I think that Frank gets the maximum benefit out of the squad he has available at the moment. When we have the injured players back, the chances of a top 4 finish look brighter.
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Manager Thomas Frank
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I'm loving slim Frank instead..
First 10 games (not counting supercup), one loss only. Count supercup and 2 in first 11.
Exactly what we needed. What a turnaround. Even whilst dealing with his injuries.
Unfortunately for Nottingham, no new manager bounce under ange. He's straight to his old ways and has not had one win in his first 6, and lost four times.
Mirror images.
Exactly what we needed. What a turnaround. Even whilst dealing with his injuries.
Unfortunately for Nottingham, no new manager bounce under ange. He's straight to his old ways and has not had one win in his first 6, and lost four times.
Mirror images.
Spot on, except that Ange is winless, yet to win a match. 0-2-4 is his record thus far
Have to say. The work he has done has so far gone really under the radar. Quietly picking up points, showing a real resilience in our work and looking a lot more sturdy on and off the ball. You can see marked improvements in coaching in a few of the guy already. kudus already looks better than back in August, Udogie looks a lot more rounded and dangerous.
If he can do this without any of our more creative and better players still out, I’m excited to see how he does if they come back into the fold and start getting minutes!
If he can do this without any of our more creative and better players still out, I’m excited to see how he does if they come back into the fold and start getting minutes!
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I count that as a draw. 2-2 in normal time.
Like I counted Tamworth as a draw.
If we'd beaten PSG on pens I'd have had it as a draw.
Anyway, semantics. We're hard to beat. Which was the key thing for Frank to address, seeing as we lost 22 last season. And from Mid Feb onwards we only managed 2 wins, both v terrible relegated teams.
It's chalk and cheese
The away fans had to put up with so much shit last season, I'm pleased for them
5-2-12 PL urgh
So did us home fans. I can’t wait for our home record to improve. Mind you, it’s been pretty shit since we moved to the new stadium.
Yes we did!
but being battered away miles from home has got to be the pits
Yeah it’s bad enough for my two hour journey home. But half the day to get back must be a lot worse.
Get him a new GK and Semenyo and we can win the league
Except for in Europe for some reason.
Our home record in the league is like no wins in 16 or something like that. But we are closing in on 25 home games unbeaten in Europe.
The duality of Tottenham.
My impression of Thomas Frank grows with every game and every press conference. I'm really hopeful we can be challengers with him.
He's progressively working with this team. I for one, am really happy we are looking tough to beat. I've watched Spurs for 30+ years and it's not often we have had an armour like we have done so far.
Get him the right level of quality players, support him off the pitch with whatever he needs on the training ground and let's see what we can get.
He's progressively working with this team. I for one, am really happy we are looking tough to beat. I've watched Spurs for 30+ years and it's not often we have had an armour like we have done so far.
Get him the right level of quality players, support him off the pitch with whatever he needs on the training ground and let's see what we can get.
As long it’s not an AFCON year. Very rare that Ghana haven’t qualified this time
It was hell for me, living in Bury and travelling to Spurs last season and quite a few away games.
Really happy so far with our overall improvement compared to last season. Think Frank's done a really solid job overall.
I do think some of the twitter tacticos are on to something regarding our capacity to build up and the passing limitations of our midfielders. The Leeds win was a fantastic display of grit and determination with a few moments of class but overall felt like a bit of a coin-toss to me. Moving forward I'd like us to exert a bit more control and not be so reliant on winning second balls to create chances.
But at the same time, it's early days and we can't fix the entire squad in one summer, nor we can expect Frank to be playing scintillating football and getting results right away. I'm happy for us to be tough to beat and a bit stodgy for a season provided the results are solid. And even yesterday's lineup was a bit more adventurous - even if Odobert isn't the finished article I think him, Xavi and Kudus are probably our most balanced combination behind the striker right now.
I do think that if we keep playing the way we are at the moment then we're due a few defeats against weaker teams, which isn't actually that big of an issue. It's par for the course given our current level and we shouldn't overreact to that, much as we shouldn't get too excited by the Leeds win. When we really need to judge Frank is in 6-12 months time when he's had proper time with the players and another couple of windows to shape the squad. As long as we're still in the hunt for Europe and there are general signs of improvement until then I'm happy to roll with the punches and won't complain.
I do think some of the twitter tacticos are on to something regarding our capacity to build up and the passing limitations of our midfielders. The Leeds win was a fantastic display of grit and determination with a few moments of class but overall felt like a bit of a coin-toss to me. Moving forward I'd like us to exert a bit more control and not be so reliant on winning second balls to create chances.
But at the same time, it's early days and we can't fix the entire squad in one summer, nor we can expect Frank to be playing scintillating football and getting results right away. I'm happy for us to be tough to beat and a bit stodgy for a season provided the results are solid. And even yesterday's lineup was a bit more adventurous - even if Odobert isn't the finished article I think him, Xavi and Kudus are probably our most balanced combination behind the striker right now.
I do think that if we keep playing the way we are at the moment then we're due a few defeats against weaker teams, which isn't actually that big of an issue. It's par for the course given our current level and we shouldn't overreact to that, much as we shouldn't get too excited by the Leeds win. When we really need to judge Frank is in 6-12 months time when he's had proper time with the players and another couple of windows to shape the squad. As long as we're still in the hunt for Europe and there are general signs of improvement until then I'm happy to roll with the punches and won't complain.
I think we’d also need to add an established striker to do that.
Absolutely LOVE that. Note that it put smiles on the faces of a few of the players too, they were all pleased for him.
Just how much more do you want to perform for a manager that does that for you?