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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
Gonna take a long time to undo the damage from this season. The team needs to be completely rebuilt because they are too used to losing games and that is hard to undo. I think a top 10 finish under a new manager next season and becoming harder to beat (keeping losses below 16 in a season) will be realistic progress for this mess.
For a bit of context here, the season before Leicester won the PL, they barely managed to stay up, then were 5000/1 odds to win it.

This is an example to show that it doesn't really take all that much time to undo the damage done.

Each season is a reset. Our playing staff may not be contenders as champions, but a reset with the right appointment, with a structure that brings the best out of what we have, can seriously change the landscape.

EL win or not, there is a snowball's chance in Hell that he gets another season, that simply cannot be justified after losing 20 matches in a 38 match season.

My concern is not about whether he's with us next season, it's who will be. I like Glasner and think he's done a seriously good job with CP, but £17M to buy him out of CP? I highly doubt that's going to happen. Silva? Not for me, his Fulham are a bit flakey. Iraola? He's good, but Bournemouth's injuries are eerily similar to our own, so I have reservations there. Frank? He's probably next after Glasner for me. Then there's Poch. I've thought about this for a while and actually think he'd do well with us yet again, so long as he's abandoned that feckin midfield diamond idea that heavily contributed to his downfall.
All of the above seem to have some fairly hefty release clauses, so it's anyone's guess which of those it will be, or if we go off piste again for a relative unknown.
 
I'm actually surprised hes managed to dig in this long.

I thought there'd at least be a proud man who'd walk away rather than play for the sack
 
For a bit of context here, the season before Leicester won the PL, they barely managed to stay up, then were 5000/1 odds to win it.

This is an example to show that it doesn't really take all that much time to undo the damage done.

Each season is a reset. Our playing staff may not be contenders as champions, but a reset with the right appointment, with a structure that brings the best out of what we have, can seriously change the landscape.

EL win or not, there is a snowball's chance in Hell that he gets another season, that simply cannot be justified after losing 20 matches in a 38 match season.

My concern is not about whether he's with us next season, it's who will be. I like Glasner and think he's done a seriously good job with CP, but £17M to buy him out of CP? I highly doubt that's going to happen. Silva? Not for me, his Fulham are a bit flakey. Iraola? He's good, but Bournemouth's injuries are eerily similar to our own, so I have reservations there. Frank? He's probably next after Glasner for me. Then there's Poch. I've thought about this for a while and actually think he'd do well with us yet again, so long as he's abandoned that feckin midfield diamond idea that heavily contributed to his downfall.
All of the above seem to have some fairly hefty release clauses, so it's anyone's guess which of those it will be, or if we go off piste again for a relative unknown.
The paper talk, for what it's worth, appears to be floating Terzic again. There was obvious success at Dortmund, but he's a difficult character by all accounts. That said, he plays a 4/3/3 which favours possession. The problem with Franks, Glasner, Iraola et al, is that for all their undoubted competence, their setup is broadly defensive, with triggered pressing. It's supposedly not what we're looking to develop as a club.
 
You misunderstand me mate, everything you've said cannot be argued as it blindingly obvious this fraud should never have been appointed let alone need to go, but there are scoundrels like Richard Arlison Richard Arlison who need to be asked the question point blank because despite claiming to have seen the error of their ways, they still support the fraud as evidenced by an outpouring of support for a man who has us in 17th place with 20 losses after beating a League 1 team on Thursday.
Fair enough but I'm pretty sure Richard Arlison Richard Arlison is not an Ange fan... we've had a few exchanges and he strikes me as someone quite pragmatic about the situation. Far more than me where I'd chaotically sack him right now before the final!!!
 
The paper talk, for what it's worth, appears to be floating Terzic again. There was obvious success at Dortmund, but he's a difficult character by all accounts. That said, he plays a 4/3/3 which favours possession. The problem with Franks, Glasner, Iraola et al, is that for all their undoubted competence, their setup is broadly defensive, with triggered pressing. It's supposedly not what we're looking to develop as a club.

Isn't there a case that our squad is actually better set up for 343 or 532 with the likes of Spence, Porro, Udogie all more comfortable as wing backs than full backs
 
Isn't there a case that our squad is actually better set up for 343 or 532 with the likes of Spence, Porro, Udogie all more comfortable as wing backs than full backs
porro and spence are sweet for the RB. udogie is crap though aint he, poor on the ball and a braindead defender who doesnt have instincts for the game. we need a new LB, huge weak link now at the back. porro aint a great defender but the payoff is his technical ability.
 
Isn't there a case that our squad is actually better set up for 343 or 532 with the likes of Spence, Porro, Udogie all more comfortable as wing backs than full backs
Who would be the third centre back? Ben Davies does it for Wales but he is most likely leaving in the Summer. It might work better next season if Phillips or Vuskovic could step into that role. Maybe that is where Gray will end up.

It worked under Poch when Dier was in midfield and could drop back into a 3 when we had the ball, freeing up Rose and Walker to go forward. We don't really have anyone you could trust with that now ... Danso and Dragusin are not that kind of player.
 
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