Second half I looked around and a high amount of people were on their phones not watching the game. We don’t attack with any competency so it’s no surprise. Need a lot more quality up there.
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Management Ange Postecoglou
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Second half I looked around and a high amount of people were on their phones not watching the game. We don’t attack with any competency so it’s no surprise. Need a lot more quality up there.
I think Levy had his sights set on sacking him and made the decision back in March. He just didn't see the benefit of sacking him mid season and doing the Ryan Mason thing for a third time in 4 years. His full focus was on bringing Paratici back to the club to lead up this managerial search. However, winning the Europa League has muddied the waters.
Levy knows sacking him a few days after winning the club's first trophy in 17 years will bring a lot of heat on him. So I'm guessing he's just going to wait it out for a week for the emotion to die down. Then I think he will sack him on the first week of June. He has to make his decision this week as he can't go into June without nailing himself to a plan. I'd also imagine they want to see who's available to replace Ange before parting ways. Qualifying for the CL complicates things as previous candidates like Frank, Iraola and Silva have no CL experience.
I know we aren't supposed to like Levy or ever defend him but I can appreciate that he has a very busy week ahead and a lot of permutations to think about!
Why do you belive SC so much?
Quite like Conte it seems like Ange is unable to balance competing no multiple fronts. But the difference is that Conte intentionally tanks his European campaigns to focus on domestic success. Ange has just not figured out how to do it.
The way the info was posted sounded credible. Like it had come from Ange's side, how happy he is after the chat with Daniel.
Trust me mate, I am praying it's bollocks.
It's SC
Glad were not going for him. Mediocre manager.
Silva has done more with less than Frank has.
If Paratici is coming back, Levy will defer the dirty / necessary work to him. He won’t get the blood on his hands.
Paratici is seemingly anything but incompetent ( unlike some we could mention ) so I’d be interested to see which way he goes with Ange.
The other thing that is likely to impact upon all of this is the forthcoming investment / buy out of the Joe Lewis Trust interests. Some indications are that it is near. If it’s far, then there seems little mechanism for anything but the usual piss poor windows.
Mostly that looks like 1 starter, 1 squad player with promise and 1 youngster. If we are fortunate they dump in a wide forward from France for shits and giggles too who might be the next Henry ( N’jie, NoCludeo, Oberbert, Tel )
A repeat of the same pattern of squad building would be a huge worry, and no manager is overcoming another squad with so few grown ups in it, let alone Dame Edna Average.
And back to Ange. Watched us yesterday. And it was the same patterns of play that never ever work. So on one hand the players are, to their credit, doing what he is asking for. But why does he keep asking them to do something that does not work ? That’s what I don’t understand, is he thinking one day they will “crack it” and never look back ?
Paratici is seemingly anything but incompetent ( unlike some we could mention ) so I’d be interested to see which way he goes with Ange.
The other thing that is likely to impact upon all of this is the forthcoming investment / buy out of the Joe Lewis Trust interests. Some indications are that it is near. If it’s far, then there seems little mechanism for anything but the usual piss poor windows.
Mostly that looks like 1 starter, 1 squad player with promise and 1 youngster. If we are fortunate they dump in a wide forward from France for shits and giggles too who might be the next Henry ( N’jie, NoCludeo, Oberbert, Tel )
A repeat of the same pattern of squad building would be a huge worry, and no manager is overcoming another squad with so few grown ups in it, let alone Dame Edna Average.
And back to Ange. Watched us yesterday. And it was the same patterns of play that never ever work. So on one hand the players are, to their credit, doing what he is asking for. But why does he keep asking them to do something that does not work ? That’s what I don’t understand, is he thinking one day they will “crack it” and never look back ?
Have they EVER posted anything that’s credible?!
It’s usually so vague it reminds me of seeing one of those mystics - ‘I have someone wearing blue trying to come through! Do you know anyone that liked the colour blue?’
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That's pretty much how I see it.
It would be quite callous to dismiss Postecoglou at the moment, but the early part of next week would look more like a hard decision had been reached.
There are numerous ways to deliver the right message in the right way.
Not sure about that,but I am also unsure either steps up to the level we need.
Its not as if we are chucking him out on the street. 5m pay off and he has some kind of reputation intact. I remember that everton away game first half earlier in season. So bad. If the replacement we get is top class then its worked out for all parties.
This doesnt make sense.
Heat from who? The way I'm reading from most on here is that there is a big consensus that he should go - so why would announcing him leaving bring him heat? Unless most people want him to stay??
I do also think the profile of any potential new manager is now quite different because of the glory of Wednesday.
It probably has reduced the size of the options, because the demand is arguably harder than it may have been.
Whoever comes in (if change is made) has to be believed to be able to deliver top 6 and get through the group stages (into the last 16/8) of the CL.
Not necessarily easy,I will say that.
It probably has reduced the size of the options, because the demand is arguably harder than it may have been.
Whoever comes in (if change is made) has to be believed to be able to deliver top 6 and get through the group stages (into the last 16/8) of the CL.
Not necessarily easy,I will say that.
He got Fulham to midtable with one of the smallest budgets in the league.
Doesn't sound that mediocre to me.
Welcome to the divided fan base…
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Hes at the right club. Losing a couple of games goes under radar. With us its different.
Only one way to find out.
Nearly every manager we're in for probably has not dealt with the pressure that managing Spurs comes with.
The ones that did ended up not being right for us anyway.