I dislike AP's basketball approach to the game. It's an "immature" view of how the EPL game should played. If Ange went I'd like to see us buy out Thomas Franks contract at Brentford. This is a manager who thinks about the game and opposition pre-match and sets his stall out accordingly but is capable and not afraid to alter things mid-game if he feels it's needed.
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I'm afraid that the "difference maker" wouldn't come to the present THFC. He would prefer a club that aims at the top. Only if you present a major plan with other significant signings he would. As other clubs have done. To bring an extreme example, do you think that Mbappe would come whatever the salary?
Oh bore off mister moral police.
Go and be offended in the corner if you will
That's Sir Moral Police to you and no, I'm fine calling out this kind of toxic nonsense where I see it thanks.
Wrong example Bruv, all Mbappe would do is destabilise the dynamic on the pitch, like he's done at RM. He's really not that much of a difference makers IMO.
I get your gist though, but don't necessarily agree with it. All we can do, at this point in time, is speculate on what the plan is for the squad. There's been a lot of angst about us reducing the wage bill, but no one has considered that this is possibly a result of 'clearing the decks' so we have the capacity to bring in those game changers at a wage they're happy with. If we are approaching these players with the plan to be challenging for all honours, including CL, then there's no reason to believe they wouldn't see us as a good move.
I refuse to believe that we are winging it and don't have that plan mapped out. We are in a similar position to where we were when Poch started. Clearing the decks and reducing the squad age. The difference between then and now is our ability to shop in the higher bracket. That was a 5 year plan, so I fully expect we have similar now.
Unlike a few on here though, I'm not claiming this as fact, just my opinion on how we will proceed. Only time will tell if I've hit a bullseye or missed the board completely.
I quite like Frank, however this magical ability to change things that are not working
PL away results this season
6 losses 1 draw
The draw was Everton
Is that 'cos when any woman sees you they say...oh god?....
Till I'm blue in the face....
We were lucky against Sheff United and 9 man Liverpool.
We were mere seconds away from a home loss to the worst team in the league last season. We were seconds away from needing a dodgy VAR decision to "earn" a draw against 9 man Liverpool.
The last few seconds of those two games really changed the outlook of those first 10 games.
Had we have finished at 99 minutes instead of 103 against SU (I'm guessing those numbers) we'd have spent a whole match huffing a puffing but doing little damage.
Had we not beaten 9 man Liverpool, it would have made the 1-4 home loss (that would have been 8 but for wasteful finishing) look even more puzzling. 9 men shouldn't be able to avoid defeat unless they had a head start.
Gotta step up your gameI wanna know why I wasn't mentioned.
Call levy a cunt , that should do it
He represents winning games of football and trophies with a style that makes you sit back and go gee whizz how was that for you cause I think that was as good as it gets. That's why we love him and follow him, it's not happening right now, consistently that is, there is a tension between him and the squad as a whole unit because they are definitely not working for each other every game every minute trying to score, that isn't normal for Ange and the teams I've watched him coach.
Literally any time anyone claims Levy is a winning chairman and Ange is an adequate coach, this is me
This is a huge point, the whole 'you never know what you're gonna get with Spurs, they beat the good teams but lose to the bad ones' is complete recency bias. Last year our record against the top six was pretty crap - lost twice against Chelsea, didn't beat either of City or the scum, beat United but they were pretty crap and had that win over Liverpool which if we're honest we didn't deserve. This year we've claimed a couple massive scalps in beating City twice, the manner of that win and the United win is a differential to last year. Obviously though we've had increased problems taking our chances against teams that sit deep. Sometimes I think people pay too much attention to watch Sky or those silly little youtubers say, and don't actually look at the facts.
I wanna know why I wasn't mentioned.
I stopped taking the dude seriously when continued referring to us as Tottenham Hotspurs
Not totally. I don't think we'd need to display other signings to him, not should we have to. He either buys into the plan or he doesn't, who we sign shouldn't have any bearing.Actually you agree
There are actual self confessed Ange Postecoglou fans in this thread who only started following Spurs and joined this forum when he became manager. And will in all likelihood leave whenever he does....That's bizarre in itself.
But these very fans are pontificating about supposed negativity and telling life long, dyed-in-the-wool yids how we should be rallying around and embracing under performance and mediocrity......I mean wow!! Now that is just downright weird
This fucking place, man.
But these very fans are pontificating about supposed negativity and telling life long, dyed-in-the-wool yids how we should be rallying around and embracing under performance and mediocrity......I mean wow!! Now that is just downright weird
This fucking place, man.
History is not your strongest subject is it?There are actual self confessed Ange Postecoglou fans in this thread who only started following Spurs and joined this forum when he became manager. And will in all likelihood leave whenever he does....That's bizarre in itself.
But these very fans are pontificating about supposed negativity and telling life long, dyed-in-the-wool yids how we should be rallying around and embracing under performance and mediocrity......I mean wow!! Now that is just downright weird
This fucking place, man.
todd1882
had my back last season when I pointed this out. That was it. Everyone else piled on. Disagrees got removed when the forum changed but it was a controversial take.
At one points it was up to 200 disagrees….. maybe.