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Thomas Frank - Head Coach

Kandi1977 said:
I'll refrain from making a comment, other than that it's Trump level stupidity.
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That said, Webb is doing a terrible job. There are so many issues, and he's made it worse. It's so easy to fix by just applying the rules! ALL of them, not just focus on a selected few, like they do now (and doing that badly too). Give yellows INSTANTLY to players not moving away from the ball when a fk is awarded to the other team. Give yellows for holding. EVERY time! Stop using VAR to re-ref the game. just doing those few things properly, would improve the game massively.
 
Gutter Boy said:
Professional refereeing has always been about revenge of the bullied. Those who are driven to spoil everyone's fun. Its inherent in the characters it attracts
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The problem is that officiating is becoming a race to the pot of gold. You get to the PL level and you get a decent salary compared to the average man. The pot of gold though is about getting your name known and your face recognised. Then you can exit the refereeing and move into the high profile world of TV and radio. Then the salary increases and you get the generational wealth. That's why Mike Dean made sure that he was always going to be a known name in his field. He'd literally look at games and figure out who was the most famous 2 or 3 players on that pitch and then he would take one of them down in a controversial way by showing them the red card. Not every week, but enough to know that we all know who Mike Dean is.

PGMOL need to address their culture. It is toxic from the inside.
 
Kandi1977 said:
That said, Webb is doing a terrible job. There are so many issues, and he's made it worse. It's so easy to fix by just applying the rules! ALL of them, not just focus on a selected few, like they do now (and doing that badly too). Give yellows INSTANTLY to players not moving away from the ball when a fk is awarded to the other team. Give yellows for holding. EVERY time! Stop using VAR to re-ref the game. just doing those few things properly, would improve the game massively.
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The game could change within about 3-4 weeks if the referees followed the laws. As I said above, every manager would immediately address their tactics if they felt they were at risk of playing with 9 every week. You'd see immediate results and more entertainment.
 
TF fixed a bad decision in the first half starting with 3CBs, but the second half showed when we back ourselves to play, we can play very well.

If people are going to say back TF, then those same people need back a player who was out for so long and had to get thrown back on at CB. The nonsense on Radu was ridiculous.

In the end, a great result against City team that are not the best they been but the fact we had so many injuries and put in a performance.

I have said plenty of times, I don't believe this squad is as bad as people state, just need to back them to play. Since the injury crisis deepened, we have been playing better - we just seem like we want to play football and work the ball into the area instead of just launch it.
 
parj said:
TF fixed a bad decision in the first half starting with 3CBs, but the second half showed when we back ourselves to play, we can play very well.

If people are going to say back TF, then those same people need back a player who was out for so long and had to get thrown back on at CB. The nonsense on Radu was ridiculous.

In the end, a great result against City team that are not the best they been but the fact we had so many injuries and put in a performance.

I have said plenty of times, I don't believe this squad is as bad as people state, just need to back them to play. Since the injury crisis deepened, we have been playing better - we just seem like we want to play football and work the ball into the area instead of just launch it.
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The RKM call is just baffling

Not sure I agree, we still seem under instruction to play the channels and go direct. I don't think you will ever see really elaborate football under Frank
 
Credit to TF for today and the past few weeks when it seemed like he was doomed.

As the injury situation has gotten ridiculously worse every week, he has adapted and still got improved performances despite the setbacks. You can see the players believe in him and are putting in massive shifts.

A month ago I was Frank out. Not anymore.
 
Raziel said:
The RKM call is just baffling

Not sure I agree, we still seem under instruction to play the channels and go direct. I don't think you will ever see really elaborate football under Frank
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I don't either but the fact we seem to be allowing Xavi to dictate now it's making a difference. Players are also now moving the ball quicker.

I'll take that over some of the rubbish we have seen this season with the so called better players.
 
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