Finney Is Back
Colin Calderwood
Is it the way that he turned 4th place to 8th place last time he came in that tells you that?
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Contingency planning : When Ange is sacked, who should replace him?
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Mikey10
Paul Robinson
thfcsteff
Tony Galvin
I found a cruelty to the press conference today. Ange is clearly a lone target, clearly going to be picked apart over and over by the same questions, and ends up being dragged even further into some really bad corners. If ever I wished for someone to feign illness; if he did, Matt Wells could handle the duties. I found this conference to be his most uncomfortable yet, between the fans and falling out of love with the game, it was rife with pull quotes for the negative.
Robspur12
Frederic Kanoute
I'm afraid Ange has brought a lot of it on himself. As somebody said in another thread the situation is becoming more and more toxic. I think he needs to go and soon.
thfcsteff
Tony Galvin
Terrible press conference, and then I read this feature which presents some of it in a very different light and context. I remember being particularly angry in Jan that he was the only one speaking and that no-one else (our sporting director paramount in this) was speaking to back him up.
Has he been less than great? Yes. Have there been issues with naivety? Yes. Has he had to deal with a brickload of other crap which frankly isn't right? Yes!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...remier-league-football?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Has he been less than great? Yes. Have there been issues with naivety? Yes. Has he had to deal with a brickload of other crap which frankly isn't right? Yes!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...remier-league-football?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
thfcsteff
Tony Galvin
The dialectic here is that the club have not offered any real support beyond him still being here. The silence has been deafening. I raised this in January.
As for 'on himself', yes indeed, at this point his walls are rapidly crumbling and he is making some desperate choices (the ear thing was so poor). I think any human being could only be pummeled so many times without their emotions shouting back through the stress and fatigue. I am aware you and I disagree on the acceptability of this.
Baleforce
Vinnie Samways
I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw a PL club represented in such an interview by someone who wasn’t a manager or a player.
Craig_J
Andy Sinton
I always find your posts very originally insightful Steff.
Indeed I think Pocg is resigned to the inevitable. I think it isn’t necessarily all his fault. But there comes a point where the atmosphere around the club changes.
We don’t have to be privy to the ins and outs of the dressing room to feel that.
Instead, we can ask if fans going to the he are already resigned to us getting beat.
If you can feel that atmosphere- then the rest doesn’t matter.
I like Post as a bloke. But do I have confidence in him leading a further transfer window, and the first few matches of next season?
No - I do not.
K.D.D.D.D.Soc
Tom Huddlestone
He's had no support and "hate" mob have been after him for most of the season, blaming him for anything. His tactics haven't work but he's never had a settled side with players reaching their form. I understand people get upset about results and performance but the abuse he gets is totally out of order and shows a nasty streak in some, but when you've perfect it's hard to sympathise with those who don't meet your standards.