Fan question to Ange Postecoglou: “Is it time to show more pragmatism in games. Teams that win trophies have solid defences as well as attacks?” Ange: “You’re spot on mate but it won’t be us. “As much as we want success there is a Spurs way and I won’t deviate from that.”
Fabrizio Romano quoted him so surely a reliable source here.
ExcellentPartyOnDude on
Tbf we do have a solid defence. It’s the attack that was failing us. Hopefully the Brentford game is a signal of improving fortunes.
ShipsAGoing on
Pragmatism won us so many trophies under Conte and Mou
dingkan1 on
Hell yeah, Ange.
prokonig on
The whole point of Angeball is that if you dominate and counter press when you lose the ball, even if you give away some opportunities you’ll win most games. I would say we have a great defence, and it will look even better the more the principles become embedded. The stats will go in the right direction.
dozzell on
This.
Football is supposed to be entertainment.
Winning trophies would be great, but how we win them is important.
We’re Spurs. If you want to support a team because they win stuff, fuck off and support City with the rest of the 12 year old Plastic Mancs.
antch1102 on
Feels like some fans really try and simplify how easy it is to win trophies. “Be good at defending and attacking, job done”
Kalu2424 on
We’ve given up 0 goals to Everton, 1 goal to Arsenal, Leicester and Brentford and 2 goals to New castle. We are set up to be the most attacking side in world football (back 2 with both our fullbacks pushed way up the pitch). IDK what people are expecting. We gave up like 1.2 goals per match last season when we had our starting defense available. We’re on pace for the same this season. People harping on the defense are wide of the mark.
We need to be scoring more goals. There is absolutely no reason we should ever lose a match in which we only gave up 1 goal. We are playing a fucking 235 and have spent 90M on the front 3 alone this last transfer window. We play a couple of the most talented attacking fullbacks in world football. We have two 40M attacking mids who are both playing TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. And our captain is supposed to be a world class forward (i love you Sonny I’m just making a point). To top it all off, we have a supposed attacking genius manager as well. With our defensive record so far this season we should have won every single match, maybe drew with New Castle.
Jamlad8 on
My one major gripe with Ange. You can’t just play only one way every second of every game. I get it’s his philosophy but sometimes you have to be pragmatic. It’s just common sense. That 4-1 loss to Chelsea last year is the perfect example. We could have easily got a point that game. Instead we lost because we insisted on playing the Ange way even with 9 men. Such a stupid decision. His stubborn attitude about this and not fixing our set pieces baffles me.
finn4life on
“Is it time for this?”
“Is it time for that?”
Only the manager can decide when it is time for something to change, and Ange has been introducing new tactics bit by bit as things go along.
How we defend though, probably not going to change a whole lot. Not really a problem if we score goals, and it will take time. We’re still not very far into this whole project.
KariumHondor399 on
Being as stubborn as Conte just towards another vision will bring you the same results
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Fabrizio Romano quoted him so surely a reliable source here.
Tbf we do have a solid defence. It’s the attack that was failing us. Hopefully the Brentford game is a signal of improving fortunes.
Pragmatism won us so many trophies under Conte and Mou
Hell yeah, Ange.
The whole point of Angeball is that if you dominate and counter press when you lose the ball, even if you give away some opportunities you’ll win most games. I would say we have a great defence, and it will look even better the more the principles become embedded. The stats will go in the right direction.
This.
Football is supposed to be entertainment.
Winning trophies would be great, but how we win them is important.
We’re Spurs. If you want to support a team because they win stuff, fuck off and support City with the rest of the 12 year old Plastic Mancs.
Feels like some fans really try and simplify how easy it is to win trophies. “Be good at defending and attacking, job done”
We’ve given up 0 goals to Everton, 1 goal to Arsenal, Leicester and Brentford and 2 goals to New castle. We are set up to be the most attacking side in world football (back 2 with both our fullbacks pushed way up the pitch). IDK what people are expecting. We gave up like 1.2 goals per match last season when we had our starting defense available. We’re on pace for the same this season. People harping on the defense are wide of the mark.
We need to be scoring more goals. There is absolutely no reason we should ever lose a match in which we only gave up 1 goal. We are playing a fucking 235 and have spent 90M on the front 3 alone this last transfer window. We play a couple of the most talented attacking fullbacks in world football. We have two 40M attacking mids who are both playing TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME. And our captain is supposed to be a world class forward (i love you Sonny I’m just making a point). To top it all off, we have a supposed attacking genius manager as well. With our defensive record so far this season we should have won every single match, maybe drew with New Castle.
My one major gripe with Ange. You can’t just play only one way every second of every game. I get it’s his philosophy but sometimes you have to be pragmatic. It’s just common sense. That 4-1 loss to Chelsea last year is the perfect example. We could have easily got a point that game. Instead we lost because we insisted on playing the Ange way even with 9 men. Such a stupid decision. His stubborn attitude about this and not fixing our set pieces baffles me.
“Is it time for this?”
“Is it time for that?”
Only the manager can decide when it is time for something to change, and Ange has been introducing new tactics bit by bit as things go along.
How we defend though, probably not going to change a whole lot. Not really a problem if we score goals, and it will take time. We’re still not very far into this whole project.
Being as stubborn as Conte just towards another vision will bring you the same results