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Manager Ange Postecoglou

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Was sacking Ange a good idea?

  • Yes, I think it was a good idea.

    Votes: 73 64.6%
  • No, I think it was a bad idea.

    Votes: 40 35.4%

  • Total voters
    113
The strange thing is he is absolutely burning his bridges with this doubling down of ever getting even a semi decent job again. I doubt any other prem side will touch him with a bargepole but If you are a championship side who wants promotion are you going to employ a guy that doesnt really give a toss about results or defending in general and just acts totally belligerent? Really think he has completely lost the plot.
 
One of the 7 or 8 richest clubs in the world should not be restricted to "well, who's available". Everyone who's not at one of the super clubs of europe should be available.

The fact that we know that its only Postecoglou, Mason or maybe Potter until the summer is a consequence of how the club chooses to act. Rather than how it should be.
This is the perfect time to experiment. Give a young promising manager a chance for the rest of the year. As you say, anyone with aspirations should jump at the club. There would be very little in terms of spending. What have we got to lose? If it doesn't work out, we have the entire summer window to find someone.
 
Here's the thing for me.

I was pretty numb the whole game and I'm still numb now. I don't really care what the media thinks or what other team's fans think.

I'm pretty bored of this club always being the running joke so nothing really gets under my skin anymore. Maybe that would change if we changed owners but maybe football would still find a way for Spurs to be the running joke.

If you want Ange out after we gave up 6 at home, I can't blame you but I can guarantee you it won't stop us being the running joke of English football.

I don't want him out for the same reason I didn't watch the Chelsea game. This whole mid-season injury crisis and drama/controversy cycle is really dull for me. For whatever reason, you just know there are certain games as a Spurs fan where you know you will be the running joke... Even under Poch we had the battle of the bridge and the referee of that game coming out later and admitting he let the game turn to shit to watch Spurs implode..

If I thought it was worth caring more, maybe I'd be "hurt" enough to want a manager change but honestly, I just think we may as well ride out the season for better or worse. we could finish 11th or even worse and so what? What difference does it really make to finishing higher if we still never win anything.
Every week people go off the deep end in positive and negative ways based on the result. Last week all was right with the world and this week the sky is falling. The organization has committed to this manager and style of play. Until the injured players get back I believe they'll have the same problem we all do of trying to figure out what part of the result you can attribute to the injuries and what part to the way Spurs choose to play. I don't see a point in changing managers until can say for sure if the system can work or not. I think I know the answer, but really I don't. I think we're just going to have go back to our seats and buckle the seat belts until we get through the turbulence. That won't be any time soon.
 
Will that be any better?

He'll have to deal with the same issues Ange does now.

Everyone will have to deal with the same issues at the club anyway.

I'm still rooting for the guy to turn it around but even I am finding it hard to defend him anymore, I don't really want a change because if we do change it means it's another failed season but if we do...
 
In the summer, we won’t have won any trophies but will get to some quarters and semis, we’ll finish atrociously midtable - some of our better players will go and play to compete elsewhere, due to being midtable we’ll attract an even lower standard of player as we’ll be shopping in a different store. The same fans will be wondering how it went so wrong all whilst singing the name of our competition winner manager whilst we go and try and turn over Fulham in a “hoping to be top half” six pointer.

Yeah, and who cares? It's not really that much different to finishing 4th and still not winning anything. Hopefully the tickets would be cheaper.

If the stadium was still full, we'd still get the same recruitment policy and every now and then one of those players would come good and be amazing until Levy sold them. You make it sound like what you have just described is life changingly different to what we have been for 20 odd years.
 
Will that be any better?

He'll have to deal with the same issues Ange does now.
Well no manager since ramos has had us this low, every other manager has had these same issues and managed to at least have us around the top 6. So it’s actually more likely to say Iraola who’s out performing us with a much worse squad currently, would likely improve us from this absolute shit show we’re in right now.
 
So your prognosis is just leave it as it is? Let this club become even more of a laughing stock than it already is….it will take of itself will it?

We are a fucking banter club.

Tell me a viable alternative who will come in right now unless you want Ryan Mason ball, tell me how would be any less of a laughing stock with him in charge...again

I hate to break it ti you but we've been a 'banter club' for years.
 
Well no manager since ramos has had us this low, every other manager has had these same issues and managed to at least have us around the top 6. So it’s actually more likely to say Iraola who’s out performing us with a much worse squad currently, would likely improve us from this absolute shit show we’re in right now.
Iraola will be under more pressure than before, play twice a week and will probably be left short during the transfer window.

Looking at what he's done at Bournemouth is promising but doesn't tell the whole story.
 
Every week people go off the deep end in positive and negative ways based on the result. Last week all was right with the world and this week the sky is falling. The organization has committed to this manager and style of play. Until the injured players get back I believe they'll have the same problem we all do of trying to figure out what part of the result you can attribute to the injuries and what part to the way Spurs choose to play. I don't see a point in changing managers until can say for sure if the system can work or not. I think I know the answer, but really I don't. I think we're just going to have go back to our seats and buckle the seat belts until we get through the turbulence. That won't be any time soon.


Excellent post.

I understand why some people feel like a new manager would bring them some hope but they only need to look at Amorim for UTD to understand that the issues won't go away because you change a manager.

If the club has committed to really going balls out attack, then they need to really commit and not only see out the season but bring in some better attackers and a defender in January.
 
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