Marco Silva is the most obvious one for me.

Hard to say, depends if Bournemouth qualify for a Europa League spot. To get to the final, Ange needs to beat Alkmaar, Ajax/Frankfurt & probably Lazio over two legs. That's a tall order given their consistency but doable. I reckon VDV is not going to see much gametime till the end of the...

Even if he does win it, if there is a manager available that the hierarchy believe can take them up a level, he will be gone.

Looked very disjointed in this one against City and completely toothless up front. Hard to judge where Spurs are at.

Not that I like to compare sports but an equally struggling sport a decade ago in Basketball got their shit together eventually and the sport is reaping the rewards relative to its size. Football has a very unique place in the Australian sporting landscape and I think the current setup has not...

Also the money in those sports has improved enough to the point of deterring talented athletes to defect to football.

Really? Like who? (and i mean whose considered talented by Europe, not our own shores) The bigger European clubs already have U18 talent loaned out to lower tier euro-clubs playing every week. Whose on that list from Aus?

I feel like this is MUCH harder now. With how quotas work in the EPL (homegrown players etc.) There are two types of players we can produce that might gain interest: 1. A generational talent that is courted by many European clubs and somehow manages to get first team minutes because of injuries...

Let's be honest, City are crap now. Going to take a lot to revive that club into a title contending team again. Need fresh ideas.

Although Ange has gotten wins over relegation fodder like ManU & Ipswitch, it’s definitely a confidence boost for him and the players.

Sheesh, I need that Phil Scolari gif.

Whats the aussie abroad golden boot looking like at the moment?

Apparently the last time Spurs went back-to-back in the league was when they played Brentford and then United earlier in the year :)

Does it scale, that's the issue.

Fair points you raise. The “too excited” part comes from a lack of cohesion/staying compact. Ange’s teams tend to do lots of vertical runs as did Farina’s NT before Guus took over hence the comment. Regarding the wafer thin squad at Spurs, I’m not sure what Ange was expecting working under...

This is elite analysis. I remember Guus when he came into mgmt of the NT that he commented we played in a "too excited" manner. I imagine he was referring to this:

You say like all fanbases, but this Spurs one are an incredibly fickle bunch for a club that’s had little success on the field.

lol this guy is rattled. Ange is laughing himself all the way to the bank.

Genuine question though… Do you think going into it Ange thought he’d be at the level, or was he looking for one last big pay day before retirement. His stock was pretty high at Celtic.

Lol, but it's a shit show. Let's be honest. That Villa game they were so disjointed, the pressing was all over the shop. This is giving me Ange at U17 level vibes.