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  1. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    With many apologies, I have made several posts which virtually mirrors yours above without having seen it until just now!!!! I'll leave mine too as record, but wanted you to know I had not seen this yetand ended up writing something which is 80% similar. My only disagreement would be on who...
  2. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    i confess that I really, really got behind Sissoko because he gave his all and I knew he wasn't Hoddle! That being said, one of the cruelest ironies I have ever endured at a stadium was in Madrid when I was one of thousands singing 'Ohhhhhh Moussa Sissooooooko' just as the ref decided to give...
  3. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    This. All day.
  4. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    2018 was the World Cup as I remember it, and yes, we went to the semis. Wrote about Dele's somewhat compromised role in that tournament, albeit it did see him add a string to his bow for sure and leave him less effective as a goalscorer because of the deployment of his services. He subsequently...
  5. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    I remember Southgate gonading him about 'maturity' in public, yes. I think what also turned Dele's career was Southgate turning him into a more 'structured and deeper' player so as he could get an extra attacking player into the pitch during the 2018 World Cup. He was coming off a great season...
  6. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    In 18/19 he missed 110 days with injuries (mostly hamstring). In 19/20 and 20/21 he missed 70 days (hamstring and muscle injuries). I think the truth lies in there somewhere with regards to Dele going 'off the boil' under Poch...
  7. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    Of course the 2016/17 team would've done better. Let's remember though, that 2016/17 team didn't actually manage to make it through the CL group stage that season. So in a sense, your thought is challenged by the facts. For me, the plateau was the last 6 months of the 2018/19 season. Which is...
  8. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    Got it. All good. I'd love (I mean it, genuinely) to hear examples. IF you're speaking about the police, I think the stick they take is absolutely unwarranted in the same way. Anyone abusing emergency services? The same. Where your comparison differs for me is in the fact that (hopefully)...
  9. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    Remember when Poch spoke of a 'painful rebuild' as the 2018/19 season was starting? Remember, he'd tried to move Toby before that. When he saw Eriksen was not going to sign another deal, he wanted to sell him...
  10. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    Well at least allow me that fantasy LOL :p ...FWIW I find myself agreeing with you!!!
  11. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    Yes, you're not wrong, he did get an initial bump out of Dele so I might not be being quite fair in my appraisal/memory of the era.
  12. thfcsteff

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

    First marriage yes because it wasn't right,. Second marriage, no, because it was right, we'd just hit some very awkward and life-challenging moments which required strength, fortitude and most of all appreciation of what we have and why we got together in the first place. There were absolutely...
  13. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    ...do you not accept that Jose did nothing to help him, and in fact, humiliated him? Or is that revisionism in your eyes?
  14. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    I will give Mourinho the covid era, obviously not ideal and could well have been different without it (albeit he might've stunk the place out faster with fans around every week) but why does everybody conveniently ignore the fact that he intimated quite clearly to Levy that he could win with...
  15. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    ...so the man who was instrumental in some vital moments during the 2019 CL run (remember Amsterdam) played the same with Jose/ Look, I get it. You and I disagree on Jose. However, I find it alarming you refuse to see how Mourinho broke the guy (with the help of his Amazon take-over)...anyway...
  16. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    i mean...truth be told, IF he came back I'd be ecstatic!!!!!!!!!!!!! There. I said it!!
  17. thfcsteff

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

    Eh? Who was Poch's? A broken home is invariably an angry one, and it behooves everyone to work very hard to get beyond the 'broken' and 'anger' if believed in it at the start. I got married very young, we had a son, we broke up when I was in my mid-20s, we committed to co-raising him in the...
  18. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    It is. Defiantly so. You think we plateau'd in 2017? Wow, I don't know where to go with that one... I cannot direct your opinion/perspective. I outlined my view of what he came into in another post. I agree with you, and signs are that he does whioch is good. We've had several 'elite...
  19. thfcsteff

    Ange in or out?

    Answers within the post my friend (great discussion BTW)... You won't even get it in digital ink!!!! :p Gotcha. No mate, not excuses, facts. The job description he came into included dealing with that situation. Mourinho and Conte were brought in for short-term deliveries and given no...
  20. thfcsteff

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

    Yes indeed. Despite all parameters. Imagine if the club had taken him for granted!
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