Right, so this video
Where he says:
I mean……..come on, you cannot seriously be judging Ange on that? It’s absolute nonsense. He’s not friendly with players? He’s not pally? No fudging brick. He says that himself. From everything I know of Ange he is the type of manager who gives you everything if you buy in and if there’s a future and if there isn’t he isn’t going to waste his or your time on it. He doesn’t try to be friends with players and he’s very direct.
The situation with Dier — I haven’t read the full article but from snippets I’ve seen he says himself he enjoyed working with Ange and has absolutely no hard feelings — sounds a bit like Craig Moore when he first came into Brisbane, articles
here and
here. I remember you mentioned the “yes” comment at the time and it sounds to me you made your mind up on Ange’s man management then.
Then of course with just even a little bit of research you’ll find many past players praising the way he dealt with them:
In this article 5 past players (Besart Berisha, Matt Smith, Thomas Broich, Erik Paartalu & Joe Hart) talk about how well he spoke before they even joined:
https://theathletic.com/5289644/2024/02/22/ange-postecoglou-call-signings/
Far more in depth with Thomas Broich:
https://sport.optus.com.au/news/aus...ostecoglou-celtic-thomas-broich-football-news
Tommy Oar talking about him
here and
here.
And a good summary of him here:
https://theathletic.com/2638629/202...celtics-new-uncompromising-visionary-manager/
All of that to say…Gabby Agbonlahor can fuçk right back off to irrelevance. It seems like you and many others are looking for any excuse to find negatives and do their best to make things as unenjoyable as possible, like some masochist. Things are quite obviously not perfect but fudge me give it time to breathe. You decided he wasn’t going to win a trophy before he even had a chance to fart.
It seems like such a common theme. He’s been “found out” or he’s apparently got no plan B, is just copying Pep and plays all out attack at all costs. People eventually convince themselves these things are true when the reality is we’ve seen but a fraction of what he’s going to do as Spurs manager.
Give things time to play out and let’s see how it goes.