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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
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Apparently they had contacted Postecoglou first.

''Brentford director of football Phil Giles held informal discussions with Postecoglou but he was not interviewed for the role, as both parties agreed moving forward was not the best option. Other candidates Brentford considered included former Ajax head coach Francesco Farioli, who has now joined Porto, but they instead promoted set-piece coach Keith Andrews.''
 
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Yeah. Takes over 2026/27. Wins in 27/28.

It’s coming home!!

🎶3 roo’s on my shirt. Blah de blah is gleaming. Something something dreaming. 🎶
Nahhh. His first 'season' is the Euros, where we finish 17th, but he's kept on for his second 'season' which is the WC, where we win it and he's sacked.
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Funny as fuck that Brentford took all of 15 minutes to suss out their throw in coach was more qualified for PL football management.

I expect there's more scrutiny on him being able to show "development" from his time here. Not to equate two very different careers, but I think it's what forced Mourinho to take shitter and shitter jobs; the ability to say 'yeah I've learn something from that clusterfuck' instead of putting your head in the sand.
In terms of spurs, if he turned up to Brentford like "Listen mate, in footy we just need to attack more and score more goals. If the players keep fit them we'll smash the league", they'd probably see through it just as much as the attuned section of the fan base did. To balance out the Europa win - although it was good for us and kept his '2nd season' record going, it is a concern if - privately or internally - he didnt breath a sigh of relief and see it as a 'get out of jail free' card for otherwise decimating his CV.

Part of the different skillset that the managers have with teams like Brentford, with much less resources, is to be able to find a way to compete tactically. You can't just turn up with a sledgehammer and just naively say "if we practice we won't need to adapt".

As much as people criticise club ownership and administration, and you could criticise Brentford's ambition, but it is somewhat interesting that they are highly risk-averse in one sense, but appear to be daring in the sense that they've chosen to promote a rookie. The risk-averse part being that they didn't want somehow who didn't understand the club (probably to retain a culture, to avoid a grumpy manager not understanding where the £200m to spend has gone etc).

Part of the jist is probably understanding that the manager doesn't actually make a big difference - it is the coaching team as a group, which has always made me wonder why you get transient groupings (like Poch, Jesus, Miguel, Toni, Poch jr) that haven't marketed that a bit more as a unit (I guess like agents do), rather than "Mr Pochettino and his team"
 
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