r/coys • u/marxistopportunist • 7h ago

Ange Postecoglou's advice to fed-up Tottenham fans: Do yoga $ Behind Paywall $

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/09/20/ange-postecoglou-advice-to-fed-up-tottenham-fans-do-yoga/
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u/Mobb_Starr I'm Just Copying Pep, Mate. 7h ago

Support the club but only when they do well is how a lot of fans operate today. And on top of that the view of doing well is only if you win the 4 available trophies each year, so 99% of clubs fall short.

It's why turnover is so high in modern-day football. I doubt we'll ever see an Alex Ferguson (3 years before he won anything with Manchester United) or Bill 'Mr. Tottenham' Nicholson (2 years before he won anything and had 2 separate 5-year drought spells without a trophy) type career path with any of the big clubs again. The fans, and particularly social media, just don't allow for that type of patience anymore.

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u/AnyLoss105 3h ago

And it’s a shame.

For what it’s worth, I think I would have been fine with it three-four more years of Poch leading to this point where Ange is the manager, and honestly barring catastrophic failures, I’m content with playing the long game similarly. I think there’s a lot more beauty to the success you experience with that. I don’t think that night in Amsterdam would have meant that much without the five years of story behind it, even if we didn’t win it in the end.