Was he not booked for dissent?
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I donāt think heās naive, far from it in fact, but heās stubborn as fuck to keep playing the ultra high line with 9 men. There were times the back four had even pushed up into the Chelsea half when Chelsea had the ball with time & space. Cucurella being clean through after jogging from his own half onto Jamesā chip over the 7 players in a line at halfway was madness. That could have been 7 or 8 only for Chelsea are completely dogshit.
@Little_Lord_Fauntleroy texted me during the game to say it reminded him of Yokohamaās chastening loss to Kashiwa Reysol back in 2018 & it actually reminded me of Celtic losing 4-0 at home to Bayer Leverkusen in Angeās first season there. I know you keep a keen eye on the League of Scotland but you must wonder whether Levy plucked the wrong manager from north of the border when you see the compact & organised way Malky McKay set up his charges with 10 men at the Global Energy Stadium on Saturday.
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Thereās some real hidden managerial gems on the other side of Hadrians Wall in the League of Scotland. Just look at the job that one of our own, Stephen Robinson is doing with the Buddies.
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Young guy just appointed by St Johnstone, Craig Levein, looks very progressive & one to watch too.
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https://x.com/georgeyboy/status/1721665435555299454?s=46
Klopp and Arteta could learn to conduct themselves with class of big Ange
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Did he not berate the referee and officials?
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Ange is some leader. One of the best post game interviews Iāve seen.
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Jesus, they were waiting a long long time for that 
Little old Spurs have em wound up something rotten
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Emily Bishops young lad aināt exactly an Oracle
Did Hotspurs not give Pat the flick when they thought he was past it and he went on to play for 8 more years for arch rivals Arsenal?
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Yeah, but in fairness Spurs realised the mistake and took him back after the 8 years were up
Does anyone have him as a celebrity death?
I heard him in a clip on Morning Ireland this morning. Said that theyād have a go with 5 men if they had to. Clearly unaware that the match would be abandoned and a forfeit awarded before then.
Weād lost 3 of our starting back 4 so it felt a bit like the attitude when we went down to 9 was, we might as well have a cut at it because weāre inevitably going to concede. We did have 3 fairly decent chances to equalise and Son went very close to equalising as late as 94 minutes.
10 against 11, Iād imagine we still would have beaten them as Chelsea are dogshit. Weāve seen a few examples in recent weeks of 10 beating 11, Spurs at Kenilworth Road a few weeks ago and Glasgow Celtic at Meadowbank Thistle.
I couldnāt help thinking when our 9 men went close a few times from set pieces of a League of Scotland match back in the late 1980ās when 9 man Glasgow Rangers came from 0-2 down to salvage a 2-2 draw against 10 man Glasgow Celtic with two ex Tottenham stalwarts to the fore. Graham Roberts ended up in goal after Chris Woods was sent off and Richard Gough got the equaliser.
Roberts had a go as an amateur music conductor while in goal after the equaliser if I remember correctly.
Celtic beat Rangers in the two remaining derby matches that season and won the double.
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Graham Roberts is one of my all time favourite Tottenham Hotspur players. A club legend.
Of the 2 subsequent games you referred to in that season, think Graham ended up in goal in the next game as well against Glasgow Celtic as Chris Woods had to go off injured with a few minutes left.
Now the dust has fully settled, Iām absolutely certain weāll win the league. Everywhere Ange goes, thereās always one aberration of a game early in the reign where things go disastrously wrong. I referred to those Yokohama & Celtic humblings last night & @Horsebox sent me a PM to say there were also parallels to the famous Luke DeVere Brisbane Roar match. Seeing players still believing in his game plan & never deviating from it despite all that conversely brings everyone closer & makes them believe even more. Itās almost cult like & Ange is a messianic figure.
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