is something for him to boast about.
From his own mouth, 26 years mate, that’s how long Ange has been getting away with the rubbish we saw as he lost his 15th league game, 2-0 to Fulham, a team that looked coached, looked like they were playing for their manager.
That starting XI was all on Ange. Spurs have knocking three weeks until their next game and yet here is Ange picking a starting XI to rest players. Players who haven’t been called up to international duty. Here’s Ange picking a midfield three of pretty much holding players. No creativity. Hell, when Wayne Rooney can see it, it puts your 26 years on the job in perspective.
Here’s Ange picking a side that didn’t seem to know they weren’t playing in white.
What followed was one of the most god awful halves of football you’re likely to see. And when you’ve seen so many Ange halves, that’s saying something.
Fulham had all of the ball and while Spurs do that at times, they don’t end up having the most shots, yet Fulham did. Spurs highlights of the first half amounted to nothing. Well, maybe Bissouma passing the ball straight into touch. It was his best pass of the half. He was so poor even Ange saw it and made a change. Now figure out how bad you have to be for Ange to actual notice it and then do something about it. That’s bad.
The only players to touch the ball less than Solanke were Vicario, who was having to make saves again, and Johnson. Johnson again was so poor Ange did something about it. Son and Bergvall on at the break. Both livened things up but as someone pointed out, Ange’s tactics, the inverted fullbacks. How many times do we see the left winger cut inside, only to run into Udogie and kill a good opportunity.
More life more changes and Gray finally getting a start in the midfield was ended as he moved back to defence when Romero came off. What did Spurs get from Romero? Well, everything. At times at his defensive best at other times so easily shrugged off the ball. At times his head was gone, with inept passing or stupid tackles. One on Jimenez, when the ball was going out of play and the Mexican was in his own half with his back to the Spurs’ goal, going nowhere and doing nothing. Stupid. He made way for Maddison, finally.
Fulham made their own changes. And 10 minutes after Romero’s departure Spurs filled their own box with six green shirts but none of them bothered to get anywhere close to the newly introduced Fulham striker, who was all on his lonesome to open the scoring. Just leave ‘im alone lads, what’s the worse that could happen. Yes Bergvall could have done something instead of just standing there, but maybe he expected his defenders to do the box defending, especially when it was six on two.
Of course the one player Ange didn’t change from the midweek game was Solanke. Who was again useless. Makes you appreciate Iraola even more, that he got 21 goals out of this bum. The commentator said that Solanke was unaware when Maddison chested the ball onto him, after Tel’s curling attempt was saved out to the Englishman. Unaware, he’s always unaware. Surprised by his own farts this one. Throughout the game everything came as a surprise to him, as it generally does, when he’s not hiding behind a defender. He ain’t getting 21 goals with Ange’s “coaching”.
There was just humiliation to come. Just moments after Fulham’s pensioner, Willian, got a standing ovation from the home fans, Spurs pensioner, Davies was embarrassed by the player who replaced him, Ryan Sessegnon. Yup, Spurs’ ol’ boy Sessegnon. As Davies dithered, Sessegnon fought for the ball, then turning and curling in a cracker, with his right, that gave Vicario no chance.
Honestly he should have celebrated.
The Angesexuals asking how anyone could blame Ange for that, when he picked that team, he put that team out, he “coaches” that team, yeah, how could any of that be on him. A glorious nearly three weeks now without Angeball and Ange’s ego… yeah.. we’ve got the Vegan Southgate to look forward to… and his picking Jordan Henderson…