But it wouldn't surprise me if that's how the board view it.
They're just fucking so incapable.
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But it wouldn't surprise me if that's how the board view it.
They're just fucking so incapable.
This is it. The Club are desperately hoping it changes, give him one more game etc..but a blind man and his dog can see how this plays out
For me the biggest problem is the players know it's coming.
It's a big pay off but that's on this fucking stupid boards doorstep.
Stop punishing the fans with their poor judgement/mistakes.
This is the thing.
We’ve reached the point where Frank simply isn’t going to survive.
Whether it’s tomorrow morning, next weekend, end of the month, mid Feb, he’ll be gone.
What’s the point of seeing how another game or three pan out?
I know ENIC are full of shite, I don't need made up ITK from faceless twatter goons to get cross about
It’s always easier to just replace the manager, than the owners & players unfortunately.
Nah he wants to get sacked to collect 20 milllion
It started so promisingly between you as well...
6 months is an eternity in any relationship they say
True.
However, we are suffering from a CULTURE issue. The club has been hijacked by a group of goons and bloodsuckers. Tottenham Hotspur has turned into a laughing stock, and we have never seen any progressive move from their part to change the narrative. Change the managers as you like, you will never challenge, you might get close, but never serious challenger.
It is the culture these losers have planted in this club. Unless a new ownership walks in and takes this club to where it should be, keep enjoying the frustrations and ridicule.
Culture change is not a daily or even annual thing, it is a full change of direction, change of thinking, change or operation. You do not see a people revolution every day or decade even.
WE NEED A REVOLUTION BY THE FANS TO GRAB THIS CLUB BY THE SCRUFF OF THE NECK AND TURN IT BACK TO WHAT IT REALLY IS. BY ALL WHAT IS LEGALLY ALLOWABLE, MAKE THEIR LIVES MISERABLE, FORCE THEM TO SELL.
Cant drag on any longer. West ham is prolonging the agony.
Even paul mckenna cant help frank. Unfortunately shit sticks.
Perhaps were buying a bit of time so have a contingency in place when the inevitable happens. Its obvious imo the players dont rate the manager.
Who has ideas? POK or Spurs?
9 player effort against liverpool and second half effort last night would suggest that. yes.
i just think some of the players dont rate frank at all. Happens anywhere in workplace. You dont rate your manager you either leave or say something. Even on naval ships the crew mutinied if they had enough.
We can revisit this preseason article I think.
Adaptable, Efficient, Smart: Thomas Frank Appointment Will Spark a Shift at Tottenham | Opta Analyst
Thomas Frank is reportedly on the verge of becoming the new Tottenham manager, but can he replicate the success he had at Brentford on the other side of London?theanalyst.com
A few bits that I find especially interesting:
1 ) Long Balls
It's no secret that Brentford were always one of the most direct teams in the entire league. The bit above mentions the percentage of their passes that were long, and data on the total amount of passes that were long also complement this picture.
21 / 22: 9th in the league
22 / 23 : 2nd in the league
23 / 24: 6th in the league
24 / 25 : 3rd in the league
What about us? I don't have the data on the percentage; but we're tied with Bournemouth for the 2nd place in number of long passes attempted with 1552. None other than Brentford lead the league with 1610.
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2 ) Shot Efficiency
Not all shots on goal are equally threatening; there tends to be a trade-off between eficiency and volume. You can increase the former by being more selective with your attempts. The bit above illustrates this point of emphasis of Frank's with numbers.
What about us? It's a bit complicated.
On the one hand, we certainly cannot be accused of shooting on sight: We're 16th in the league in number of shots on goal with 216. Only Burnley [187], Wolves [191], Sunderland [202] and West Ham [210] have taken less shots.
On the other hand, it so far hasn't led into an increase in the efficiency of each shot attempt: We're 19th in xG per shot. We shoot very little, and our attempts are of low quality; in other words, we just cannot create chances.
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3 ) Defending
What I've said above regarding the quality of each shot also applies to shots allowed at the other end. You want to maximize the said quality at the attacking end, and to minimize it at the defensive end.
Other things being equal, one of the surest way of achieving the latter is to force opponents to take long shots. The bit above illustrates with numbers how good Brentford were at forcing opponents to take a higher percentage of their shots from outside the box as opposed to inside.
What about us ? Again, it's not very straightforward.
On the one hand, we are also similar to last year's Brentford in that deparment: We're 17th in percentage of shots allowed from inside our box with 65.56; only Brentford [62.64], Wolves [64.29] and Sunderland [65.50] have it lower.
On the other hand, the relationship between this and defensive solidity is hardly that simple.
City for example lead the league in this with 75.13 percent, yet they also have one of the best defenses in the league.
Same goes for Newcastle as well: They are 4th with 71.18 percent despite having a really good defense of their own.
More importantly, eye test tells a quite different story when it comes to these long range attempts that we seem to be encouraging as part of the plan: That teams take them not reluctantly but quite enthusiastically, presumably because they think they've just spotted a glaring weakness. Shots keep going in more often than you'd expect, as exemplified most recently by that Semenyo goal.
Could this be worked on if / when Frank gets more time? Possibly.
When it comes to the overall quality, we're the 8th best / lowest in the league in xG against per shot. Nothing spectacular, but could be interpreted as another sign that those "belters" from opponents might eventually be brought under control.
----------------I keep going back to my initial conclusion regarding the possibility of things eventually starting to improve somewhat within the current framework of Frank's football, especially on the defensive end. But I still don't think the whole endeavour would be worth it.
