Fun fact I just heard which sounded made up to me. Ange was once managed by Ferenc Puskás and acted as his personal driver.
Ange Postecoglou | New Spurs boss on 4 year contract
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So that's Spurs fecked. Zero chance they're getting CL football, and i would say they're probably going to finish around 8th again. I'm guessing the manager must've known that there was a high probability that Kane would leave, but it still puts him in a shit position.
Surely they will have a striker to try buy lined up.
Less pressure on him I guess.
Yeah, maybe. I suppose he will get some leeway now.
I just can't see who the hell is going to get the goals for them. And as we've seen ourselves as United fans, the striker market is a difficult market to dive into, so it's not as if there's an abundance of options to replace him, either.
I think he just drove him to the airport once. He also occasionally helped translate Puskas's words from Greek to English, as Puskas had had done a stint managing in Greece and used the Greek language to do most of his coaching at South Melbourne Hellas, which was a club founded and supported by Greek immigrants like Ange.
I believe Ange has mentioned that those years playing under Puskas were his biggest influences in football.
That's Ange on the left holding the 1991 national championship with Puskas. Ange was Puskas's captain.
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Actually to be fair, you were right. From The Athletic:
Puskas did not speak English, but he spoke Greek well after previously managing Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, and Postecoglou was often his translator for the rest of his team as well as his on-field lieutenant. “I’d often pick him up from his house and drive him to the ground,” Postecoglou told Gorman in 2014. “I spent a lot of time chatting about football with him — people talk a lot about me being an attacking coach, and that was where the seed was sown. I loved it. He was so much more open than the previous coaches who were so regimented and structured.”
Yeah either way I just think it's a really interesting connection that seemed totally random to me because I didn't even know Puskás ever coached in Australia.
I feel like that generation of players had much more interesting careers in a way.
I don't understand why they've literally waited until the day the PL starts to sell him. Mad decision they'll struggle like mad to finish top 7 this season and Ange will probably lose his job
I honestly wonder if part of it is so that Levy can say "oh well there just wasn't enough time" if he's pressed on not getting a proper replacement.
We had a few interesting names turn up in the old National Soccer League before it got disbanded and replaced by the A-League. Peter Beardsley and Ian Rush both made appearances for Melbourne Knights and Sydney Olympic respectively. Tommy Docherty coached at South Melbourne Hellas and Sydney Olympic in the early 80s. This is probably the funniest one of all though:
I like big Ange, he proved alot of people wrong at Celtic.. doesnt seem to take any crap.
But by jesus, he must be furious with Levy waiting til the last minute to accept the bid for Kane. Left him with no time or decent options for a replacement. He must be wondering what he got himself into
But by jesus, he must be furious with Levy waiting til the last minute to accept the bid for Kane. Left him with no time or decent options for a replacement. He must be wondering what he got himself into
He's obviously not on the same planet as Kane, but Richarlison is a perfectly decent PL level striker. If I was them, I'd be wanting to spend that money on their midfield and defence rather than trying to find a striker who's even half as good as Kane.
Of course, they'll probably piss it up the wall like thy did with the Bale money though.
Finished 8th last season with him.
With Chelsea certain to be better than their disaster last year and Villa and Newcastle very likely to be above them, there's every chance they don't get top half.
Ah he must of been prepared for it, its not like this has been some secret. I like him aswell and maybe losing kane wont be the worst thing. Gives them abit of cash and no one expects anything now so maybe the pressure will ease on him and give him more time to adjust and put his own mark on the team.
Teams with decent strikers know Spurs has a lot of moolah burning in their pocket too, so they will just demand whatever they want. So glad we got Hojlund over the finish line.
Yeah, they will be hoping to replace Kane with the combined output of Maddison and Richarlison.
They will hardly find a single player who can replicate that, let alone with a random last minute punt.
Ange seemed pretty relaxed about it all in his press conference, said he knew the move was probable so had been planning all along with that in mind.
Got to say, I love listening to him talk, hopefully I still feel that way in a few months' time
Got to say, I love listening to him talk, hopefully I still feel that way in a few months' time
I think they’ll be okay. Son, Richarlison, Kuluveski and Maddison isn’t a bad attack, if they can buy another good striker with their Kane money then it shouldn’t be too bad a season.
Poor lad, imagine being told you have to play Richarlison up front
Vintage Levy, waiting until the very last minute to sell his biggest asset so there’s probably not enough time left to reinvest 
Vintage Levy, waiting until the very last minute to sell his biggest asset so there’s probably not enough time left to reinvest
There's three weeks of the window to go ...
They dont need to buy a striker, richardison and the 19 year old striker they bought apparently is enough. They need to buy wingers to make the system work.
Little chance of that being enough to get a star replacement to keep the fans happy
who knows how it will play out but he is so impressive in interviews/press conferences. Just seems like a total dude and you can imagine his players love him.Ange seemed pretty relaxed about it all in his press conference, said he knew the move was probable so had been planning all along with that in mind.
Got to say, I love listening to him talk, hopefully I still feel that way in a few months' time
Will be interested to watch Spurs a bit this season for me being I am Australian and that they will actually be playing attacking football. I think they could be on the end of a few thrashings and deal out a few themselves. Will be good for the neutrals no doubt.
Levy bought Kane's replacement last season.
Very few sides can have a £50m backup striker, and Spurs ain't one of those sides.
Very few sides can have a £50m backup striker, and Spurs ain't one of those sides.
Richarlison to play the Furuhashi role, Kuluveski to play the Maeda role and Son in the Jota role. Theres pace and workrate there so could work out well for him.
They just need to stop playing Eric Dier.
Who is going to fill the Kane boots and be the top scorer? Who are they gonna whip the 100m on?
Lautaro Martinez, Kolo Muani?
Has his spurs side playing very good football. To early to tell, but might be the best managerial appointment for spurs post and perhaps even pre Pochettino. Wonder if he will go unbeaten at home this season like he did at Celtics. I know spurs at home won't be an easy victory though
He is a very average manager. He biggest club job up to now was Celtic ffs. We have made him look like a top level coach.
Ange is a better manager than Poch, gets his team's playing football on the front foot and builds a team without any superstars.
Best managerial appointment Spurs have made since 'Arry.
Just like Wolves last week, we're making them look so much better than they are because they have the freedom of the pitch.
I don't think they look particularly good. We've just been remarkably shit.
It’s far too early to tell. You can’t judge a manager based on a few games and until he has his own players in.
He likes really quick and direct wingers and a high workrate striker who scores goals. His full backs play inverted and he plays a high tempo.
None of this team are used to those tactics but they seem to be buying into it already and they’re looking good.
They definitely need a striker and another winger.
Early signs are very positive for Spurs though. Looks the real deal to me.
He likes really quick and direct wingers and a high workrate striker who scores goals. His full backs play inverted and he plays a high tempo.
None of this team are used to those tactics but they seem to be buying into it already and they’re looking good.
They definitely need a striker and another winger.
Early signs are very positive for Spurs though. Looks the real deal to me.
Impressive second half
Bissouma looks incredible. That's all I can take from today's game regarding them.