Ange in or out?

[thfcsteff]

He signs off on the players we do buy - so it's safe to assume he wanted the players that we have signed. More safe than it is to assume the players we were linked to that we didn't buy were also definitely wanted by him.

I have seen this sentiment expressed many times, specifically with Poch.
But it requires context. what scope of signing is he being offered? A fairly strict one I'd suggest i.e. well I'd like (say) Neto, no can do but we'll get you Odobert, you can have him if you like, here's the data...after looking, Ange agrees because hey, the data is decent and he'd rather have a packaged sandwich from the Knutsford services than nothing at all, given how his requested goiurmnet sandwich from the local fine delicatessen is deemed 'beyond budget'.

Poch put up with it for Stamboulis, Njie, Janssen, and Nkoudou, but finally -finally- he stood his ground and said no. Either get me that gourmnet sandwich or I'll starve.

I agree, no player has come through the door that he didn't want, but everyone needs to eat, whether it's great food or simply sustenance that occasionally delivers due to a special sauce of some kind.

(no apologies for the metaphors LOL - in fact, I'm going to make a sarnie using prime ingredients!!!!!)

 

[SteveAWOL]

August:
Leicester (A) - D 1-1
Everton (H) - W 4-0

September:
Saudi Sportswashing Machine (A) - L 1-2
Arsenal (H) - L 0-1
Brentford (H) - W 3-1
Man Utd (A) - W 3-0

October:
Brighton (A) - L 2-3
West Ham (H) - W 4-1
Palace (A) - L 0-1

November:
Villa (H) - W 4-1
Ipswich (H) - L 1-2
Emirates Marketing Project (A) - W 4-0

So don't know where you are getting 10 wins before November from. Unless you're counting atuff like stealing a win from Coventry in the cup and beating "Farmers-r-us" in Europa. It has been basically a 50/50 win and loss ratio from the start with our record up to your cut off bring:
P 9 W 4 D 1 L 4.

That's with a fresh and pretty much fully fit squad. Over the season that puts us on about 50 odd points....and probably about 10th. So like I said I think the injuries have turned an extremely poor season into a disastrous one, but he'd still have led us to one of our worst campaigns in years unless things picked up dramatically.

50 points and a top half finish would be an improvement upon our form over the past 38 PL games… Hopefully when the treatment room empties out we’ll finish this season as strongly as the first 3 months of Postecoglou’s tenure.