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Manager Thomas Frank
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This what I've been complaining about. There's genuinely no rhythm to our play. No little quick one twos or little patterns, that most PL players can do, and players here have done. So one dimensional. It's really crap.
It's getting worse by the game too. 5 months now and it looks like they've never played together. For all the crying about Deki and Madders, we replaced them with £110m on two players, that loads here wanked themselves dry over, but now we're missing them massively. This form can't decide if the hate or love Deki either, but since he's down, he's the most important player ever. It's just nonsense. It's really crap, it's not going to get better. Just have to buckle through it.
The only thing that's embarrassing is this fucking fanbase.
I cannot believe how much it's regressed.
Truly awful.
We should've lost that 4-0 too of it wasn't for a wonder game from Vic. This myth that we're hard to beat is hilarious.
We gave the last manager time and it was a disaster. The same is happening now. Two shite appointments and you can't just stick by someone, because. This is modern football, it's not the 90's. Managers come and go.
Average players + average manager = meh results.
But hey, ENIC are making loads of cash and Agent Vinnie is pleasing his Goons masters, so all is well.
It was absolutely an anomaly but one that was rapidly becoming the norm.
It'll take a while to steady that ship. 8 league games isn't a while.
In much the same way as those first 10 games of Ange were not indicative of what was to come after.
One second they complain the squad is garbage, to much mediocrity and players that need to be sold, the attack has zero bite to it... Then next minute, they berate a manager who can't perform miracles with a shit show of squad.
It as much hilarious as it is embarrassing.
If you have a manager the is eking out results with a shit show, he is probably doing a good job.
Yeah, we got a draw from Monaco and the performance was not the greatest by any stretch of the imagination, but Monaco is no pony, we had a rough opponent, but we still got a point out of it and remain unbeaten.
Listen, of there was some decent football, like a light at the end of the tunnel id be happy. But this is completely unacceptable. Man for man, minus Akliouche, we had better player than Monaco, but they utterly dominated us. That was their managers first game, but he has them ticking.
Our players that were there before have all been in sides that could play quick, snappy football. This style, for want of a better word, is laborious, stodgy, predictable and so easy to play against. We're getting carved up nearly every game, so the "hard to beat" nonsense isn't really a factor.
This is getting worse by the game. That was the one win in the next month or so I seen us getting, but another load of crap was served up. Of we don't get a win in our next 5 games or so, which I really can't see, is it time for alarm bells? We're actually no better off against teams we faced last season, which is shocking.
They haven't lost a game in their stadium since February 12th.
We drew against them just like City did, and city have a final third that makes ours look like sludge.
It's completely diabolical.
I actually cannot stand a large chunk of this fanbase.
Fucking idiots.
Absolute zero nuanced understanding or context of the position that Spurs is in.
You are expecting miracles... Me, I don't care about this season, the squad is f**ked, been whole sale changes from top to bottom, outside of the squad, we have very little going forward, and trying to compete in the PL and CL, with half a squad and zero depth, and very little to rotate with.
You are completely devoid of any kind of sense of reality of what position we are in and where we are as a club.
We almost got relegated last season, Levy got sacked because of the years of Spurs being a shit show, wake the F up.
Oh Jesus Christ. Thought you'd hidden me? What happened?
I'm not expecting miracles, as I've said a million times and said in the post you replied to. I'm not even asking for much, but holy fuck, this is absolutely terrible.
Anyone defending this crap needs wakening the fuck up. This is atrocious. If it stays this way, there's not a mission he makes it to January.
Your not wrong at all.
Coming here and reading half the stuff, just makes my braincells commit suicide.
I get it, if by Christmas next year, we are still playing like a donkey on crack, then yeah, questions need to be raised, depending on circumstances.
But lets see what happens in the windows and where we are as club, it's going to take time, and as you say ENIC need to step up, and put not just their money, but their wisdom, and not spunk money up the tree, on a lot mediocre crap.
The money we are spending is not the real issue, it's the fact that we just target shit, and pay over the odds for it. That's the bigger issue for me, and hopefully the CEO and everyone else, can spend that money and more a little bit more wisely, and where we need it.
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For all the deficiencies we've noted, our points record in PL and CL is still very good- especially compared to last season. I will give Frank the benefit of the doubt that he's still feeling out the players, though I do agree he has looked too conservative so far.
Now that Kolo seems to be fit, if I see Richarlison starting again, I will start putting question marks on him.
He relegated Sarr to the bench when he was flying, yet kept Richarlison in the starting lineup. Ok, other options injured and Tel is even worse.
Now Kolo is fit. I don't want to see Richarlison before the 70-minute mark until he is sold. EVER.
He needs to start showing that he can be creative and find a medfield/attack formations that compensate for the lack of talent or injuries.
He relegated Sarr to the bench when he was flying, yet kept Richarlison in the starting lineup. Ok, other options injured and Tel is even worse.
Now Kolo is fit. I don't want to see Richarlison before the 70-minute mark until he is sold. EVER.
He needs to start showing that he can be creative and find a medfield/attack formations that compensate for the lack of talent or injuries.
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No no it is not, what it is, is the after math of 20+ years of Levy.
You are jsut going to have to suck it up and be greatful we are not losing the majority of the games like we was last season.
Feck, I would love us to play like peak Barcelona, but that is never going to happen, we don't have the players or the squad depth. We have just three new additions to the team so far, that barely was able to make two passes without giving the ball away...
It's going to be horrible, and till we can start making changes, and what frank has has shored us up, so we are not leaking 2-3 goals every fecking game.
But every now and then, we see a little of what we can be in the future, you just have to be patient and understand where we are as club and chill, other wise your going to be dribbling in the corner in a mental hospital.
He should have added
4. We need to win.
5. We need to play attractive football.
So, in summary, Frank has a bloody impossible job on his hands. I see tiny fragments of potential progress. That’s probably all we can realistically hope for right now. He needs time, money and resources we may not even have. But I’ll keep the faith and back the man for now. God knows what the alternative is.…………….this is indeed the scenario we gave Ange two seasons some were gonna give him 3 !!!!!!!Thomas Frank has far more ideas than him