He did that in Australia. The CB tried to play the ball out and they conceded. He did it again and the same thing happened, but Ange was delighted as it meant they had taken his instructions on board.I wouldn't say I was proud of it, I thought it was suicidal and was only ever going to end with a loss. I do however believe I understand why he did it, and I think he ultimately sacrificed the game in order to push his underlying message of 'we must be brave regardless of circumstance.
We are very unlikely to face such an uphill battle ever again of circumstances stacking against us. 2 sending's off, 2 key players injured, 2 goals marginally ruled(correctly) to be offside and we still stuck to our principles and pushed forward. It was akin to watching the front line troops in WW1 climbing out of their trenches running into no mans land. There was only ever going to be one outcome imo, and I believe Ange knew that as well. I honestly think he's sacrificed the 3 points for a valuable, even crucial learning opportunity.
To be honest, that would be my worry about Mason. He's a nice guy but he doesn't really have the charisma or force of character that Ange does but to be honest, very few people do.Mason hasn't got the personality for it, simple as that.
I'd like him to have another year or two under Ange before he goes to cut his teeth.He should go and get some managerial experience now though. He has experience now as a coach and working under different manager styles. We don't know if he is any better than Scott Parker. He should bite the bullet and move away from Tottenham and get a job in the football leagues or abroad at a place he thinks will give him time to bring out his philosophy.
I see where you’re coming from with that, he’s no Ange personality wise but then again he’s no less interesting than Gary O’Neil who is turning out to be a fine PL Manager (yes I get that Bournemouth and Wolves are different level to Spurs) but also Eddie Howe is hardly that different personality wise to Ryan Mason and he’s also doing a great job.Mason hasn't got the personality for it, simple as that.
We made some clear cut chances to equalise off the back of it. It would have been interesting to see what he did had we equalised with one of those chances.I wouldn't say I was proud of it, I thought it was suicidal and was only ever going to end with a loss. I do however believe I understand why he did it, and I think he ultimately sacrificed the game in order to push his underlying message of 'we must be brave regardless of circumstance.
We are very unlikely to face such an uphill battle ever again of circumstances stacking against us. 2 sending's off, 2 key players injured, 2 goals marginally ruled(correctly) to be offside and we still stuck to our principles and pushed forward. It was akin to watching the front line troops in WW1 climbing out of their trenches running into no mans land. There was only ever going to be one outcome imo, and I believe Ange knew that as well. I honestly think he's sacrificed the 3 points for a valuable, even crucial learning opportunity.
We made some clear cut chances to equalise off the back of it. It would have been interesting to see what he did had we equalised with one of those chances.
If the Son goal stood we would have been a lot calmer at 2-0 imo. Fine margins.If a couple of players had have kept their heads we'd have walloped that lot on Monday.
Anyone know if the press conference is tomorrow or Fri?
There's much more to us that there was to Bielsa's Leeds and I don't just mean in terms of quality.I hope Ange doesn’t end up like that other manager who never changes his ways.
Bielsa just played the same way from the championship to the prem lge. Man to man all over the pitch. Eventually other managers worked him out and they started getting battered 4 5 and 6 nil. Never changed, continued to get stuffed most games and was sacked.
Vincent Kompany might just end up the same way if things don’t change pretty damn quick.
I know the 2 sent off situation will probably never happen again but Anges tactics will really be tested in next few games. He has always said he isn’t one to hold back young players, only know if they are up to it by putting them in. If true to his beliefs I think he puts Philips in on Saturday. Really difficult to play a high line with Dier plus Davies/Hojbjerg in centre of defence .
Where’s big Dave when we need him.
There's much more to us that there was to Bielsa's Leeds and I don't just mean in terms of quality.
We don't go man to man all over the pitch, there's a constant and high press of course but the movement of the players is so fluid, it makes it really hard for opponents to follow.
One minute Maddison is defending the edge of his box and Udogie is the farthest forward players, the next Porro or Sarr are up there and Deki is pressing in the middle.
Leeds were just hell for leather, whereas there's a lot more thought and strategy behind our style, or so it seems.
It does seem to be a type of 'total football' that Ange goes for. Yes it's high tempo, high up the pitch and aggressive but there's a lot more to it than that and that's why it's important that we continue to get him the type of players he wants.
Watching it and it's really interesting