Ange Postecoglou | New Spurs boss on 4 year contract

MegadrivePerson said:
I don't see how you can say he has been terrible?

I thought they'd really struggle this season without Kane, but they've done very well to finish in the top five.
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I mean to say only from the perspective that United has had an abysmal season, and spurs are not very far away from them on the table.

Obviously he has got certain players firing, dealt with no Kane, and made new players fit right into the system, but overall I called him terrible only from the perspective of how close they are to us, when we are having the most terrible season ever.
 
Kane is good, but he tends to swallow up play that could have spread around by making himself the focal point. I didn't think Spurs would struggle that badly without him. They've struggled at times because some if their players are streaky and their defense could still use some upgrades.
 
adkb said:
I mean to say only from the perspective that United has had an abysmal season, and spurs are not very far away from them on the table.

Obviously he has got certain players firing, dealt with no Kane, and made new players fit right into the system, but overall I called him terrible only from the perspective of how close they are to us, when we are having the most terrible season ever.
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But we are not having the most terrible seadon ever.
 
I actually think he's a genuine person, the type that Liverpool fans think Klopp is. Klopp is a performer, playing up for the cameras, everything is performative with him.
 
horsechoker said:
I actually think he's a genuine person, the type that Liverpool fans think Klopp is. Klopp is a performer, playing up for the cameras, everything is performative with him.
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Klopp comes across as genuine in interviews that are not immediately after a match. Seems like when he comes into the stadium, he switches personalities completely. Guess this act puts the fear in his players, but he ends up looking like an idiot on camera.
 
Losing to Chelsea is the final straw:

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How has he spent 170 mn on new defenders and a goalkeeper and still conceded more goals than Utd?

With Liverpool away and Man City still to play he could be on track to concede more that 60 goals
 
How shit are that lot? Made us look semi decent.
 
One things for sure, in a big league where he’s not got a team streets ahead of the rest, he’s always going to be sussed pretty quickly. It’s already happened at Spurs, teams have worked out how to play them.
 
Joel Miller said:
One things for sure, in a big league where he’s not got a team streets ahead of the rest, he’s always going to be sussed pretty quickly. It’s already happened at Spurs, teams have worked out how to play them.
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Too early to be saying all that. Over reaction as usual. Hes had a decent first season
 
His honeymoon period has carried him. The matches against United and Liverpool could've gone very differently.
 
Needed to win tonight. Top 4 gone for them I think, and they'll roll over for City when they play them.

Disappointing season for them really.
 
So Glaston's found a spurs forum to post on after being band. I wonder if Amadaeus is posting on a Mauricio Pochettino forum right now.
 
I don't get it.

Looking likely they'll end up with the same points total Conte was on course to get when he was sacked (66/67 points) and finish in around the same position he would have (5th/6th), except this season they've had no European football and managed to get knocked out of both cups extremely early on so they've quite literally only had the league to worry about all season.

Lost three on the bounce now, won just two of their last seven (and they were against Luton and Forest), and have been beaten 3-0 by Fulham, 4-0 by Newcastle, and now 2-0 by Chelsea in that run.

Yes, they lost Kane, but if last season was woefully short of expectations, how is essentially matching that performance (with no European football) a good season? At best, he's done the bare minimum, and I can't see how they're going to contend with eight Thursday/Sundays at a minimum next season.
 
Alex99 said:
I don't get it.

Looking likely they'll end up with the same points total Conte was on course to get when he was sacked (66/67 points) and finish in around the same position he would have (5th/6th), except this season they've had no European football and managed to get knocked out of both cups extremely early on so they've quite literally only had the league to worry about all season.

Lost three on the bounce now, won just two of their last seven (and they were against Luton and Forest), and have been beaten 3-0 by Fulham, 4-0 by Newcastle, and now 2-0 by Chelsea in that run.

Yes, they lost Kane, but if last season was woefully short of expectations, how is essentially matching that performance (with no European football) a good season? At best, he's done the bare minimum, and I can't see how they're going to contend with eight Thursday/Sundays at a minimum next season.
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He seems like a good bloke, and his football can be good at times but, it's also terribly naive. The early wankfest on here about him was beyond nauseating.
 
He has been badly found out. Just for context
First 10 matches - 26 points
After that honeymoon period,
24 Matches - 34 points

High line for life, mate.
 
Gavinb33 said:
If we had any sort of form we'd be above them now
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Since 30th December we've dropped 9 points with goals conceded after the 80th minute.

We'd be on Villa's heels if we could see out a game.
 
Weren't Spurs first or second place for a short run somewhere beginning of the season? Master class bottlers
 
Alex99 said:
Since 30th December we've dropped 9 points with goals conceded after the 80th minute.

We'd be on Villa's heels if we could see out a game.
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Spurs and Villa are nothing special at all and it highlights how bad ETH has been this season that we couldn't get near them.
 
Blood Mage said:
Spurs and Villa are nothing special at all and it highlights how bad ETH has been this season that we couldn't get near them.
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Oh, absolutely. It'd be a shitshow even if we were those 9 points better off. It was more of a comparison to the weird love-in Big Ange is still getting from certain sections.
 
Alex99 said:
Oh, absolutely. It'd be a shitshow even if we were those 9 points better off. It was more of a comparison to the weird love-in Big Ange is still getting from certain sections.
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It’s not weird. Journalists shape the narrative, Ange is media friendly and gives them plenty of sound bites. The veneer of being a “straight shooter”’will wear off soon I feel
 
It’s fizzled out a bit and they’ll be disappointed not getting top 4 but after a disastrous last season and losing Kane in the summer it could have gone a whole lot worse if you ask me.

They should have some funds this summer I wouldn’t be surprised to see Spurs strengthen with 4-5 quality signings
 
Castia said:
It’s fizzled out a bit and they’ll be disappointed not getting top 4 but after a disastrous last season and losing Kane in the summer it could have gone a whole lot worse if you ask me.

They should have some funds this summer I wouldn’t be surprised to see Spurs strengthen with 4-5 quality signings
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They spent big last summer, if they miss CL footy money will Levy really sanction 4-5 quality signings? Even if they somehow got CL, I don’t think he would!
 
Hmmm where are all the pundits that were drooling over him now? they never get called out for the constant bollocks they spew throughout the season.

This season it was Ange and DeZerbi they went all in after 2 weeks of the season and come the end of the season they have achieved nowt.
 
Seems unlikely now Spurs will finish in top 4 unless Villa capitulate. Tottenham only finished in top 4 once since 2018/19 season so it's really been half a decade now of average results for them especially given they didn't even take advantage of it in domestic cups or when playing Europa and Conference League that one season.

On Ange: they've had no European football and got early out of the cups. Most probably finishing 5th which is at least improvement on last season's 8th finish. And probably most important for him and his best card - playing some exciting football after years of Mourinho, Nuno and Conte. So he's done good enough, though bad finish to the season might leave bad taste in their mouth. But they can still change that impression with 4 games to go.

One thing for sure - if United were at least decent and Chelsea improved their form earlier, those teams would be finishing above Spurs now.
 
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