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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
No you wasn't. You highlighted the pointed the if the the ball goes in, Manu go on and win the game. Nothing about luck was mentioned, but rather a comment on how poorly we played.

So you yourself are moving the goal posts. How ironic.

And I agree with him, if VdV doesn't keep that ball out, I think ManU go on and win, we was playing that poorly and literally offered nothing.

It all comes across as desperate and bitter that Levy and Ange both left, and you're still coming to terms with it.

And that's fine. People react to stuff differently and won't knock you for it.

I on the other hand, have nothing to come to terms with, I love the fact we won the EL, great stuff, but I also understand we put in an awful performance, a performance so poor, that on most other nights, we probably would have lost.

But we didn't and we have a trophy.

Please learn to read:

Apologies to all the Ange admirers, but why are we still talking about this very poor premier league manager who got lucky in The EL?
Mickey Vander Van, doesn't make that acrobatic clearance and Utd go on to win The EL. Are we still remembering narcissistic Ange?

Let me know once you've done that and I'll address the rest of your laughable post :thumbup:
 
HAHAHAHA MOVING THE GOAL POSTS?!?

Coming from you !!!!????

You walking talking fucking contradiction

Oh look, if it isn't the forum stray dog with yet another ad hominem...quelle surprise.

If you need my attention just say mate, PM me if you need me x

Now are you gonna behave and debate the merits of our former CUP WINNING manager with me, if not please quietly sit back in the corner, thank you sir.
 
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He lost me against Chelsea, when we should have lost 9 nil. Defending on the halfway line. It just showed me that this guy is an absolute nutcase and so so arrogant and stubborn and we were totally screwed.

Also after yet again being beaten by Woolwich saying “it’s who we are mate” I don’t want to see that shit. I want a manager who will set a team up to win and adjust if needed. That combined with the Chelsea stuff just showed me we have a total fraud clown.

Then the run in on his first season getting battered by Liverpool and Newcastle. I would have sacked him the summer of the first season. No doubt at all.
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About time someone mentioned the Chavs match again!
 
I've read comments by Spurs fans on other platforms and there are far more positive ones about him than there are on this platform.

The opinions here are far too polarized. There is some middle ground

The second season league result was sackable and even he has basically admitted it.

But getting fifth in the first season exceeded expecations given the context when he came into the job-he lost Kane who was worth at least a few places higher for Conte, and Maurinho, on the eve of the season kick off.

The injuries hobbled the second half of the first season and continued into the second- Gray and Davies as the CB pairing is bottom of the table level of defense. He said his methods cause injuries, yet he refused to adapt.

He took a more defensve approach in the Europa because he didn't have enough fit players yet persisted with his open style in the league where 3 or 4 more wins may have saved his job.

We played well in the Europa and got good wins against good opposition, but played poorly in the final due to players missing. We won it because we wanted it more than the opposition and he can take credit for that. His career success in finals is extraordinary.

Champions League qualification was and remains the realistic ceiling for this club, and we were never getting that through the league, even with a fit sqaud (look at our last game FFS). Yet here we are in it. Thanks to him.

He left us with a European trophy that we waited four decades for, something that has only happened on 3 other occasions in 142 years.

How anyone can feel visceral hate for him is beyond me.
 
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It's called reversing your stupid logic, I'm glad you see how silly it sounds.
No, it called pathetic argument that doesn't address the what I am saying.
Please learn to read:

Let me know once you've done that and I'll address the rest of your laughable post :thumbup:
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And as I said, you was responding to the bit you highlighted, which didn't include the lucky part. You did the highlighting not me. so...

And yes, we was lucky, we got an easier path to the final than ManU, with only Frankfurt being a team of any quality in the knock out rounds, and we did a good a job there. Yeah we faced Roma, but we drew with them at home, after going 2-0 up, and I honestly think we wouldn't have beaten them over 2 legs. We drew with Rangers in another poor performance, got beaten by Galatasaray and the first leg to AZ.

ManU were so lucky to get pass Lyon, and what happened to Bilbao, they just crumbled and never showed up.

Anyway, enough of this, it's not going anywhere, and your just twisting and moving the goal posts... And I have more importnant things to do that waste my time on some who can;t debate and chat honestly.

Enjoy the rest of the night, and see you tomorrow maybe during the game when spank West Ham hopefully.
 
No, it called pathetic argument that doesn't address the what I am saying.

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And as I said, you was responding to the bit you highlighted, which didn't include the lucky part. You did the highlighting not me. so...

And yes, we was lucky, we got an easier path to the final than ManU, with only Frankfurt being a team of any quality in the knock out rounds, and we did a good a job there. Yeah we faced Roma, but we drew with them at home, after going 2-0 up, and I honestly think we wouldn't have beaten them over 2 legs. We drew with Rangers in another poor performance, got beaten by Galatasaray and the first leg to AZ.

ManU were so lucky to get pass Lyon, and what happened to Bilbao, they just crumbled and never showed up.

Anyway, enough of this, it's not going anywhere, and your just twisting and moving the goal posts... And I have more importnant things to do that waste my time on some who can;t debate and chat honestly.

Enjoy the rest of the night, and see you tomorrow maybe during the game when spank West Ham hopefully.


But we didn't crumble. We showed up. And that's the key when it comes to winning finals.

Postecoglou's career was shaped by a culture where finals winners - not first past the post-are crowned Champions. I've witnessed many very talented teams across different codes crumble on the day of the final. His record in finals is second to none. He knows what it takes to win finals. And he did it again, wasn't pretty, but there's no medal for that.
 
Honestly, such arguments were often from fans of the losing team. Incredible some of our fans kept coming out with these IFs and BUTs when we were the victorious one. Playing down the team or hating that man I don't know, it's truly weird. United had their chances. They were shitter that day. End of.
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It was two poor teams (thanks to both managers) and we were slightly less shit than them. In the build up to the game I posted many times that I was confident we’d win. The fact Romero and VDV were fit and playing meant we had the two best players on the pitch. In my mind, if they played we’d win and we’d get a goal (probably through a johnson or Solanke) that would be enough. However, there is no point belittling the achievement. That’s just bizarre for a spurs fan and probably just reflective of people falling back into the negative Spursy mindset that opposing fans and the media like to hit us with. It’s not particularly helpful for building a positive mindset going into this season.
 
No, it called pathetic argument that doesn't address the what I am saying.

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And as I said, you was responding to the bit you highlighted, which didn't include the lucky part. You did the highlighting not me. so...

And yes, we was lucky, we got an easier path to the final than ManU, with only Frankfurt being a team of any quality in the knock out rounds, and we did a good a job there. Yeah we faced Roma, but we drew with them at home, after going 2-0 up, and I honestly think we wouldn't have beaten them over 2 legs. We drew with Rangers in another poor performance, got beaten by Galatasaray and the first leg to AZ.

ManU were so lucky to get pass Lyon, and what happened to Bilbao, they just crumbled and never showed up.

Anyway, enough of this, it's not going anywhere, and your just twisting and moving the goal posts... And I have more importnant things to do that waste my time on some who can;t debate and chat honestly.

Enjoy the rest of the night, and see you tomorrow maybe during the game when spank West Ham hopefully.

Lol what? Don't tell me what I responding to mate, all I've done is highlight the part why people will disagree with him...you clearly got the wrong end of the stick, maybe next time you read what the actual debate is before wading in.

The dumb thing is you're proving my point saying we got lucky in the final so you're agreeing with him anyway, what are we even doing here 🤣
 
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Not going to end well for Ange I fear.

I think you could be right. I say that after seeing who his assistant coaches were going to be, and then and watching videos of his first training session with the players. Their keeper was passing short, and the defenders were playing through a press; and attacks based on quick one touch passing. We've seen all this before and its been found wanting.
 
I've read comments by Spurs fans on other platforms and there are far more positive ones about him than there are on this platform.

The opinions here are far too polarized. There is some middle ground

The second season league result was sackable and even he has basically admitted it.

But getting fifth in the first season exceeded expecations given the context when he came into the job-he lost Kane who was worth at least a few places higher for Conte, and Maurinho, on the eve of the season kick off.

The injuries hobbled the second half of the first season and continued into the second- Gray and Davies as the CB pairing is bottom of the table level of defense. He said his methods cause injuries, yet he refused to adapt.

He took a more defensve approach in the Europa because he didn't have enough fit players yet persisted with his open style in the league where 3 or 4 more wins may have saved his job.

We played well in the Europa and got good wins against good opposition, but played poorly in the final due to players missing. We won it because we wanted it more than the opposition and he can take credit for that. His career success in finals is extraordinary.

Champions League qualification was and remains the realistic ceiling for this club, and we were never getting that through the league, even with a fit sqaud (look at our last game FFS). Yet here we are in it. Thanks to him.

He left us with a European trophy that we waited four decades for, something that has only happened on 3 other occasions in 142 years.

How anyone can feel visceral hate for him is beyond me.
How anyone can’t hate him beyond me. I don’t like him as a person and his football is dreadful.
 
I've read comments by Spurs fans on other platforms and there are far more positive ones about him than there are on this platform.

The opinions here are far too polarized. There is some middle ground

The second season league result was sackable and even he has basically admitted it.

But getting fifth in the first season exceeded expecations given the context when he came into the job-he lost Kane who was worth at least a few places higher for Conte, and Maurinho, on the eve of the season kick off.

The injuries hobbled the second half of the first season and continued into the second- Gray and Davies as the CB pairing is bottom of the table level of defense. He said his methods cause injuries, yet he refused to adapt.

He took a more defensve approach in the Europa because he didn't have enough fit players yet persisted with his open style in the league where 3 or 4 more wins may have saved his job.

We played well in the Europa and got good wins against good opposition, but played poorly in the final due to players missing. We won it because we wanted it more than the opposition and he can take credit for that. His career success in finals is extraordinary.

Champions League qualification was and remains the realistic ceiling for this club, and we were never getting that through the league, even with a fit sqaud (look at our last game FFS). Yet here we are in it. Thanks to him.

He left us with a European trophy that we waited four decades for, something that has only happened on 3 other occasions in 142 years.

How anyone can feel visceral hate for him is beyond me.

People are upset at the fact that his name will go down in folklore at the football club and he will foreber be a legend for what happened on May 21st
 
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