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Management Thomas Frank

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Seems a really decent guy and a good coach. Has a bit of charisma without being a self centred ego maniac.

There are managers i'd prefer but i dont feel like i did when we were appointing AVB, Mourinho or Nuno who i knew wouldnt work here.

May work, might not but deserves a chance to see if he can step up.
 
JimothyCF14 said:
Unlike those, Frank appears much more flexible in his approach though. He wouldn't play Conte murderball in most instances.

And no thanks to the "chosen one" talk, I've had enough of people round here treating managers in a quasi religious manner.
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You think Thomas Frank is a better manager than Antonio Conte. I suppose you're indicative of the wider Ange Out population.

It's nice to have my thesis confirmed.
 
HyNdZee said:
Are you completely oblivious to the fact that four of our managers had to earn to to be in the Champions League? They did not have to do it. Mourinho never earned to be in the CL with THFC, and it was wrong to give him one of Poch's CL games imo.

And it matters because the timing is wrong. We hired Jol and 'Arry after Santini and Ramos went tits up respectfully. Not before. And that was good timing.

Levy makes better appointments after a manager clearly fails - not when the fan base is split.

Trying to reverse engineer Poch with Frank is akin to trying to reverse engineer Martin Jol with Ryan Mason.

There are multiple variables as to why Frank could go wrong, and playing Champions League football for the first time with zero European football experience is the biggest factor.

And that is why it matters.
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He does have European experience. His Brondby side got dicked 2 years on the trot in the play offs for the Europa league group stages
 
HyNdZee said:
Are you completely oblivious to the fact that four of our managers had to earn to to be in the Champions League? They did not have to do it. Mourinho never earned to be in the CL with THFC, and it was wrong to give him one of Poch's CL games imo.

And it matters because the timing is wrong. We hired Jol and 'Arry after Santini and Ramos went tits up respectfully. Not before. And that was good timing.

Levy makes better appointments after a manager clearly fails - not when the fan base is split.

Trying to reverse engineer Poch with Frank is akin to trying to reverse engineer Martin Jol with Ryan Mason.

There are multiple variables as to why Frank could go wrong, and playing Champions League football for the first time with zero European football experience is the biggest factor.

And that is why it matters.
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Did Poch earn the right to be in Europa? He had no European football experience either.

That's a weird argument to use against a manager. That they didn't help the team they're joining to qualify for Europe the previous season (when they werent managing them).
 
COYSinnit said:
That’s the Spurs spirit. We should stick a clock on him: give him 10 weeks. Each loss knocks a week off, each win earns him half a week back. Draws? Maybe he gets to keep his parking spot.
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You say that in jest but that's how certain sections of our fanbase act.

First we make a chant
Then we sing a bit of freed from desire
Then the novelty wears off, the cuntoffs begin at first it's "I'm not Frank out BUT his football is boring" then it's "this isn't the Spurs way"

Until finally he gets the full Ange treatment.

Levy pulls the trigger and we go back to making a chant for the next doomed sucker
 
JimothyCF14 said:
Unlike those, Frank appears much more flexible in his approach though. He wouldn't play Conte murderball in most instances.

And no thanks to the "chosen one" talk, I've had enough of people round here treating managers in a quasi religious manner.
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Exactly, managers aren't magicians or messiah's.

People act like they're the main characters in a team, but they're really not. The players are and always have been.
 
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