22 defeats
-1 GD
17th in the league
Picked up 5 points from our final 36
Time to go.
-1 GD
17th in the league
Picked up 5 points from our final 36
Time to go.
22 defeats
-1 GD
17th in the league
Picked up 5 points from our final 36
Time to go.
Such a tough one. I really can’t decide but how can you get rid of a manager who just won the first trophy in years?
Equally how can you keep a manager who has just delivered the worst season in half a century?
Exactly. Such a tough decision. I really would be surprised if levy sacks him though especially after keeping him post everton and Leicester in January and he’s definitely not walking so expect him to be in the dugout for the super cup.Equally how can you keep a manager who has just delivered the worst season in half a century?

Reasonably sure Paratici already has a shortlistIdeal solution? Ange has already agreed his departure as he wants to return to Australia.
His replacement has already been lined up and has been given a £300m Summer budget.
Now let's see how far from that we get....![]()
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The hubris is astonishing.
Two counter pointsLet's be clear. We won that trophy despite Ange, not because of him.
Clearest proof of this is the fact that we had to abandon the football he spent a year and a half boasting about, in order to win games.
Two counter points
1.) Poch abandoned the football he spent four years boasting about to reach the Champions League final
2.) Ramos didn't change his tactical plan to win our previous piece of silverware, and those tactics did marvelously the following season didn't they...?
The point I'm making is we're now in a position where the people who criticised Ange for not changing his tactics are now criticising him for changing his tactics, which underlines that when people talk about Doing Enough will always change their definition of what Doing Enough even is no matter what happens like we're the comment pages of the Grauniad in 2016-17 all over again when there's much better arguments for and against to be madeYou saying give Ange another season then?
The point I'm making is we're now in a position where the people who criticised Ange for not changing his tactics are now criticising him for changing his tactics, which underlines that when people talk about Doing Enough will always change their definition of what Doing Enough even is no matter what happens like we're the comment pages of the Grauniad in 2016-17 all over again when there's much better arguments for and against to be made
It's also quite odd that we saw Ange do the exact opposite of both Conte, Villas-Boas and the ubermensch by tweaking his tactics (for Europe, at least) for his second season while they doubled down on their tactical plan above all else in their second seasons
The key thing Ange has at the moment is he has worked hard to change the narrative around the club, both telling the players they can be good enough if they put in the effort and pushing back against some of the more bellended attendees at press conferences, which does compare favourably with the ubermensch coming in and telling the players they weren't as good as they think they are on his first day in charge or Conte acting like he was doing us a favour by being here. Is that sustainable? Probably not, but that does point to the sort of manager we do need to be looking for going forward
Honestly think he's earned a third season, but there's little chance he'd see it out. Then again, three months ago I was saying pretty much the same thing just with the numbers one lowerSo you’d keep him then?
I find him a bit delusional, either that or he really wants to keep his job.
He’s acting like it was a plan all along to give up on the league and focus on Europa.
For awhile now I've thought that Ange is a huge gambler. Looking at his team selections and tactics this season, some of them have been downright bizarre.
Persisting for so long with players like Werner, in the hope that they will eventually produce the goods and his selections would be justified.
Or his attacking fullbacks leaving gaping holes in behind the defense, praying we can outscore the opposition.
Smacks to me of the mindset of a gambler, risking it all and hoping to be vindicated at the end of 90 minutes.
As shown with the league standings, he has failed miserably and theres no excuses for that. We were found out very early on and got crucified & outsmarted for it.
It worked out in the Europa League, where he got extremely lucky with the path to the final.
If he stays, will he have learned anything from the season, is he willing to adapt his tactics. Or will he go again and gamble on a better league position with a few new faces and the same ol gung ho cavalier style football and pray that another cup might be his safety net.