Fuck, I remember thinking Ramos was going to transform the club when he came in. Still have a soft spot for him because he seemed like a nice bloke and won us a trophy.
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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This shit reminds me of watching Leeds under Bielsa. Remember thinking just how stupid and naive that team was - apace everywhere, people caught up the pitch constantly and always at their most fragile when up the pitch. Its happening every single game with Ange and its arrogant to think it will work now. This arrogance will relegate us if it continues.
I am shocked hes still there this morning.
I am shocked hes still there this morning.
Season Leicester got relegated recently they managed 1 point between MW23-30.
That’s our benchmark. And I honestly thought we would get that point yesterday.
The stadium is only going to get worse. I know what our fans are like. That pressure is going to weigh on this group of players.
So away form needs to be our saving grace.
3 away wins this season. Soton in Dec, City in November, United in September.
So now we are effectively hoping for one away win per month in feb, March and April. Maybe one in May if we really need it.
This is actually quite exciting isn’t it.
Like getting on a rollercoaster and realising that your seatbelt things not properly done up as you start going up the big slope.
That’s our benchmark. And I honestly thought we would get that point yesterday.
The stadium is only going to get worse. I know what our fans are like. That pressure is going to weigh on this group of players.
So away form needs to be our saving grace.
3 away wins this season. Soton in Dec, City in November, United in September.
So now we are effectively hoping for one away win per month in feb, March and April. Maybe one in May if we really need it.
This is actually quite exciting isn’t it.
Like getting on a rollercoaster and realising that your seatbelt things not properly done up as you start going up the big slope.
Benitez would be a great shout until the end of the season. If nothing else, for the way he conducts himself. Zero bullshit. No more dispiriting gaslighting from the Ramsay Street dosser.
He claims he learned his football from Puskas. I reckon it was Toadfish Rebecchi.
His coaching staff are seemingly left to fend for themselves. And at this point you have to question what instructions he gives them or if he meddles if they try to show some intiative themselves.
Like, Wells has been an assistant under Scott Parker for years before he came back to Spurs. He should if anything know how to set up a defence.
Sorry, you had me double checking the fixtures, and what I'd typed, for a moment...
Brentford ought to be ashamed of themselves if they come away from that fixture without at least one point. The draw would leave us on the infamous 2 points from 8 games, maybe those flashbacks would trigger Levy into action...
And Benitez is a meticulous planner. If he gets offered it interim he'll still show up with a plan in his back pocket to bounce back up if we end up going down. Just in case.
Even when players start coming back from injury I don't feel confident about results improving. The players closest to a return according to this are Romero, Van de Ven and Spence. Good players of course, but we've also got real issues in attack right now. Solanke isn't back until March, Richarlison definitely can't do 2 games a week and Son has been poor, but if you stick him up front he'll be even worse.
Three is the minimum. One is spitting in the faces of our existing squad.
This has to be deliberate now.
He lost Berbatov our star player but our league form almost fell off a cliff after the League cup.
A few years ago maybe.But after this debacle I honestly don’t know anymore with him and his thought process,it’s like he’s just sticking his head in the sand thinking it’ll get better,it won’t it’s completely done.
With a fully fit squad we have what? 19 actual outfield players, Fucking abysmal. Filling out your squad with 5 keepers is no strategy for a proper competitive club. The players coming back from injury are as likely as not to break down again. Then what ?
You would wonder does he sit in the canteen all week when everyone else is out training and then the morning of the match ask the coaching team who is fit and then picks the team.
It's so strange all this they are not sacking him but not even backing him. How it's all been timed is unreal with the transfer window cup semi final 2nd leg and an F.A cup game. And the other point I want to make is how long are these players injured for it's absolutely ridiculous.
Spot on and the fact the board still have this clown in charge shows how little they know about football
Timed for the 2nd leg so when we inevitably get battered and Ange gets sacked, the new manager can't demand money to be spent right away.
ENIC are a cancer on this club.
He is reportedly quite hands off and based on video and pictures either just sits by the sideline and observes the training. Or walks about. But he leaves all the sessions to the coaches.
This works if you have a long standing coaching staff that knows how you want to play and how to implement it. Like Poch or Jose. But given that Ange put together a wholly new staff when coming here you'd figure that he would be more involved since he has to implement it with the coaches just as much as the players.
I can agree with all of this, even the bit about the tube down the nob! I had to apologise to the nurse afterwards for all the swearing. Got a feeling she had heard it all before!
Isn’t it shocking that we now consider basic set up skills an upgrade
