NorCalVol67
Donde is a Badass
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He did a little bit of locking down in the latter stages of the Europa league. Whether or not he does that next season remains to be seen, but I hope so.First Crystal Palace, and now Spurs. Big week for small clubs winning silverware. I kid, i kid.
Not sure what to say about Ange staying/leaving, but after this I'd probably lean towards giving him another year.
Last year United won the FA Cup, which basically forced their hand into keeping Ten Hag when they really should have just moved on. But this doesn't feel quite like that. United have been poorly run for years, and they're currently in the middle of the reaping phase of all the terrible signings they've sown basically since SAF left the club almost 15 years ago.
Spurs on the other hand seem to have a decent squad, just hardly any of it ever saw the pitch this year due to an almost inconceivable amount of injuries. At some point continuity becomes the most important things and you have to stop changing managers every six months. Same issue Everton had for years before finally (re)discovering someone who seems to be a good fit.
My only thing with Ange is that I think he's got to focus a little more on locking things down at the back. Sure, the attacking stuff is fun to watch, but I don't think it's realistic to contend for the European places conceding 2-3 goals on a regular basis. In fairness, I haven't watched them a ton this year and he may have adapted somewhat. I've still got the image of him in my head from last season against Chelsea where they went down to 9 men and continued playing that suicidal high line. If Chelsea hadn't been on a historic run of poor finishing, they would have put 10 past Spurs that day.
Continuing the high line in that Chelsea match was amusing at the time, the subsequent skid not so much. Plus, it could be a factor in the injuries. Van de Ven, who had the save of the season, is constantly running 100mph up and down the field.