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    Xavi Simons

    What amount of credit does a manager deserve for us sometimes playing in a way that gets the best out of our most talented available attacking player? Some credit, sure. But us sometimes functioning as a cohesive attacking unit to me is down there amongst the bare minimum of requirements for a...
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    Transfer thread

    So 3-5 years of signing 3 elite quality players per year, price range of 60-100m each? Say an average of 70m so that's 210m on those per season/year + increased wages and some spending on younger players and we'll be in a good place? Sure that would probably work if we could make that happen...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Accepting the description of this as a "bandwagon" I'd say it's an entirely predictable bandwagon. 14th at the start of February, having played rather boring football for significant parts of the season. I think the reactions are predictable. Imo the only way to change fan perception/mentality...
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    Transfer thread

    Agreed that there would be no issue adding 1-2 players. But medium to long term those would have to be quality players to make sense. Obviously some (small) risk of relegation there, some (small) chance of European football still (more so early in the window). But other than the most...
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    Xavi Simons

    Agreed. Solanke helps with that for sure. Can go long. Can go wide. Can (if they're back) ask Romero or Porro to try to play through the lines. Week off now should help too. Get some rest into some fatigued legs, get Romero over his illness and hopefully no fresh injuries to deal with. The...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project, Sunday Feb 1 KO - 4.30pm***

    Good summary. City at their best would have taken the sting out of that game in the second half and they're definitely looking more fragile than they have at their best. We definitely tired towards the end, more than last 10 minutes for me we dropped off a bit and became more cautious. Subs...
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    Xavi Simons

    Definitely get your point. I also think he could do well even if an important part of the overall strategy includes long balls. As long as we win the ball/second ball enough, get players forward on the back of that. Arguably that's what we did in the second half against City. Obviously long...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project, Sunday Feb 1 KO - 4.30pm***

    It's the kind of goal that we've conceded quite a few times. Give a creative player time and space to look for and execute a good pass in behind. It's the kind of situation we really want Xavi to find himself in. Pockets of space, movement around and ahead of him. Keep giving him those...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Said it before, but I don't think formation matters that much, as long as the players are suited to the roles they're asked to play. We have players quite capable of both a 4-x-x and 3-x-x lineup. Neither formation is in itself the problem or the solution. May be some games where one formation...
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    João Palhinha

    Absolutely.
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    Luka Vuskovic

    Can understand him wanting to stay another year there. Guaranteed starts, playing well, chance to play with his brother. Would perhaps be difficult if the club won't accommodate that wish. At the same time if he's good enough to be a squad member for us that would solve some problems. Assuming...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project, Sunday Feb 1 KO - 4.30pm***

    Fine margins and all that, us needing a bit of that going our way. West Ham giving away a two goal lead to lose against Chelsea, us coming back from being two goals down to secure a point. The difference looking at the table with 5 points or 9 points to the drop...
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    ***OMT - Tottenham Hotspur v Emirates Marketing Project, Sunday Feb 1 KO - 4.30pm***

    His problem was that while he was 1v1 in those situations the 1 he was vs. was Palhinha.
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    Xavi Simons

    Said it before, but for me any position that gets him on the ball in between the lines with a bit of movement around him will probably work well for him. Absolutely agree on graft and guile. For me definitely feels like there's way more coming from him. Several situations still where a bit...
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    Jun'ai Byfield

    Really happy for him. Those are big games to get minutes in. Shows how highly rated he is that he's put on ahead of players who are older than him. Hopefully experiences he can grow from.
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    Pape Matar Sarr

    Really good when he came on. We played better as a team too of course, not sure he would have made much of a difference in the first half had he started. But really good in the second half.
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    Radu Drăgușin

    To be fair difficult circumstances for him. Lacking match fitness still after his injury, playing on the left up against City. But at the same time some of the issues on show are things we have seen before from him too. If I was him I'd be slightly concerned about how well Palhinha has done at...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    That's how I see it too. I hope part of it is "periodisation". We have a lot of injuries and probably fatigue in the squad. We looked really good for 20-25 minutes in the second half against City, but we could all see how exhausted the players looked towards the end. We can't play like we did...
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    Dominic Solanke

    Yeah, been really good and great to have him back. Question with him will be if he can replicate his scoring form from his last season at Bournemouth. If he can he's a really good and really well rounded striker. Offers us a lot of what we need.
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    João Palhinha

    Yeah, there were several situations that were similar to the Cherki goal, he just stepped up and won the ball. Like Romero doing that there's obviously going to be a risk with that, fouls, getting done, but like the Cherki goal illustrates standing off someone comes with risk too.
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