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    Ange’s system / formation

    I know they do. Their fans are a bunch of troglodyte gobbricks on the whole - sorry you had to go through that experience mate.
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    Ange’s system / formation

    I feel you. Maybe one day, things will change.
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    Ange’s system / formation

    I agree re: Poch. I think ultimately it comes down to two groups of people - 1) People who hate him for joining Chelsea, which is fair. Though, I would point out that he had no other choice - he spent half the summer waiting for us to call and we apparently never did, going for some guy from...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    There are zero players left from the Harry days, too. It's more that, imo - we tend to attract certain personalities to the club. And they aren't the ones who can stand tough environments or tough love. They tend to be pretty fragile emotionally and mentally. As to why that is, I have a few...
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    Welcome Ange: To Dare is to Didgeridoo

    To be fair, that wasn't what I heard about Nuno. I heard the opposite - that he was a little cold and distant. Not necessarily rude (or even not nice), but just not the sort of coach you could have a warm conversation with. This bunch has always responded to an arm around the shoulder, larger...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    To be fair, his post-match was him basically taking responsibility for the spinelessness of the side. I have zero issues with Ange, the man. I think it's the glaring limitations of Ange, the coach, will ultimately keep us from doing anything substantial - but no arguing he says and believes in...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    ;)
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Speaking of Arteta, it's interesting what he said at the end of at the weekend. He said they were forced into playing deeper than they would have liked by the fact that we surge so many men forward and press high, and I think he admitted they were second best for a lot of that game. To me...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    A lot of that has to do with there being no fans around for his darkest moments, during COVID. When they were on that run of 5 points in 10 games, guaranteed he would be gone if there were actually fans in the stands. Arteta is an anomaly that now gets held up as an example of how to do things...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    True. But equally, our team when Poch took over was arguably weaker than the team we have now. We were starting games with a back four of Rose-Verts-Fazio-Dier, against Udogie-VdV-Romero-Porro now - to put it in context, the first back line cost a total of 25m, the second comes in at roughly...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Good, glad you're having fun mate. :)
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Well said. @tommysvr amusingly ranting and raving at any and every opportunity is a given, I'm not surprised and nor do I particularly care. :) But for those who actually would like a discussion, I'm open to views on why my comparison with Poch is inaccurate (in the post above, if people would...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Also, can I just close by saying - this is why it's amusing to chat with you, mate. I give you a bunch of reasons why Poch showed more promise than Postecoglou, twice. Laid them out in explicit detail. You skip all that and angrily rant about negativity. Then you actually complain about having...
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    Ange’s system / formation

    Thanks mate - enjoying it. Try calming down a little and you might, too.
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    Ange’s system / formation

    I don't think anyone could have predicted what was to come under Poch, but I do recall thinking we'd get a lot better under him as the years went on, because of what I outlined above. Dealt with challenges well, used the academy a lot, did well despite limited spending, his tactics were...
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