apologies I was abrupt. Ange mentioned in the presser that as of January, re-evaluating the year, that the EPL was secondary (assuming he felt, anything above relegation was a moot point) and to focus on this. Considering injuries, continuity, etc,
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I was ange in much longer than most (until about January) but since then I’ve been ange out regardless of our Europa performance barring a drastic turnaround. And this win wasn’t enough to make me reconsider considering we didn’t exactly dominate average sides in Europe and the league form was unforgivable.
Winning 3 two legged ties and a final is an achievement but a small sample size compared to the disastrous league campaign. We aren’t even remotely competitive in the league and I can’t see that changing next season. Even if we are healthier, I can’t see a top 6 finish while we are in the CL.
I’m probably a bit different than most in that a cup in this dreadful season doesn’t feel like our biggest achievement in 17 years. I follow the club to get enjoyment from watching them and I rarely enjoyed watching them this season, almost not at all since January. I enjoyed poch teams far more, even if we didn’t win anything. Cups are just a crapshoot.
Credit to ange and I think many of you were out of line calling him a fat cunt all the time but I don’t have faith he can make this a consistent top club.
Winning 3 two legged ties and a final is an achievement but a small sample size compared to the disastrous league campaign. We aren’t even remotely competitive in the league and I can’t see that changing next season. Even if we are healthier, I can’t see a top 6 finish while we are in the CL.
I’m probably a bit different than most in that a cup in this dreadful season doesn’t feel like our biggest achievement in 17 years. I follow the club to get enjoyment from watching them and I rarely enjoyed watching them this season, almost not at all since January. I enjoyed poch teams far more, even if we didn’t win anything. Cups are just a crapshoot.
Credit to ange and I think many of you were out of line calling him a fat cunt all the time but I don’t have faith he can make this a consistent top club.
Tournament football, especially the final is very different to league football. I believe the last 5 Champions League finals for instance finished 1-0.
Ange was clear in his post-match interview, he felt with the players he had available, 1 goal would be enough. Had we not scored in the 40th minute; we of course would not have parked the bus and would have continued to attack. We had Tel, Odobert (unused) and Son on the bench if we need more attacking threat and pace.
Ange has won everywhere he has been, at every level. Club and Country. From Pub league to Europe. He knows precisely how to build a winning team, how to get the dressing room united and how to build belief. You can't do that by playing 1 style of football - you need to adapt, and he has done that every time.
We are all disappointed by the league results - and as I have said before, as an offer of good faith the club ought to give a discount to existing season ticket holders for next season. But it was a necessary sacrifice to get us to this moment.
Spurs now have a trophy and are back in the Champions League - and that is 100% down to the decisions and handwork of Ange, the coaching staff and the players - and the keyboard warriors who questioned the path we took can now eat some humble pie.
In the next 5 years, Ange will win the EPL and the Champions League. I guarantee it. Hopefully he will do that with Spurs, and not City.
‘Continued to attack’ yeah mate it was absolute constant pressure till we scored. It definitely wasn’t two limp, nervous teams waiting to see who shit the bed first. It was them, partly because of the bizarre choice to play a left centre back who has played a handful of times all season.
Oh spare me this nonsense. He knows how to build a winning team? We were 17th. He didn’t ’build’ shit anymore than Amorim did. This nonsense narrative is a joke .. the margins were so narrow here. Neither of these coaches have done a good job yet one is meant to be a hero and the other is offering his resignation.
No it fucking wasn’t necessary. Being 17th is not a necessary sacrifice for Spurs to beat Alkmaar, Bodo and Frankfurt. Their wage budgets combined wouldn’t come close to half ours. These narratives again are factually false and insane. The idea that this was some thought out trade off instead of us just being good enough to beat these teams but not good enough to beat most premier league sides.
This is the reality. The reality you don’t want to accept. We defeated Manchester United numerous times domestically. One of the few sides we can say that of. Why? They’re shit. They’re right down in the muck and crisis with us. We are marginally less shit. That’s why we lifted this trophy.
Shut the fuck up. Humble pie. Honestly never encountered stupidity like it. Questioned the path? He’s not a religious movement, he’s a fucking coach. And the coaching has been terrible. You want to cling on to this like a life raft.
City wouldn’t touch this cunt with a ten foot bargepole. Not in a million years. He wouldn’t even make the bottom dregs of their back-up shortlist. Not even if he offered to coach them for free. Glasner won this cup and ended up at Palace, that should show you how it’s viewed in the sport. Juande Ramos won it twice, go fucking figure..
This cup was an amazing moment. Huge for the club to get over its mental block. So good to get CL qualification. An incredible night. But some absolute wankers on here want to manipulate the facts and reality of this match and this season in order to keep a completely out of his depth coach here and ruin the whole thing. They want to build it up as some incredible against the odds cup run against Europe’s best and portray the league form as just a mild inconvenience.
Fuck right off.
I want whatever shit your on !
I know we're all elated and are still getting carried away, but this is an insane thing to say.
Who cares? We play in the PL and can pay. We hired Antonio Conte before this guy. We can get world class managers.
You're upset when he plays attacking football because it leaves us exposed at the back - and then your upset when he takes a more conservative approach.
The goal we scored came straight from the training ground. The movement, the decoy runs, the final ball timed perfectly with Johnsons run.
Yes. He's knows how to build a winning team. WE WON. Everywhere he's been, he wins. He was quite clear in his interview - he decided in Feb to go all out in the cups and sacrifice the league.
We didn't have the squad to compete in all comps due in part to injuries - but also having many young and inexperienced players.
We should not have come 17th - but that is a reflection on the ability and experience of our 'reserve' players. Our young players have had some valuable game time - Odobert, Bergvall, Gray, Spence, Tel (if staying) will all be better next season because of that. This is a 4 year rebuild - first a trophy, next comes consistency, then comes dominance.
It would have been an insane thing to say 4 years ago that the coach of Yokohama, who's only previous experience is in Australian football would take Tottenham Hotspur (without Harry Kane) to be champions of Europe.
But here we are.
He had ZERO players that he could trust to change formation. THE youngsters couldn't handle one formation consistently and your really suggesting that another change would have been beneficial ?
The modern fan hey? / I’ve been invested in this club for over 50 years many highs and many lows being in Bilbao with my sons is right up there with the highest of the highs - whatever the standard whatever the opposition we won the Europa league and I was there and thank you Ange you delivered what so called elite managers poch conte and mourinho couldn’t do I will be forever grateful cheers mate
omgDAvid Squires.....
David Squires on … Ange Postecoglou winning the Europa League for Australia
Our cartoonist looks at the Tottenham coach fulfilling his prophecy by lifting a trophy in his second year with the clubwww.theguardian.com
Give him a 10 year contract
Wow. What pathetic shit. Ange just won us the Europa title, 41 years since we won one and 17 years since we last won a silverware, and you were bashing him and downplaying the achievement non-stop.
Yet you could adore Paratici for life just because he could sack Ange, despite the credentials above? Get your shit together and maintain some respect, not just for Ange, but at least for our club - you are making the club and the board to be such small-time pricks. Levy and Co are hated much, but they are still much bigger than that.
You have embarrassed yourself enough before the final. Stick your hatred for Ange elsewhere in the multiverse and stop tainting posters here and our club with such toxic agenda.