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"I didn't give them an excuse because my gameplan was let them lose the title".
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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Mark Clattenburg-
"I didn't give them an excuse because my gameplan was let them lose the title".
Nope. Anything bad linked to Tottenham Hotspur we will be considered the first to do that and last one to be remembered for. Haha
He hasn't used him because we now have 2 CB's fit that are better than him and VDV wasn't fit enough to play LB. Also not that great at LB based on last night.
You really can't understand that we needed Dragusin for when Romero and VDV were injured and next year when we have Europe so need to rotate?
Yep he's doing a masterful job of deflecting from his own poor performances.
There are two sides to this:
1) Does he need better players to execute his system? Yes but every manager could make that claim
2) Should he be doing better with the squad he has? Also yes. We should have secured top 4 comfortably this year and this run of defeats has been truly shocking.
I think we should back him in the summer as this means better players which is a move in the right direction regardless of who the manager is.
There have been enough bright sparks to make me curious to see how we perform with a few upgrades to the starting XI.
But Ange needs to stop with the fan-blaming, cryptic "culture" line and own the job at hand.
Demand better players this summer and if it is not delivered then call out the board. Be ruthless with the squad rebuild. Show more tactical flexibility next season rather than standing silently on the sidelines while Johnson hits the ball at the defender's shins for the 7th time. DON'T PLAY PLAYERS WITH NO TECHNICAL ABILITY LIKE EMERSON ROYALE AND EXPECT A MAGIC RESULT. Be pragmatic in certain games to nick us a point. Actually SHOW UP for our London derbies, especially at home. Don't get knocked out of cup competitions in the early stages.
Give that man a knighthood
Better than Skipp and Emerson and we actually looked solid against the best attack in the league. I'd bet good money we'd have picked up more points in the last 6 games had he run with that back 4.
This is what Ange doesn't understand. He should review lots of Spurs' history their rivalry with Woolwich and Chavski. He knows nothing about Tottenham Hotspur.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkTNTTUPko
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBkTNTTUPko
Percentage of people with knighthoods that end up being pedos?
I make you right, give it to him now
Our run of form during the period VDV was injured wasn't much different to the run of form we have had since getting him back, our best run of form was prior to the Chelsea game and one could even argue that since Maddison has come back we have performed worse because he has been out of form massively, during the period of injuries we actually were grinding out a few results.
injuries were a tiny blip in comparison to teams around us, people acting like we have been consumed with injuries the entire season, we haven't, sure, having Drag for those two months after Chelsea may have changed some results, no denying that but the reality is, our worst run of form has been over the last 2-3 months and Drag hasn't been utilised at all.
You say VDV wouldn't have been fit enough to play LB, I thought we and he played pretty well last night, if we would have played that team over the last 2-3 months we may have won some more games but the stubbornness from our manager has prevented that imo.
And how many more would we have lost in tje future if VDV blew his hamstring in a role his body wasn’t ready for?
It doesn't matter what other managers said before, we are here now not living in the past.
I don't think is being blow out of proportion, he behaved and said things not suitable for the club. He may have an agenda or not.
It's the manager's job to create steel and backbone in the squad. yesterday's rant is not helpful at all.
The fanbase is here to stay forever and are used to such antics. Owners, players and managers come and go.
Too long. CBF’d
Exactly this. How people disagree with what he said is beyond me. I don’t understand how you can get upset with quotes that only show his desire to create a winning culture in the club. Bizarre overreaction from this fanbase
I completely understand the sentiment of wanting us to lose to them, and I don’t disagree with it. But it IS inherently wrong, and getting upset with Ange for saying the cold truth is unfair in my opinion
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I have to say that was - and this word is overused but not in this case - outrageous (and scandalous).
Not only should he have been booted as a ref, he should have been thoroughly investigated and banned from returning to football.
You are SPURSY.
Let's say culture, however you define it, wins games. Are we saying the culture at Woolrich is far superior (based on results) to that at Spurs? I would argue that Woolrich spent more, and selected players better, than Spurs have. And if anyone factors fans into the equation, theirs are sure not superior to ours. I think culture is often just having a plan and sticking to it. Good managers own their results. Postecoglou came through the door making excuses and now, after five losses in six games, he's still making excuses. That is not leadership.
Sums it up really.
Of course you can't.
Being a pedo got him nominated in the first place.
When you bring logic and facts the fan boys tend to resort to insults or disengagement.