Contingency planning : When Ange is sacked, who should replace him?

[Bedfordspurs]

He doesn't seem to know when to punch and when to catch. Reminds me a bit of Kepa in that respect.

He is a quality keeper but not a smart one

 

[Bullet]

Sums it up

https://twitter.com/x/status/1899428741178134547

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

They really have some quality, cbs not so much but Dembele and the Georgian fella are excellent and as you say 2 very good cms

Marquinhos has been an excellent CB for years.

 

[Mcfee]

Us reverting to a manager who plays back 3 is exactly the sort of strange move I'd expect from us when Ange goes.

Inzaghi nailed-on then.

 

[Bishop]

Us reverting to a manager who plays back 3 is exactly the sort of strange move I'd expect from us when Ange goes.

Please no, I hate 3 at the back. It's very difficult to do it well. So often it ends up 5 at the back and an outmatched midfield, but you're right it's the sort of thing Spurs would do.

 

[Gutter Boy]

Agree. 3 at the back is always crap. Well the Venables side in 1996 perhaps an exception, but it had a novelty effect then

Its awful to play in and awful to watch

 

[glorygloryeze]

Agree. 3 at the back is always crap. Well the Venables side in 1996 perhaps an exception, but it had a novelty effect then

Its awful to play in and awful to watch

Poch's greatest PL winning run team says hi

 

[Gutter Boy]

Poch's greatest PL winning run team says hi

That wasn't really 3 at the back. It was Dier/Wanyama doing what Gray would be doing for us now - dropping in occasionally from DM to cover the two FBs going high. That's different from setting up default with a back 5.

 

[billyiddo]

That wasn't really 3 at the back. It was Dier/Wanyama doing what Gray would be doing for us now - dropping in occasionally from DM to cover the two FBs going high. That's different from setting up default with a back 5.

Poch played 3atb for part of the 16/17 season - Dier at CB with both Wanyama & Dembele in CM - other times he played as you described, think it was a pretty even split last time I checked

 

[richie_spur]

What do folks think about someone like Sebastian Hoeness? Pays 4231 attacking football, but has struggled a bit this season balancing champions league and league.

 

[Gutter Boy]

Poch played 3atb for part of the 16/17 season - Dier at CB with both Wanyama & Dembele in CM - other times he played as you described, think it was a pretty even split last time I checked

Which attacker were we sacrificing, because you couldnt play all 4 of DESK like that?

 

[nelto]

Which attacker were we sacrificing, because you couldnt play all 4 of DESK like that?

It was Son from the bench mostly.

 

[Gazza]

Cesc fibreglass to rile up our friends in red and then inevitable sacking would be good entertainment

I think we have been entertained enough by Ange thus far … GHod it’s so cringe when you look back at the clip

 

[Gazza]

For me Slot was always the one. A pragmatic manager that also coaches the kind of football players like to play. Some people are saying that he used us to get a better deal at Feyenoord, but I think he would have come to us if we had thrown enough money at him and Feyenoord. I was always hoping that he would succeed Ange, but with our luck Klopp decided to call it quits when he did and Pool smartly snatched him up at a time when we were not looking for a manager.

So that leaves us with Alonso as the only up-and-coming manager out there. He's going to be infinitely more difficult to get than Slot back in 2023, but we should go all out for him.

We got zero chance of getting him.