This.
Ange and his reign is a paradox. He's somehow both one of our best managers for breaking the trophy drought, but his league performances makes him arguably our worst ever manager since they introduced 3 points for a win at the least.
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Ange and his reign is a paradox. He's somehow both one of our best managers for breaking the trophy drought, but his league performances makes him arguably our worst ever manager since they introduced 3 points for a win at the least.
We have no idea what's going on behind closed doors. As far as we know he's staying and Ange doesn't want statements and press released. Or maybe they've agreed to part ways but keep it quiet for now.
It's shoddy to the fans, but it probably looks different inside.
Ever had or known one of those cars that is constantly needing to be in the garage to be fixed up? This old speedy sports car is one of them, hence it only working 20% of the time...
blind ... and other stuff... wouldn't click on that perhaps as much as with an Ange "presser"
Whether he did or didn’t, he’s in a mess and is dithering hard.
If he didn’t expect such a strong reaction, that just shows how disconnected he is from the way that fans and players think about football.
And if you are going to make a ruthless decision regardless of what the players and fans think, then just fucking do it and live with being unpopular. If you believe the manager you chose will win things then go with them…
Problem is, appointing Frank or Silva also betrays his lack of ambition and Ange winning EL makes it look even worse if it is Frank or Silva.
Goals scored isn’t good football
Our conte/Stellini disaster team scored more than Brentford this season
He's never been ruthless, he's always swayed to fan pressure and optics and it tells you about his leadership, he doesn't and never had a plan, it's more about making himself and the board look good by taking pressure off them.
38pts stays up in 9 of last ten years. 40 pts is a long time ago.
His only plan is the economic model of the club and he sticks to that.
Everything else, like you said, is about the optics being good enough to keep the pressure off his economic model.
That EL win also puts pressure on more trophies to follow it, which is another disaster for the economic model
Yes, the club comes first. Not addressing internet gossip or rushing through decisions when the new football administration hasn't been put together yet.
"Hey everyone - I know we've got some directors leaving, the new CEO coming in, the Chief Football Officer leaving at the end of the month, squad on end of season holiday, losing one of our key first team coaches - but a bunch of virgins on the internet are getting impatient so can we just flip a coin or something?"
Ange's predecessors also had much better teams at their disposal and failed to show up and give us anything in those big games.
Poch is not a closer. He just isn't - I've watched him bottle it in too many big games -
I think you need to get beyond this idea that it is an "invisible force." It is just a word attributed to either good fortune or misfortune. Things going wrong is a statistical probability that can be reduced by practice. However, if you consistently buck the trend in either direction, it's either labelled as good or bad luck.
It's really not that deep.
Levy and Ange are both on holiday - everyone's entitled to a Summer break aren't they?
And assuming your wish is granted, would you like to be sacked by text when you're on holiday? Or if it comes to that would you like to sack your senior manager by text if you were on holiday?
Give the man a break - the club doesn't necessarilly always come first.
K
Carry on please.
Wow.
Possibly our best manager in the last 30 years, Poch, was very similar. For Frank's BFC read Poch's Saints. Mid table, exceeding expectations, practical, pragmatic.
Or AFCB's Howe. mid table, exceeding expectations bla bla.
Poch became our best manager with very low net spend. We've basically built the new stadium on the back of his CL qualifications.
Howe has completely revamped a moribund NUFC after 3 years of the dead hand of, checks notes, Steve Bruce. First cup since 1955 FFS.
Frank ticks the boxes that these guys did. Probably more: he hasn't had a relegation unlike Howe; he's got a promotion unlike Poch.
And in terms of being boring - they've scored 66: MORE goals than Chavs, and ONLY 3 FEWER than goons. More than us of course.
3rd highest London team behind just those 2. Bonkers acheivment. But hey, his record against the top 6 is poor. Yeah, let's black ball him for that.
I think you’ve answered your own question there, and that’s the reason why I firmly believe he should be sacked even if his replacement is some middling manager like Frank or Silva. If he stays then it’s an emotional rather than pragmatic decision, and it’s almost inevitable he won’t see out the entirety of the new season. Therefore why lose yet another season in a state of flux?
you're right
but I'd point to the form since November. For 2/3rds of the season we've been on about 28pts over the full season.
Which is not only unacceptable but really is relegation form.