Brave or naive? That seems to be the question on many people's lips.
Brave or naive? That seems to be the question on many people's lips.
Brave or naive? That seems to be the question on many people's lips.
I say neither.
I believe it was a didactic method Ange has honed over the years. An exercise in trust, like the classic of someone standing behind to catch you as you fall.
Ange needs his players to *believe* and to *trust* and to see that the consequences of failure in his system are nothing to fear.
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@hallenbeck @coys I’d say it was naive.
Spurs fans seem to be luxuriating in some romantic notion of going down in a blaze of glory, but ultimately you were well beaten because of the stubbornness to keep playing a high line (against a really poor attack).
At one point you were so close to sneaking an equaliser and with a more pragmatic defensive mindset could have then held out for a draw 🤷.
Completely disagree. Ange is anything but naive. It’s naive to think he is naive. He’s building something here and this isn’t the finished product. He’s driving home belief, commitment, and grit at all costs, not looking for draws at all costs. He’s focused on building foundations this season. We didn’t need the draw, we needed the right mindset. We need to reset what “spursy” means. That’s not romantic, it’s pragmatic and necessary.
Be as bitter about that fact as you like.
@ravipatel @coys Let’s talk in a season or two if/when we do it in crunch matches. Perhaps then can the naive accusations be levelled at him.
@hallenbeck @coys Not really sure what I have to be bitter about.
It’s great that he prioritises attacking, exciting football. But there’s definitely a time to be pragmatic and cut your losses.
Come the end of the season, we’ll see how much that point could have mattered.
Just my two cents. I’m obviously no more than an armchair pundit 🤷.