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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    But Kane was already coming through and he was the fourth most used player by Poch during the 14/15 season. Only Vertonghen, Lloris and Eriksen made more appearances than him that season. So you can’t just disregard him because he wasn’t a starter at the beginning of the season. Also, you...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I think Conte would have walked if we had sold Kane, anyway. Especially if we sold Kane on the weekend of the start of the season, as we did. Ange doesn’t get enough credit for how he dealt with the Kane situation which was a huge cloud over the start of our season.
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Another way of looking at it, is we sold Kane and gave Ange Maddison and Johnson as Kane’s replacements. Deki and Porro were already here. Deki especially was already an important first team player under Conte. The “remaining” funds we used on Vic, vdv and Drag - who all 3 were bought for a...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Just the players as they were when Poch inherited them. Although several of them, notably Llloris, Walker, Dembele, Vertonghen and Eriksen were arguably well into their development by the time Poch arrived. And although the team was a shambles the season before Poch arrived, it still stumbled...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Poch started his first season with a squad including (among others): Lloris Vertonghen Kaboul Dier Walker Rose Dembele Eriksen Lamela Kane You really think our current squad would “ absolutely destroy” that lot?
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    The sad thing is when you expect instant results what you usually get is the opposite. I totally agree with you, I think we’re conditioned these days to hone in on the next high, the next crisis, the next event we can feel emotive or outraged about. And I think we as Spurs fans have become...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Yeah completely agree that you need the right person, it’s not all about time. And no one knows for sure whether Ange is the right person. But we’ll never know unless we give him a proper shot at it. So I’m prepared to trust him for now because what’s the alternative? We continue to hire and...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Completely agree. I think the season we beat Arsenal to fourth is representative of this. We “schooled” Arteta. We were all laughing about them, how we had overtaken them even though we started the season with Nuno, laughing about how they fell apart at the Lane, laughing about Arteta’s team...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    I think we have a lack of experience at the back (exc Romero) and the experience we do have tends to be lacking in ability for the system (e,g Davies and Emerson). Hopefully Ange and the team will return next season stronger from the experience they have gained in the league this season. But...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Timo Werner

    I could be wrong about this but I think he may also benefit in some ways from his rep from Chelsea. I know that sounds strange but the logic is that if he was one of the world’s biggest signings of the 2020 transfer window, there must be a player in there somewhere. I think a lot of people who...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    You’ve raised these points before though, and received answers to them. You may disagree with those answers but that’s a different issue. Ange is 58, sure. Hopefully he’ll still be ok to do the job when he’s say 65? That’s not unreasonable. Many coaches were still managing at the top level at...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Yes, within reason, of course. But for sure Man C, Liverpool and now Arsenal have derived major benefits from committing to a manager for the mid to long-term. And In Arsenal’s case, it wasn’t always obvious that Arteta was the right man. Whereas you look at a club like Chelsea, who...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Because it takes time to coach these things, it takes time to get in the right players, it takes time to change a playing mentality. That’s a lot to do in one season. If we were in danger of being relegated, or Ange was in danger of losing the dressing room, or similar, then I would agree with...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Yeah but I think everyone agrees we need to develop and improve. Where people tend to disagree, is some of us think it takes more than a season to sort these things out and we should stick to the plan, even at the cost of some pain now, while others think Ange should be more reactive and change...
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    Player Watch Player Watch: Guglielmo Vicario

    This seems like something that should be coachable though, and also partly a question of adapting to a more physical league. And he’s been great in most other areas I think. But we need to do something about it and “offering him more protection”, which some here suggest, surely can’t be the...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    Even aside from the var, Romero hit the post from close range and Son missed a great chance, both in the first half. Another day at least one of those goes in. The goal which we did score which was disallowed and the pen appeal were in addition to some other big moments during that half. That’s...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    Yeah. They are the kind of pivotal moments matches turn on. For us to lose out on both calls and lose out on them at home was the luck Arsenal needed to take a 3-0 lead. For sure we played our part in our own downfall but the score isn’t 3-0 at HT if those decisions had gone differently, and...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    Ange is literally called out every week in here, at least since around October. Even when we win. Secondly, one of the main reasons he is given the benefit of the doubt is, rightly or wrongly, people can imagine him sticking around for a few years, and, rightly or wrongly, people couldn’t see...
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    Manager Watch: Ange Postecoglou

    In fairness, we would all be pointing our defensive frailties if we cruising at 3-0 and the match ended at 3-2. It’s happened in here before. That’s no excuse for the disappointing way we went 3-0 down today. But conceding 2 when they were 3-0 doesn’t really suggest Arsenal had it all under...
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    Match Threads Spurs vs Arsenal

    Tbf we hit the post too and Son should have done better with his chance. Those were all good chances. I am deeply frustrated and in a pub surrounded by Arsenal fans! But it’s not true to say we haven’t created anything.
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