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    Ange departs

    Yeah but that's what they all say, isn't it? There's always a good reason not to play an untested talent at a certain level. We had that conversation all the time in the late 90s early 2000s, when the club were doing poorly in the league. A lot of people thought that the youngsters would hardly...
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    Ange departs

    Quite frankly, it was a horrible performance, hence the negativity. The result was ok but if I were a Rangers fan, I'd be very disappointed. Kulusevski, Sarr and Solanke (Forster had a good game too, I thought) performed to an acceptable level and that was enough to score a goal but even then...
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Rangers ** Thursday 12 December 2024.

    That's the problem when you don't work with a dedicated team of coaches. I believe having people you trust and that are on the same page is very important for a manager. Someone mentioned in another thread that these big injury lists have been following Postecoglou throughout his career. If that...
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Rangers ** Thursday 12 December 2024.

    I know where you come from. It used to be like that for me. Supporting Spurs in the late 80s-early 90s in France, I had walk to a certain newspaper stand in order to get British papers (still remember the article about the tribunal deciding Jason Dozzell's fee and Sugar's quote: 'We didn't...
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Rangers ** Thursday 12 December 2024.

    I can't remember when that changed but at some point, I went into every game confident that we could get a result. It's certainly more the case than ever with this team. On a side note, I'd say a win would be welcome. Regardless of Postecoglou's job security, there's a huge psychological...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    Unless you consider he is/his staff are partly responsible for some of these injuries! (don't bother replying, that's just me being obnoxious... it happens from time to time)
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    We'll have to agree to disagree on the rest but if you take a look at what's happening at the moment in France, you may change your mind on this particular question. Real Madrid would have been out of business twice without direct intervention from the Spanish royal family and most clubs at this...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    You really think appointing a football manager works the same way as appointing a desk clerk? I'm not sure but, then again, I've never been part of such a process. I'd object that if the only thing they looked at where CVs, it would be fairly easy to move from a relative unknown club to a...
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    Ange departs

    That's where we disagree. What happens is 'impact injuries', when two players collide and yours, for whatever reason, ends up with a knock. What shouldn't happen are muscular injuries without any contact (just like cramps, by the way) because it means the player's body is unprepared (or poorly...
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    Ange departs

    When a player has to leave the pitch 15 minutes into his comeback game with a muscle injury, to me, that means that he's been rushed in or that he didn't train properly. In both cases, he had no business being on the pitch. If he had taken a knock, that would be a different story. While...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    I think this is where we differ: I don't like to judge a manager on their personality. Mourinho, for instance, is an extremely intelligent man. It doesn't make his brand of football any more attractive. Again, I'm not judging - you're obviously entitled to your opinion but, as far as I'm...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    But does it, really? Espirito Santo beat City too but that doesn't mean his system work either. For now, it works against certain sides with certain characteristics, but it's too inconsistent to know for sure. Equally, it definitely doesn't work against other side - mediocre ones - with other...
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    Ange departs

    That's what we're saying. Again, playing Romero yesterday was a mistake, and a big one. I know hindsight is 20/20 but it's the staff's role to read into these situations and make the right decisions. If we had 9 players injured because they had been kicked up and down the pitch, that would be...
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    Ange departs

    To be fair, I remember reading the same things when Conte was the manager. I'd say it was different under Mourinho and Pochettino: players knew what they were supposed to be doing but some of them were clearly unable/unwilling to carry the instructions they were given. Being a manager is a tough...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    It was a massive mistake because it gave a lot of people (including some players?) the feeling that his heart was no longer in it. I didn't read so I can't say if that was in the book but the idea was that after the press conference before the CL final, he thought he had taken the club as far as...
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    Ange departs

    On a more serious note, saying injuries are just 'bad luck' or will 'even out' over the course of a season is, in my opinion, a huge mistake. They don't and while there are many factors (number of games, intensity of play, players' specific injury records, preparation...), if we can't find a way...
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    Ange departs

    I'm seriously deluded! o_O ;)
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    Ange departs

    I'm not sure about the relevance of such stats anyway, because they largely depend on the squad available (at some point, we had Defoe, Keane and Berbatov together, which makes the rotation easier), the league position of the club and the circumstances of each and every game. Most substitutions...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    Not necessarily penalties but our defensive players make their fair share of defensive judgements. That said, we had the same problem with Dier who consistently made costly mistakes under Mourinho when the intensity was down a few notches. So it's not black and white and any given situation...
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    ***** OMT TOTTENHAM VS CHELSKI *****

    With what ifs and maybes, we'd win the league every year. Unfortunately, Postecoglou's system does require a lot of intensity, which in turns leads to a lot of injuries and tackles like we've seen yesterday (at least, that's my opinion): when you're on full throttle for the best part of the...
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