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Manager Thomas Frank

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So instead of being grilled on yet another loss or another mediocre performance it's all about the fucking paper cup.

He's right it is sad that this is the level of questioning these days.

Good work well done. Especially those of you obsessed by it
 
Frank out for sure but this comment from the BBC comments captures it perfectly for me:

Spurs have one of the worst squads in
the Premier League now. l'm sorry
Spurs fans, but it's undeniable.
Recruitment has been shocking over
the past 2-3 years. £200m spent in
the summer on players who wouldn't
get near the majority of first elevens
in the league. Brand of football is
dull, predictable, directionless, but
that's doubtless because there's no
creativity, nor leaders in the team.

Delete the fucking club
 
Hoddle2Waddle said:
Blame the players as you like. But remember, these are PROFESSIONAL football players. They spent their childhood, youth, and now adulthood player, eating, drinking, football. They don't get to this level playing at one of the top leagues for being sh!t. Even as much as I despise Richarlison, he is, compared to the average joe, is elite at few things.
These players are taught from a young age how to pass, and run, how to receive the ball, how to form triangles and squares, how to see spaces, and use spaces. These are the basics in today's football and all current pro football players are taught that.
That's why you see even mediocre teams play well if they get a competent manager (the sunderlands, BHAs, Brenfords, CPS, etc.). Today's players are robots they execute what the manager trains them and tells them to do. On game day, when the plan that the manager draws is not working, they do not know what do to. they look poor.
The reason the players look poor at Tottenham is because the manager's plan or tactics are not working, they do not know how to handle the movement of the opposition. Their manager told them this and that, but on the pitch they see something else. Look how Bournmouth players looks so drilled, know what the plan, see that what their manager is saying mostly happens. Our manager on the other hand has nothing going. Our players look lost, what he tells them does not happen.

A life-long mediocre manager, who spent his who career at a low level, is not going to know how to coach at the elite level, he does not know it, he's never been their. He who doesn't have it, cannot give it.

I want him sacked, but as long as we have these LOSER owners, nothing is going to happen. It starts there.
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Didn't we hear all this end of last season with Ange?

That a competent tactical manager would make the difference?

Our recruitment is among the worst in world football, we get fleeced in the buying and always lose money in the selling if we can even give them away.

Half the players give literally zero fucks.

And the geezer who all season long has been working his bollox off and not surrending Paulinha half of our clueless fan base want sold.

To be clear I'm now Frank out because I simply can't bear us chucking long throws into the box from a player who can't even do them. Its woefull and frankly embarrassing.

But lets be crystal clear, no manager is turning this around. This squad needs utterly gutting ruthlessly. And then several windows to build it back up.
 
Hoddle2Waddle said:
Blame the players as you like. But remember, these are PROFESSIONAL football players. They spent their childhood, youth, and now adulthood player, eating, drinking, football. They don't get to this level playing at one of the top leagues for being sh!t. Even as much as I despise Richarlison, he is, compared to the average joe, is elite at few things.
These players are taught from a young age how to pass, and run, how to receive the ball, how to form triangles and squares, how to see spaces, and use spaces. These are the basics in today's football and all current pro football players are taught that.
That's why you see even mediocre teams play well if they get a competent manager (the sunderlands, BHAs, Brenfords, CPS, etc.). Today's players are robots they execute what the manager trains them and tells them to do. On game day, when the plan that the manager draws is not working, they do not know what do to. they look poor.
The reason the players look poor at Tottenham is because the manager's plan or tactics are not working, they do not know how to handle the movement of the opposition. Their manager told them this and that, but on the pitch they see something else. Look how Bournmouth players looks so drilled, know what the plan, see that what their manager is saying mostly happens. Our manager on the other hand has nothing going. Our players look lost, what he tells them does not happen.

A life-long mediocre manager, who spent his who career at a low level, is not going to know how to coach at the elite level, he does not know it, he's never been their. He who doesn't have it, cannot give it.

I want him sacked, but as long as we have these LOSER owners, nothing is going to happen. It starts there.
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Good post but I think lots of clubs make mistakes, more magnified the bigger the club.

We spend a lot of money but obviously aren't getting it quite right in terms of recruitment but ultimately your point on the managerbis right in my opinion.

But equally look at Fulham. Really good on the ball and Silva is no different in some respects to Frank, in tbat he has never been elite.

Frank has not had long but it's the la k of anything looking better which is thr main concern, and you can't leave that unaltered.
 
Skeletor said:
Frank out for sure but this comment from the BBC comments captures it perfectly for me:

Spurs have one of the worst squads in
the Premier League now. l'm sorry
Spurs fans, but it's undeniable.
Recruitment has been shocking over
the past 2-3 years. £200m spent in
the summer on players who wouldn't
get near the majority of first elevens
in the league. Brand of football is
dull, predictable, directionless, but
that's doubtless because there's no
creativity, nor leaders in the team.

Delete the fucking club
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You really couldn’t tell who had the better players today.
 
Hoddle2Waddle said:
Blame the players as you like. But remember, these are PROFESSIONAL football players. They spent their childhood, youth, and now adulthood player, eating, drinking, football. They don't get to this level playing at one of the top leagues for being sh!t. Even as much as I despise Richarlison, he is, compared to the average joe, is elite at few things.
These players are taught from a young age how to pass, and run, how to receive the ball, how to form triangles and squares, how to see spaces, and use spaces. These are the basics in today's football and all current pro football players are taught that.
That's why you see even mediocre teams play well if they get a competent manager (the sunderlands, BHAs, Brenfords, CPS, etc.). Today's players are robots they execute what the manager trains them and tells them to do. On game day, when the plan that the manager draws is not working, they do not know what do to. they look poor.
The reason the players look poor at Tottenham is because the manager's plan or tactics are not working, they do not know how to handle the movement of the opposition. Their manager told them this and that, but on the pitch they see something else. Look how Bournmouth players looks so drilled, know what the plan, see that what their manager is saying mostly happens. Our manager on the other hand has nothing going. Our players look lost, what he tells them does not happen.

A life-long mediocre manager, who spent his who career at a low level, is not going to know how to coach at the elite level, he does not know it, he's never been their. He who doesn't have it, cannot give it.

I want him sacked, but as long as we have these LOSER owners, nothing is going to happen. It starts there.
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First paragraph:

Then they join Spurs , get comfy in their 5 star Spa holiday camp & get lazy
 
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Skeletor said:
Frank out for sure but this comment from the BBC comments captures it perfectly for me:

Spurs have one of the worst squads in
the Premier League now. l'm sorry
Spurs fans, but it's undeniable.
Recruitment has been shocking over
the past 2-3 years. £200m spent in
the summer on players who wouldn't
get near the majority of first elevens
in the league. Brand of football is
dull, predictable, directionless, but
that's doubtless because there's no
creativity, nor leaders in the team.

Delete the fucking club
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Every sentence of that is damning and hard to deny.
 
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