Robspur12
Steffen Iversen
Ange is an enigma; fair play he does win stuff. He also seems to have a good relationship with his players and his football when it works can be scintillating to watch. So then you wonder why is he not universally loved by Spurs fans.
I'm afraid I am not convinced that winning the Europa League was an "amazing achievement" given the context around the win, i.e that he was able to give up on the league to do it and the quality of opposition in Europe just doesn't seem to be even close to that of the PL currently. That's not to say that it was not something great for us fans. But it wasn't the sign that Ange had somehow built us for repeated success. In fact, it could be argued that the Ange era (alongside other factors) kicked off the accelerated decline we are seeing now.
I believe that if any of the contextual stuff that had stopped us winning trophies with previous managers, existed last season, i.e having to compete in multiple tournaments at the same time or having to face a top team in the final, we wouldn't have got over the line. I mean even if we faced the same kind of challenge from teams around us for the last relegation place would we have still won the Europa League? Would we have been more resilient to the relegation threat than this season? His Forest experience suggests not.
And I'm afraid this is why I believe he was sacked and still think it was the correct decision. Now whether he should have been replaced by Thomas Frank is another discussion entirely.
I'm afraid I am not convinced that winning the Europa League was an "amazing achievement" given the context around the win, i.e that he was able to give up on the league to do it and the quality of opposition in Europe just doesn't seem to be even close to that of the PL currently. That's not to say that it was not something great for us fans. But it wasn't the sign that Ange had somehow built us for repeated success. In fact, it could be argued that the Ange era (alongside other factors) kicked off the accelerated decline we are seeing now.
I believe that if any of the contextual stuff that had stopped us winning trophies with previous managers, existed last season, i.e having to compete in multiple tournaments at the same time or having to face a top team in the final, we wouldn't have got over the line. I mean even if we faced the same kind of challenge from teams around us for the last relegation place would we have still won the Europa League? Would we have been more resilient to the relegation threat than this season? His Forest experience suggests not.
And I'm afraid this is why I believe he was sacked and still think it was the correct decision. Now whether he should have been replaced by Thomas Frank is another discussion entirely.
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