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    A look ahead to next season...

    Things can change very quickly in football. Sometimes, you get the right player, right manager and everything clicks. There's so many factors to take into account that it's almost impossible to get a clear picture from the outside. Conversely, take a toxic personality away from the dressing room...
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    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    I remember telling everyone under the sun 'if there's one team that can't win the World Cup in 98, it's got to be France'... I think there's a slight difference: they would have used a striker if they had a decent one but all they had was Guivarc'h and Dugarry, who was on the team because he...
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    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    I believe Del Bosque set the trend when his Spain team started playing without a proper number 9 (I think it was him, could be wrong). The lack of variety in football these days is also a worry. As soon as someone gets some measure of success, you see a lot of managers trying to copy their...
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    Ange departs

    That's an interesting question, and one I find it hard to form a clear opinion on. Spontaneously, I'd tend to think that what people write on an online forum is more or less the same as the kind of things you'd say in a conversation with friends. I've had beer cans thrown at me on stage (those...
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    ***OMT*** Tottenham Hotspur v LiVARpool - Sunday April 27th 4.30pm

    Another great weekend of football...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    You mean, this?!? I'm not sure that's what everyone's looking for in a new manager, to be honest...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    Why not? It would be a great achievement, whoever the manager is. The only thing I'd add on my wishlist is a sharp decrease in the number of injuries. However, it will never come to that: if he somehow stayed for next season - unlikely as that may seem - he'd have to make a great start. Let's...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I'm not really worried! I think the closest I've ever been to actual violence was cheering for Stone Cold Steve Austin in 1997!
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I disagree. I act all polite and respectful on here but if we were face to face, I'd give anyone who disagrees with me the beating of a lifetime. Then I'd drill a hole in each of their teeth (those left after said beating). Then I'd get a razor blade and slice them down into tiny bits, until the...
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    Ange departs

    I can't because it would expose the fact that his attacking strategy rely mostly on getting the ball back as close as possible to the opposite goal. For a long, long time now we've seen attackers getting in each other's way, massed in a very small area or without any solution. I'd go so far as...
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    Ange departs

    On a side note, this proves my point: there's only way to know if a youngster has what it takes to make it at the highest level - play him, play him regularly and for a prolonged period of time. All this bs about 'managing minutes' and 'gradually introducing players' is just that, bs. The truth...
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    Ange departs

    I'm not sure that's the best argument against Reguillon: nobody wanted Spence (and we did try to flog him out) and he's turned out to be a very useful player (if slightly overrated now, in my opinion).
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    Ange departs

    Like a lot of people, I agree with the general idea but I don't think you can put every manager we had in the same basket. Conte lost it because he was worried we wouldn't make Top 4. As it stands, we're likely to finish 17th and the man in charge believes 'the football's great'. Quite frankly...
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    *** Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest ***

    Glad I decided to stick to highlights: I saved 80 minutes of my time! I don't know if it's been mentioned, but their goal should have stood, too. Who cares if Wood's left ball was offside? That's not the spirit of the game at all. As for the rest, I commend the people who will follow the team...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    I'm not sure that sort of ramblings should be given any publicity. It certainly doesn't portray him in a very favourable light.
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    Ange departs

    I'm honest about it but until then, I was on the fence. I'd add that I bear no ill-feelings towards him, but the games have become utterly unwatchable for me. We all draw the line somewhere I guess.
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    Ange departs

    Just to be clear, I can't wait for him to be gone: I've reached the stage where I can't even watch full games! However, beyond our current situation, I think it's interesting that training sessions have become more and more of a talking point amongst fans. If you remember, Mourinho was...
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    Ange departs

    Fair enough but Dier was only there for the first six months of Postecoglou's tenure if I remember correctly. It's not unusual for a 'system manager' to try and drill the basics into the players. It would have been interesting to ask him for a comparison between Postecoglou and Conte, for...
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    Ange departs

    I don't plan on abusing you but I think you conveniently forget that Everton were beyond poor at this stage of the season. They didn't just 'take their chances', they were at the point where they couldn't create anything at all. Sometimes, you have to draw the line and what happened there was...
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    Ange departs

    We keep speculating about what happens or doesn't happen on the training ground but one interesting thing to notice - I think - is that in spite of our abysmal results, very few players complain about Postecoglou or his methods. There have been a few noises coming from Romero and Maddison but...
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