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Manager Thomas Frank
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Kudus was dire. Not the impact sub you wanted
Right, he’s got lucky with draws from playing stodgy constipated midfield 3’s.
Time to stop picking them and give Xavi a run in the 10.
Pick Gray over Bentancur as well please
Time to stop picking them and give Xavi a run in the 10.
Pick Gray over Bentancur as well please
Cue the overreaction brigade because we didn't win that match.
got that one wrong again, fair enough his hands are tied a little with such shit options in the front 3, but then have another system? you cant have two wingers being odobert and johnson, its powder puff shit.
need to start trusting gray, kids an actual footballer and we lack that badly!!!
need to start trusting gray, kids an actual footballer and we lack that badly!!!
Frank needs a word with him. He gotta stop being so consumed in his own play when a simple pass to his team mate settles it. Total opposite of Odobert.
It has nothing to do with the result for me.
It has to do with the complete and utter lack of in possession principles. We have no buildup, we’re constantly giving the ball away or hoofing it long to the likes of Richy/Johnson, we have no real foothold for long periods of time.
Win or lose we were soundly outplayed.
Mr Hindsight is always right. He was the player to put on. No one else that could have made an impact on that side. We are just hamstrung the fact we have to field Johnson and Richarlison in a game that needed technical players.
Not Kudus' best showing, but who else could Frank reasonably use?
It's really not. Frank has had very good results mainly in his short spell so far but I for one hate watching this type of football and so do most spurs fan imo.
It's early days with Frank and he has said that he is implementing his style bit by bit with defence coming first but he has to to start with an attacking strategy soon or the crowd will turn on him quickly
He's not coming back. Deal with it.
Truth is, Gray isn't going to be much better.
Baldcunt has left us with an proper mid squad.
80M for Gray and Tel???
fuckign hell
Really hasn't. It's been fine, not good. Only getting 1 point out of 6 to Bournemouth and Brighton, 3 points out of 6 against two teams almost certain to go down. We beat City well, but this is the worst City team under Pep. We've been fortunate in most games.
We've played like this in most. It's been really bad. The only tactic we have going forward is playing it out wide and crossing, and thankfully our clinical forward, own goal has been there to mop up chances.
This is bad.
Nor do I want him back. I was Ange out too. Sorry to disappoint you.
Good to see the joke went over your head though.
Can’t believe this guy won’t play our best eleven every 3 days. Get rid.
We're still recovering from one of our most dire seasons in decades outside of Europe, Frank's been with us for not even 15 matches yet, it's gonna take time to fix the damage Ange did to us.
100x better than BJ though. For one, the Bodo defenders actually realised there was an opponent running at them.
Gray came on and made runs into areas, got the assist as well.
He's going to do more than Bentancur.
Frank had a mare with his squad rotation and midfield selection. Gray bailed him out a bit with that assist.
He’s been a bit fucked over with the attack hasn’t he?
Maddison and kulusevski injured and now Solanke out. Muani god knows what’s wrong with him. Tel, Johnson not good enough. Odobert looks lively but shouldn’t be first choice.
It’s where I would have tried to keep Son. He would still have scored us some goals.
Maddison and kulusevski injured and now Solanke out. Muani god knows what’s wrong with him. Tel, Johnson not good enough. Odobert looks lively but shouldn’t be first choice.
It’s where I would have tried to keep Son. He would still have scored us some goals.
Sorry Frank. You just can't line up like that in a CL game.
We are constantly sold the dream of finishing top 4 just to qualify for CL and then you start that front 3?
Especially when the game was sandwiched by Wolves and Leeds - hardly high level opposition.
Got it massively wrong.
We are constantly sold the dream of finishing top 4 just to qualify for CL and then you start that front 3?
Especially when the game was sandwiched by Wolves and Leeds - hardly high level opposition.
Got it massively wrong.
Dominating the possession but lacking creativity due to sitting Kudus and Simons, itself a questionable decision, would be one thing. Even then, as evidenced by how little it took to actually score those two goals, you don't need very complicated and high quality stuff to overcome this Championship caliber Bodo team.
But this? 11 men behind the ball, in fact inside their own half, and still handing out chance after chance? Not being able to string three passes for prolonged periods? Dreadful stuff.
We haven't even entered into the stretch where the fixtures get significantly more difficult. It could get very ugly after the international break. Look at this:
Villa
Monaco away
Everton away
Newcastle away (League Cup)
Chelsea
Copenhagen (certainly not worse than Bodo)
Man Utd (enjoying a new manager bounce by then)
Woolwich away
PSG away
But this? 11 men behind the ball, in fact inside their own half, and still handing out chance after chance? Not being able to string three passes for prolonged periods? Dreadful stuff.
We haven't even entered into the stretch where the fixtures get significantly more difficult. It could get very ugly after the international break. Look at this:
Villa
Monaco away
Everton away
Newcastle away (League Cup)
Chelsea
Copenhagen (certainly not worse than Bodo)
Man Utd (enjoying a new manager bounce by then)
Woolwich away
PSG away