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I'm in the same camp now.
The main factor for me is that 1) he - clearly - has the trust of the players, and that 2) it has been a freak season when it comes to injuries. The stats for us when having our main back 4 is solid, and 3) he shows now that he can adjust and adapt.
I don't want us to start from scratch again, given these factors
Anyone changing their mind on a Premier league coach because of the way we played over two legs against Bodo Glimt is fundamentally not using their head.
Which is fine, football is irrational. But recognise the irrationality. We have fully focused the EL and beaten teams we should be beating. That isn’t a managerial accomplishment.
That lot were terrible. They would be lucky to be anywhere near a championship play off place.
Which is fine, football is irrational. But recognise the irrationality. We have fully focused the EL and beaten teams we should be beating. That isn’t a managerial accomplishment.
That lot were terrible. They would be lucky to be anywhere near a championship play off place.
Thing is, Ange can clearly see that this more pragmatic and restrained approach gets results... but he's simply been too stubborn to have ever really given it a go throughout the entire PL season, even as it went to shit.
He chose to die on the Angeball hill, putting his ego above the best interests of the club, and for that reason he can't be trusted next season and has to go.
He chose to die on the Angeball hill, putting his ego above the best interests of the club, and for that reason he can't be trusted next season and has to go.
That kind of football leads to 5-7 place.
Angeball, if it works, can win the league.
My big worry for the final is that he's going to drop this new more pragmatic system in favour of going back to full on Angeball.
My hope is that he finds a way to combine the two. Start the game playing classic Angeball and then drop back into the more pragmatic system for a bit.
You need top players for Ange ball, see how Flick has Barca playing for example...that's why it won't work at this club because this club won't get him the players he needs to succeed.
I still want a new coach next season and it's mainly for that reason.
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Or the other way round.
Be solid for the first 20 to avoid conceding early then gradually open up. If we score then play a balance between attack and defence.
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Leicester are many levels more talented than Bodo Glimt.
Bit optimistic mate
Sure but so are Spurs in relation to Leicester
You are one boring cunt you
Is it right that Ange has never actually lost in a competitive final? 
Did you see the post presser with Ange?"
Have a listen to what he says then maybe you will comprehend a bit better than you are doing now!
Precisely.
Different ways to play for different states of the game.
Possibly.
But don't you want to give it try? Are you content with fighting for 4th?
I like Ange. Always have. And I obviously hope he wins us this trophy. For us. For him. I'd love him to be able to smug it up to all the haters he's had from day one.
He will go in the summer though. There are too many now who will turn everything back toxic the moment something goes wrong next season.
Win the trophy. Then go with his head held high. And we can have someone new to direct our agendas to.
He will go in the summer though. There are too many now who will turn everything back toxic the moment something goes wrong next season.
Win the trophy. Then go with his head held high. And we can have someone new to direct our agendas to.
Written in the stars
It’s a strange situation to be in.
Will we sack him if he brings us glory? Even for Levy,that would be harsh.
Will he walk if he wins and struts out the place saying I told you so? This is also a big possibility because he’s clever enough to know that his stock would be high. He won’t change how we play. We won’t suddenly turn into the pragmatic Tottenham we saw in Bodo and Frankfurt in the league.
Will he want a crack at champions league if we win the Europa? 100% he will and for me this is the likely outcome and come October if he doesn’t change then it will be curtains.
If we lose he’s gone no matter what anyone thinks.
My feelings on it are that we can’t be where we are in the league. It’s embarrassing and our club should never be in that position. For that I think it’s better that he does go but Ange could give the majority of us our best night supporting this club in 12 days time.
We are one game away from the most disastrous season in about 50 years or a glory night we’ll talk about till we die.
Football is nuts.
Will we sack him if he brings us glory? Even for Levy,that would be harsh.
Will he walk if he wins and struts out the place saying I told you so? This is also a big possibility because he’s clever enough to know that his stock would be high. He won’t change how we play. We won’t suddenly turn into the pragmatic Tottenham we saw in Bodo and Frankfurt in the league.
Will he want a crack at champions league if we win the Europa? 100% he will and for me this is the likely outcome and come October if he doesn’t change then it will be curtains.
If we lose he’s gone no matter what anyone thinks.
My feelings on it are that we can’t be where we are in the league. It’s embarrassing and our club should never be in that position. For that I think it’s better that he does go but Ange could give the majority of us our best night supporting this club in 12 days time.
We are one game away from the most disastrous season in about 50 years or a glory night we’ll talk about till we die.
Football is nuts.
I can't work out for the life of me why he hasn't taken the same approach to the PL. Why did he insist on a high press, high possession approach when, for one reason or another, it wasn't working? Showing that he can be pragmatic makes his PL performances look even worse. We would not be in the diabolical position we've found ourselves in if he'd played a more intelligent game.
But credit to him for getting us to the EL final. I did say we win this in spite of him. I take that back; he's right, it is a different competition to the PL. If we win it, we win it with him and he gets my respect for his help in this competition because we need this trophy after years of fuck all.
And then I hope he leaves smiling and we get someone in who can push our players to their full potential.