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Sacking Ange is the right thing to do. Replacing him with Frank is the equivalent of trading in your shitty Ford Fiesta for an equally shitty Peugeot 205.
Interesting to know why you think he will do alright and are biased about it... I have asked a few other Frank In forum members but they haven't been able to substantiate anything that would point to Frank being the right man. Like you said though, whoever we pick (assuming it won't be Ancelotti) is not going to be universally liked and there will be a group (me included if it's a mid table PL clogger) who will start hounding the new manager out the door before a ball has been kicked.I think he’d do alright. If anything I’m blasé about it. But 100% looking forward to the meltdown whatever happens.
tbh, while there are better coaches than Frank, I honestly think if you spend some time listening to Frank talk about football it is impossible not to conclude that the man has a far more nuanced, detailed and sophisticated approach to tactics than does Ange. He has also, if anything, somewhat overachieved at Brentford. Ange has not overachieved at Tottenham, despite EL.Interesting to know why you think he will do alright and are biased about it... I have asked a few other Frank In forum members but they haven't been able to substantiate anything that would point to Frank being the right man. Like you said though, whoever we pick (assuming it won't be Ancelotti) is not going to be universally liked and there will be a group (me included if it's a mid table PL clogger) who will start hounding the new manager out the door before a ball has been kicked.
It's a recognition that you have to calibrate your assessment based on all the competitive games he's played, the standard of competition, and the direction of travel.So Spurs go through a series of managers searching for a long awaited manager to win a cup.
Manager achieves cup success and they sack him.
What does that even mean for future managers? Win us champions league and you still face the sack? Finish top 4 trophyless and still face the sack?
There needs to be stability. Back your managers if they can bring you success.
Then we disagree. I think it is very possible to conclude Frank is a bigger chancer than Ange. You see, I have listened to Frank plenty and you're right, he comes across as someone with an air of football philosopher about him. However, when you get by the prancing he's not actually saying much at all or at least not anything I couldn't conclude myself. Having a nuanced, detailed and sophisticated approach to tactics does not make you a better manager (see Harry Redknapp). Can he motivate, will his players run through walls for him, does he feel the game and know when to make changes, can he win when it matters. All of these things are not something I am saying Ange has by the way. Also, I don't think he has overachieved at Brentford at all. They are exactly where they should be... slap bang in the middle of the PL. If anything he should have at least kicked on by now and got them into Conference League.tbh, while there are better coaches than Frank, I honestly think if you spend some time listening to Frank talk about football it is impossible not to conclude that the man has a far more nuanced, detailed and sophisticated approach to tactics than does Ange. He has also, if anything, somewhat overachieved at Brentford. Ange has not overachieved at Tottenham, despite EL.
So Spurs go through a series of managers searching for a long awaited manager to win a cup.
Manager achieves cup success and they sack him.
What does that even mean for future managers? Win us champions league and you still face the sack? Finish top 4 trophyless and still face the sack?
There needs to be stability. Back your managers if they can bring you success.
Good post!If we had finished in the top half, Ange wouldn't be getting sacked.
A serious club cannot finish 17th with 38 points and point to a lesser trophy like the Europa League as a reason to ignore the disgusting performance in the league. That is pure West Ham, small-time mentality.
If we want to have a team that justifies a £1600 season ticket, we need a different manager (along with some top signings). The best way to bring success it to be a good team, not a shit one.
Do you know how fucking insane it is to be going on a Tottenham Hotspur forum as a Celtic fan passionately defending a manager who left you two fucking years ago? He's been gone for as long as he was there. Are you really trying to say that your weird obsession with the fortunes of one of your former managers is grounds to make you a better Spurs fan, than actual Spurs fans? You've got more front than Brighton Pier slagging anyone off for defending Poch, a former Tottenham manager, on a Tottenham Forum, when you're on here cosplaying as a Spurs fan to stan for Ange the same way 13 year old girls do for Taylor Swift...
Nearly 500 posts on a different club's forum just because a manager who spent 2 years at your club is now there and you think he might need defending from horrible online haters. Fucking embarrassing.
By the way, Poch took a side that had only twice before qualified for the Champions League since it was reformatted from the European cup to a final inside 5 years, and a team that hadn't finished in the top 3 since 1992, to three consecutive top three finishes. Ange took a side that hadn't finished outside the top 10 since 2007/08 (11th) to it's lowest finish in 48 years. To even pretend they operate in the same stratosphere when it comes to league competency is completely churlish.
Ange and his starting 11 were good enough to beat any team in the PL.
finish on 38 points. get the sack. no serious club keeps the manager on after that points haulSo Spurs go through a series of managers searching for a long awaited manager to win a cup.
Manager achieves cup success and they sack him.
What does that even mean for future managers? Win us champions league and you still face the sack? Finish top 4 trophyless and still face the sack?
There needs to be stability. Back your managers if they can bring you success.
So Spurs go through a series of managers searching for a long awaited manager to win a cup.
Manager achieves cup success and they sack him.
What does that even mean for future managers? Win us champions league and you still face the sack? Finish top 4 trophyless and still face the sack?
There needs to be stability. Back your managers if they can bring you success.
Interesting to know why you think he will do alright and are biased about it... I have asked a few other Frank In forum members but they haven't been able to substantiate anything that would point to Frank being the right man. Like you said though, whoever we pick (assuming it won't be Ancelotti) is not going to be universally liked and there will be a group (me included if it's a mid table PL clogger) who will start hounding the new manager out the door before a ball has been kicked.
People will play the "Levy card" with it, but the answer is to find someone who can look at the current squad and make a functional XI out of them. That's not absurd to expect, and arguably what made Redknapp so successful here.
That's also the reason why I can't look past Thomas Frank. He's adapted the team from an attacking dominant Championship to being a pragmatic PL side that succeeded where Kompany's Burnley did not. He has lost (arguably) the best players each year and adapted more. This last season he adapted them again. We really shouldn't be looking for a manager with a Plan A or B, but simply a manager with the ability to put a good side out with the aim to win the match with the players available. I don't think that automatically means sacrificing style either - he's had near 40 PL goals between two of his forwards.
Ange deserves huge credit for getting us over the line in the EL but the way some are denigrating previous managers for losing finals is absurd.
Redknapp lost a cup final to Ferguson’s United. Poch lost a CL final to peak Klopp Liverpool and a league cup final to title-winning Chelsea. Mason lost a cup final to peak Pep City. Yes we failed to produce a miracle on those occasions but our opponents were all vastly superior to us.
Our opponent in the EL final was the first final in my time supporting the club where we were not outmatched on paper. All credit to Ange for winning the game on the pitch but anyone throwing shade at Poch by comparison for not winning a game against the greatest Liverpool team of all time just looks foolish. The final Ange had to play was the least challenging one we’ve had in decades.
It's the direct opposite of Spursy, isn't it?
Rather than our poor luck showing up at the most critical time, we have a stroke of luck at the critical moment.
Rather than losing on an OG, we win by one. Instead of being doomed by our luck we're saved by it for once.
Rather than losing to a very beatable team by failing to take chances, we fail to take those chances but win anyway.
Instead of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, we latched on and ground one out.
Instead of going into a shell and then bottling a lead, we went into a shell and it worked.
Down is up, up is down