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Rawlings mentioned on the interview this morning that Xavier Clark is a development coach.

Rawlings confirmed Patch is remaining a line coach.
Ok then all that is missing is the ratten role if we want someone like dew to play a senior assistant role

Think ratten wanted a more beefed up title but if someone wants his old role that isn’t as fancy as director of coaching then that could happen
 
Can you imagine Clarko introducing them.

"This is Harry, Pick 3, won rookie of the year ... (knowing nods from the GSW types) ... and this is George, pick 4, got MVP votes in his first game ... (more nods) ... and this is Blake ... ummm ... go grab those balls over there and put them away would ya Blakey."
".....then draw an oval"
 
Good article about Ange.

Hopefully Clarko gets a clear run at it this year and we see something similar. One point really struck me is below. I see too often teams seem to treat the AFL as a development league. It's not. You should be aiming to win every year. Sydney, Geelong etc are the model in that sense.

I would love to be able to say we are unrecognisable from last year.

"But then Postecoglou and Spurs are defying all expectations and, gloriously, all convention. Here is a coach exploding that lazy excuse – boringly trotted out by some old-school managers who play equally boring soccer – that “you can only work with what you have got”. No, good coaches coach and all players, or at least those worth their salt, want to play creative, front-foot, positive soccer. Or they should not be in the Premier League.

It is hard to recall a team that is so unrecognisable from one campaign to the next."


This is an ode to Ange. Never before, in the Premier League, has a manager had such a rapidly transformative effect on a squad, on a club, on a fan base.
Not under Jose Mourinho, in his first spell at Chelsea, nor under Carlo Ancelotti at the same club. Nor at Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp or even Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.

Ange Postecoglou has led the Spurs to their best start to a season since the 1960s.

Ange Postecoglou has led the Spurs to their best start to a season since the 1960s.CREDIT:GETTY IMAGES

The evidence is there. Clear and unequivocal. No manager new to the Premier League has gained as many points – 23 – as Ange Postecoglou has earned at Tottenham Hotspur in the first nine games. It remains a relatively small sample size, of course, but Spurs are unrecognisable from the sorry bunch that he inherited.
Gone is the negativity, the burden, the sourness as Spurs returned to the top of the table with a result that, frankly, was never in doubt.

Postecoglou’s 23 points from a possible 27 is the most ever by a manager after their first nine Premier League matches.

Postecoglou’s Spurs on top of Premier League after win over Fulham

​Under Postecoglou, Spurs are the most “non-Spursy” side possible. There was an assured inevitability about their victory over Fulham this week. He even had the confidence to take off his match-winning axis of James Maddison and Son Heung-min who, along with Richarlison, departed to standing ovations and still saw it out against a Fulham side that constantly carried a threat and forced two outstanding saves from the impressive Guglielmo Vicario.
At the end, following the players in a lap of honour, slowly walked Postecoglou. With his raincoat and tie he looked like the kind of world-weary detective upon whom 1970s television series were based upon. The Australian has that kind of gruff charisma that always led to the case being solved.
“We took some liberties with the game which I wasn’t happy with,” Postecoglou later said, sounding every inch like the cop warning his junior colleagues not to cut corners in a key investigation.
“Really disappointed with the second half,” he added. “Worst 45 minutes we have had with the ball. I am not trying to make a point. That’s what I saw.


“I have said every week that we have a long way to go. Nothing has changed. It would be so much easier for me to sit here and say we are a great team. But we can be better. We really can.”
And how Spurs are loving it. They are loving Big Ange – at the final whistle they played Robbie Williams’ Angels and they also belted out Islands in the Stream by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. Watching man-of-the-match Maddison return to the pitch to sing along to that country-and-western classic was almost as astonishing as his tireless performance.

James Maddison applauds the fans.

James Maddison applauds the fans.CREDIT:GETTY IMAGES

But then Postecoglou and Spurs are defying all expectations and, gloriously, all convention. Here is a coach exploding that lazy excuse – boringly trotted out by some old-school managers who play equally boring soccer – that “you can only work with what you have got”. No, good coaches coach and all players, or at least those worth their salt, want to play creative, front-foot, positive soccer. Or they should not be in the Premier League.
It is hard to recall a team that is so unrecognisable from one campaign to the next. Yes, new players have been bought but Spurs finished this game with a central midfield axis of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Oliver Skipp.

Spurs are a proposition. They are the real deal. They are in this race, they are top-four contenders and – who knows – without the exertions of European soccer may be even more than that. Certainly under Postecoglou they are remodelled or, rather, reborn. They are also unbeaten in the league and this is their best start to a season since 1961.
As they wheeled away after Son set up and Maddison scored the second goal, they were almost synchronised as they performed their “darts” celebration. It summed up just how in telepathically in the groove Spurs are at present and the confidence that his coursing through the entire team. “We want the fans to dream,” Maddison later said, and why not? For the first time since under Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs’ supporters are daring to do that.

Maddison and Son-Hueng-min perform their darts celebration.

Maddison and Son-Hueng-min perform their darts celebration.CREDIT:AP

The Telegraph, London
 

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Anyone got a list of the coaching staff and positions?
Surely not everywhere is filled yet.
Feels like we're missing a few or at the very least need to bring some more in.
It's not all on the boys to perform, the coaches have to be decent too.
 
Anyone got a list of the coaching staff and positions?
Surely not everywhere is filled yet.
Feels like we're missing a few or at the very least need to bring some more in.
It's not all on the boys to perform, the coaches have to be decent too.
Brady mentioned yesterday we just need another dev coach which Russell was going to do
Assuming to work with Xavier Clarke and report to Barlow

No mention of a senior assistant to replace ratten
 
Brady mentioned yesterday we just need another dev coach which Russell was going to do
Assuming to work with Xavier Clarke and report to Barlow

No mention of a senior assistant to replace ratten
I thought Clarke was going to be forwards coach, from what was said when he was appointed.
If he's in development, then we need another line coach alongside Patch and Jed Adcock.
 
I thought Clarke was going to be forwards coach, from what was said when he was appointed.
If he's in development, then we need another line coach alongside Patch and Jed Adcock.
You are right he is forwards

So still just need a dev coach under Barlow
 

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I'm biased but this one isn't really a tick for Ange. Disallowed goal for Liverpool that shouldn't have been, first yellow given to Jota when he didn't even touch the bloke, and then Tottenham required an own goal after failing to break down a nine man defence for twenty five minutes. Ange has been very good for them but put Daniel Farke in his place at the 69th minute of this one and the same result would've ensued 9 times out of 10
 
I'm biased but this one isn't really a tick for Ange. Disallowed goal for Liverpool that shouldn't have been, first yellow given to Jota when he didn't even touch the bloke, and then Tottenham required an own goal after failing to break down a nine man defence for twenty five minutes. Ange has been very good for them but put Daniel Farke in his place at the 69th minute of this one and the same result would've ensued 9 times out of 10
I was replying to someone who said Spurs did not beat Liverpool.
 
Last time I checked Spurs 3 points, Liverpool 0 points. That's a win to me.
Only time I’ve checked in on Liverpool this year, their U21s were copping a 5-2 pasting from Blackpool, including a hat trick from Blackpool’s own 20yo striker Kylian Kouassi. Can’t blame the refs for that one either.
 
Only time I’ve checked in on Liverpool this year, their U21s were copping a 5-2 pasting from Blackpool, including a hat trick from Blackpool’s own 20yo striker Kylian Kouassi. Can’t blame the refs for that one either.
Orange Peanut if you’re going to get on the Blackpool Bus we’re going to have to change your handle to Tangerine Peanut. We get very upset when people call it orange.
 

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