Big fan of Frank, set up his Brentford team very well. Very likeable, Tactically astute , great man manager and very much hands on on the training pitch. Flits between different tactical formations. Mainly 433 last season with Brentford and occasionally shifts to 352 / 343. Probably the most important thing for me is he improves players and Ange very rarely did that and there’s no doubt in my mind that our squad was good enough to finish top 7/8 last season. The most critical thing is the ambition we show in this transfer window, we need to raise our wage ceiling considerably and sign ready made experienced players to complement the exciting young players we have at our disposal.
We know the current board won’t do either of those things. I wonder what the target for the next manager will be next season. Qualifying for Europa and to get out the group stage of Champions League?
It matters not a jot who the new manager is. Levy is still in charge and the restrictions on the next victim will still exist. Ange has faults, including his failure to adapt tactics in the wake of the Chelsea implosion and the disastrous end to the 23/24 season. It can also be argued that his tactics led to the high level of injuries suffered this season. But...and there's always a but... Do we think that for one minute that the decision to abort the PL season for a double or quits attempt on the EL was made without Levy being aware? So, assuming it was a 'club' decision, and was successful, to now sack the coach the delivered on that plan seems disingenuous. Levy and the clubs financial policies won't change, so there's no reason to think the clubs overall fortunes will. A new manager, a limited budget, a limited wage structure. All with the added pressure of CL level humiliation. Roll on August!
I want the new manager to have the balls to play the B team in the CL group stage except for the top tier opponents (where the strongest side has to be fielded to avoid a cricket score) . Tell Levy : You have your precious CL money. The only way you will get more is if I finish PL top 4, or I get into the KO stage and think I could do a Chelsky 2012.
Honestly looks like the decision was made after the Chelsea game in December, given his decision to rush both Romero and Mickey Van looked like a desperate roll of the dice and blew up horribly and further exacerbated our injury crisis Even by January there were murmurs of letting Ange see out the season
I can’t see that being even close to the truth. If true then the club is being run by the wrong people. To decide in December the manager is gone but then keeping him for another 5/6 months? Beyond ridiculous
If there's no suitable replacement available, better the devil you know than the devil you don't We've gone down the extended caretaker route twice in the past, once as the DoF wouldn't be arriving until the end of the season and once because nobody suitable was available, and sometimes continuity is the better course of action
Bill Nicholson 1958-74 1958/59 Won 10-4 v Everton Knocked out of FA Cup but 3rd Division Norwich Lost to both arsenal and West ham at home by 4-1 Lost 19 league games with minus 10 gd Finished 18th 1959/60 Won 13-2 in FA Cup Finished 3rd I'd say Ange's two seasons are better Burkinshaw 1976-1984 76/77 Lost 3-2 to 3rd division Wrexham in league cup at home Lost to division 2 Cardiff in the 3rd round fa cup Lost 8-2 to derby Relegated 77/78 Beat Bristol rovers 9-0 Promoted on the last day finishing 3rd 78/79 Brought in 2 world cup winners Lost 4-1 in first home game to villa Lost 3-1 to division 2 Swansea in league cup at home. Lost 7 nil at anfield Lost 5 nil at home to Arsenal Took 2 games to beat non league Altrincham in fa cup. Took 2 games to beat lower league Wrexham in the fa cup Finished 11th 79/80 Finished 14th 80/81 Won FA Cup Finished 10th Ange's 2 seasons completely out do Burkinshaw's first 4. Patience and belief in a project gave us our two most successful managers in our history. They are the only managers to have won more than one trophy with us. They and Ange are the only managers to win a European trophy with us. In my view, greed and cowardice could be costing us another successful manager. We'll never know, but what is certain is that the next manager is in a near impossible position....he either wins a trophy and gets CL football or he's done worse than Ange. That is an awful position to put a new manager in.
Isn't that exactly where we find ourselves now? No obvious replacement improvement and now we've sacked the one we knew and who had brought in a trophy.
Everyone is asking the wrong question....the right question isn't anything to do with comparing Ange to previous managers or winning trophies. The right question is....is Ange one of the one in 50 coaches who makes a real difference to their club. If he is we should have kept him, if not we should try out someone else with a one in 50 chance of success. The correct answer is that no-one knows so the sacking decision is about equally likely to be right or wrong.
It's so bizarre that the people on r/coys who have been screaming for Levy to sack Ange are now screaming because Levy sacked Ange What do these bellends want?
Honestly, if we finished 11th or 12th, Ange would likely be in the dugout for our opening game The fact that needed at least 15 points more than we got does underline the biggest issue
Disagree. The question is why do we consistently make stupid managerial decisions. Sacking bloke in a coat a week before the Arsenal semi final ... moronic. Employing Hoddle ... moronic. Sacking Hoddle a month into the season ... moronic. Pleat... worse than moronic. Santini... see pleat Jol... fantastic appt but treated cruelly and moronically when sacked Ramos... bad prem fit Redknapp ... fantastic app AVB ... ****ing moronic Sherwood... not enough s to do it justice Pochettino... glorious but appallingly treated when sacked JM ... get to **** Sacking JM 6 days before a cup final to hide from the stupidity and greed of the Super league debacle Nuno...or nono as my autocorrect describes him...makes every other decision look great Conte ... was always gonna end in a car crash. Ange ... did better than all of the above in delivering an unforgettable night but still sacked 16 days later. Sorry but there's a pattern of **** managers being appointed by the same bloke who is about to appoint another. Genuinely don't get how we sacked a manager who won a european trophy 16 days earlier.
Anybody demonstrated they don't understand finance by posting that owner funding chart that's posted to Reddit and Twitter every six seconds yet...?
I get the impression on here sometimes that people should stop reading sites that upset them and just stick to those they agree with,
The first time in years we have some good times - and Levy turns us into the laughing stock of the footballing world again.
And now we’re getting Frank who has won **** all and has next to zero European experience compared to Ange who managed teams in CL, EL, ECL. Ange has been a serial winner. we want levy out, we want levy out
Weird how a media (and numerous spurs pages) who have done nothing but hound him out for the majority of this season and take great delight in telling us how many league games we’ve lost, are now criticising the club for sacking him? Speaking personally, as someone that has always leaned on levy’s side when it comes to some of the criticism that I think is unfair, if this decision turns out to be a bad one, any fans that weren’t in the ‘ENIC out’ camp could be moving there fairly quickly!
