He's been a favorite of tactics hipsters from the moment he got there.
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Management Ange Postecoglou
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The problem is, how do you get players to buy into your idea's if they don't work?
He could come in and make all sorts of promises of attacking gung ho football, but when we leak goals left right and center, and lose instead of win, those players will stop buying in PDQ.
Celtic in the CL group stages - 2 points, 4 goals, 15 against.
This is what concerns me. He's gonna probably have the same shitty defence we have now.
I think our fans really don't get why Mourinho, Nono and Conte all resorted to sitting deep. Our defence just isn't good enough to go for the kill in most games. And the midfield isn't much better.
The major problem with Poch. And it was a major problem. He didn't speak English for nearly 18 months. Maybe more. Wouldn't take a presser for even longer.
I understand that it's hard to learn a foreign language but come on. Maybe that was another thing he learned from bielsa.
Once he mastered that he settled in better. He says as much in his book.
I love poch but the misgivings were fair in this regard.
I hate to say this but I'd rather this guy in charge than poch this season. Main reason being I never want poch to smear his beautiful record at Spurs. Best time I've ever had supporting them.
And I was a season ticket holder under Christian Gross. So that's saying something.
The kick in the nuts is he's at Chelsea. They don't deserve him.
Thank you for this mate. Gonna go read up a whole lot about him now. I think I’m warming up to him!
He was interviewed in English in the video that announced him as manager.
Very poor English, to be fair, but he spoke to the press in English from day 1 here, albeit with occasional ad-hoc translation by Jesus Perez sitting next to him.
He did get better as the years went on, unsurprisingly.
But in his first 18 months he connected with the squad in a way no one here has since, that's for damn sure.
If we sign the Aussie I think it's important to highlight where he will fail and why.
No I in his surname is certainly not going to help.
No I in his surname is certainly not going to help.
I totally agree with this, but I also think the only way out is through.
You could imagine Ange being a noble failure future managers here are grateful for, because whatever the problems he transitioned the squad away from cowardly anti-football.
That is true but I feel the concerns of fans are slightly more warranted in this situation.
Pochettino had proven to some degree that he could cut it in both the PL and La Liga.
His Saints side and indeed his Espanyol side were punching way above their weight playing exciting, front foot football.
Spurs fans were burnt from the Ramos fiasco and immediately Poch was compared to him but when you really peeled back the layers, Poch was a very very promising young manager that proved to be an excellent choice. It would be akin to De Zerbi getting the job now, which most fans would be delighted with.
Ange is just completely unproven at any kind of high level of football , he’s been a manager since 1996 and is nearly 60 years old. It’s just unquantifiable how different a scenario it is to Pochettino.
The only thing that bothers me about this appointment is that we are gonna have all sorts of spelling of his name on here!
Sure… you can also take a look at Nuno thread and take a note of all the happy clappers saying he’s a good appointment and them barking louder than a chihuahua at those who said it’s a shit one.
There are zero guarantees.
Some examples of players who completely flunked.
Ndombele
Keita
Torres at Chelsea
Hazard at Madrid. (Who thought that possible?)
Lukaku
The same with managers.
We are trying to talk ourselves into believing there is this perfect manager out there for us and that person can only be the person we all think it should be, not that we are all agree on that anyway.
Let's just sit back, relax and take a deep breath..
Some examples of players who completely flunked.
Ndombele
Keita
Torres at Chelsea
Hazard at Madrid. (Who thought that possible?)
Lukaku
The same with managers.
We are trying to talk ourselves into believing there is this perfect manager out there for us and that person can only be the person we all think it should be, not that we are all agree on that anyway.
Let's just sit back, relax and take a deep breath..
If he signs I wonder which Spurs player that will grow the mullet.
My bet is on Porro.
We could sign Ronald fucking McDonald and some of you would trot this line out.
Never heard of him until now.
He seems to have the right qualities that we are looking for. But his experience at a high level is a bit underwhelming. However that doesn’t mean he can’t work here.
Hard to see Kane/son working in a high intensity system. Maybe 1 of the 2 but not together.
He seems to have the right qualities that we are looking for. But his experience at a high level is a bit underwhelming. However that doesn’t mean he can’t work here.
Hard to see Kane/son working in a high intensity system. Maybe 1 of the 2 but not together.
Didn’t know much about him a few weeks back but what I’ve seen recently on the internet etc I find rather underwhelming- his interviews and team talks all seem a bit cliched and corny - watched a bit of Scottish football and the standard is not great and the recruitment to Celtic may have been enough to win them a treble but very few of their players would get in a decent prem team - lastly Gerrard looked awesome at Rangers but was absolutely useless at Villa
Hope I’m wrong but it’s a no from me and having forked out over a grand on a season ticket I’d probably be looking for a refund
Hope I’m wrong but it’s a no from me and having forked out over a grand on a season ticket I’d probably be looking for a refund