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Management Ange Postecoglou

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If he is the next one up, lets get behind him.

No one knows how he and his footballing ideas will adapt to the English game, which really isnt some mythological beast that cant be conquered or have success in, and if you're sticking your nose up at all the titles he has won, then go and get your coaching badges and start from a shambolically run semi-pro team down in Devon somewhere, akin to his South Melbourne side, and bring them to double title winners in 3 years.

He's not a big name, but who really knew about De Zerbi before he got here.
Who thought Howe was going to have a shocker at Newcastle.
Unai Emery probably got scoffed at by some in here when he went to Villa.
All 3 doing a top job .

He's a no-nonsense character, one that I am personally looking forward to hearing in press conferences and seeing the fruits of his coaching at Hotspur Way.

We've done the big names and ended fucking hating their guts. I think this bloke has style and substance, and its evident to see across his career.

If it happens, I look forward to it, until Levy goes and fucks it up for all of us...probably.
 
There are tribes of native peoples in the Amazon rainforest that are as yet untouched by civilisation that are just as qualified for a Premier league mangers job as Ange.

Hard no.
 
bonaspur23 said:
Anyone who is convinced this is 100% a good hire or 100% a bad hire, is full of it because I doubt they know enough about this guy or most of the other candidates.

It’s fair to say levy will probably fuck this up but even a broken clock is right twice a day so that’s our best hope at this point.
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We had ELITE Mourinho, we had ELITE Conte arguably two of the best winners in terms of managerial appointments Levy could have get….we all knew it would end in tears & tantrums if this guy is an option and he’s low key low maintenance and just gets on with it we‘ve nothing to lose. Kane is the biggest concern will he go/stay but that won’t be decided by who the new manager is Kane will make that decision himself so let’s give the guy a chance.
 
Tomo said:
Things change obviously so Howe could have been 95% done.

In regard to Poste he clearly plays the right way (Pep style) it’s whether he can implement it with better players than Celtic have playing against much stronger opposition.

The style of play, the league situation. It’s very similar to the Vincent Kompany debate, you have successful Pepball in a weaker league, can they translate it in the prem playing against the real life Pep.

If he can then great. However I hope the club scout and buy for this style of football and actually stick with it even when Poste is gone.
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It's all relative really Tomo. The only club he's managed where he was expected to win was Celtic.

Roar are in a State that is almost solely married to Rugby League, with the majority of the sporting talent opting for rugger. Melbourne is where most of Australia's Football crowd are, with New South Wales not that far behind. Yet he took what was left of Queensland's sporting talent and turned them into the Aussie Barcelona. Relatively speaking, that's a massive achievement.

He then took over the national side and transformed them, winning the Asia Cup only 8 years after they joined it. Before then they were fodder.

He did the same with Yokohama, who were perennial also ran's' in the J league for nigh on 20 years, winning them 2 titles.

I understand the reservations of many on here, the EPL is the biggest league in the World, but if we're talking in relative terms as we should, his previous successes should be an indicator of his abilities as a manager and coach. He improves teams immeasurably. None of the teams he's managed, apart from Celtic, were ever expected to win against their peers who, at the time, had better resources, better players and far more clout in their respective leagues.

It's telling that those who deride him only ever bang in about Celtic. You just know they've never seen what he inherited previously and how he transformed what he got.

But he's not a "name."
 
Ionman34 said:
It's all relative really Tomo. The only club he's managed where he was expected to win was Celtic.

Roar are in a State that is almost solely married to Rugby League, with the majority of the sporting talent opting for rugger. Melbourne is where most of Australia's Football crowd are, with New South Wales not that far behind. Yet he took what was left of Queensland's sporting talent and turned them into the Aussie Barcelona. Relatively speaking, that's a massive achievement.

He then took over the national side and transformed them, winning the Asia Cup only 8 years after they joined it. Before then they were fodder.

He did the same with Yokohama, who were perennial also ran's' in the J league for nigh on 20 years, winning them 2 titles.

I understand the reservations of many on here, the EPL is the biggest league in the World, but if we're talking in relative terms as we should, his previous successes should be an indicator of his abilities as a manager and coach. He improves teams immeasurably. None of the teams he's managed, apart from Celtic, were ever expected to win against their peers who, at the time, had better resources, better players and far more clout in their respective leagues.

It's telling that those who deride him only ever bang in about Celtic. You just know they've never seen what he inherited previously and how he transformed what he got.

But he's not a "name."
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I don’t know what to think. He’s won with C grade players playing better C grade players in a C grade league. He then wins with B grade players playing against better B grade players in a B grade league. Can he win with A grade players playing against better A grade players in an A grade league.
 
Ionman34 said:
It's all relative really Tomo. The only club he's managed where he was expected to win was Celtic.

Roar are in a State that is almost solely married to Rugby League, with the majority of the sporting talent opting for rugger. Melbourne is where most of Australia's Football crowd are, with New South Wales not that far behind. Yet he took what was left of Queensland's sporting talent and turned them into the Aussie Barcelona. Relatively speaking, that's a massive achievement.

He then took over the national side and transformed them, winning the Asia Cup only 8 years after they joined it. Before then they were fodder.

He did the same with Yokohama, who were perennial also ran's' in the J league for nigh on 20 years, winning them 2 titles.

I understand the reservations of many on here, the EPL is the biggest league in the World, but if we're talking in relative terms as we should, his previous successes should be an indicator of his abilities as a manager and coach. He improves teams immeasurably. None of the teams he's managed, apart from Celtic, were ever expected to win against their peers who, at the time, had better resources, better players and far more clout in their respective leagues.

It's telling that those who deride him only ever bang in about Celtic. You just know they've never seen what he inherited previously and how he transformed what he got.

But he's not a "name."
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Yeh fair point. You can ignore the Celtic bit and look at the other aspects, it’s an unknown till it happens.

At the very least I want a manager who plays the right way and he ticks that box. I couldn’t deal with another ‘pragmatist’ which is why Amorim was not for me nor do I think Luis Enrique would work as we won’t have the specialist players.

Right now I just want the club to get on with it. We can’t plan for the summer without this being done. If it’s Poste or Gallardo just fucking do it, they both tick the play the right way and happy to work with and improve shit box.
 
I think he would be a good choice , If there would be a concern it would be his over reliance on the Japanese market does he have the same knowledge of players further afield?
If you get him you will need to give him a bit of time to get it right as he had a slow start at Celtic until he got his own ideas over.
 
What did people think of BMJ when he joined?

I’m not expecting much if we get Ange, but if he could even replicate some of the good feeling I had with BMJ, when I didn’t think would happen, I’d call that a bit of progress.

JN doesn’t want to join us, Poch wasn’t contacted, Slot played us so we don’t have many managers left who could take working with our “master of negotiation” Daniel.

Let’s just see how it goes. What other realistic choice do we have?
 
For anyone who thinks “anyone can win at Celtic”, he took over after they’d won nothing the season before.

Interesting go article here. Imagine how refreshing it would be to have this kind of positive press after the Nuno and Conte times?

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'Pretty long odds I'd reach 100 games at Celtic' - BBC Sport

Ange Postecoglou cites Celtic's style transformation as the most pleasing aspect of a 100-game milestone that he says was "long odds" when he took over.
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Very much in the Poch mould for me I remember when we signed him many people slagging him off cause he wasnt Van Gaal.

Proven record of improving teams and playing agro attacking football.

I'll give him him and forgive a lot just to watch spurs and not be bored out my fucking mind

He will need backing in the transfer market though especially in defence
 
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We are not gonna win anything of note under the current owners so we might as well try to play some attacking and energetic football that we can enjoy and look forward to. Postecoglou might deliver just that.

Totally sick of those so-called master tacticians who play turgid football with the likes of Dier and Hojbjerg.
 
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