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Manager Thomas Frank
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The board split are they. Sack the board members then who want to keep frank.
Yep, I've majorly blamed the players for a long time and it is still partly on them.
But it's Frank's job to get a tune out of them and he has failed miserably. Failed rather than failing because there is no way back. Been too shit for too long.
There’s no plan is there. Going forward we just look like it’s all off the cuff. Villa know where all their players are all the time and the system is the key. We are nothing like that.
He just put Odobert close to Xavi in the middle and right wing was Porro's only. And suddenly we were able to make some quick short passes in the middle so Villa had to sit back a little.
Ofc after subs we went back to usual shit when Simons didnt have anyone to play short.
Job is too big for him. Players dont like his shit tactics
Maybe. I hope so…
But why didn’t he give that team talk before?
We’re halfway through the season and been tepid the whole season.
Best case scenario imo is Frank told them to go chaos tempo because he’s given up trying to get them to play his controlled, analytical way.
Yeah I spotted that, he seemed to either disagree or moved stuff that was a more sensible idea
His football for the first few seasons was fucking dreadful, he might be a better manager but he is the son of Moyes more than Pep.
That’s up to the players then isn’t it?
They need to show some fucking guts and desire all the time but they don’t want to. I’ve been banging on for weeks, their attitudes are fucking shocking. The manager isn’t telling them to go out there and not attack, that’s bollocks. He might not be able to set up the team to, which is different. I still think it’s attitude. Guess we’ll have to wait and see if they do it to the third manager in a row.
If you think about it though, if that's right, his solution is "play a way I can't coach/direct"
There's no version of how that second half happened that looks good for him
Mine was forest. When he brought on 3 defensive subs when 2-0 down.
Knew at that point it's a waste him being here no matter what players get brought in.
He's a cowardly at the core , will never win a thing with him in charge . Bottling the super cup in a handful of minutes should've been a red flag
This group of players have largely had two managers, Ange and Frank and they are both fucking shite.
We need to hire the right manager. Just look at the same players under Gerrard and Emery
Evidence was there a few months ago spence and vdv not shaking franks hand. Players dont respect him. Hes a glorified PE teacher.
Off the cuff is fine. It’s how we played under Harry a lot. First half players held their positions so there was no movement when we had the ball, soon as the shackles got lifted Odobert Tel and Xavi started interchanging and we looked good.
Either we play off the cuff like Redknapp and give our attackers freedom or we put our players in an attacking structure. What Frank does is similar to Jose and Nuno which is to keep the players in a defensive structure when they have the ball thus we have no creativity. When we have the ball our players mark space/playes instead of look for free space.
That is coached. The reason I believe is if you are in a defensive structure when you have the ball you can’t get caught in transition when you lose the ball so it’s all about not conceding from losing the ball. Problem is it means you have little creativity.
People who follow these accounts are actually dumb tbh
Good point, although Gerrard was a novice to those 2 by comparison.
The board need to do their jobs but they can't knee jerk..
I mean, we don’t know he can’t coach it but it did highlight exactly how bad the plan before that was for this squad.
Out of nowhere, Tel, Odobert, Xavi, even Muani looked on it. Gray and Palinha overrunning their midfield…
We were still very lucky not to concede a 3rd on the break though. Porro off the line etc