Yet that better coach finished 8th, 8th, 5th in his first three seasons before that wonderful coaching bore fruit and they started conceding less chances and creating more.
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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getting bent over and buggered is what that is.
So what are you saying, we should wait 3 years before we actually see consistent results under Postecoglou?
That can't be right because of the magical 2nd year we've been told about.
I'm not a fan of Postecoglou's system and I didn't like his hiring. But the old saying, "In for a penny, in for a pound" applies. We've got to find out if the system works. It's an extreme approach, but that extreme nature is what is supposed to give Spurs an advantage. Once you dial back to 80% Ange Ball, it's just one more attacking system but riskier than most. Through drills, repetition, and matching the players to the system it might be the next big thing. I don't think it is, but you have to find out.
That's a really good post, balanced and sums up so many things.
Not sure that that's any more of a concern than the 31 goals conceded against the bottom12 clubs.
Also not particularly out of step with the rest of places 4-8:
| Team | Conceded vs Top 8 | Conceded vs Bottom 12 |
| Aston Villa | 30 | 31 |
| Spurs | 30 | 31 |
| Chelsea | 32 | 31 |
| Newcastle | 27 | 35 |
| Man Utd | 27 | 31 |
We need to do better defensively to move into top 3, against all clubs obviously.
This 100%. Solanke absolutely fits the profile he likes of an in the box forward that takes the chances he's given at a good rate that presses well.
Possibly, if we see progress. Building a club with solid foundations does take time particularly if the budget is not limitless.
True. Not sure Ange will last long enough to find out though.
You're simple.
The cycle will just repeat itself then. With our dear leader and his budget, we’re not gonna accomplish anything overnight. It’s gonna take a manager time and a fair bit of luck to build something that can fight teams who are more ambitious.
Oh no doubt, we were defensively dogshit last season. Everyone found it easy to score against us.
We have a huge amount of work to do if we are going to get any closer to the top 3.
Not expecting anything from this season other than the green chutes we saw last year. I have faith that ange is building something, but nothing in the summer has got me excited for the short term.
Ange will need to show improvement over last seasons dip AND the same problems evident all pre-season. Otherwise it's his fault and no one elses.
I like to blame Levy for everything as much as the next next (real) fan, but if a team is getting worse by every metric, there's no point sticking.
Disagree given for the 'real' fan bollocks.
Agreed with the rest of it.
So you're saying even the Levy fans want to blame him as well then?
