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    Mathys Tel

    Here's the problem. You can play a 4-2-3-1 where the 3 hold their left, central and right positions and you get so far with it. Then you can enhance the system and get 2 of the 3 interchanging like we did with Dele and Eriksen. Optimally, you interchange all 3 with players building that...
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    Mathys Tel

    I think it's OK to identify some of the weaknesses in Tel's game whilst he is still developing. It's a completely different thing to spot an alternative player in this market that has the attributes and is available for transfer this summer. So the loan fee was already done and to think we...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I think this observation is so important. Working hard is so different than working smart. I also think when you play with a double pivot in midfield all the other cogs fit around it easier in the way they work. At times, we didn't have a single number 6 in the normal zone under Ange. I'm...
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    Expectations for 25/26

    With Ange, I think I would have insisted on minimum 5th place in the league. Season 3 with significant investment and loads of time to embed a system across his entire squad meant that expectation should have been high in his case. What I'm looking for with Frank is slightly different. It's...
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    So, what happened today?

    I've done a million air-miles and would say that it's the minority of people that just can't get their heads around travelling that are the biggest pain in the arse. It's really not that difficult.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Such a great observation. Bentancur and Kulu are high up the pitch on a promising attack and we lose possession. Could you trust Dele, Eriksen or even Rafa VVD to be the 6 and drop back in as nearest man? Absolutely. No doubt in my mind. Can you trust Madds to make that 50 yard sprint and be...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I'm no accountant, but a better way to think of it is what would have happened if we hadn't have won the EL. That way you get to think about the EL win as well. Sorry wrong thread. :-)
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I expected the following important facts to come up in the above conversation. Unless I missed it, it hasn't. The reality is that we are currently £337m in transfer payables based on our prior spending. I know each transfer is different but normally the payment terms we negotiate are...
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    ENIC

    There's an irony that the CL teams not dropping into the EL worked massively in our favour. Next season, I would have probably settled for dropping into the EL and winning it again. As you say though, the FA Cup would be special. Our history is so much about that competition which is currently...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Ain't it nice to have a football conversation again? 8-) It's gonna be so interesting to see Frank's take on this squad that we've been building for a fair few years. There has been heavy investment into it and will be more. I'll be happy to see the double pivot midfield back again at Spurs...
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    ENIC

    The challenge is that they're not equally weighted in fan time and headspace. A football season is 9 months and we played 60 games across that time period. Whilst Bilbao was euphoric, scraping a draw at Ibrox was incredibly frustrating. Whilst the Utd league games were soothing, the Palace home...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Definitely. Just by removing Werner, Reggie and Forster has just removed another £15-20m in salaries. That creates space for further optimisation whether that's new players or new contracts for existing, especially for the younger players. One thought is that we need to make sure that our best...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    LOL - Ange didn't get c£330m because you don't start building a squad on the first day of a manager starting. Ange was more than happy with so many players that were bought before he joined and they were the cornerstone of his EL winning team. Frank picks up this squad in the same way as Ange...
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    Ange departs

    It's complete tosh. Ange "privately felt" is an empty statement. Ange should be annoyed at this article because if he didn't feel it then he shouldn't have taken our money. It questions his integrity. He obviously did feel it and definitely spoke like someone who was fired up to help us...
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    Justin Cochrane

    Nah, it was all Tim's good work :-)
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    Postecoglou’s coaching staff

    No mention of Munn on the official website today, but the other 3 are announced.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    10 mins ago in the official website "We can announce the departures of Mile Jedinak, Nick Montgomery and Sergio Raimundo from their roles as Assistant Coaches. We should like to thank them for their contribution to the Club and wish them every success for the future." No mention of Matt Wells...
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    Mikey Moore

    I think the dilemma is how the season is laid out. You know within a couple of games your workload for the first half of the season. PL games, CL league format and the league cup. What you never know is your workload in the second half. It could be as low as 19 league games and 1 FA Cup game. It...
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    ENIC

    I googled it and got this "Tottenham Hotspur's plans for a hotel near their stadium have been approved and are now slated to be completed in time for UEFA Euro 2028. The hotel will be a 30-storey building, originally planned as 22-storeys but increased in height after gaining approvals. The...
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    Contingency planning : we've found our guy

    It's a decent thought process. As you say, there's more to it. I'm hoping it is a build though. An example is that despite his tactical frailties, Ange instilled a belief system in the players. He built a togetherness that I would label win together / lose together. My feeling is that Frank...
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