munn will be out the door.
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Reads like a job application. No mention of all the defeats.
You’d have said the very same thing about Potter as you are about Frank.
And I wouldn’t really be bringing up Nuno, because surely he’s a prime example of a bloke who couldn’t handle it in a bigger environment like THFC.
But hold on, all the defeats were part of his 'cunning plan'.
Why wouldn't he want to own them?
Potter's football is fucking shite, so no, I wouldn't say that. In his last full season at Brighton they scored just 42 goals, conceding 44. They scored 40 the year before that.
Brentford have never scored so few in their 4 seasons so far in the PL, and on average in PL games keep around 47% possession. Comparing Frank to Potter is apples and oranges frankly.
I don't see what Nuno's time at Spurs has to do with him replacing Cooper and performing much better with the same squad, he had a proven track record with Wolves of performing well on limited resources and was an astute appointment for Forest.
Also scary to think that you laughed at that disgusting comment from On the shelf....
De Zerbi at Marseille actually did well results wise. Him being on the outs is more because he himself tried to leave during the fall when the Milan job became open.
