We have dropped more points at home from winning positions than any other team since the start of last season. There's literally no other top flight team worse than us for it.
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Manager Thomas Frank
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I think he's clearly decided on his best midfield and he's got that decision wrong. The question is can he recognise his mistake and get Sarr or Bergval into that midfield and make it work. Archie Gray has done well in all his cameo appearances this year but is never getting a chance either.
The early signs for me is that Frank is totally out of his depth and doesn't know how to utilize our squad and get the right balance on the pitch. I really hope he proves me wrong now. The irony is the next 3 away games would actually suit the Bentancur/Palhinha double pivot but he forced himself into needing to change it now. He's in over his head atm. Its feeling like Nuno
The early signs for me is that Frank is totally out of his depth and doesn't know how to utilize our squad and get the right balance on the pitch. I really hope he proves me wrong now. The irony is the next 3 away games would actually suit the Bentancur/Palhinha double pivot but he forced himself into needing to change it now. He's in over his head atm. Its feeling like Nuno
Berating Frank over Ange's failings is bogus.
Our performances dipped when we started to rest Sarr. Up to then we had looked rock solid in central midfield with the trio of Palhinha-Bentancur-Sarr.
I know, it doesn't look sexy at all, but that's just the feeling i got, our performances slumped when we broke up that trio.
Bergvall and Xavi are just boys. And wouldn't be fair on any of them too expect they would fill Madders shoes.
Yeah, last fecking season... That was just one giant cluster-fuck... So bad, not only did the Manager get sacked, but the CEO too.
Seriously, has some kind of gas been released over the country, leading to severe cases of brain rot...
WTF is wrong with people.
I'm searching my house for camera's, this is just a stitch up TV show isn't it...
Come out, come out, where ever you are...
Well, let's get Ange back then!! So the pressers get's enjoyable again.
Mid table is where we’ll finish without Solanke and Deki returning and some investment in attack.
Our current frontline is mid table at best, and that’s being extremely generous!
Anyone calling for Frank’s head given our current squad needs to give their head a wobble!
Yeah good point. It feels like we've been outfought in midfield since we removed Sarr. His legs are badly missed.
The problem is that its such an uninspiring midfield in terms of trying to dominate teams and win games. But if Frank just wants to set us up to be hard to beat then he should just be starting Sarr. I think he's trying his best to become a more attacking coach by using Simons in the 10 but the balance has just been all wrong so far. The gaps in midfield are glaring
Well you have pinpointed the problems yourself!
It's NOT Frank!
Agree that both are huge misses. Especially with Xavi Simons not hitting the ground running. We've actually dropped points so far by signing him because I reckon we'd have had a better balanced midfield if it was Bergval or Sarr playing there every game. And his few performances at lw ruined our team balance too.
Hopefully we see Solanke by November and Kulusevski by January. Both will make a huge difference. And lets hope Simons gets up to speed because atm he's not a worthy starter
Both mediocre at best.
Kulu is massively overrated. Constantly makes the wrong choice, he's just not good enough.
View: https://x.com/lfc_eryan/status/1979977088749752446?s=46&t=fbqxNuG9CT4qTaiJx8mBjg
This is starting to look like a thing analytics has “discovered “ as a good idea.
Probably playing the ball through midfield leads to high xG chances against you when you lose the ball.
Unfortunately, changing the way you play to only do the horse shoe shape and sideways passes, makes it fucking horrible for fans to watch and anyone with an eye for tactics just sees the build up as limited and predictable
But the owners are still the same!
Wich makes me wonder if all these "changes" are just a show.
laughable post.
But not this season?
Villa's winner yesterday was the second time this season we conceeded a second half goal.
Us and Woolwich were the only ones who had conceeded only one second half goal.
He was obviously talking about the texture of the game, how tight it was, two fairly evenly matched teams, both pressing high resulting in a lot of turnovers. The defenses largely negating the forwards because both of the defenses were better than the opposing forward lines.
He obviously wasn't talking about the result.
Can we not start agendas about every manager that comes through the door?
Not sure you understand that phrase.