Sports
Tottenham are the most entertaining team in the league and shouldn’t sack Ange Postecoglou. Yep, your stocking includes a Christmas Day Mailbox.
Ship your ideas to theeditor@football365.com and have a elegant day.
Mammoth Ange In
My dad and I are both United fans. Now we have nothing to attain with Manchester, nevertheless it’s natural – we obtained from my Grandad. We outdated to sprint to each and each recreation from down South unless grandad obtained too outdated skool and the tickets and sprint obtained too costly. We’re die exhausting reds.
Nevertheless dad and I repeatedly agreed that if we had been going to toughen a team closer to home then that team would doubtlessly be Spurs. These explanation for that is that both of us skilled exciting Spurs sides when we had been growing up and repeatedly noticed them as a club that will entertain. Who else might perhaps perhaps well attract skill akin to Gary Lineker, Gazza, Teddy Sheringham and Klinsmann?
Despite their dalliances with some indubitably dour managers – Conte, Nuno, Jose and George Graham – they’ve in total had managers with an attacking philosophy. They’ve been entertaining, if a piece of… effectively, Spursy.
I think Mammoth Ange has turned into them into the most entertaining team in the league. Their final two games have yielded 16 objectives for Christ’s sake! For me they’re going about things the staunch approach and I’d prefer to hurry looking for what Mammoth Ange has executed with about a extra windows. If Spurs gained a trophy this season it will probably well perhaps an incredible success.
That said Spurs are easiest 1 point above United so they indubitably attain must discontinuance being reasonably so daft.
Nevertheless honest distinguished what Matt said.
Although he desired to hurry looking for Fergie’s pre United credentials. Stunning effectively established these mate – turned into the first supervisor to win the Scottish first division with a non-Outmoded Agency aspect in 15 years and is nonetheless the final to attain so (Dundee United snuck in between Aberdeen’s three titles though). Also gained a European trophy with a Scottish aspect, a feat that had easiest been finished by Celtic and Rangers sooner than and hasn’t been equalled since. Fergie turned into mint.
Merry Christmas all!
Ashmundo
Shocking that, lad
One in every of the ignorant comments I’ve ever be taught in the mailbox. “I’d prefer to hurry looking for Ferguson and wenger’s pre EPL information”
On Wenger he gained the league and cup with Monaco in France which is arguably extra spectacular and prestigious than anything ange has gained. Also gained a pair of cups in Japan
Nevertheless Ferguson ?? Dearie me Matt. Sit down down son. It’s Fergies pre United achievements that clinch him as the GOAT. He’s the final supervisor initiate air Celtic and rangers to win the Spl. That’s over FORTY years of a file. It’s honest astounding
He additionally gained two European trophies with them and holds the file of being the final supervisor to beat True Madrid in a European cup final. Again a file that is over forty years outdated skool.
He did this at the Aberdeen.
You’ve factual had a mare Matt
Anon
Many festive ideas
Hi Mailboxers,
It’s that point of year where we attain a little little bit of reflecting on things…. so some festive ideas for you all!
A scenario where Pep has permanently lost his mojo, where the charges hurry exhausting against them, where relegation is a possibility, where existing gamers resolve to hurry away or can also nonetheless be sold, where the Metropolis price turns into a little bit extra toxic and it turns into more durable to attract top skill…. none of that looks vastly amazing to me? Leeds have by no attain reached the same heights again following the Ridsdale generation – are the Metropolis outdated skool-timers going to find their club help?
When Ronaldo turned into final at United, one exertion gave the impression to be that while he turned into scoring objectives, he turned into doing little else and so the team total suffered. Cristiano a minimum of had the proper defence of age – what’s Haaland’s excuse?
I’m no longer enjoying the Ange pile-on tbh. We complain about Pulis, Dyche and even Moyes no topic the latter’s league declare and silverware executed. I additionally train F1 and did Formula Vee many moons ago. There’s a thing about rookie drivers that in case you’ve got one driver who sticks it in a wall now and again and another who’s honest immediate and who retains it between the ditches 100% of the time – effectively you might perhaps well perhaps prefer the first driver on the foundation that you might perhaps well perhaps be lower out a driver’s errors nevertheless you might perhaps well’t manufacture him faster.
Ange has nearly no defence at the second nevertheless at the other finish of the pitch, they are top scorers(?). We repeatedly hear that sticking the ball in the win is the hardest section of soccer. Successfully Ange has built a team which is genuine at that. Arsenal and Utd fans can certainly care for. So give him an opportunity to have his first determination defence help or add to it and judge him then. Klopps’s team indubitably kicked on when VVD and Alisson had been added. So let’s admire Ange a little bit extra despite the truth that it looks a little bit 5-a-aspect at the second.
No longer overly loving the Rashford pile-on either. I think Micah made a proper point that Rashford looks to be a little little bit of a lightning rod for Utd’s woes. And I find that his body language looks corrupt. Nevertheless I very distinguished doubt he’s wanted it to finish up this approach either so let’s hurry away him be and factual wish him effectively wherever he goes. He wasn’t there the day previous and he’s additionally no longer a roof craftsman.
Ange has no longer too long ago gotten pissed off with repeat questions from journos and the each and each single day in this mailbox I look fans asking greater questions of their team, gamers and executives. Journos are indubitably robbing a living if they are fully unable to attain up with an original interesting inquire of for a supervisor. I repeatedly felt Klopp wasn’t outdated skool out by accurate coaching nevertheless by the fully ridiculous stages of media commitments the top club managers have and having to answer to the same dumbass inquire of fifty numerous times.
The upside of considerate questions is that we find to hurry looking for further about a supervisor. ETH turned into asked affirm questions attain the finish of his term where he brushed off the inquire of saying the journo must had been looking a special recreation. I think it highlighted that ETH no longer had solutions. Nevertheless maintain asking the same questions and the supervisor can factual bat them away, all individuals gets bored and we be taught nothing new. Gain greater. F365 – attain you’ve got press credentials? Will we ship a mailboxer in to the pressers? We might perhaps perhaps well ship Barry Fox in to cheer up Ange a minimum of?
No longer surprised to hurry looking for Chelsea performing so effectively as I believed they deserved extra from the recreation when they played Liverpool early in the season. Nevertheless I don’t think that is any kind of proof that the Boehly et alia’s attain is proper. I think the questions round that had been extra financial. As in wouldn’t all of it work out over an 8 year length and can nonetheless they elevate on the staunch aspect of PSR or would they need loads extra Conor Gallaghers or resorts to sell. Would possibly perhaps perhaps additionally additionally be a Metropolis scenario where they win on the pitch nevertheless have challenges off it?
Is that this season shaping as much as the supreme in years? Villa resurgent, Bournemouth and Forest flying high, doubtlessly a 3-approach battle between Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal for the title, Spurs being the full entertainers and maybe some inexperienced Utd shoots. Or a minimum of an finish to the stench of dEaTH.
Speaking of Utd, Metropolis had been known as the ‘noisy neighbours’ nevertheless certainly Utd ought to be the noisiest club in the world. Seize that nonetheless you desire.
Finally, listening to Carra and Redknapp discussing Trent’s scenario the day previous and I turned into 100% with Redknapp on this. So turned into surprised to soar on Twitter ( Elon can attain one, using Jack’s title nonetheless ) and noticed practically total agreement with Carra on this.
So what we’re saying is Trent desires to manufacture himself much less financially horny to suitors by signing a new contract in inform that Liverpool can find a fee for him which would additionally offer protection to his legacy locally? Are folks effectively?
I noticed an interview with Trent some years help where he turned into trying to purpose up something within clubs whereby academy gamers who had been dropped might perhaps perhaps well perhaps be provided some different career route within the club. On tale of maybe you might perhaps well’t manufacture it as a participant nevertheless you’re eager on sport so maybe sports actions science or physio or coaching would charm. So Trent gave the impression to be pushing for clubs to present dropped gamers a pathway. And his thinking turned into while he had long previous through the diagram and had made it, he turned into aware that he had sacrificed a valuable quantity to manufacture it there. His inner most existence during this teenage years turned into entirely impacted. Nevertheless he made it so all individuals thinks he’s lucky and it turned into all helpful.
Nevertheless gigantic numbers don’t and the clubs factual initiate them. So Trent gave the impression to be very aware that it’s a little little bit of a substandard diagram. “Give us gigantic inner most commitment during your leisurely childhood and teenage years for a decade and in case you’re one in every of the lucky 1%, we’ll offer you a effectively-paid job. Otherwise, ta-ra.”
For me, if Trent desires to hurry looking for price new locations and skills other cultures and goes on an adventure with True, genuine success to him. We don’t “have” him and any lack of switch fee is entirely NOT his accountability. And Carra saying on a world broadcast that he’s going to impression his legacy locally if he leaves on a free is factual amplifying and legitimising trolls. And that’s irresponsible. And I think that’s where Redknapp turned into coming from. I 100% stand with Jamie R on this one.
Anyhoo, that’s ample for now. Sorry for the downer at the finish. Many attributable to all the contributors who, in total speaking, add plenty to my enjoyment of this noteworthy sport.
Wishing you all the supreme imaginable this Christmas whomever you toughen because as a mailboxer ( Garey I think? ) as soon as said, “Opponents, no longer enemies.”
Nollaig Shona daoibh hurry léir,
Stamp, LFC, An Mhí
Bitter? You greater deem it!
Over the previous few days I’ve considered both Michael Owen and Jamie’s Carragher & Redknapp focus on legacy at clubs, with Jack Grealish on the receiving finish of some stick at Villa Park and a search for into the attainable future of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Il initiate with Owen and his vastly over the top reaction to the “immoral, jealous, mopish, bitter folks” who funnily ample weren’t supreme jubilant when their supreme participant determined he desired to hurry on from the team he proclaimed to care for. Whether it is miles for Free or £100 million it doesn’t indubitably topic.
Now you might perhaps well argue about whether that is the staunch or atrocious thing for a participant to attain or no longer unless the cows attain home, and in all honesty this might perhaps perhaps well even completely rely on the individual. Nevertheless what you cant expect is to have your cake and luxuriate in it. Being informed that you’re dumped for an upgrade doesn’t manufacture it OK or greater. If anything it makes it worse! It’s saying I’m greater than you.
Grealish left to win things and has a stack of medals to explain for it. Correct for him. Now some Villa fans can also effectively be jubilant for him. Gorgeous ample. Most care for my mate Mike are definitely no longer care for, something about Judas and so on. These are VILLA fans, no longer Grealish fans. You perhaps can also’t expect is for The Villa to batter a Metropolis team including Grealish and for the Holte Finish no longer to completely rinse him. I mean have you ever ever met soccer fans?! You enable and in addition you find both barrels. That’s the deal, significantly on a match day. He wont care for it nevertheless that’s existence.
Let’s be merely though. This isn’t about Grealish. Right here is about Owen and his inability to understand why he isn’t adored by….effectively…anybody. It’s factual so transparent. He hates the truth he’s no longer adored and can no longer ever understand why. That he can’t understand it goes an effective draw to explaining why he isn’t and is in truth extra seemingly considered as a immoral, jealous, mopish and bitter particular person!
I’ve waffled on longer than I intended to right here (no longer uncommon lads) so Il maintain it immediate with Alexander-Arnold. Carragher thinks if he desires to be remembered as an all-time Liverpool full and in line with Gerrard then he desires to dwell. Merely. Does this mean he can also nonetheless dwell? This 100% depends upon him. If that’s the case, stamp the thing and revel in the Arne Slot inspired lumber!
If he thinks the stars have aligned so it’s the excellent time to stamp for True Madrid and skills another nation and play together with your England bezzy Bellingham. Correct success to him. Nevertheless for Redknapp or anybody else to argue Liverpool fans desires to be grateful and fawn over him, or anybody else is crackers. You revel in the recollections and then boo the living daylights out of them. That’s soccer.
Adam (Leeds)
On Johnny Nic
Missing the point by some margin there, outdated skool boy.
No one has, to my information, said to Ange, change your strategies completely, we’re factual saying that typically a whiff of pragmatism would hurry one draw or the other to making this whole thing distinguished extra tangibly worthwhile. Something I, who pay £1100 for a season stamp (no longer too definite how for far longer that will be sustainable) must have each and each staunch to imply.
Also, Ange’s soccer is to blame for a raft of injuries….so he’s additionally playing mercurial and loose with gamers careers. Would possibly perhaps perhaps seem dramatic nevertheless when VDV is informed to play far sooner than he turned into ready to, easiest to re-injure himself and hurry away out another six weeks, it be indispensable to surprise is the gamers career all that indispensable to the coach.
P.S – turned into thinking the same of Saka and factual noticed his third hamstring injury of the season is the one that can also glance him hurry away out a valuable section of the season – entirely avoidable.
Anon
READ: Ange Postecoglou urged to maintain fighting against the low drone of mediocrity
…Gaurdiola apparently struggling to motivate his Manchester Metropolis gamers.
Why doesn’t he factual give them a Pep focus on?
Alex Stokoe
…Having played soccer at club level and followed Tottenham since the early 1960’s,it is miles apparent that a solid defence is the foundation of a soccer team. Midfielders and forwards give off their supreme when they know that they can rely on their defence. It is care for a chain reaction. When the defence is shaky, midfielders and forwards are demotivated. True care for in golf–depressed putting outcomes in errant drives off the tee and inaccurate attain photographs onto the inexperienced.
With Postecoglu’s high press diagram the defence plays a high line. The soccer is exciting to glance nevertheless it is easy for opponents to earn errant passes and play long balls over the top for their marauding forwards. The Tottenham defenders walk help nevertheless to no avail.Straightforward objectives for the picking for the top and backside of the desk teams. The unlucky Tottenham defenders are compelled to bustle at top velocity on the whole changing route at velocity. This outcomes in pulled hamstrings and other types of injury. It is no coincidence that Van de Ven and Romero pulled up with injuries two seasons in a row.
Postecoglu’s diagram is now not any longer codusive for the EPL. The outcomes explain it. He is now not any longer indubitably willing to adapt to EPL stipulations and deserves the carve.
Anon
READ NOW: Forest 4-4 Spurs, Wolves 6-1 Man Utd: Assigning Boxing Day 1963 rankings to Boxing Day 2024 fixtures
