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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: 72 64.3%

  • No, I think it was a bad idea.

    Votes: 40 35.7%
  • Total voters
    112
Top Corner10 said:
1990 Man Utd finished 13th in the league (they were in 16th until final game when a win led to 13th place finish) but won FA Cup as Fergie first trophy. Season-long fan discontent over bad form and team affected by injuries. Touch and go whether Fergie survived. What happened when Utd board backed their manager rather than sacking him?
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I can't recall a single PL manager stating we have given up on the PL and will concentrate on the ******** Cup or Trophy.

This excuse was only brought in after Ange categorically stated that "when our injured players return you will see a different side" i believe this was in a January 15th prezzer.

We didn't it got worse.

The man has always been a good talker with the media and that's was he was loved by them, but look further beyond the bluster and bullshit and therein lies the true issue.

An inflexible, rigid manager who has no other method than to flog the players into the physios room, (read the Scottish Record publication on his Celtic injury catastrophe) and who had no true respect of the of the Spurs fans, our history (his remarks about the Woolwich rivalry) and that of cupping his ear at our fans at Stamford Bridge.

I am told that Levy held a meeting with some of the injured players and separately with the physios in an effort to understand why we had so many injuries.

There are proven recommendations in the sport regarding minutes players should play on their initial return from a hamstring injury. I am reliably informed that Ange ignored the club physios, and this led to Micky's set back to his injury.

We won a EL that certainly shut up every PL fan and was far better than an FA or Caribou Cup win which put Palace and Newcastle fans in their place, but overall we were the joke of the PL not only in the UL but across Europe and the US.

Now we have a chance to hire Frank and one that is brave and astute.

If you don't want to go through the whole video, skip to minute forty. This is where he talks about a next club.

Demand, Consequences, Love.

These are the three words he uses on assessing a team, players and mantra.

Good enough for me.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04p7631jn6Y
 
JimothyCF14 said:
The number of competitive games we lost under Ange is the very definition of mediocre.

I had genuine concerns that he'd have led us into a relegation fight next season and then medicore would only be something we can dream of.

I care for this club too much to see it losing more games than we win and somehow pretending thats glorious.
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Winning major trophies is the dictionary opposite of mediocre

Aiming for 8-4th with one of the 8th richest, and THE most profitable club in the world? That’s mediocre.

Until Levy shows any real ambition to win the PL, tell me why it’s worth giving a fuck how many games we lost last season? We went after the things we could actually win and either got very close or actually won it!

That’s glory mate. That’s what sport is actually about. Not being the 3rd best loser
 
Richard Arlison said:
Winning major trophies is the dictionary opposite of mediocre

Aiming for 8-4th with one of the 8th richest, and THE most profitable club in the world? That’s mediocre.

Until Levy shows any real ambition to win the PL, tell me why it’s worth giving a fuck how many games we lost last season? We went after the things we could actually win and either got very close or actually won it!

That’s glory mate. That’s what sport is actually about. Not being the 3rd best loser
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Look, not arguing against the trophy, I'm really not it's fucking immense. But if he dragged us down any further it would cripple us for decades. The football was so dire for so long without any hint of improvement I just don't see how he could have followed up next season.

I would be on board with everything you were saying if we just had a bad patch, but 22 defeats isn't a bad patch by anyone's standards. It's a clear direction of travel, and that direction is down. if we finished 10th, 11th he'd still be here but there comes a point where it's clear he was struggling against anyone not called Manchester United.
 
JimothyCF14 said:
Look, not arguing against the trophy, I'm really not it's fucking immense. But if he dragged us down any further it would cripple us for decades. The football was so dire for so long without any hint of improvement I just don't see how he could have followed up next season.

I would be on board with everything you were saying if we just had a bad patch, but 22 defeats isn't a bad patch by anyone's standards. It's a clear direction of travel, and that direction is down. if we finished 10th, 11th he'd still be here but there comes a point where it's clear he was struggling against anyone not called Manchester United.
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Decades is dramatic. Conte came in mid season and got top 4.
 
Bazali said:
Weekends in Grimsby docks are popular ATM

Come smell the haddock!


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All sounds a bit fishy to me...
 
JimothyCF14 said:
What did you see in our 22 defeats to make you so sure? He never adapted or changed his ideas no matter how many times it bit us on the arse. Yeah, he did in Europe but never the league.

I'm bored of losing so frequently. If that makes me wrong so be it.
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As soon as there was any real threat of relegation we won 3 games in a month, one of them being Brentford

Those losses weren’t worth it? Would you trade that trophy for a few more meaningless league wins last season?

If Levy wasn’t gutting the wage bill and really trying to compete on all fronts, I’m 100% with you but he wasn’t. We signed 3 teenagers and used academy kids. Hes not trying to win the PL
 
Kiro Kompiro said:
How much was England's squad worth that played against Andorra?

The price paid for players and their "worth" are two different things, especially when expensive young players are valued not on current ability, but what they could become at some point in the future.

As I said elsewhere it will be interesting how Frank manages the 4 comps he is in, and what results he has across all of them.
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He's adding one competition, has nine years managerial experience and had more PL experience than Ange had.

Ange couldn't manage two competitions at once, and gave in on the biggest one, the Premier League.
 
Richard Arlison said:
As soon as there was any real threat of relegation we won 3 games in a month, one of them being Brentford

Those losses weren’t worth it? Would you trade that trophy for a few more meaningless league wins last season?

If Levy wasn’t gutting the wage bill and really trying to compete on all fronts, I’m 100% with you but he wasn’t. We signed 3 teenagers and used academy kids. Hes not trying to win the PL
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Those "meaningless games" started in December, Ange clarified this in January and his stupidity stunned the main board.

That is what cost him his job.

Levy was making plans weeks before the EL final on a replacement, and kudos for him in doing so.

I can never ever remember Klopp, Pep, Arteta, Howe or any other top six manager stating that they had given up on the PL in January to concentrate on a Cup competition. Cup winners, Double winners, and Treble winning managers have never done that in January or any month in the season.

Palace fielded almost the same side the week before the FA Cup final against us as they selected in the final itself.

Ange was arrogant, disrespectful, single minded and at the end of the day paid the price for it.
 
ThePreacher said:
Those "meaningless games" started in December, Ange clarified this in January and his stupidity stunned the main board.

That is what cost him his job.

Levy was making plans weeks before the EL final on a replacement, and kudos for him in doing so.

I can never ever remember Klopp, Pep, Arteta, Howe or any other top six manager stating that they had given up on the PL in January to concentrate on a Cup competition. Cup winners, Double winners, and Treble winning managers have never done that in January or any month in the season.

Palace fielded almost the same side the week before the FA Cup final against us as they selected in the final itself.

Ange was arrogant, disrespectful, single minded and at the end of the day paid the price for it.
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He was a winner though
 
ThePreacher said:
Those "meaningless games" started in December, Ange clarified this in January and his stupidity stunned the main board.

That is what cost him his job.

Levy was making plans weeks before the EL final on a replacement, and kudos for him in doing so.

I can never ever remember Klopp, Pep, Arteta, Howe or any other top six manager stating that they had given up on the PL in January to concentrate on a Cup competition. Cup winners, Double winners, and Treble winning managers have never done that in January or any month in the season.

Palace fielded almost the same side the week before the FA Cup final against us as they selected in the final itself.

Ange was arrogant, disrespectful, single minded and at the end of the day paid the price for it.
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That was the price he paid but had he gone strong in the league and finished mid table I highly doubt we would have won the EL, it's clear that is what pissed Levy off more than anything.
 
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