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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
We are in a fucking relegation battle, nobody ever asked Levy to stick with a manager in a relegation battle.

Unprecedented levels of failure and it is gross incompetence to not rid of us the reason for that failure.

End of the day, if you are right and we crash out both cups next week then Ange will be gone.

If we get through Liverpool and Villa with 2 wins, there's no way we stay in a relegation battle with that kind of momentum behind us.

Either way, may as well see where we end up.
 
I don't understand why women can't comment on the men's game...they've probably been watching it for years...
Because they're offering it from their perspective as ex-players. They haven't played in the mens game, so what are they talking about? What is their experience?
They play in a league of copycat teams with none of the history or rivalries that the mens teams have had for 100+ years.

That's not to say i think mn know what they're talking about. Most of them are dumb asses too. But at least idiots like O'Hara has actually played for THFC mens team - DURING Levy's tenure. His insight is worth infinitely more than some northern woman who doesn't play the same sport.


There are women (and men) who have never played the game who offer far more from a punditry perspective. Non bias, analytical, fact based and well presented. These are the people that need to be elevated in this area. Not any old ex player who kicked a ball wearing a shirt of a PL team.
 
We were discussing Werner. Each case is to be handled individually. Anything else is just weak whataboutery.
Werner was our best winger in 3/4 of his prem starts.

In Ange Postecoglou system Werner and Mikey Moore are the best suited to his system, odobert hasn't played enough to be part of the conversation.

Werner is the least of our problems and Postecoglou tried to make him his biggest problem. Yet when he don't play we are just as shit or arguably worse.
 
I’m not sure he is as astute as people say he is.

Overcooked naming rights deal, those deals no longer in vogue
Stadium late ( happens)
Stadium massively over budget ( happens but this is area of supposed expertise)
Not being willing to spend to consolidate top 4 when very much in pole position
Has spent god knows how much in poaching managers
Spent a lot more in comp for sacking managers
Same story on poaching and firing DOFs
For every Bale , Brebatov and Modric there are way more NDombele, Lo Celso and Bentleys
175k a week for Werner (twice just lol)
If we finish 15th instead of 5th that’s 31 million loss on Prem money alone ( excl loss of CL )

He has bled the fans dry to enrich himself and the odious Lewis admittedly , not genius or clever just cynical and greedy

Well that is my opinion of his business acumen at least .
Great post

It’s a very mixed record, even financially, when one considers the underlying driver of his asset appreciation, which is the massive growth in the franchise value of elite football clubs
 
I think you're right. At Celtic Postecoglou often brought players off at 60 minutes in order to maintain the pace game to game (according to the BBC article that quoted a staffer there). Playing 90 minutes at one tempo isn't practical in the Premier League. And if you're a player thinking about where to transfer, do you want to play for a manager who might end your career early. Van de vyn is a good example. How many more hamstring injuries can he sustain?
And the PL vs often better opponents than us, and at a faster game pace, will likely exacerbate it vs Celtic
 
We won't get anywhere near the final of that.
Nowhere near it.

1 Lazio - W7 D1 - 4th in Serie A
2 Frankfurt - W5 D1 - 3rd in Bundesliga
3 Bilbao - W5 D1 - 4th in La Liga
4 Man U - W4 D3
5 Lyon W4 D2 6th in France
6 Spurs W4 D2 - relegation fodder shite

Selection of teams below us -
Galatasary - absolutely fucking battered us. Should have been 5 or 6 nil.
Olympiacos - top in Greece
Rangers - have actual fans that help the team
Ajax - 2nd in Netherlands
Roma - already played us off the pitch with tinkerman.

We don't stand a chance of winning it.
And the longer we stay in it, the worse out league form will get. Well, it just flatlines at dead.
That's the spirit.

I do note we have beaten Man U home and away this season scoring 7 goals in the process.
 

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4.5k votes and no doubt the majority are Spurs fans. Troll types not really likely to follow a Fanalyst because nobody will take the bait.

I’ll be honest, I’m shocked the majority still voted IN.


People that follow him are typically also 'fanalysts', so no purple and gold types. It's like doing a general election poll in Surrey. I bet if the Last Word on Spurs podcast did a poll it would be the other way around.
 
In one aspect, I'm starting to feel a little bad for Ange.

If Levy had sacked him when he should have been sacked, after Ipswich, I would have thought "well there goes a man who flew too close to the sun. A victim of the Peter Principle, promoted beyond his capabilities, but he had an idea and he sure gave it a go."

By keeping him this long and letting him utterly destroy our season, our squad, and create financial repercussions that we will be dealing with for years after he is gone, any vestiges of good will are gone. He's the worst manager we have had in the past quarter century plus, and we'll be dealing with the fallout of this disaster for years.

He doesn't deserve the Judas treatment, and I don't blame him for not quitting, I wouldn't either, but I can't think of anyone other than Judas associated with the club in the past 25 years I'd be less likely to give a hand shake.
 
In one aspect, I'm starting to feel a little bad for Ange.

If Levy had sacked him when he should have been sacked, after Ipswich, I would have thought "well there goes a man who flew too close to the sun. A victim of the Peter Principle, promoted beyond his capabilities, but he had an idea and he sure gave it a go."

By keeping him this long and letting him utterly destroy our season, our squad, and create financial repercussions that we will be dealing with for years after he is gone, any vestiges of good will are gone. He's the worst manager we have had in the past quarter century plus, and we'll be dealing with the fallout of this disaster for years.

He doesn't deserve the Judas treatment, and I don't blame him for not quitting, I wouldn't either, but I can't think of anyone other than Judas associated with the club in the past 25 years I'd be less likely to give a hand shake.
Agree with all that apart from feeling bad for him.

If he had a bit more class then yes but this bollocks with him trying to stare down fans and his general arrogance and clear annoyance at being questioned on anything then i think he deserves the ire and contempt.
 
In one aspect, I'm starting to feel a little bad for Ange.

If Levy had sacked him when he should have been sacked, after Ipswich, I would have thought "well there goes a man who flew too close to the sun. A victim of the Peter Principle, promoted beyond his capabilities, but he had an idea and he sure gave it a go."

By keeping him this long and letting him utterly destroy our season, our squad, and create financial repercussions that we will be dealing with for years after he is gone, any vestiges of good will are gone. He's the worst manager we have had in the past quarter century plus, and we'll be dealing with the fallout of this disaster for years.

He doesn't deserve the Judas treatment, and I don't blame him for not quitting, I wouldn't either, but I can't think of anyone other than Judas associated with the club in the past 25 years I'd be less likely to give a hand shake.
Agreed. I'd add that him staying isn't doing him any favours either as each game just shines more light on the numerous flaws in his approach.

He doesn't deserve hate but he doesn't deserve support either.
 
we'll be dealing with the fallout of this disaster for years.

How you work that one out?

The minutes and experience that Gray and Bergvall have got ahead of schedule will benefit us for years. Spence just gave us a home grown option for RB, LB and CB for years, from nowhere, the kid was out of the club.

Solanke is one of the best forwards we have ever signed under Levy. Odobert will probably end up coming good, probably by the end of the season. Mikey Moore has minutes under his belt.

Sure, its a but rough right now but the foundations put underneath this squad were forged in the toughest of times and if anything will serve us incredibly for years.
 
Ange, when asked if
In one aspect, I'm starting to feel a little bad for Ange.

If Levy had sacked him when he should have been sacked, after Ipswich, I would have thought "well there goes a man who flew too close to the sun. A victim of the Peter Principle, promoted beyond his capabilities, but he had an idea and he sure gave it a go."

By keeping him this long and letting him utterly destroy our season, our squad, and create financial repercussions that we will be dealing with for years after he is gone, any vestiges of good will are gone. He's the worst manager we have had in the past quarter century plus, and we'll be dealing with the fallout of this disaster for years.

He doesn't deserve the Judas treatment, and I don't blame him for not quitting, I wouldn't either, but I can't think of anyone other than Judas associated with the club in the past 25 years I'd be less likely to give a hand shake.
You've raised an interesting and valid point and I can see now exactly why Levy would hold onto this guy until fans are frothing at the bit. If you let him go at the right time, then as you say, there will relief but a somewhat friendly departure between the two parties. But the higher ups will get it in the neck and then some for hiring a manager way out of his depth.

If they let Ange go quite a bit after the should of been released, the fans will by then of developed a serious amount of frustatrion and loathing for the manager, and so all the anger will mostly be channeled at him instead. The fans will be relieved that Levy had finally got rid, so relief (rather than anger) will become the most dominant emotion amongst the fan base.
 
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