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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    You might be right, and completely fair when you relate it to recent January’s it was no better under Levy. I think I’m just going by the fact that when we’ve ever been in serious trouble, he’s acted aggressively to get us out of it. I’m thinking of the window we signed Reid and Dawson, and then...
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Xavi Simons

    I actually wonder about Xavi’s quotes at the start of the season where he talked about how Frank showed him some good ways to improve in his presentation to him, and I think he was fairly positive as the season was underway. Maybe it was just lip service but there confuses me honestly. The...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    I agree with you completely, I would frame it as the things that made Levy a blocker in our ultimate progesss (a failure to build on a set of foundations that were right for and unique to Spurs) were also the reason he would never have let it get this bad this season. He would have sacked Frank...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    Another atrocious refereeing performance backed up by the commentators because everyone’s involved in their little self perpetuating circlejerk and no one can just state the obvious. The Udogie thing was ridiculous. As well as the treatment of Xavi today. There was one time he was flat out...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    We’re 2 games in to playing a style for a new manager. I think it will get better under him, it might be too late for this season, but I think we’ll get there. And I think the issues since Poch (who we never should have sacked in my view) have been different each time. It’s a whole complicated...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    I’m sorry but I think it’s perfectly reasonable to make the point that we could have been playing with this level of intent all season. And I think completely removing the intent and ambition from the team is why so many players have played below their capabilities. Brighton passed through us...
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    You are correct, I just know where my anger and blame is going!
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    Thomas Frank could have made many different decisions as manager of our club. He could have played more to the players’ strengths. He could have implemented a style of football more in keeping with the ethos of our club. He could have genuinely tried to build off of the culture and togetherness...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    Yep, it’s a disgrace. And it was a disgrace to keep him long after it was clear the players weren’t buying in. All around insanity from people who, even if they aren’t football geniuses, could have prevented this at so many different points. The really sad thing is, the whole thing last year...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    The players gave everything and were clearly out on their feet. Xavi literally couldn’t walk. So I don’t blame any of the players even though it was a bad mistake from Danso. They gave everything they had and deserved to win. Keep up the confidence, beat Wolves. And we have a chance. But I’m...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton, White Hart Lane, Sat April 18th, 5.30pm***

    Honestly, I think that performance should make all of us extremely angry. Not at the players, because they gave absolutely everything. But at the decisions that led us to this point. We’ve been told for the last year that these players aren’t good enough, can’t play high intensity, aggressive...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    I do agree, I think Levy not only reached his limit with us but also because he wasn’t evolving actually was sending us further down the table. There was a time we would have always bounced back to the top 6 but I think others did overtake us. Even with that in mind, I don’t think we’d ever be...
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    I think Frank fell into the trap of actually thinking the squad was actually that bad. Because all of his actions suggest that he was told, and then summonsed himself, that the team needed a new culture and a new style of play, because they were too open the year before. So the trap was taking...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    Yeah there’s absolutely no way Lange remains. I also think it’s interesting that the only stories I hear about him on player signings is that someone else needed to step in to get the deal across the line. Coupled with the fact that he picked a terrible manager for us and seemed to make every...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    I wouldn’t be surprised.
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    I think Levy has big responsibility in appointing Frank and listening to Lange on that, but the saving grace that doesn’t sour his reputation completely in my mind is that if Levy wasn’t removed, Frank would have been gone in November. Levy may have been a blocker in us truly progressing into...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    Completely agreed. And what makes it more maddening is you know Lange and Vinai were sitting there thinking ‘it’s going to turn soon, the data says so. We can’t keep being this unlucky.’. All the while the confidence just completely drains from the players in front of everyone else’s eyes.
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    I will never get it. It’s the thing that makes me angriest of all. Ok you’ve made the decision to sack Ange. Ok the trophy isn’t going to compensate for 17th in the league. Fine. Ignore everything else, the decision is made. What on earth did they think they were building towards? What was...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    The *WHEN* we go down thread

    In one sense I agree with you, the Bodo example is a good one and also the fact that our players are internationals and should be capable of the basics is completely true. On the other hand, I think our club’s obsession with data has gotten us into this mess. It’s in the signings, it’s in who...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    It’s one of those things that is completely maddening from the outside looking in. Like…I like Conor Gallagher, I rate him as a player, and I respect the fact that top managers like Poch and Simeone have rated him too. But almost every single person outside the club as a fan said he wasn’t...
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