@WrightyLVP@SeanDOlfc Perhaps only in the sense that the players loved him, played for him, and the current performance is in part due to the resentment that came from firing him.
@Blue_Footy Irony is that, in the immediate sense, Ange is the only one that could turn this around. Because the playing group love him, and would give their all for him. No other managerial change can bring that to this group of players.
@chrisTHFC13@Sam89THFC When Ange prioritised the league, he finished fifth.
Second season with injuries he had a choice, prioritise the league again, finish mid-table, and probably keep his job. Or prioritise winning the trophy and build on the momentum.
What would you have preferred?
@Ramon_Vega71@SpursOfficial Ange could have prioritised the league, finished mid table and probably kept his job. He chose to prioritise the trophy win, and with an injury hit threadbare squad, the league suffered. I think he chose right.
I feel that when Parvoti tried to steal Kass’s idol, then decided to keep her advantage when told it was being played for Lisa, Kass should have twigged. #SurvivorAU
"I assume at some point somebody will tell me something. If not, I'm just gonna roll up next year and be a bit like George Costanza from Seinfeld. I'll just sit in the desk and get on with my job."
That reference alone should be enough to keep Ange Postecoglou in post.
@DanielG14245636 Being sacked an outstanding outcome for Ange. Massive contract payout, long list of decent clubs would be interested.
Meanwhile Spurs go back to square one, and fans lose it at Levy when Ange wins another trophy somewhere else before they do.
@COYS_com Two scenarios.
Sack him. Club back at square 1, in a familiar position. Will win nothing.
Keep him. Next year will be mediocre, but Ange will throw everything at the domestic cups, win one, and we’ll be back here having the same discussion.
@jj_bull A shrewd use of psychology.
At a time when the club was on the brink of rock bottom, and the sack was looming.
It gave people something to cling to. It gave the fans and players a tiny bit of belief, and the chairman a reason not to sack him until it could be proven untrue.
The psychology of Ange using this quote is genius.
Said at a time when the season was all but dead, fans and media baying for his blood.
But this gave the club the tiniest light at the end of the tunnel, something to cling to, and a reason not to sack him until it was proven.
@felbooth@murtzjaffer bizarre he was so focused on someone who was a nice guy, had no real power or influence, and definitely wasn’t gunning for him. He was laser focused on a stupid move.