can instantly see a change in the dynamics. some really nice stuff played at times, and no brain dead nonsense from a tactical standpoint.
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Manager Thomas Frank
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Based on our clubs recent history would agree. Our cups won with Graham, Ramos and Ange while Jol, Redknapp and Poch won nothing. It was Redknapp and Poch though that made us attractive to players. Without them we would never had been able to court elite managers like Jose and Conte even if it didn’t work out.
None of that makes any sense to me.
We just won a trophy and got CL. That gave us the money and appeal to attract top players if Levy would pay the wages.
We were a different club when Harry and Poch took us to top 4. The target isn't top 4 anymore. In the same way Harry broke our top 4 ceiling, Ange broke our trophy ceiling. Now we need to win trophies regularly like Poch got top 4 regularly.
I saw our Super Tottenham!!!
Bring on the cuting league I'm excited!!!
Bring on the cuting league I'm excited!!!
There was nothing remotely nervy about his presser
He came across very well
Journo cunts
He came across very well
Journo cunts
Exactly.
Woolwich won 4 FA Cups in 7 years, but nobody took them seriously until they came 2nd in the league. That's the platform for their ability to make good signings now.
Winning the League or FA Cups, even regularly, won't make us anywhere near as attractive as Top 4.
How did we set up? 3 or a 4?
Back 4 and 2 midfielders in front of them. No wandering about for the full backs, they can get forward but it is with overlapping runs. It asks a lot of the full backs but Udogie and Porro are probably the right guys for that role.
So slide between a 3 and 4. No more gaping holes behind our fullbacks playing at 10?
I think the setup may have been a little different second half?
Despite not being very creative, the first half definitely has a solid structure with patterns about it. It may have been more of a personnel thing but I liked the look of it. Buildup from the back through the cm2 then into the attacking 3 was slick and consistent. Unfortunately our attacking lineup not so much.
If we had maddison at 10 first half and kudus in the right I think more people would have been satisfied.
Of course its only a friendly against league 1 but I think reading were further along in their pre season
Despite not being very creative, the first half definitely has a solid structure with patterns about it. It may have been more of a personnel thing but I liked the look of it. Buildup from the back through the cm2 then into the attacking 3 was slick and consistent. Unfortunately our attacking lineup not so much.
If we had maddison at 10 first half and kudus in the right I think more people would have been satisfied.
Of course its only a friendly against league 1 but I think reading were further along in their pre season
We were up there with Bournemouth for most sprints who also had a load of injuries...
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i'm going to miss the tactical genius of Ange ......like fuck 
hes going to be great for us, night and day compared to the last guy, this is a proper football manager that understands the game, we are in good hands.
Sometimes he looks a little like Smeagol? I can't unsee it now dammit
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I personally really find him very nervous in his pressers, like that's a feeling from him that the job is too big for him and he's trying to say the right thing all the time.. But understandable it's his first big gig. Hope a few good competitive wins can ease his nerves soon.
You better watch your bedtime and for God sake stop drinking
Seems the same as he did at Brentford imo, I think this is just Frank. He ends his sentences with uptalk/upspeak. So if he says "do you know what I mean?", "mean" will end higher pitched, not neutrally. It's pretty common for people who aren't strong public speakers or who are lack confidence.
Do I give a shit? Absolutely not. I care about his ability to manage a football team. Not how he feels speaking to a room full of parasitic journalist scum who will jump on any opportunity to twist his words in a second language.