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Management Ange Postecoglou

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With the World Cup rolling around next year, my theory is someone like Frank is a low risk punt to stop the pendulum swinging wildly from week to week and get some semblance of consistency back into the league.

If Frank fails to qualify for any European spot, he'll be fired and a larger pool of Managers will be available to Levy after the World Cup.
 
I still feel like they're going to keep him going into next season. I personally think that doing nothing is the absolute wrong choice.. But it's the one that gets the least backlash from the press. Which even though it shouldn't matter, I think it will do. The club will think that they should wait until he's had a bad start (if that was to happen), and then make the change whilst comparatively coming up smelling of roses.. They'll have wasted a summer where they could do good work with a new coach, but they'll have avoided the whole "sacked the first manager to win something in 17 years" palava.

It's the reactive, safe choice.. And that is always the choice I put money on this club taking.
 
FightingIllini said:
In this modern strong period since 20/21 Bodo/Glimt have played 38 home games in Europe.

They've won 30 of them, including beating the likes of Roma, Lazio, Besiktas, Porto, Olympiacos, Twente, AZ, Dinamo Zagreb, and yes, Ange Postecoglu's Celtic. And scoring an absolute shedload of goals doing it, they've run riot pinging it about on that plastic pitch.

In those 38 games, including matches with Woolwich and Ajax, Spurs were the first team to beat them in Bodo by more than one goal.

We completely erased them in that game, which was a bigger feat than it got credit for.
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Bodo did fuck all away from home, ever.

Obvious home advantage playing at -40, in six feet of snow on a dangerous plastic pitch (which UEFA shouldn't even sanction), and where the Sun sets at two in the afternoon.

Don't try and big them up.
 
ange has won 2 premierships with south melbourne , 2 premierships with brisbane roar, 1 premiership with yokahama marinos the first trophy in 15 years for that club, 2 premierships 1 cup and 2 league cups with celtic, has won the asian cup with the australian national team first time ever, and 1 uefa europa league with spurs. coached at a world cup.
 
Pythagoras said:
ange has won 2 premierships with south melbourne , 2 premierships with brisbane roar, 1 premiership with yokahama marinos the first trophy in 15 years for that club, 2 premierships 1 cup and 2 league cups with celtic, has won the asian cup with the australian national team first time ever, and 1 uefa europa league with spurs. coached at a world cup.
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And secured Tottenham Hotspur's lowest league finish in 48 years. Don't forget that generational accolade.
 
Pythagoras said:
ange has won 2 premierships with south melbourne , 2 premierships with brisbane roar, 1 premiership with yokahama marinos the first trophy in 15 years for that club, 2 premierships 1 cup and 2 league cups with celtic, has won the asian cup with the australian national team first time ever, and 1 uefa europa league with spurs. coached at a world cup.
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He's Tottenham's worst manager in decades and would have had us in a relegation scrap if the relegated teams weren't all so poor.

If he wants to go win matches in Australia or at Celtic where the next man you see walking by on the street could win the treble, fine. He should get out of the PL because he's out of his depth
 
kcspurs said:
He's Tottenham's worst manager in decades and would have had us in a relegation scrap if the relegated teams weren't all so poor.

If he wants to go win matches in Australia or at Celtic where the next man you see walking by on the street could win the treble, fine. He should get out of the PL because he's out of his depth
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he did finish in 5th position in his first year with no harry kane ,which qualified for europe ,giving spurs their 1st title in 17 years
 
If Daniel Levy will still be in charge, Spurs will always have less in terms of quality than our balance sheet says we should have. Everyone here knows this. Therefore tactical flexibility should in my opinion be at the forefront of what we look for in a new manager.

We have all seen what the Ange idea results in, he was figured completely out after 10 games or so in his first year, and after this even Championship sides in cup matches could stymie our attack. We don't have the sort of quality to play like Enrique Barcelona and we never will. We'll always need to adjust to our opponents and tactical genius is important. Ange simply does not have this in his locker.
 
Perryman said:
Bournemouth played the most long balls in the prem lge last season. He’s not going to win trophies with Brentford. Poch and Eddie Howe never managed in euro comps. Neither had Maresca, only done one season in the champ. Clueless post.
Thomas Frank…come on down.
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Lol. Not the best example.

Howes first season in the champs league saw them knocked out in the group and sink to eighth in the premier league.
 
Notabadsquad said:
All fair points.

I think a big part of the pressure for all incoming manager has actually gone. We can't win the CL and no one with brain cell will say different. That relieves the trophy part and then it's just doing better than 17th, but mostly, it's about building a team that looks competent.

But it will take something quite astonishing to preside over worse than this season, glorious Europa apart.
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There in lies the difference. Ange will win the champions league and will have the squad believing that.

Seeing Inters heads drop after the first goal showed the importance of belief. Those players were resigned to losing the second that goal went in. Similar to
Poch's Spurs team.
 
Pythagoras said:
ange has won 2 premierships with south melbourne , 2 premierships with brisbane roar, 1 premiership with yokahama marinos the first trophy in 15 years for that club, 2 premierships 1 cup and 2 league cups with celtic, has won the asian cup with the australian national team first time ever, and 1 uefa europa league with spurs. coached at a world cup.
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All very low level leagues. None of them are in the top 20 leagues.....
 
It seems it’s down to three. 1. Ange stays, 2. Frank and 3. Silva
Whatever happens we mustn’t get Silva. He’s done ok at Fulham but was shit at Everton.

The bigger question is why Levy is procrastinating so much. The window is open and he can’t even decide on a manager ffs! Don’t expect any player signings soon.
It’s been said that Levy buys players late in the window because he’s trying to get a bargain. I think it’s because he can’t make his mind up. He’s a commitment phoebe
 
Rooster said:
All very low level leagues. None of them are in the top 20 leagues.....
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Europa League isn’t

Winning every league you’ve ever played in doesn’t reflect badly on you just because they aren’t the PL.

Pep just hired an assistant directly from the Australian league. Good coming and good ideas are about more than just the level of players in the league.

If anything it’s harder to coach less skilled players.
 
BJK said:
With the timing of this sacking, right after reaching by far the biggest height of his career, his ascendancy to a mythical status among some people here will be complete. Even more so if his replacement doesn't hit the ground running, whether Frank or anybody else.

He is leaving a club that he has always held in contempt not only with a hefty payout in his pocket, but also with his reputation improved. He's hardly a suffering victim here, so I don't feel the need to mourn him.

It'll be interesting to see where he ends up.
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Hopefully the cultists drink the coolaid when he ascends
tart said:
Utter drivel.
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Do you expect any less from him at this stage?
Higgo said:
Starting to agree with this. And it could end up being a whole lot worse.
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Still be better than what we have.
Hampshire Spur said:
Tbh id rather de zerbi than frank.
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I work with a Brighton season ticket holder.
He said RDZ stropped out of Brighton because he was promised money to spend and not given it.
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