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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Apart from your view of Arsenal deliberately conceding possession, we actually seem to be pretty much in agreement. :)
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Yes, but again (more or less back where we started now), not from setting up they way you suggest they did. Ok, so when we gained momentum again and pinned them back after our goal, that was because... we stopped playing aggressively? Either way, you are basically saying when we controlled the...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    When did he become such a coward? Leaves EVERYTHING important to VAR, in every single game.
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I think you should watch the first half again and see how many times we suffocated them, though. I can't understand what point your are making in the second paragraph. I'm saying we didn't manage to force them back as much in the second half because they made an effort to get more possession...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    It's dangerous thinking to give us credit for pinning back the opposition? No, it's refusing to do it that makes people go nuts and want to lose our manager after a good performance against what is (unfortunately) the most consistent team of the season. We got it to dangerous positions so many...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Well, I think we would both agree our best chances resulted in shots off target (Son's, Romero's etc.) so not sure we could blame our tactics for that. They sat back because we were more aggressive in the first half and forced them to it. And they managed to capitalize on that once, when we...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Jesus Christ, how can anyone watch that game and not see progress? The set-piece defending is pathetic and it's insane we haven't done anything about it, but my God, that was one of the most unfair results I've seen this season. We completely dominated them, created the best chances (did...
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    Mauricio Pochettino

    A decent cup run isn't worth much if you're not winning. Especially if you're not even reaching the final. So it's an easy one for me, at least.
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Timo Werner

    You added about a decade to that, I believe. Pep's Manchester City side have probably been one of the most complete squads in football history, year after year, so a bit weird to compare with an extreme like that. Klopp's Liverpool would've been a much better comparison, imo. But even Pep have...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Can't fathom how this can be so hard to understand. And even used as an argument against him.
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Yves Bissouma

    And that's what makes it icky, especially since the "issues" with all these players have been very different. You gotta understand why some people react? Why don't you just own that it wasn't the best looking comparison, and clarify that you meant no harm? Because I'm sure you didn't.
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    You don't bore me, mate. But when you question a player for what he does best, or for just getting a few minutes in a game where little worked without him, it gets a lot harder to take the rest of your points onboard. If you still think your are fair on him, we'll just have to agree to disagree.
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    Team for Arsenal....

    I would love to see PEH and Bentancur close to Deki. For some reason, Ange seems a bit reluctant to have Bentancur and Deki on at the same time, which is a shame because I feel Deki always have his best games when he can combine quickly with Bentancur. Deki often slows the attack down, but...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Your takes on Kulusevski are so odd, man. The other week you accused him of "lumbering around" (the only thing he couldn't be accused of then) and just before this post you complained about the lack of movement among the front three – which became significantly better with Deki. The agenda...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Micky van de Ven

    He was also covering for Romero not paying attention. For me, Vdv is one of the easiest to forgive today.
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