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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
Aphex said:
Yes mate. I could see back in October 2023 the red flags. I would have sacked him in the summer and appointed someone else because I could see us getting worse and worse. But of course this makes me a clueless TFC football brainiac and the rest of the fan base who are backing Ange are geniuses are they? Jesus Christ. Maybe the owns are are Ange out are the ones who actually have a clue.

Remember in all walks of life the ones with a clue are always in the minority.
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Maybe they should hire Asphex and put him on the board 💪
 
bus-conductor said:
So his average is only 0.25 off St Poch of Mumbo Jumbo ? despite Poch having for a period the 2nd/3rd best team in a much weaker league and Ange having a pretty ropey early rebuild mess in a much stronger league?

Impressive
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Poch made us the 2nd or 3rd best team...he had his own rebuild to deal with, he was here longer and was competing in champions league so less chance of squad rotation as you need your best team to stay competitive in both comps.

PPG for Postecoglou since that Chelsea game is 1.36 which is far more accurate given that we haven't shown any of that consistency or form since.

It's 1.26 PPG for this season and will probably drop to 1.10 PPG in the next few league games.

I actually don't think we're going to sack him because they would have already done so...I'm starting to believe he's got the season.
 
StripiestPilot said:
Of course Pep has altered things. He plays with a lamp post up front now, he plays with 4 huge CBs across his defence, he has played with CBs in midfield, he’s played with full backs coming inside, he’s played with a full back shuffling across into a back 3 in possession, he’s played with a false 9, he’s done many different things at City.

His basic principles of football haven't changed but he’s tried lots of different things while staying within those principles. Ange by contrast has only ever really adapted due to injuries.
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White Hart said:
Our players are not that bad , it’s the training, lack,of decent coaching, playing one system, everything frantic causing injuries. It’s down to the coaching staff .Is Ange a coach, he says he tells his coaches Wht he wants and lets them get on with it. No bugger gives instruction from the technical area, why the hell we have a technical area for Ange at our ground I cannot understand.
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If I was a player I’d be wondering what the hell Ange does all day to earn his 100k p/w

He’s not coaching. And almost boasts about it

Piss poor leadership.
 
Question?, Statement, Point.
Question? If AP had brought his treble winning Celtic side to compete for a few seasons in The EPL, where do you think they would be sitting right now? My answer: Bottom half of the table.

Statement. If AP took this current Spurs side to compete in The SPL for a few season, We would continuously be champions and win silverware.

Point. AP has found his levels.
 
HampshireSpur said:
The whole season has STRONG '90s vibes now - very average league position but still in the cups.

It's reminding me the most of Ardiles, who I barely remember but I seem to recall played Kamikaze football with four or five forwards.
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Yeah, so 90's in fact that the fans still believe we can win a cup.


We can't. Liverpool will absolutely fucking hammer us out of the LC.
Once we ease past non league Tamworth, any half decent PL team will knock us out of that.
At least half the teams in the Ropey league can and will knock us out. IF we even qualify for the knock out stages.
 
Skippa18 said:
Poch made us the 2nd or 3rd best team...he had his own rebuild to deal with, he was here longer and was competing in champions league so less chance of squad rotation as you need your best team to stay competitive in both comps.

PPG for Postecoglou since that Chelsea game is 1.36 which is far more accurate given that we haven't shown any of that consistency or form since.

It's 1.26 PPG for this season and will probably drop to 1.10 PPG in the next few league games.

I actually don't think we're going to sack him because they would have already done so...I'm starting to believe he's got the season.
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If he gets the season then the board are far more inept than even I ever thought they were.
If he gets the season, he needs to get at least this transfer window.
He will not be the coach next season. There's no way on earth he can ever be kept on out of anything other than insanity. So why waste a penny on getting him players?
 
Matt1882 said:
Yeah, so 90's in fact that the fans still believe we can win a cup.


We can't. Liverpool will absolutely fucking hammer us out of the LC.
Once we ease past non league Tamworth, any half decent PL team will knock us out of that.
At least half the teams in the Ropey league can and will knock us out. IF we even qualify for the knock out stages.
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We will qualify for the play off mate at this rate, which is just an additional knockout phase.

We need to win both our remaining games and hope for other results to go our way to finish top 8 though which I doubt.
 
Deuterz said:
Toughest the PL has ever been my absolute arse. One team of any serious quality. Forest are fucking 2nd. City in turmoil. United are absolutely awful. Woolwich are worse than last season and Chelsea are a top 4 side at absolute best. Brighton are fucking mediocre and Villa are only a small step above. Howe’s Newcastle look great right now FFS.

Chelsea, Bournemouth and Brighton have younger squads. Other teams are a whisker away. What a terrible reason to be shit. Ange apparently wanted kids and was vocal about how happy he was with the windows. Got his 65 million quid striker too. We have no proven outstanding players? Guess that depends on your definition. We have a lot of very good players relative to the top 8 who we are now erm .. all below.

Flawed is a fucking understatement. He has us facing down a relegation fight if we lose the next few games. We are bottom half. This is all happening in his 2nd full season after two transfer windows with 130m+ spent on players he apparently wanted. We have lost to Ipswich at home and Palace with zero injuries, among other total embarrassments.

Pochettino took a squad widely considered terrible (worse than the one Ange took over with far less resources) and polished it very well indeed. Shit turned south at the end of his reign but all managers will eventually fall off, you don’t expect it in the 2nd season.

Almost any coach of real quality does better right now, let’s be honest about this. Waaa waaa injuries, as if it isn’t partly his fault and they haven’t been an issue for him at other clubs. We have 3 starting XI players out - put your big boy pants on and grind out points. We looked about as shit as Wolves with home advantage.

Comparing Ange with Poch is insulting to Poch. One made us a team to be feared, the other a team other sides are excited to face. We are a joke. A giggle for rivals. Haha aren’t spurs entertaining under the Aussie clown, aren’t they fun as we watch them concede 6 and run in to each other. Fucking hell..
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Bang on this is one of the worst PLs I’ve ever seen. Chris Wood is in Carraghers team of the season ffs. There are hardly any good strikers. Only one of true quality is Isak. How many world class CBs are there? Forest are in a title race lol. We have to be completely horrendous to be where we are in the league. United are at their weakest in history. Woolwich are second and genuinely all they are is a very workman like side. Little quality really. It’s really low quality which is why everyone is beating everyone on any given day.
 
Matt1882 said:
If he gets the season then the board are far more inept than even I ever thought they were.
If he gets the season, he needs to get at least this transfer window.
He will not be the coach next season. There's no way on earth he can ever be kept on out of anything other than insanity. So why waste a penny on getting him players?
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Yeah I don't understand it but all the noises are they are reluctant to sack him.

There is not huge fan outrage.

If they were going to do it, surely you do it before you throw the season away?
 
HampshireSpur said:
The whole season has STRONG '90s vibes now - very average league position but still in the cups.

It's reminding me the most of Ardiles, who I barely remember but I seem to recall played Kamikaze football with four or five forwards.
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At least with Ossie it was five very good forwards at their peak, spearheaded by a world class Klinsmann. All five would walk into our team right now.
 
ElTel said:
It's the chairman who makes the hiring and firing decisions, yeah the fans have their own opinions but we are completely powerless in these decisions. If the chairman is happy atm with Ange and hasn't sacked him then I will stay fully behind the manager and the team. We are going through hard times, i don't deny that,but maybe its times like these we have to show true support until the change is made. Unless there is a remarkable turnaround I think every fan knows that Ange hasn't got much of a chance remaining in charge beyond the end of the season so it's just a waiting game really until the chairman makes the change. Until then surely it's better to quit all this talk of " hope we lose to either Newcastle, Tamworth, or Liverpool, or Woolwich, so that Ange is immediately sacked" and support the team no matter if we win lose or draw.
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I’ve had complete apathy about Spurs for a good few months now. It’s a horrible place to be. I hope it returns but it won’t be with Ange. Felt hardly anything when wolves equalised. Rewind a few years and I’d be pacing the room with nervousness hoping we close the game out. I just expect shit now and even when we thrash a team like Southampton I don’t feel anything because I know it’s just a blip and we’ll revert to shite again. Maybe it’s because we can barely win two league games in a row. Maybe it’s because I know every defeat moves closer to Ange leaving which I know is best for the club.
 
Shadydan said:
No they did not

Klopp didn't change a thing when players like Lovren and Karius were hung out to dry and didn't change when his Liverpool team were clearly burnt out a few years back.

Pep hasn't altered a thing throughout his career and notably this season hence why City are struggling this season
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They didn't change because they had had previous success with reputable teams in reputable leagues, teams that would have destroyed Celtic so they knew their approach/philosophy would come good.
Where as Ange-Ball is just a fucking joke only suited for a 2 team league!
 
Nobody3 said:
They didn't change because they had had previous success with reputable teams in reputable leagues, teams that would have destroyed Celtic so they knew their approach/philosophy would come good.
Where as Ange-Ball is just a fucking joke only suited for a 2 team league!
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Yeah nothing to do with the fact that they got better players for their systems or anything like that, of course.
 
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