Think Levy will let the fans down again and try and scapegoat the manager.
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Manager Ange Postecoglou
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Spot on.
Ange: "It's who we are!" - No, it's who YOU are, I'm a fan of a decorated English club in the world's biggest league that should have serious aspirations. If you aren't going to adapt and learn then do it on someone else's time and money, please.
Is excactly what will happen
Are you seriously telling me that had we been more conservative against Liverpool it wouldn’t have made a difference? They could have scored 11 goals. They tore us apart without even trying. We may well have lost still, but we wouldn’t have conceded 6 goals.
Forest scored from a turnover in the middle of the part when our fullback was inverted in the centre circle and they played a split through ball between our makeshift centre halves, and our inverted left back stopped running as he constantly does.
Fuck the inverted bollocks off and tighten up defensively. But he won’t.
We are being targeted and the spaces where our full backs should be is being exploited. We see it with our own eyes every game, and opposition players are emphatically revealing this in post match interviews.
This would - and has - happened even with our first choice defenders. It’s called being found out and why we are losing so many games. Injuries are compounding it, sure, but it’s a massive flaw in how we set up. And that is on the manager.
As it's happened umpteen times before...only in this case, he's right for once...
I believe he will get a crack at the CC semi final and then go if he loses that, if our league form hasn't improved by then.
if you notice tho, the people that like him etc are idiots, its like hes a symbol of hope for idiots in the world. its all very simple and basic isnt it, not once has he even spoke about tactics (the idiots wouldnt understand that) so its all mate this and mate that and life guru bollox. hes a sunday league level manager that would gee up a load of hungover scaffolders on a sunday. hes literally a caveman up against scientists in this league, its embarrassing to watch.
We’d have lost to Liverpool regardless. Against Forest I agree we could have got a 0-0 if we sat back, but again… this is easy to say in hindsight.
Pick any team in the league with poor squad depth, make them play twice a week, and then injure their CBs and GK… I guarantee you they would do badly regardless of style.
Vicario had an impact injury, Romero tore muscle after a Cruyff turn, Richarlison has always been injury prone. Can’t blame it all on Ange.
If only there was some way of being able to know how many games we had to play in a season and the demands that would place on the squad.
We struggled with injuries last year and we played 41 games. We only added ONE senior player to the squad knowing we might play 69 games, releasing Hoijberg, Skippy and Royal in the process. This manager has bemoaned wanting a bigger squad (until now) and didn’t rotate when he could have.
Most of us knew this was going to be an issue.
Agree on this- squad investment was a disgrace this summer, left us destined to fail.If only there was some way of being able to know how many games we had to play in a season and the demands that would place on the squad.
We struggled with injuries last year and we played 41 games. We only added ONE senior player to the squad knowing we might play 69 games, releasing Hoijberg, Skippy and Royal in the process. This manager has bemoaned wanting a bigger squad (until now) and didn’t rotate when he could have.
Most of us knew this was going to be an issue.
Because you can keep someone in a job you have no intention of keeping if there are no alternatives.
We didn’t deserve to lose yet just like every other game under this guy the defense is constantly put in 3+v2 situations and the opposition scores.
When will people get it in their heads that the manger or style of play is NOT to blame.
These are the managers we’ve sacked in recent years:
Pochettino
Mourinho
Nuno
Conte
These managers are a mix of serial winners to project managers, from attacking styles to defensive etc.
They all have one thing in common- ultimately failed and sacked!
The problem is Levy who doesn’t give the manager the tools. I concede Ange’s style is high octane so needs huge strength in depth… so why not give him that instead of underinvesting and moving to a new manager!
These are the managers we’ve sacked in recent years:
Pochettino
Mourinho
Nuno
Conte
These managers are a mix of serial winners to project managers, from attacking styles to defensive etc.
They all have one thing in common- ultimately failed and sacked!
The problem is Levy who doesn’t give the manager the tools. I concede Ange’s style is high octane so needs huge strength in depth… so why not give him that instead of underinvesting and moving to a new manager!
I'm all for this but 2 things can be true.
to blame for what? being bottom half?
Yawn, another lazy narrative.
We didn't lose to Palace because of 3 v 2, we didn't lose to Ipswich or Woolwich or even Brighton because of that.
There are good enough reasons to be frustrated without parroting new ones you heard some idiot on Talksport talk about.
Not rotating his 11 earlier to avoid muscle fatigue is a fuck up. Reason I have some faith in Ange is because I do think he will adapt and learn from his mistakes., no matter what he says publicly
erm, yea its the manager and tactics. any other manager in the league doesnt have us in the bottom half.