Matchday discussion

The problem with the pro-Ange crowd is they can’t take any criticism. I like Ange and want him to succeed. I love that we are fun to watch again. Yesterdays match was lovely BUT this season has been occasionally very frustrating and wanting better game management/tactical flexibility does not mean wanting a return to the park the bus era of Conte and Mourinho. Can’t there be an in-between? Can we be a side that wants to dominate possession, outscore and outshoot our opponents while also recognizing the moments to dig deep and hold onto a lead? City did this to win the Champions League. They learned how to get more solid, be compact when they had to. We’re gonna have to learn how to do the same. Ange did that yesterday and it worked great. This season has been frustrating for a number of reasons, injuries, bad luck, not putting away chances, lacking that extra bit of quality in the final third, and also Ange’s tactics and lack of game management has been exposed. This is a chance for him to learn, improve the squad, and hopefully win a cup for us.

 

I am pro Ange and think that everything you have said below is right. I would only say that while we are getting the squad right and developing the system we should expect there to be some off days. I think all the things you have said below will be things we will end up doing as existing and incoming players understand the expectations and style of the system and the system becomes second nature. You can’t do well in F1 because you can drive a car and the problem I see is far too often our fans want someone out too quickly. It happened with Nuno, Conte and Jose but they were playing some of the worst football styles we have seen in order to win. We are now playing exciting football, often risky but it is always good to watch and with the right squad additions it will lead to more wins than losses. We have just been severely impacted by both injuries and lack of chance conversion from our forwards but that will change as the squad improves, confidence grows and players become available.

 

Great post bing bong .i agree with your comments and it’s why I get frustrated with people thinking I only see negatives when I just want Ange to manage games better as he did last night.Its not rocket science

 

This is too zen for me- no idea what you are saying here? I’m pretty sure you have to be able to drive a car before anyone would think about giving you a position in F1

 

Haha, let me explain. F1 drivers, drive the same laps, of the same circuits, thousands of times to master their art. Just because you can drive a car doesn’t mean anyone with a driving licence could race in F1.

Ange is attempting to change our culture and losing mentality by trying to install a way of playing and that means the players need to buy into it, practice it and implement in games. As we have seen, with the right players in the right positions it works, we just need time to build a squad capable of doing it in multiple competitions, every 3 days. That will come, just needs patience and a little more zen from our hyper critical fans

 

But there is a way of saying it and more often than not your way of saying it is that Ange needs to leave now or the imposter hasn’t got a clue. That doesn’t represent what bing bong said at all.