Is this the finished product?
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Manager Thomas Frank
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Exactly!
He’s turned it around significantly on where we were when he came in.
Can I just say, I'm actually impressed with the players.
They haven't had any proper instructions on how to play, for two years, and now have a very technical, tactical manager and they have responded straight away and properly engaged with it.
Putting everything into context, we're definitely heading in the right direction.
Once they are fully used to Frank's method, we'll be set.
They haven't had any proper instructions on how to play, for two years, and now have a very technical, tactical manager and they have responded straight away and properly engaged with it.
Putting everything into context, we're definitely heading in the right direction.
Once they are fully used to Frank's method, we'll be set.
Probably not, and it's true that it's too early to say. But I think I start to recognize some patterns and in many ways it is starting to look more and more like Brentford. I suppose that is his way of playing and to his credit, it has given him success.
But I think for those who hoped that he would really transform his style, and being able to do so successfully, the future may be somewhat disappointing. It's kind of logical that he will stick to a system he's developed and refined for many years.
Still, this is still much better than what we saw under Ange. Maybe getting a season where we stabilize ourselves is just what we need right now. Beautiful, free flowing football may be asking for too much.
i doubt hes telling the likes of kudus to dribble the ball into the space a midfielder is standing free in... in fact, id like to think that hes going to try and drill that out of him.
Its
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5th
game
Poch? Took a season and 4 more PL games to turn things around.
Tht first sesaon? Chavs 5-3, Goons 2-1
Not one other preformance/result to write home about. None. Nada.
And he took over a squad that Tictacs Timmy got to Europe.
Frank has taken over the most disfunctional Spurs team I've EVER seen, going back to 1969-70 or so.
Honestly, some fans
if his predictable football is getting 4 clean sheets from 5 games while hes still sussing the players out, im all for it.
But then you can also say Bournemouth should have had Semenyo sent off, which is true.
Xavi should have been off last night tbh.
IMO we are missing Madders and Kulu, and Xavi is not yet settled in/connected with other players, and is playing LW, rather than no.10. Odobert needs to be tested on LW more IMO
We also miss a top no9, though when Dom comes back and Kolo Muani is settled in and fit, we will have much better options there, even if perhaps not having an elite no.9. By way of example, I'd have expected Kane to finish that lunging chance Richie had in the second half at the back stick.
We do need more movement and moves through the middle of the park.
Bergvall can't quite throw the thing far enough for it to be real weapon. Big Kev can.
Bigger problem is progressing the ball through midfield. We aren’t creating much from open play
Absolutely
Looks like Frank made the decision to get the defensive systems locked in and spend time around the edges being able to score from set pieces.
Our results vindicate that decision and it’s impossible to coach everything in 2 months or however long he’s actually had all the players.
I hate that it’s always a new project that requires patience but we’re getting results so I don’t really see the need for patience yet.
Brighton will be fascinating. A win there and a few more flashes of the way we want to play would be great!
Well that takes some time, defensive solidity is easier to fix. He’ll need some better players to sort that out, I still think the squad is short in quality and needs the younger players to kick on which can’t happen quickly.
That's before my time but I've seen plenty of dysfunctional Spurs teams in the 90s and early 00s. And Poch had to get rid of a lot of players, like you said it took him a season. What do you think makes this team particularly dysfunctional?
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the team he took over couldnt keep clean sheets even home v ITFC and LCFC. Not only that but lost both!
Finishing 17th in my book counts as the worst Ive ever seen. I honestly don't recall the relegated 76-77 lot being so bad.
Points per game wise last season was worse than 76/7.
Brighton will be tough, they will be well rested. I suspect we will have to grind out another result
Because our two most creative players in the squad are occupying LW and RW.
Yeah I kjnow and Ive given that an agree, but it's not how I recall that season. We conceded fewer goals per game and quite a few clean sheets, inc wins and CS v LFC and Ips who finished 1st and 2nd i think.
I defo think another season of Ange and we'd have been relegated. Clearly he'd have been fired by then, not even Levy could sit on his hands for that long. Last 10 matches, 4 pts and no clean sheets.