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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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Lo Celso.... Dat you?
I use the same logic that I do for not betting on Bayer Leverkeusen to win the Bundesliga.
That pic is a challenging wank.
And then Mason will take over for the rest of the season.
Maybe not as attacking, but 8t certainly won't be the boring turgid shite we've had to endure for the last 3 seasons.
It'll be a roller coaster ride, that's for sure.
On one hand that's true, on the other hand 30 shots is ridiculous against any professional team.
Ill agree that breaking the chains so to speak and allowing the players more freedom to attack is a positive instead of trying to shoehorn players into a system they cant play or defend in regardless
You didn't notice a difference in style against West Ham?
What a strange wish , you might want to see someone before acting on that , it sounds very unhealthy
It would be interesting to know what Ange really thinks right now , he does seem a straight shooter so for the moment I am going to take his press statements as genuine , but who knows. I would be very frustrated if I were him
I assume he's been told we need to sell Kane to bring in CBs and he's waiting for that to happen.
Quite possibly , but that is a bit pathetic if true , we know Kane can be sold easily enough . Once again we will start a season unprepared
Just a counterpoint, whilst I do agree that some people will never be happy and always have a negative outlook on things, there are a few huge issues that remain which really makes it hard to remain positive imo.
I really like Ange and the way he plays football, from what I have seen so far I am really enjoying it and I like the way he comes across, also signing JM early on was a positive sign.
However, the issue is, any positive feeling I have about the manager and the new season is then negated by the fact that we have the same defensive unit that shipped 60+ goals last season and no amount of attacking football or system is going to prevent bad defenders from being bad defenders.
Then we have the fact that our top goalscorer of all time is likely leaving and we have to replace his goal scoring output which is going to be a very tough ask.
And the final issue is, we have Levy overseeing all of this which gives me absolutely zero confidence that the manager will get time or backing.
The fundamental issue is, it's hard to be positive when you have seen this same situation play out so many times before and you already know how it ends.
Do I hope I am wrong? Of course I do! But hope isn't enough for me anymore I am afraid.
Actions speak louder than words and I simply do not trust Levy or the owners, that's why I fear for Ange and the club.
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I do hear all of that, but a football hasn't been kicked in the 23/24 season yet and I think it's fair that some want to talk about things in a positive way without being jumped on and brought down to misery town.
There is always something. If we had bought a CB but not an AM then certain people would be all over that complaining too.
I personally think that the team, tactics and general feeling of malaise from the players contributed to the amount of goals we conceded last season.
A 3 man MF, Bissouma playing, Madison helping keep the ball and a new GK for me instantly reduces our GA as will a new CB, which I believe we will get albeit later than I hoped.
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Without trying to sound too positive. Wasn't that also the same defence that conceded just 40 goals the previous year?
I'm not defending our defenders. Most of the team shouldn't be here and we need to upgrade sharpish. But we can't judge a seasons defensive record in isolation when performing in a redundant system.
I would put money on us conceding no where near the amount we conceded last season
In my deluded mind I'm convincing myself that we are moving the ball up to the other end away from our defence. So where Conte tried to flood our box with cb's and dm's, we'll be flooding their box.
So we'll be trying to defend from the front. Probably the main reason why I don't see Ndombele getting much playing time.