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Management Ange Postecoglou

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Murphy said:
That's a careless whisper.
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Ange is Amazing , he’s almost become a Father Figure to me

tv land ugh GIF by nobodies.
 
Gilded Lily said:
We’re now about a month away from the next North London Derby.

Question for our Celtic friends, cause I’m curious. Given your recent experience with old firm derbies how is Ange likely to approach these? Does he go for the calm ‘we know it’s a big deal for fans but we’re treating it like another game’ or is he more likely to fully embrace the hype?

I don’t think any genuine Spurs fans will be outraged if we don’t get a result away with this, but a brave performance there will completely cement a place in a lot of our hearts, for both Ange and this new team.
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Ange is big on living the old cliche of one game at a time, so he won't be focused on it until it's the next match up (no doubt they'll be scouted before then though!)

He also treats every opponent with respect, so much so that there was talk during his time at Celtic that they'd assess and prepare for a cup match against lower league opposition in the same way they would Real Madrid! That's probably not 100% accurate, however what is for certain is that he treats every match as being important. You'll never see him prioritising the league over cup progression for instance - he wants to win every game.

With regards to derbies, he embraces the hype in the sense that he'll acknowledge the importance of what the game means to supporters, and he'll definitely make sure the players are well aware of that, but publicly at Celtic he tended to exude a sense of calm and almost detachment from the surrounding chaos. I remember him explaining in a press conference that he loves what it means to supporters, but he himself can't get invested in that way because he needs to be able to make clear-headed decisions (or something to that effect)

So you won't catch him engaging in too many obvious mind games, although one thing that I remember annoying Rangers fans was that he'd rarely speak of them any differently than he would Ross County or Aberdeen. When asked about them before a game he'd say something like, 'Yeah, it'll be a tough challenge for us against a good opponent blah blah', but that's pretty much what he'd say about everyone else too.

Other than acknowledging that the rivalry exists, he'd barely give them the time of day. I remember it pissing them right off, leading to accusations of arrogance. 😆
 
Mince Charming said:
Ange is big on living the old cliche of one game at a time, so he won't be focused on it until it's the next match up (no doubt they'll be scouted before then though!)

He also treats every opponent with respect, so much so that there was talk during his time at Celtic that they'd assess and prepare for a cup match against lower league opposition in the same way they would Real Madrid! That's probably not 100% accurate, however what is for certain is that he treats every match as being important. You'll never see him prioritising the league over cup progression for instance - he wants to win every game.

With regards to derbies, he embraces the hype in the sense that he'll acknowledge the importance of what the game means to supporters, and he'll definitely make sure the players are well aware of that, but publicly at Celtic he tended to exude a sense of calm and almost detachment from the surrounding chaos. I remember him explaining in a press conference that he loves what it means to supporters, but he himself can't get invested in that way because he needs to be able to make clear-headed decisions (or something to that effect)

So you won't catch him engaging in too many obvious mind games, although one thing that I remember annoying Rangers fans was that he'd rarely speak of them any differently than he would Ross County or Aberdeen. When asked about them before a game he'd say something like, 'Yeah, it'll be a tough challenge for us against a good opponent blah blah', but that's pretty much what he'd say about everyone else too.

Other than acknowledging that the rivalry exists, he'd barely give them the time of day. I remember it pissing them right off, leading to accusations of arrogance. 😆
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Thank, that’s great.
You’ve almost got me looking forward to it now!
 
ArtyB said:
Wasn't sure where to post this. Someone had tweeted these two pictures, one after a Harry Kane goal last season and one after Sarr's goal at the weekend.

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Kane is on his own in his pic, but in the Sarr pic every outfielder is there, I suppose it was to illustrate that we are more of a team this season...It's BS of course, if the kane photo had been taken a second or two later more players would have been in it...


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But I spotted something a hell of a lot more significant, look at all those white shirts!!!!

We're proud of the shirt again, and it's all down to one man...
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Emerson Royal?
 
Im thinking these first 2 games might have set our expectations for the season to high, I've gone from thinking a good season would be staying up to a good season is the league and a cup :ange-hands-head:
 
Anyone else notice how he likes to get close enough to other managers to intimidate them for the pre game handshakes?

It’s all smiles but he’s also grabbing the bicep and looking people in the fucking eye same time.

Every game we want to take it to teams and he’s sending the same message to managers
 
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