Ange is certainly creating strong bonds everywhere. In Ange I trust.
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Tactics 100% Angeball, or adapt during the game? Which are you?
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Playing 9 v 11 for a large portion of the match means you are odds on going to lose probably 95%+ of the time. Let's just hope it's the last time we see it happen.
I do wonder what would have happened if we’d gone up 2-1. I think at that point you’d drop back like Liverpool did and slow the game down.
no ones asking for contes shit. its about boxing clever and adapting to situations. talking of hoddle heres what he thought
Postecoglou's tactics labelled 'football suicide' by Tottenham legend
Glenn Hoddle has questioned Ange Postecoglou 's uncompromising tactics after Tottenham played a high defensive line despite being reduced to nine players against Chelsea .
LOL at the 3rd choice.
Under normal 11v11 games you go with ange ball even 11v10 but I'm sorry 11v9 having lost your creative player and 3 of your back 4 you show a bit of nouse and try to squeeze any result you can from the game. Watching Chelsea constantly bombarding us breaking through our high line waiting for their inevitable goals wasn't fun for me.
Ange ain’t changing in the same way Jose ain’t changing putting 11 men behind the ball against pub teams or Pep ain’t changing if he had 3 players sent off, he would try and hog the ball anyway even if he meant lost 8-0.
Anyway 4-1 was a crazy result, it was 2-1 and we nearly equalised with 9 men and hardly any time to go, it nearly worked. If we have had 9 men sitting near our own goal we would have still probably lost anyway but gone out without a bang.
Had Romero and Udogie not lost their heads and got sent off that was a win last night.
That was the best 20 minutes I've seen from a Spurs team since 2018 or so
If you’d told me a few months ago that a 1-4 defeat to Chelsea would unite this forum (as much as it can be united), I’d have carted you off to the nearest institution. But that is where we are.
Fair, a few posters have maybe went a bit off message due to their disappointment, but it’s gratifying to not see pages of Levy Out follow last nights result. And I feel this is due to how we are almost all feeling about how the team reacted last night. Ran themselves ragged and stuck to the boss’s plan, in the face of some pretty shit luck.
If Ange can get these players onside as quickly as this and unite the fucking lunatics that post on here, I’m all for whatever he wants to do. And that’s a complete 180 from my post at half time last night saying we should defend ten yards further back. I was wrong. We died on our shields last night, throwing big fucking swords around. Loved it.
Fair, a few posters have maybe went a bit off message due to their disappointment, but it’s gratifying to not see pages of Levy Out follow last nights result. And I feel this is due to how we are almost all feeling about how the team reacted last night. Ran themselves ragged and stuck to the boss’s plan, in the face of some pretty shit luck.
If Ange can get these players onside as quickly as this and unite the fucking lunatics that post on here, I’m all for whatever he wants to do. And that’s a complete 180 from my post at half time last night saying we should defend ten yards further back. I was wrong. We died on our shields last night, throwing big fucking swords around. Loved it.
Put that on a banner and fly it all over the stadium!
Although we were in all likelihood going to lose that game last night, not only because we were down to nine but had lost two key players, at least I wasn't sitting there bored to tears.
Every player last night played their hearts out and I have no doubts that is down to Ange's management.
More power to your elbow, Ange.
The side story here is over 90% of us agree (and we’re not exactly the most united of groups).
But if you look at certain media outlets you’d think half of us were up in arms. They’re obviously dragging up opinions to create a debate, but the assumption that we’re all angry, it shows how those outside our bubble don’t really get us at all.
But if you look at certain media outlets you’d think half of us were up in arms. They’re obviously dragging up opinions to create a debate, but the assumption that we’re all angry, it shows how those outside our bubble don’t really get us at all.
I think you have to be able to adapt with situation and circumstance. But early on in Ange's tenure here, maybe he wanted to send a message, set a years long tone, that this is who we are. He was playing for the whole season and future seasons, not just this one game.
We would’ve gotten a point if we had packed it in. Chelsea are an awful club with zero creativity whatsoever, their only strength is pace with Sterling Mudryk and Jackson. There was no way our high line could keep up with those road runners.
I think Ange sacrificed a short term point to prove a long term point to the players about never abandoning the philosophy and that’s fine and I respect him for it.
But let’s not act like it was the best decision to salvage something from the match.
I think Ange sacrificed a short term point to prove a long term point to the players about never abandoning the philosophy and that’s fine and I respect him for it.
But let’s not act like it was the best decision to salvage something from the match.
They were creating chances 11 vs 11....
I refuse to believe they'd have failed to create plenty against 9 men. Especially considering it would have meant basically giving them all the ball and inviting them on to us.
Probably not, we do have the keeper though...
Sure, they created chances via pressing and counters because we were trying to attack them and they had the pace to counter.
I’m not saying we should’ve solely packed it in but after a certain point it was clear our legs were absolutely gone and couldn’t keep up with their pace. You give them 25 chances to beat the high line they’re eventually going to figure it out.
The only thing about that strategy is that it was our best shot to score a goal which is the best argument for using it.
However it was doomed from the get go if the goal was to prevent Chelsea from scoring.