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Not drawing any conclusions mate, just noted what he said will place him under pressure with the press with that comment, but fair play to him he proved them wrong.He was just talking about Breaking Bad Season 3, not sure where you are drawing conclusions from haha.
In seriousness though, would you sack him if he won champions league and we finished 10th?
I think that’s exactly how I feel post final now.So I'm not convinced on Ange's abilities as a head coach, but he's proved himself to be one hell of a leader.
A comparison with Conte is interesting at this stage. No one would question Conte's tactical credentials but a manager like him who was more focused on his own ego than understanding what the club needed and delivering it - always going to fail. Ange recognised the big psychological changes needed for a traumatised club like us to win something again and delivered an effective plan. He's had the balls to show the strong leadership required and the emotional intelligence to know exactly what buttons to press with his team and how to sell a vision. And he has a winners mentality.
I don't think he's currently the full package as a great manager, but in the Europa campaign he's finally shown some movement in one of my biggest criticisms of him, his inflexibility.
He's absolutely earned the right to stay but I think having a coaching team that challenges him sometimes and compensates for his weaker areas needs to be addressed as a priority. However, managers like him with the ability to communicate a vision are a rare breed and I don't see another one waiting in the wings.
Poch, Poch, Poch…… why? The guy that baring the CL had no real interest in cups and even at that right before the CL he says he is considering his position. Bottled an actual total race, and league cup quarter finals and finals domestically? I’d take this one season of winning an actual tangible trophy, over going back to a oh we have top 4-5.I'm resigned to the fact that Ange is going to be here for another season, he's earned it with the cup win as far as I'm concerned but if I had my way I'd want us to part ways...regardless of this we could be setting ourselves up for another year with Ange then if he flops there's always the possibility of Poch in 2026...
Poch, Poch, Poch…… why? The guy that baring the CL had no real interest in cups and even at that right before the CL he says he is considering his position. Bottled an actual total race, and league cup quarter finals and finals domestically? I’d take this one season of winning an actual tangible trophy, over going back to a oh we have top 4-5.
I liked the guy but he is not the answer, supports always want the fancy man, when acrually he made hard work of PSG and ended up as a national coach for Murica?
Ten Haag is a fair comparison, look how shit they are since he left, I’m sure there are a lot of United fans who actually regret him leaving .Ange has that steel and bullish mentality to win trophies. Not sure though hes expansive or creative enough tactically with the demands of premier league or dealing with injuries. Quite a tricky decision by board to make. United had same problem with Ten Haag.
Winning wise not much… he had a good personalty pundits liked him? I didn’t dislike him in anyway personality wise, I just don’t see what tangible things he accomplished with what on the most part was a very good squad of players including probably one of Englands best players in history, one of the most creative players in Eriksen at the time, arguably the best CB pairing at the time. I don’t see anything in what he has done since he left us that would make us take him back other than sentiment.So now you've solely focused on the negatives what were his positives?
I’m not so sure , the reason we beat United is because of Ange tactics , granted his hand was kind of forced with The injuries but he changed the way we play , any way in stillAnge is a great motivator, the players love him, and he's instilled a winning mentality into them. The problem is the fact that he's not good tactically. With tonight, he's talked his way back to the fans, and has made ENIC's decision 10x harder.
Why are you making fun of disabled people and mental illness? You really are an unlikeable prick! Carded!I’d give you a proper reply but it’s not appropriate to make fun of mentally disabled people.
Absolutely!I’m not so sure , the reason we beat United is because of Ange tactics , granted his hand was kind of forced with The injuries but he changed the way we play , any way in still
Enjoying the win , whatever happens next season will happen and there is nothing us as fans can do about it , but what we can do is smile and enjoy Wednesday!
Good times in football as spurs fans are few and far between
The thing is the people who are saying we had the easy run were the same people writing us off against Frankfurt , away to Bodo and again in the final against unitedNothing lucky about that though is there, you can only play who's in front of you and Utd deserved to get to the final. We were arguably the favourites for a reason.
It's actually the opposite, we lost 3 key players and 3 creators, nothing lucky about that.

No I’m the same this squad badly needs an overhaul but it’s a big job, just say, now I’ve mentioned these two on the transfer thread we somehow land Eze & Mbeumo which the majority would be delighted with but for the good of the club and players themselves we shift Son, Davies, Forster, Richarlson & Reguilon
Okay Forster & Reguilon are not regular starters but they’re squad players we replace two and we’re 3 players down next season as much as I’m delighted we’re in the champions league, europe, league, league cup & F.A Cup + internationals that’s feckin brutal
I don't think a copy and paste of the first season is good enough. There needs to be something to show that we've stepped up a gear - I want to see a real, sustained run at the top of the league. We might not quite have what it takes to be league champions at this point but we need to be in the final shake up. He basically needs to emulate golden era Poch.
To fulfill his promise about the third season, I think we need to be looking at 3rd or higher. I would accept 5th and competitive performance in the cup competitions but 5th and crapping out in the cups - not good enough. Ange has promised progress and that's what he needs to deliver.
Before we sign any players we need to find out why we are getting so many injuries , look at Palace for example - they played full strength all the way through to the FA cup final - I know injuries are part of the game but we can’t have another season like this where players are dropping like flies.I honestly think, 4 legit starting quality players takes us to levels I don’t want to say because it’s not the time to start upsetting the melts yet.
RW: Mbuemo, Cherki
AM: Eze, Cherki, Paz,
6/8: Cardoso, Palinha
LCB/LB: Hincapie
None of those are impossible to do.
Then you need to make decisions on who you replace in the squad if they leave like Richy, Son, Biss/Bent. Romero has to stay
The bar isn't very high when it comes to the league. 20 losses and 16th would be an improvement.