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Be nice to also bring in ex players who've done it at the top level as attackers. And who are proper COYS.
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Yeah I really liked Johnny as a player, he always gave 110%, was a proper team guy.
Ajax have been shite for yearsAnd the season before that he was head assistant for the team that curb stomped their way to a PL title.
Some coaches are just better suited to being assistant than head coach.
I find it can be easy to get riled up at Frank and his crew, as following us this season so far has pissed me off so much, so frequently.
But then in calmer moments I also begin to consider the fact that they're having to try and rectify almost 2 whole years of complete non-coaching, and I say almost purely for the spell at the beginning before Chris (?) Davies left to manage Brum.
The worst aspects of our play, the inability to pass, control a ball, move into space all began to creep in the season before last under Ange, and snowballed to the extent that by the end of last season the players looked utterly bereft of any footballing ability whatsoever. Yes, even in our crowning moment of glory, the technique on display barely even looked amateur level.
The job of un-fucking what was royally fucked good and proper for 2 years, isn't ever going to be a short term fix whoever's tasked with it.

Because while performances stay the same, and until now have shown no indication that they'll change, the fans won't have it.Not sure what makes people so certain that he has no chance of getting another season.
Think of:
Some players might [continue to] sulk, like Kane did with Nuno; but then none of these guys are so good that you can seriously consider sacking the manager just to appease.
- How expensive of a hire he was relative to his standing in the game: 10M to Brentford + whatever him and his staff are getting paid. Call it sunk cost and therefore irrelevant to the final decision all you like; we all know this is not how it works in reality
- Vinai and his experience with Arteta that we keep getting leaks about
- That 17th place finish that Frank keeps referring to: Under a quite narrow definition of the term success that places the emphasis on gradual improvement, Frank finishing this season let's say 12th would constitute success. Or at least wouldn't constitute [massive] failure that would make his sacking only a matter of time
- Frank being a so called spreadsheet manager. This is used in a pejorative manner; but it could very well work to his advantage in terms of allowing him to talk a good game with numbers and graphs to instill confidence in the board that he knows what he's doing
Unless the board have already started planning on Operation Pochettino like people keep alluding to here, I can't see a more probable outcome than them continuing to roll the dice with Frank and hoping that time alone magically fixes things.
Reckon he’s the Matt Wells / Ryan Mason replacement in more ways than one.
More likely he’s part of the next coaching staff than he gets paid off imo.
He was Slott’s assistant last season and has managerial experience. Does someone like that just come in as Thomas Frank’s defensive coach?
Hes perfect for an interim role until a new man is hired.
The heitinga appointment does not inspire confidence. He seems very much like a journeyman coach to match our average journeyman manager.
A mile better than the brains trust that was here last season, mind.The heitinga appointment does not inspire confidence. He seems very much like a journeyman coach to match our average journeyman manager.
You were one letter out from post of the year
Eh? It's used perfectly correctly in the above context to denote the difference between someone who has completed their apprenticeship and is qualified to do their job but is not yet a "master craftsmen"This must be the 2nd time in two days I've seen the word "journeyman" used totally incorrectly
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Which games?“I'm very aware how this football world works, no doubt about that. I know that we haven't got enough of the results we want.I know I can just see the small steps we're constantly doing. I still refer to the last six games with more positive, consistent performances, not perfect, but there's some good signs of a team.”
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The Liverpool squad were reportedly very sad to see him go. He was a popular guy that helped a lot with the man management.Yes, let's hope his speciality is as an assistant , he has only been a coach at 1st team level since 2023 before that it was u21's and younger.
I find it can be easy to get riled up at Frank and his crew, as following us this season so far has pissed me off so much, so frequently.
But then in calmer moments I also begin to consider the fact that they're having to try and rectify almost 2 whole years of complete non-coaching, and I say almost purely for the spell at the beginning before Chris (?) Davies left to manage Brum.
The worst aspects of our play, the inability to pass, control a ball, move into space all began to creep in the season before last under Ange, and snowballed to the extent that by the end of last season the players looked utterly bereft of any footballing ability whatsoever. Yes, even in our crowning moment of glory, the technique on display barely even looked amateur level.
The job of un-fucking what was royally fucked good and proper for 2 years, isn't ever going to be a short term fix whoever's tasked with it.
Could be the shortest appointment of all timeThe heitinga appointment does not inspire confidence. He seems very much like a journeyman coach to match our average journeyman manager.