The fans who use a poor window to defend him were also beating their chest at how he has the final say on.....transfers.
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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Name me a manager that isn't strange fella - yet to see one - at Spurs or anywhere for that matter.
Takes a special kind of ego to make it to the top of any profession, least of all to the top of the largest and most profitable sports profession on the planet.
We should have conceded about five or six goals last night.
I just don’t see us winning games with this current approach.
Of course. With the players and behind closed doors.
But he has this brooding antagonism with the press and fans. He’s nowhere near good enough to get away with it. He’s not Ferguson.
Says a lot about the squad doesn’t it
And he still won't play him.
Admittedly Spence was out with injury for a while, but he's been back long enough and on the bench in enough matches to have had a shot.
This is one of my very big issues with Ange.
He should be an experienced coach. Who reckognizes good captain material.
But Son is the worst captain i've seen. From any sports. From any levels.
I do believe that he is respected and loved in dressing room. He has done so much good for the club. But he has not single cell of leadership in his body.
I cannot erase from my memory last season home NLD. I was specifically looking at how players reacted to the first half. I was trying to find at least ONE sign of some togetherness. To see anyone trying to fire up others. To regroup and keep fighting.
But there was absolutely nothing. Son head just sunk and he walked back to half way line totally on his own. Looking like a sad puppy. No interaction. No encouragement absolute zero.
Tbh that’s a couple of coaches now who don’t seem to fancy him. And he had a questionable past when we signed him.
Think he’s one of those where the fans have seen flashes and don’t understand why he isn’t playing but very quickly would understand if he played consistently.
If I could last even 5 minutes on that site without getting banned it would be a miracle. A few of their nut jobs end up here, that’s bad enough.
Dare to disagree re:blaming only Levy.Many teams outplaying us without fancy names in their lineup and that's main problem. Can happen once or twice, but if not odd win against City where Vic was in god mode - we would be almost 1PPG team
theres no window that would of been a success with this manager and this system.
You are not disappointing me so don't worry about it. I welcome these discussions and debates. I'm having serious doubts about Ange myself as I thought we deserved to lose by 3 or 4 yesterday! I don't take sides in these things, all I want is what is best for the club and I'm starting to think we might have to move on from Ange.
But lets speak in facts and not opinion. Iraola and Frank are the two best options and both are currently in contract in the PL so will be very expensive to get mid season. Has Daniel Levy ever paid a fee for a manager before? That is what prevented us going for Arne slot remember? So I'd assume it is unlikely we bring either of them in before May when Levy knows he can probably get them for next to nothing in the Summer. Or does Levy go for a free agent like Potter? Massive gamble and can't see it. The alternative is we sack Ange and do the Ryan Mason thing again - does that sound likely?
So all 3 scenarios are highly unlikely which makes Ange getting this season very likely. What have I said here that is wrong? This is not opinion and I don't have a horse in this race. I'm just trying to stick to logic and not emotions.
There was a moment in the first half when the cameras went on the manager. And he was shaking his head. Rubbing his face aggressively. Swearing to himself etc... And it just really bothered me. Instead of performatively showing everyone just how above this performance you are.... If you're able to see so clearly what they're doing wrong, why dont you give them clear instructions from the touchline like every other manager does. You don't need to wait until half time when there's still 20 odd minutes left.
We're 11th in the form table since last November. Our recent form against the "lesser" sides has been utterly rancid. And we should have lost 4-0 last night - why would you think we're capable of achieving what you've written there?
Part of the job requirements, mate. After Conte, the bald man can’t have anyone stepping out of line blabbering about investing like a top club. Besides, Ange has dozens of trophies won with£50k players so he probably believed it himself.
He's been learning from Ange.
But when we sack a manager it's not about whether or not there's a sensible replacement.. Was it sensible to give Tim Sherwood the job from December onwards? Was it sensible to give the job to Santini's assistant in November? Luckily one of those worked out pretty well, but neither were what you would call measured decisions with a clear long term vision. It was just, something needs to be done (or rather we need to be seen doing something). And changing the manager is the obvious decision to make.
My mate, who sits on his fat arse outside Hotspur Way all day, hoping for a signed shirt, reckons he saw Ange popping down the shops for a bacon butty just now.
If we are willing to pay the money to get Andoni Iraola then great lets go for it. But if we are just taking whatever free agent (Potter, Southgate, etc) that is available or going down the Ryan Mason road again then what the hell are we at? We need to stick to some sort of plan. For me its either pay the money for Andoni Iraola or stick with Ange. I don't think Levy will pay so I reckon its Ange until May