Fair play to him yesterday. Set the team up perfectly. A bit more pragmatism with Deki playing from wide giving us a bit more physicality.
Ange said afterwards that Deki has done well from wide vs City in the past so it was a great call and good intuition to do that.
We mixed up some solid defensive work, from deep, with some great counter attacking but also we're brave enough to high press at the right time.
Although Maddison said it was not a specific instruction, him dropping deep really did give us that chance to play out. Often when under the kosh teams sit deep and have no out ball. Madders was able to get possession and we were able to play out rather than just handing it back to them constantly. Very smart.
Great use of limited sub options, and at the right time.
Ange' 50th PL games, 26th win. That's on a par with Klopp and Arteta so we are on a decent trajectory.
Big Ange
posted on 24/11/24
Ange has bought himself time and goodwill with this amazing result. Keep progressing in the cups and there will be exciting times ahead.
posted on 24/11/24
comment by Diamondlights (U20501)
posted 2 hours, 1 minute ago
100% Agree...... Brilliant from Ange and the players yesterday... watched the entire game with my mouth wide open !!! You cannot give them enough credit.
Couple of things to consider....
1) 8 more points from Leicester, Palace and Ipswich and Spurs would be sitting 2nd !!!!
2) Dont wanna be critical after such a performance but surely everyone can see that if we just sat a tiny bit deeper, allowed the opposition to come on to us a little more, we have the players to exploit the space, use their pace and look so much more threatening that we do when we press so high (Esp at home) and get in our own way ? We also give of defenders the ability to defend with the ball & opposition in front of them.... Defo much easier than always being turned around with the opposition in behind us.... I think it played to the strength and Radu and Davies yesterday (Both Brilliant) and would prob help Romero who doesn't have the express pace of VDVD when out of position. It might also help VDVs Hammy's !!!
Well done Ange and Spurs.... Delighted to be proved 100% wrong
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I really don't think it's the high line that has cost us at all. . Palace Ipswich and half of BHA we failed to compete.
posted on 24/11/24
comment by Brother (U20548)
posted 1 hour, 57 minutes ago
Ange has bought himself time and goodwill with this amazing result. Keep progressing in the cups and there will be exciting times ahead.
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posted on 24/11/24
Fulham H
Bournemouth A
Chelsea H
Southampton A
Liverpool H
Those are our next 5 games in the league. I would expect to at least not be beaten until Liverpool, and even then that game is at home. If we do suffer a loss or 2 you would still have to question that there is something wrong with the mindset of this team.
posted on 24/11/24
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Fulham H
Bournemouth A
Chelsea H
Southampton A
Liverpool H
Those are our next 5 games in the league. I would expect to at least not be beaten until Liverpool, and even then that game is at home. If we do suffer a loss or 2 you would still have to question that there is something wrong with the mindset of this team.
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Just to add some context to the above, we play 3 additional games in between. Roma, Rangers and Utd in the league q final.
Bound to pick up some more injuries on the way plus the usual Thurs/Sunday syndrome as highlighted by the Ipswich game.
Hope Udogie is fit, as he didn't look that comfortable when he came off yday.
posted on 24/11/24
We do need to get some.players back otherwise the same XI are gonna get little rest.
At least bentacur can play ropey
posted on 24/11/24
comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Fulham H
Bournemouth A
Chelsea H
Southampton A
Liverpool H
Those are our next 5 games in the league. I would expect to at least not be beaten until Liverpool, and even then that game is at home. If we do suffer a loss or 2 you would still have to question that there is something wrong with the mindset of this team.
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Just to add some context to the above, we play 3 additional games in between. Roma, Rangers and Utd in the league q final.
Bound to pick up some more injuries on the way plus the usual Thurs/Sunday syndrome as highlighted by the Ipswich game.
Hope Udogie is fit, as he didn't look that comfortable when he came off yday.
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I didn't forget the other games. The United game in particular has its own importance.
Other injuries may be picked up but we did just prove with our 2nd choice CB pairing and Bentancur unavailable, we can achieve good things without the need for a full strength team.
I still think even with these other games the losses should be reduced to a minimum. We are just talking about trying to be unbeaten, so draws can be acceptable too. We need to build on this result in the way we haven't been able to with other big wins. Third or 4th luck is a charm?
posted on 25/11/24
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 10 hours, 32 minutes ago
comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Fulham H
Bournemouth A
Chelsea H
Southampton A
Liverpool H
Those are our next 5 games in the league. I would expect to at least not be beaten until Liverpool, and even then that game is at home. If we do suffer a loss or 2 you would still have to question that there is something wrong with the mindset of this team.
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Just to add some context to the above, we play 3 additional games in between. Roma, Rangers and Utd in the league q final.
Bound to pick up some more injuries on the way plus the usual Thurs/Sunday syndrome as highlighted by the Ipswich game.
Hope Udogie is fit, as he didn't look that comfortable when he came off yday.
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I didn't forget the other games. The United game in particular has its own importance.
Other injuries may be picked up but we did just prove with our 2nd choice CB pairing and Bentancur unavailable, we can achieve good things without the need for a full strength team.
I still think even with these other games the losses should be reduced to a minimum. We are just talking about trying to be unbeaten, so draws can be acceptable too. We need to build on this result in the way we haven't been able to with other big wins. Third or 4th luck is a charm?
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Yeah, we need to break away from this pattern of winning or losing.
We have drawn 7 out of Ange's 50 games, which is way less than the rest of the top 6. At the same time we have lost 17, which again is way more than the rest.
I can certainly see the advantage of just trying to win and that actually draws dont really offer much reward, but the points can effectively be worth double if we are playing a rival. So for example, drawing at home to Villa instead of losing sees us turn around their 2 point advantage and have us ending 4th. Even just hanging on for a point vs BHA this season has us 5th, above them and just 3 points off 2nd.
Small margins at times and a draw can help, especially if it aint all clicking, which happens sometimes.
posted on 25/11/24
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 10 hours, 32 minutes ago
comment by Luka Bosh Brasi (U22178)
posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle (U1608)
posted 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
Fulham H
Bournemouth A
Chelsea H
Southampton A
Liverpool H
Those are our next 5 games in the league. I would expect to at least not be beaten until Liverpool, and even then that game is at home. If we do suffer a loss or 2 you would still have to question that there is something wrong with the mindset of this team.
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Just to add some context to the above, we play 3 additional games in between. Roma, Rangers and Utd in the league q final.
Bound to pick up some more injuries on the way plus the usual Thurs/Sunday syndrome as highlighted by the Ipswich game.
Hope Udogie is fit, as he didn't look that comfortable when he came off yday.
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I didn't forget the other games. The United game in particular has its own importance.
Other injuries may be picked up but we did just prove with our 2nd choice CB pairing and Bentancur unavailable, we can achieve good things without the need for a full strength team.
I still think even with these other games the losses should be reduced to a minimum. We are just talking about trying to be unbeaten, so draws can be acceptable too. We need to build on this result in the way we haven't been able to with other big wins. Third or 4th luck is a charm?
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Yeah, we need to break away from this pattern of winning or losing.
We have drawn 7 out of Ange's 50 games, which is way less than the rest of the top 6. At the same time we have lost 17, which again is way more than the rest.
I can certainly see the advantage of just trying to win and that actually draws dont really offer much reward, but the points can effectively be worth double if we are playing a rival. So for example, drawing at home to Villa instead of losing sees us turn around their 2 point advantage and have us ending 4th. Even just hanging on for a point vs BHA this season has us 5th, above them and just 3 points off 2nd.
Small margins at times and a draw can help, especially if it aint all clicking, which happens sometimes.
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On top of the consequence of preventing a rival from winning or the value of a point over none at all, it's also the negative feeling a loss generates among the team and fans, and of course it's also about showing that you are a hard to beat team.
posted on 25/11/24
It was an amazing performance and shows he does learn. bought some time with that result he really has.