Ange

[wassy04]

Exactly, i dont think most of us are sitting wait to go 'I told you so!'. Its more that its hard to see how this appointment works out, particularly if he does indeed ignore set-pieces in a season where they're becoming key.

My issue is that, beyond the odd spell like in the first half against Betis, we haven't seen much evidence of improvement. And worse than that the defence has now regressed to as bad as it was when Nuno first took over.

At the moment it's hard to know where the next win will come from. At least under Nuno we had a clear identity. The football might not have been exhilarating but it was (for most of last season anyway) effective. Under Ange right now it's neither. Such a diametric change in playing style means the appointment should've been done at the end of last season - not partway into this one.

Or... Taken into account Nuno's position became untenable, you recruit a coach of similar ilk, or at the very least not diametrically opposite

That's a major part of this whole business. Ange is doing what Ange does but it was obvious to most fans that such a massive change in approach was going to be a step too far, mid season, with no time to work on things. As much as we're criticising Ange, that's as much EM's problem as it is Ange.

Its Nuno's fault as well.

He threw the West Ham game and gifted them a win and made it such that there was no choice but to sack him.

If you want to apportion blame......its on Nuno's head.

How did Nuno throw the West Ham game? I've seen this said a few times, it's not like he played the academy.

Ange played the same team in the next game too, apart from Aina being out.