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  1. DubaiSpur

    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    To be fair, that wasn't what I heard about Nuno. I heard the opposite - that he was a little cold and distant. Not necessarily rude (or even not nice), but just not the sort of coach you could have a warm conversation with. This bunch has always responded to an arm around the shoulder, larger...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    To be fair, his post-match was him basically taking responsibility for the spinelessness of the side. I have zero issues with Ange, the man. I think it's the glaring limitations of Ange, the coach, will ultimately keep us from doing anything substantial - but no arguing he says and believes in...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    ;)
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Speaking of Arteta, it's interesting what he said at the end of at the weekend. He said they were forced into playing deeper than they would have liked by the fact that we surge so many men forward and press high, and I think he admitted they were second best for a lot of that game. To me...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    A lot of that has to do with there being no fans around for his darkest moments, during COVID. When they were on that run of 5 points in 10 games, guaranteed he would be gone if there were actually fans in the stands. Arteta is an anomaly that now gets held up as an example of how to do things...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    True. But equally, our team when Poch took over was arguably weaker than the team we have now. We were starting games with a back four of Rose-Verts-Fazio-Dier, against Udogie-VdV-Romero-Porro now - to put it in context, the first back line cost a total of 25m, the second comes in at roughly...
  7. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    Good, glad you're having fun mate. :)
  8. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    Well said. @tommysvr amusingly ranting and raving at any and every opportunity is a given, I'm not surprised and nor do I particularly care. :) But for those who actually would like a discussion, I'm open to views on why my comparison with Poch is inaccurate (in the post above, if people would...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Also, can I just close by saying - this is why it's amusing to chat with you, mate. I give you a bunch of reasons why Poch showed more promise than Postecoglou, twice. Laid them out in explicit detail. You skip all that and angrily rant about negativity. Then you actually complain about having...
  10. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    Thanks mate - enjoying it. Try calming down a little and you might, too.
  11. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    I don't think anyone could have predicted what was to come under Poch, but I do recall thinking we'd get a lot better under him as the years went on, because of what I outlined above. Dealt with challenges well, used the academy a lot, did well despite limited spending, his tactics were...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Eh. To be honest I wrote you off a long time ago mate, but replying to your rants about my views helps me think through my own positions, so it's still useful to me. Other than that I find there's not much value to be gained from your views, and I'm sure you think the same of mine, so soz - to...
  13. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    Not quite. I am saying he'd shown more promise at the end of his first season than Postecoglou will have done. If you'll recall, we spent that 14/15 season playing two academy kids in midfield in Bentaleb and Mason (neither of whom would go on to feature in Poch's more successful sides), a...
  14. DubaiSpur

    Ange’s system / formation

    I have. An entire season, more or less. This is based on 36 league and cup games mate, which as a sample size is fair enough to draw conclusions from. Some good, some bad, overall probably an above average manager. But not someone who's going to transform us like Poch did - Poch, for all his...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    It's been an interesting second half of the season, to be honest. A few things are generally becoming clear with time, which to me signal both a floor and a ceiling to what Postecoglou can achieve with us. Start with the floor, the more optimistic half - 1. We will generally enjoy more...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Totally fair, but sometimes the mistakes do even out - our high pressing forces opponents into defensive mistakes, too. So the bet would be that we can score more than we concede, I guess.
  17. DubaiSpur

    Bundesliga Bonestroker Thread

    Chuffed for Leverkusen, always felt that 'Neverkusen' tag was cruel after the way they folded in 2002. Though, it is a little galling that now: - Leverkusen will have won the Bundesliga title by next weekend - Bilbao just won the Copa Del Rey, ending a 40 year trophy drought - Napoli won Serie...
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    *** OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest FC ***

    Remember a Celtic fan saying something at the start of the summer about Ange - "there will be a long period of struggling to get over the line, and then suddenly you'll whallop someone 5-0 and wonder 'where did that come from?'. And then it just keeps going after that." May or may not be true...
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    Timo Werner

    Honestly, from a tactical perspective, Werner is very valuable because he does what Ange wants, and what makes the system work - he goes down the outside, and even though he's right footed, is pretty comfortable crossing with his left. It stretches the play. Johnson on the right also works in...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    This is an interesting take. We also saw a similar trend for Conte - his first year was great, but as he drilled his system into the players the summer before last, we looked more and more drilled, laboured, uncreative. I wonder what would have happened if Conte hadn't imploded - would the...
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