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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
On the overal performance of the game we were very lucky Hoff did not take their chances...... the score could have looked very different.... but, the team played as well as they could, so ...well done Spurs....
 
Like someone already wrote, seems we lack any sense of defensive coaching.

Our pressing is the only coached way of defending. Once press is beaten, its just pure chaos. We could say that very big room for improvement is even on headers - i lost count how many times we headed simple ball to either Hoffenheim guy or to not contested area, instead of sending it to one of our players.

Also lost count how many times we lost a goal because of cross on our far right post this season.

We won today because our players are simply better than theirs - even despite fatigue and suspicious tactics.
 
Shadydan said:
Minor tweaks to Ange ball, he doesn't need to be this stubborn...his play is too honest, you can see why people say he's naive tbh.

Funny thing is if he models himself on Pep he would actually see a lot of improvements in his philosophy and up the shithousery, if we were a team that did that then they'd be much less jeopardy in our matches.
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I dunno. Up the shithousery, up the Yellow card count. We're Spurs. Where other teams get rewarded for it, we get punished.
 
malin said:
Like someone already wrote, seems we lack any sense of defensive coaching.

Our pressing is the only coached way of defending. Once press is beaten, its just pure chaos. We could say that very big room for improvement is even on headers - i lost count how many times we headed simple ball to either Hoffenheim guy or to not contested area, instead of sending it to one of our players.

Also lost count how many times we lost a goal because of cross on our far right post this season.

We won today because our players are simply better than theirs - even despite fatigue and suspicious tactics.
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We have to be grateful for the win at last.
However, I don't enjoy watching the team, as you rightly pointed out the defending is almost non existent.
None of them can put a string of passes to each other, I can't believe how badly coached this team is its a shit show.
 
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Shadydan said:
Minor tweaks to Ange ball, he doesn't need to be this stubborn...his play is too honest, you can see why people say he's naive tbh.

Funny thing is if he models himself on Pep he would actually see a lot of improvements in his philosophy and up the shithousery, if we were a team that did that then they'd be much less jeopardy in our matches.
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Not his philosophy that needs to change IMO, just his willingness to shithouse and cheat a bit more
 
Shadydan said:
Minor tweaks to Ange ball, he doesn't need to be this stubborn...his play is too honest, you can see why people say he's naive tbh.

Funny thing is if he models himself on Pep he would actually see a lot of improvements in his philosophy and up the shithousery, if we were a team that did that then they'd be much less jeopardy in our matches.
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Whilst I agree, if we did it as much as the red shirts the yellows would be flying left and right. It isn't as cute when certain clubs do it.
 
glacierSpurs said:
If he's short in numbers and players aren't getting back quickly, Ange needs to cut down the intensity in games. He can't be setting up the team to be on full throttle from minute one to final whistle while attacking and defending the entire pitch all the time.

It's an evil cycle of trying to contain opponents with frantic press because presumably we lack the better personnel but when we still conceded, we lost more energy at the same time and conceded more as a result. The calmness knowing we can deal with attacks from the earlier part of the season has all but evaporated.

I questioned why our players are always so tired because they are supposedly professional athletes. They can't be dropping like flies at final whistle in almost every games - we are not playing 120 minutes.
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Agree. He can have a style and philosophy but still be smart about it and play more safe in certain situations. No one is gonna blame him for abandoning the philosophy. Just a little more pragmatic and we would probably have less injuries and also more points in the league.
 
Richard Arlison said:
When did they get those injuries? Did they get them after 12 games and have they been playing for 3 months in 4 competitions in an injury crisis? Or has it been a few weeks max and they are out of everything except the league?
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1- You should come back with the facts and tell me the answer. If you don't know "when" or "for how long", your argument falls flat and you are just throwing it to establish doubt. Not gonna work mate
2- Does it matter? They continue to win and climb up the table
 
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