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How can you play through balls when you are clearly coached to spam crosses in all the time? Ball is never in central areas enoughNear half a season update on through balls for those interested, which has been a matter of discussion and bewilderment here. Let's start with the definition because simply posting numbers would be pointless if not disingenuous without knowing what they're referring to:
Not super clear admittedly, but still enough to allow us to create a mental image of some sort I reckon.
As a side note, assuming that Keith Andrews has largely kept intact what he inherited from Frank, it's interesting to see how low Brenford are also ranked there.
It would be a reach to call this a pattern with Frank and his teams based on this data alone, but there could be something there to take a deeper look at.
His Boro team were good to watch... and remember, there is a chance he will be better with better players... much like Kompany. Got Burnley relegated and walked into the Bayern job... anything has to be better than Frank's turgid shit.
7 goals for Soldado - although 4 were penalties
therefore richi is prolific 
the "world beaters" were unearthed by a proper manager. Demebele had been sporadic for a couple of years, not the Beast he became. Walker and Rose were members of "brainfarts anonymous" and we had one decent striker (who makes Biss look dedicated).......i think they're there - lwb, moore, vuksovic coming through as Kane did. But you need a manager with the minerals to play them (and get results at the same time)I understand the lack of optimism. Spurs have taught us to expect this worst. But Levy is gone and this feels different.
Chadli was bait. He wasn't a superstar signing. Townsend was shyte......yet they were turned into useful players with a proper manager. Same proper manager could do it now with Odobert, Moore etc
7 goals for Soldado - although 4 were penalties
which was beautiful but it didn't work out in the PL) so why not give a guy like McKenna a chance.I dont mind him, think he has potential but suspect he'd be eaten alive. Half our fans are obsessed by big names, 'proven winners' and which club we got the manager from so they'd be sniffy from the off. The players are a bunch of non performing ego's so every chance they wouldnt buy in either. I just dont think he'd get the time and respect to turn this around.I like McKenna a lot. Good football, seems to be tactically flexible, has a good personality that can handle the media. It would be a huge gamble employing him but we've tried every type of manager possible without success ( apart from
Quality is relative. It has to be built on, improved, coached - in the hands of Frank it turns to rubbish. In the hands of Poch it turned to diamonds. I don't think the squad is that bad. Has a lot of potential. Everyone has 2020 hindsight as if it was known Dembele would be a beast (he had been average) , that Kane would be a great after 3 games for Tactics Tim, or that young Rose and Walker would get better than their consistent errors - it wasn't known. Same as it isn't now. We need the right manager to unlock that potential. (personal preference - get the same guy in who did it last time)
Chadli and Townsend were both really important to the team...really good players..don't knock them...
