Some will try mate.
And even if they don’t deny it, deliberately failing to acknowledge it whilst manically screaming “Ange Out!!” “sack the Aussie c*nt right now!!!!” etc etc is just as bad.
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Some will try mate.
In response to a journo asking if he could have made subs earlier:
"All these things are totally irrelevant to me, substitutions and all those kind of things.
If you're not competitive, it doesn't matter what you do, you don't deserve to win, we didn't deserve to win based on our second half performance; irrespective of subs or anything else and I think if you do get something out of the game, then you're falsely rewarded and I don't want to get falsely rewarded"
This may be the most idiotic statement I have heard from a football manager in a very long time, if not ever.
So, according to his own words, our second half performance was bad and we didn't deserve to win but making subs are irrelevant and if he did make a sub and we managed to win the game he wouldn't want it because we would have been falsely rewarded for, you know, turning the game around with subs...
It makes no fucking sense at all, why are you even the manager then you clueless moron if not to change the game with the one thing you have control over outside of tactics?
Also, I thought he was a winner? What does it matter if you're "falsely rewarded" if you win a fucking football match?
It's arrogance, ignorance and stupidity, a bumbling cunt with no clue as far as I am concerned.
You’re not entirely wrong in what you’re saying, but I would pose 3 questions to you;
1) assuming you want Ange sacked, who would you replace him with?
2) with the players we currently have, where do you think we should realistically be finishing?
2) do you accept the true blame for the perpetual cycle of mediocrity we find ourselves in has to be with the ownership?
it shows what the squad is capable of! now it just needs to be in the hands of a competent manager! this squad is decent. its lost 8 games from the last 14 and won 5.....thats no where near fucking good enough for this group of players!Ultimately we’ve wasted two great performances away at our immediate rivals for Europe. Pure defensive stupidity and wank sub patterns by Ange mean we get 0 points at St James and the Amex despite pinning them back and dominating. It’s fucked because you don’t get to do that at every away match, and we’ve effectively wasted them.
I would say maybe expecting your team to keep running, pressing, attacking flat out for every minute if a first half will result in them being flatter than the opposition in the second half. Porro was incredibly exposed throughout this game by the space behind him and the space between him and our free-roaming midfield. I like watching us play most days, and I want us to stick with Ange, but he has shortcomings that need to be addressed, and he needs to be man enough to accept that if he's to be more successful at the top level.
Ultimately we’ve wasted two great performances away at our immediate rivals for Europe. Pure defensive stupidity and wank sub patterns by Ange mean we get 0 points at St James and the Amex despite pinning them back and dominating. It’s fucked because you don’t get to do that at every away match, and we’ve effectively wasted them.
Looks like we are talking about two different matches mate.
When did we sit back with 10 men behind the ball? And when did he change his tactics? For all what I saw, our team was running around like headless chickens not attacking and not defending. The fans (check match thread) begging the brave manager to do something. BHA changed tactics and made subs, but what did we do? Our players couldn't (and not expected to do on their own since they execute directions and plan) deal with their changes. That's the point me and others of the same opinion are talking about. He stands there with "what's-for-dinner-tonight" look on his face. Looks like one of the coaches whispered in his ear "Hey Ange, we need to sub" and he blabs subs names without any clue of what that sub is supposed to do.
And he always brags about "we play our way", "we play one way". Since when did he change his tactics to please critics as you mentioned? That's news for me. If his idea (and yours maybe) of changing tactics is "doing nothing", then we are really in trouble.
the narrative is that ange never changes his tactics, so the non smart people like you who can't think for yourself assume that this happened, i call it 'scenario fulfillment'
the team sat off, the high press was non existent and it was replaced with zero pressure, when brighton advanced then spurs dropped back deeper and had all players behind the ball, from the 49th minute until brighton took the lead
this is good news for people who called for ange to do this and try to see out the game but bad news for anybody who wanted spurs to win the match because that just invited brighton in and cramped up our defenders
Yeah he’s got to go. Sorry. Line in the sand. That is a sackable fucking statement, indicative of dizzying arrogance and stupidity. That cannot be the mindset of a professional manager at this level.In response to a journo asking if he could have made subs earlier:
"All these things are totally irrelevant to me, substitutions and all those kind of things.
If you're not competitive, it doesn't matter what you do, you don't deserve to win, we didn't deserve to win based on our second half performance; irrespective of subs or anything else and I think if you do get something out of the game, then you're falsely rewarded and I don't want to get falsely rewarded"
This may be the most idiotic statement I have heard from a football manager in a very long time, if not ever.
So, according to his own words, our second half performance was bad and we didn't deserve to win but making subs are irrelevant and if he did make a sub and we managed to win the game he wouldn't want it because we would have been falsely rewarded for, you know, turning the game around with subs...
It makes no fucking sense at all, why are you even the manager then you clueless moron if not to change the game with the one thing you have control over outside of tactics?
Also, I thought he was a winner? What does it matter if you're "falsely rewarded" if you win a fucking football match?
It's arrogance, ignorance and stupidity, a bumbling cunt with no clue as far as I am concerned.
By the way, I am not the only non-smart person who didn't see tactic changes, the 10-men behind the ball, getting back defending without attacking, and changing tactics. Almost the whole worlds. Including the "pros" in the video below:the narrative is that ange never changes his tactics, so the non smart people like you who can't think for yourself assume that this happened, i call it 'scenario fulfillment'
the team sat off, the high press was non existent and it was replaced with zero pressure, when brighton advanced then spurs dropped back deeper and had all players behind the ball, from the 49th minute until brighton took the lead
this is good news for people who called for ange to do this and try to see out the game but bad news for anybody who wanted spurs to win the match because that just invited brighton in and cramped up our defenders
Who cares?
Ange didn’t do anything. He had no control at all. The team were forced back. A low block doesn’t work very well if it’s against your will and everyone’s shitting it because they’re not very good at this and they’re fucking knackered and can’t press anymore.
We were fucked. And then we got the football equivalent of a flashbang so everyone was really tired and really scared all at once. Recipe for total fucking disaster.
By the way, I am not the only non-smart person who didn't see tactic changes, the 10-men behind the ball, getting back defending without attacking, and changing tactics. Almost the whole worlds. Including the "pros" in the video below:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5aeSINxydY
They seem to suggest that his "mistake" is not getting back to defense and tightening things back and not changing tactics. Contrary to what you talk about.
It's just who we are, mate.