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Manager Thomas Frank
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C'mon, we have Solanke, Muani and Dragusin to return soon. Let's hope we can have some luck some moment.
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I’m loving Slim Frank instead 
That is great management there
- Not lost away from home
- 1 defeat in 11 games
- 2nd fewest goals conceded
- Tied 2nd goals scored!!!!!!
- Banished habit of losing int'l break games
- Only team to beat Leeds at home in over a YEAR (since September 2024).
Magical Bournemouth couldn't do it.
Everton couldn't do.
Newcastle couldn't do it.
Put some damned respect on his name, you ungrateful bums.
For me the truth has always been somewhere in between. The turn around looks harder than it is because we were so incredibly shit last season (and half of the season before) - but we were so incredibly shit because we were being managed by an amateur completely out of his depth.
Ange was a massive anchor for 18 months dragging down what was, in truth, a squad that any qualified manager would have comfortably got to 6th-8th.
I think Frank is much better than just a "qualified manager", and I really like the progress we're seeing. I believe we're building something very good here.
That said, at this point during his first season people thought we were onto a gem with Ange.
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Because stats are limited and have encouraged a influx of dorks into the game, who know nothing about football, to pretend they that they do.
Thank you for being clear-minded, reasonable and not totally nuts.
Refreshing to read on here.
Fancy that.
The push for xG and other deep stats have to be driven by the gambling industry? Right? At least in part.
People want stuff that they can bet on that isn't just who wins.
Not sure, it has been used in by scouts for a while but the "eye test" is still more important. I don't think it is totally useless but it can be very misleading. Take Leeds goal, what is that? A 0.9 Xg? In addition we were dominating in the second half and then scored (I mean statistically as well as generally). After that we shut up shop and they were on the attack. Xg doesn't take that into account.
Statistical waffle.
Didn't need these stats 30 years ago.
Coz we used our eyes to tell is what was going on.
It's brain rotting drivel.
What a load of BSBetter at the back than Ange? Do I really need to justify that with a response? Forest went from hard to beat under Nuno, to conceding the most goals in the league over night. Again, anyone could coach a defence better than Ange did. Not a big secret.
When did I say we don't commit men into the final third, at any point? My issue is that when we have the ball centrally, we pass it around a bit, then either backwards or out to the wing. That's it. That's what I'm disillusioned at. If you have plenty of examples that show the contrary, by all means, show me them.
I'm considering the statistics with the variables. Hence why I've mentioned that we've had a very favourable schedule, we've scored 4 goals over our expected amount, which is huge for this stage of a season. We're currently the third most clinical team in the league, and without a serviceable forward, that's not sustainable as long as we play the way we do.
I've given comparisons to Brentford, who are in a very similar position, in that 3 of their best players are no longer there, except they're being coached by a rookie manager, and are finding their feet. Pretty much every one of our players are better than theirs right now, but they can attack the ball, they can create chances.
All I want to see are shoots of improvement. I don't think we're winning the league or every match. But not being dreadful for the most part of 90 mins is getting hard to take. Again, going back to context, we've had a nice schedule. Couldn't really ask for better so far. After Leeds, the calibre of opponent picks up massively. Playing like we are now, there's going to be embarrassing results in there, because we're not coming from a goal or two behind every single game.
You're the one blaming everything on the last manager. Yet I'm the unhinged one. Right oh bud. I'll chat with you in December
Comparing us to Inter and Barcelona in interviews tells us where he wants to go.
We really do have enough resources to assemble a squad capable of competing at the top levels but have misspent terribly. I'm sure Frank looks at our situation and thinks to himself "I can build a winner out of that".
Correct.