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    Keep or get rid

    In the Million Dollar Man's famous words: 'everybody's got a price'. It all depends on what other clubs are willing to offer. I can't think of anyone I would let go for free at the moment, which is my idea of 'get rid'. Unless something special happens, it's quite likely we will finish in...
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    OMT *** Tottenham Hotspur vs AFC Richmond/Crystal Palace - Sunday 27th October 14:00 ***

    It's impossible to know whether they need convincing or not (at least for me) but I know managers who put a lot of stock on a system see any compromise as a weakness. Maybe they have to believe beyond all reason themselves for it to work - I don't know. Never understood why Conte went 3-4-3 in...
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    OMT *** Tottenham Hotspur vs AFC Richmond/Crystal Palace - Sunday 27th October 14:00 ***

    To be honest, that was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment. I'm a bit tired of adding 'what do I know' at the end of every post so I thought this would make for a nice change! I think one thing Postecoglou has been doing right so far is managing the game time of these younger players. I think...
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    OMT *** Tottenham Hotspur vs AFC Richmond/Crystal Palace - Sunday 27th October 14:00 ***

    I think Postecoglou's style of play lends itself well to these over-reactions. When we win, we often look impressive and everyone suddenly can't help but hope that we have turned a corner or that he's found the winning formula, depending on how their opinion on the manager. When we lose - even...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Another part of the problem is that the players have to be willing to learn that mentality. Regardless of his philosophy, Mourinho (and Conte but I think the problem was slightly different with him) had it. When he was sacked, Kane clearly implied that some players at the club were unable to...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I see where you're coming from but conceding the initiative and shipping in goal, after goal, after goal are two different propositions, I believe. To take but a recent example, Bournemouth won 4-3 against Luton last season after going 0-3 at half-time but Iraola made two changes at half-time...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I agree. I mentioned Cruyff because I feel there are some similarities, at least in terms of personalties and philosophies (different football eras, though). The major difference though is that Postecoglou will never have Cruyff's aura and mystique. In the 90s, everybody considered Cruyff a...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    That's one argument I keep hearing that I don't get. You never know if a substitution is going to turn a game around but that's certainly not a reason for not trying! On the other hand, I can't really think of a team who let a game slip from their grasp and turned things around on their own...
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton - Sunday 6 October at 4.30 pm **

    Funny, I can't think of a single season where I didn't question their personality! When we couldn't see out a game and when they downed tools under Mourinho, when some of them went to the press to undermine Espirito Santos' work and then when Conte called them out after the Southampton game...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    At least on television, he does seem a bit passive but there's no such thing as a perfect manager anyway. Some have a great intuition when it comes to making substitutions on the fly, other prefer to work on a weekly basis. It's never nice to lose a game the way we did but it happens to almost...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    It's still a work in progress but, oddly enough, Postecoglou seems to be willing to make a few tweaks to his set up, which is rather encouraging. Since the Arsenal game, there's a significant increase in the quality of our play. He's changed his midfield dynamic so that Porro and Udogie have...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    It's a great result and performance but Mourinho won 6-1 there and he was sacked 16 months later, I believe. Results and performance have been picking up and long may it continue but there's no such thing as a statement win in modern football, I'm afraid.
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    It's just my opinion but some managers rely on very strong systems while others rely on players' talent and inspiration, for lack of better words. In this regard, Conte is very similar to Postecoglou: they live and die by their system, and players have to adapt no matter what. It failed...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I have to admit, I don't really get the 'give him time' argument. If you're enjoying the football we've been playing for a little more than a year now and if you believe we're getting better then, by all means, he should be given time. If, on the other hand, you think it's boring and there's not...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I guess it depends on your approach on football. If you're looking at numbers, maybe the difference isn't that huge (although that would warrant a closer look). But, to be fair, I've never been one for stats and, although my memory could be playing tricks on me, the players' body language and...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    It's not so much the individual results (sure, the losses to Arsenal and Saudi Sportswashing Machine were unfortunate but we would be without a win if Everton weren't a shambles at the moment) or the table that have me worried than the general trend. As far as I remember, we never got close to the level we...
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    Rough highlights of Prem teams' transfer windows

    It's probably a good example as I see he's valued around 20m at the moment. I'm trying to fit a square peg in a round hole here (I did say 'rarely' though!) but winning these two cups still has some value for United. As we know, a long time without any silverware (something that can easily...
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    Rough highlights of Prem teams' transfer windows

    I think price tags should only be considered with hindsight. Paying 40m for a guy, winning a cup or getting into the CL and selling him a couple of seasons down the line, even for half the price is a very good piece of business in my opinion. Getting a guy on a free who won't play a game all...
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    The transfer thread

    I'd argue Bale did pretty well for himself... ;)
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    Dubrovnik

    My only advice is: never go there in the summer. I haven't been there in ages but I have horrible memories of being feeling like cattle in the narrow streets of Dubrovnik. Also, if you go there by car, be prepared for a rough ride and don't drive there if you're drunk: it's really dangerous. And...
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