Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

[muppetman]

There's definitely an element of the Jose factor though. After all the talk of sacking Jose before the final, Levy will be very reluctant to sack Ange while 1-0 up halfway through a semi-final. He may feel (and this argument carries some weight with me too) that he deserves the chance to see if he can get through that semi-final.

I think our chances of beating Liverpool at Anfield are pretty miniscule, but slightly less miniscule with Ange going for it, rather than Wells or Mason, so why not.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Oh yeah you did. He seems to be a less crazy version of De Zerbi. What I like about his set up is the press, it's a lot more coordinated.

Agree, it's too early now but if somehow Ange gets to the end of the season he'll probably be on the list. I'm sure Paratici will recommend him.

I got to be honest mate, given Lange’s connections I have this concerning feeling Frank will be the top choice.

 

[KingNothing]

Do you really think we got the best centre forward we could when we paid good money @ £65m. For that that sort of money I’d expect a top draw player.

To get a 'top draw player' you need to spend £100m

 

[Rout-Ledge]

To get a 'top draw player' you need to spend £100m

And £300k a week wages most importantly

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

I got to be honest mate, given Lange’s connections I have this concerning feeling Frank will be the top choice.

Is this based on anything outside of both being Danish? Apologies if it is - just not aware of a connection there.

 

[okc1992]

I got to be honest mate, given Lange’s connections I have this concerning feeling Frank will be the top choice.

Same here and whilst he's adapted his system this season it will end up being similar to Nuno.

 

[okc1992]

Is this based on anything outside of both being Danish? Apologies if it is - just not aware of a connection there.

In Sami Mobkel's article he states Lange is a big admirer of Frank.

 

[Hercules]

In Sami Mobkel's article he states Lange is a big admirer of Frank.

Please no, not him. Good for Brentford, but not us. How the mighty has fallen

 

[VancouverSpur]

Please no, not him. Good for Brentford, but not us. How the mighty has fallen

Could be worse I thought he meant Lampard

 

[greaves]

Maybe instead of sacking and starting a new 18 month cycle we keep him and do another 18 month cycle anyway. So this is like the first window under a new manager and we're not backing him. Just tell the players we changed manager and get Ange to wear a fake beard and glasses. We get the new manager bounce with the same end result but don't have to do a new manager thread.

You think we haven’t done that already?

 

[carpediem1906]

They all looked confused by the new formation and so was I . When your backs to the wall , now is not the time to experiment

But the whole of SC were calling for tweaks and change and anybody and everybody had an opinion on what they would do and how it’d be better

 

[Strikeb4ck]

Xg is absolutely pointless, there is not one game we lost that we deserved to win, probably deserved 2 draws v Newcastle

It is pointless across single game or very small sample sizes, it is certainly not pointless over larger sample sizes - and far more directionally valuable than most any other metric.

 

[tevezito]

I havent kept up, but are we still doing the long drawn out autopsy of tottenham under ange

Yeah, Quincy says it was his hamstrings.

 

[carpediem1906]

The way he stands on the sidelines not saying anything really at all to the team during games. No idea whether this is a problem or not but I don’t see any (literally any) top managers who take this approach and I find it very peculiar.

I believe that this is why most people are frustrated in game.
like “why he is not doing anything?!”
because most people’s perception / opinions / observations of a football manager on the touchline is one who seems to be consistently reacting and trying to do something.

I get why the appearance annoys people, but I don’t really see this as an argument. I’ve seen managers win CLs (last year in fact) without raising more than an eyebrow and I’ve seen hopeless managers bound around the box like the Duracell bunny’s off his meds.

Which is why we are all prejudiced and biased already.

“A good manager would have done something”
“Ange doesn’t tweak”
“If it’s not working, then why is he persisting”

I’m genuinely curious why no journalist has asked him about this or if he’s covered it in his book before?

 

[tommyt]

The Postecoglou Experiment

How do you explain the poor results?

profspur.substack.com

 

[piedpiper]

I mean it definitely can change that quickly. We’ve got a lot of talent in the squad and the younger players are going to get better. We played Ipswich in mid-November and with a win we go 3rd. We’ve had a disastrous 2 months, pretty much everything has gone wrong but we have a lot of upside if it goes right

Give me the name of your therapist. I want some of what he's telling you

 

[longtimespur]

There's definitely an element of the Jose factor though. After all the talk of sacking Jose before the final, Levy will be very reluctant to sack Ange while 1-0 up halfway through a semi-final. He may feel (and this argument carries some weight with me too) that he deserves the chance to see if he can get through that semi-final.

So he’ll sack him after???

 

[the yid]

Please no, not him. Good for Brentford, but not us. How the mighty has fallen

In reality who decent is gonna come here and ruin there career

 

[heathsocks]

 

[wadewill]

Poch has seduced me on social media the last few days.

I want him back