When he says "take him on, take him on" to the player to go around the OUTSIDE of the player defending... goosebumps.
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When he says "take him on, take him on" to the player to go around the OUTSIDE of the player defending... goosebumps.
Reasonable.
Less so.... As it ignores every other club capable of winning it.
You're wrong on AVB - we finished 5th in his first season, missing 4th by a point and 3rd by 3 points.
I think there's a miscommunication/understanding. I never said, or meant to say, it was in anyway related to the previous season's results.
Since Hoddle, Ange is the only Matchweek 1 manager who has completed a season in which we did not finish 5th or better - all others were sacked when it was clear, or strongly believed based on results, that 5th or better would not be achieved.
Ange is the exception because we were on track and favoured to win the Europa League. But, after the celebrations ended, he had still (very, very much) failed to meet the minimum acceptable finish of 5th.
Like I said - too many people trying to read too many tea leaves. It's pretty black and white after 2 decades what Levy will and will not accept.
Well deserved too.
Its pretty obvious now that coaches are absolutely critical at this level.
Edde Howe was going to go Celtic, a done deal. He didn't because Celtic would not allow him to bring in his entourage of coaches and conditioning and fitness people. Postecoglou took the Celtic job alone, but luckily had John Kennedy at Celtic as his number 2. Kenned refuse to come with him.
Jedinak and Montgomery were hopelessly inexperienced as coaches, and the resulting on-field tactical confusion was there to see.
could you imagine if we got grealish on the left... hed reignite him.
He could finish 2nd with 100 points and you’ll have some brain dead trolls telling you he’s less successful than Ange.
From what I’ve seen he’s the better coach and seems far more intelligent but he’ll only be judged on silverware.
It's not though... That's where we disagree.
Well played. Genuinely lol'd.
Brilliant. Nailed it
Especially the Imposter Sydrome. I couldn't put my finger on what to call it, but that's spot on as is your last point.
I like his energy , I don't get all this "hasn't coached an elite team , or at the top level" , well I'd suggest that he is coaching at an elite level .
Having Brentford playing good football and being as competitive as they are in the worlds toughest league takes some coaching acumen .
Bloody harder to do than walk into a club like Man City with the best of everything and bottomless pockets .
I've always said I'd like to see how Pep would go at a club like Brentford .
He’s coaching at a higher level than anything Ange had been near before he came here.
The SPL is fucking abysmal in quality and that’s where Ange was plying his trade. Frank is miles ahead of that.
Yeah I agree , He will definitely bring a change , but people are knocking him , and I used to , knocking him for having never managed at top level , I would suggest he's had one of the toughest gigs going .
One of the toughest things to do is get promotion and not only stay but be competitive , he has done that in spades .
I think there wouldn't be one manager in the PL that looks at a game against Brentford as a gimme , that is the best accolade to being successful .
It is, though.
Since Hoddle, no Matchday 1 manager has ever managed a full campaign in which we finished 6th or worse other than Ange. And Ange was only retained because we were favoured to win the Europa League, and did it. Then he was sacked after the celebrations.
Anyway, Ange is gone and we're moving on.
Well now it’s confirmed let’s all throw our support behind the new manager. Glad it hasn’t been a drawn out affair. Credit to Levy for swift action.
Welcome Thomas.
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Welcome Thomas.
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It's embarrassing, and for me the worst part of last season. Finishing 17th was horrific, some of our performances was just outright unacceptable. However the behaviour of some of the posters on here was just straight disgusting.
Attacking other fans, slurring on Ange and Levy, all from behind their keyboards.
Whereas what I see from the real hardcore fans, the ones that made the trip to Bilbao is nothing but respect.
There's a post on one of the threads here, from X or Instagram, #Notofrank.....really? He hasnt even sat down in his office yet and posters want him out....
lmfao trying to throw them under Flange's broken down old bus.
This was HIS shit system and he had complete control over what ended up being produced on the field.
They're not the greatest, but I can guarantee you if he'd have been open and receptive to their tactical input on how not to get beaten every fucking week, he'd still be here.
Tragic, desperate apologia.
Have some self-respect.
Yeah, you can see by the amount of little nerds Pep and Arteta have on the bench these days that it’s not a one man show anymore.
Forget about Ange, that’s in the past.
We’re a big club. We should be competing for silverware and Europa/Champions League positions every year. Period.
Winning the league is beyond us for obvious reasons, but silverware and a high league position isn’t.
Ange failed in the league and understandably got sacked.
Top 10 finishes with 19th highest payroll. And people are using his zero cups as an excuse to whack him. Ridiculous.
They do, but he's an xG guy. Those crosses may well have been a priority, because they have a better expected outcome than trying to play through....with Brentford's average skill level.
If the increased skill level of our attacking players is judged to make the smarter play to work towards a better crossing opportunity or to pass our way to a shooting chance, then he'll drop those half space crosses/early crosses in a heartbeat. Would be my guess, at least.