Why? Playing the hopeless Bentacur and god awful, eye bleeding Paulinhia a better option? Here’s a clue - their notIt could pay dividends for future seasons but might result in us finishing bottom half this season. Are you prepared to accept that?
If you are send a petition to Spurs management so that Frank knows he's secure in his job if he takes this risk.
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Manager Thomas Frank
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“I think we were brave, composed on the ball, I think we were a threat. Then, dealing with two setbacks, every good team needs to deal with setbacks and come back from that, and come back twice, I think it's exceptionally good because it's not easy away from home, but that's just so much praise to the players, I think that was really promising.”
What a load of shite. We had 2 shots on target both of which from our CB and for most of the game we couldn't get out of own half. We scored from a Kudus cross and a corner, so SetpieceKudus FC strikes again.
"We were a threat"?!? Do me a fucking favour.
Yet another game where we set up and play like a league two side drawn away against a PL side.
The longer this shit show is allowed to continue the less faith I have that the Lewis's have any fucking idea what they are doing.
What a load of shite. We had 2 shots on target both of which from our CB and for most of the game we couldn't get out of own half. We scored from a Kudus cross and a corner, so SetpieceKudus FC strikes again.
"We were a threat"?!? Do me a fucking favour.
Yet another game where we set up and play like a league two side drawn away against a PL side.
The longer this shit show is allowed to continue the less faith I have that the Lewis's have any fucking idea what they are doing.
While the result is pretty positive, again it’s papering over cracks in the performance
The glaring hole we have in the middle of the pitch, our attacking strategy being long channel balls and set pieces, a 19 year old the only willing runner, backwards pass after backwards pass
It’s not spurs, it’s Brentford
The glaring hole we have in the middle of the pitch, our attacking strategy being long channel balls and set pieces, a 19 year old the only willing runner, backwards pass after backwards pass
It’s not spurs, it’s Brentford
It's not even Brentford. It's Sheffield United of two seasons ago.
All that mattered yesterday was not losing.
I don't think anybody is naive enough to say the cracks aren't apparent or even that Frank is either out of the woods or necessarily going to prove he is the right man.
This morning is a damn sight easier than had we lost.
For now that's all I care about.
ENIC won't sack him anytime soon unless it becomes really untenable, they spent big money bringing him and his coaching staff in and Vinai made a big hooha about him on that PR video saying that he was this chosen one, just gotta put up with it and see if it improves.
He needs to find a way to keep hold of the ball for defensive purposes actually, even if he couldn't care less about our attack.
The fact that the ball never stays outside our own third for long stretches unless and until we already go down and teams start sitting back puts our defense under enormous strain. Regardless of how good and numerous those defenders might be, they eventually give way for the same reason teams like Burnley do: Cumulative effect of gradual attrition.
We've conceded 26 goals in 17 games in all competitions since beating West Ham 3-0 in mid-September; and that's despite being incredibly fortunate in some games, Chelsea and Monaco as two off the top of my head.
How are we putting so much bodies behind the ball, taking extreme measures such as bypassing the midfield to supposedly solidify our defense and still concede at a rate very similar to last year's where:
As things currently stand, this constant pattern of playing out from the back before the ball bounces off a heavily marked lone striker to stay inside our own half creates this nothing football where we can neither defend nor attack.
The fact that the ball never stays outside our own third for long stretches unless and until we already go down and teams start sitting back puts our defense under enormous strain. Regardless of how good and numerous those defenders might be, they eventually give way for the same reason teams like Burnley do: Cumulative effect of gradual attrition.
We've conceded 26 goals in 17 games in all competitions since beating West Ham 3-0 in mid-September; and that's despite being incredibly fortunate in some games, Chelsea and Monaco as two off the top of my head.
How are we putting so much bodies behind the ball, taking extreme measures such as bypassing the midfield to supposedly solidify our defense and still concede at a rate very similar to last year's where:
- The defensive line was ravaged for a significant period
- The manager in charge was hardly the gold standard of defending when it comes to managers?
As things currently stand, this constant pattern of playing out from the back before the ball bounces off a heavily marked lone striker to stay inside our own half creates this nothing football where we can neither defend nor attack.
Gaslighting of the highest order. He really thinks fans are dumb and need lecturing on watching a football AND supporting a club.
Can't wait to see the end of this coward at our club.
I dont think we were compsosed or a threat really but the players did well to claw that back. Bit of character showed in a place where everyone expected us to be hammered.
Plus i thought we really restricted them
The result flattered us. We were MIA for the first half. As some have said, if not for Romero, we go away with zero. This game didn't change anything. Franks' level is starting to take shape. Mid- to lower-table, safe from relegation.
We used to say some games Ange won was because the opposition was weak. The same could be said for the barcodes last night - they were definitely not as competent as previous seasons. And they still posed some threats against us while we posed non at all for the whole game. 2 shots on targets and 2 goals... Deary me.
It's really more of how wank they were over how we actually restricted them, IMHO.
100% agree. Last nights draw was an unexpected bonus point which everyone here would have taken hand and all before the game. Plus the players showed a little character too. Needed. Its sat night we to put in a performance and a must win
It wasnt great no one is claiming it to be but newcastle were on a good run just beating city and 4 nil away to everton. We still ground out a good away point to a strong team wgere we usually roll over.
If things werent so shit wed be saying good away performance ground that out
That shows more about Tel than Frank to be honest. The kid has been as commited as you can be since he arrived here. From the talks with the fans last season, to the celebration and the desire this season. One of many factors that makes me wish that he succeeds here.
Oh and by the way if he is genuinely satisfied with this stuff and not just spouting BS the way managers always do without necessarily buying it themselves, he needs to go tomorrow; because it would mean that he would only try to "perfect" this nonsense instead of gradually transforming it into something much more positive.
But then his unprompted remarks regarding finishing 17th also tell me that he's not just sparing his players' feelings to keep them on his side: He's quite happy that we're finding ways to score goals, but laments over our misfortune where we regularly concede low xG goals from the area between the penalty spot and the arc like the one Guimaraes scored yesterday, or the one Tete scored a few days ago.
This is no longer a kneejerk reaction to call this experiment Brenford 2.0, with the full sanctioning of the board.
But then his unprompted remarks regarding finishing 17th also tell me that he's not just sparing his players' feelings to keep them on his side: He's quite happy that we're finding ways to score goals, but laments over our misfortune where we regularly concede low xG goals from the area between the penalty spot and the arc like the one Guimaraes scored yesterday, or the one Tete scored a few days ago.
This is no longer a kneejerk reaction to call this experiment Brenford 2.0, with the full sanctioning of the board.
This is the problem going forward, even if results improve the style of football will not. It will always be the Frankball he had at Brentford
Seems like a good lad
