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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    Yeah, on your last point, De Zerbi has fundamentally put to bed the idea that the style of play that we saw at the start of the season was down to the players not being good enough. It took him his until his second game to demonstrate how much improvement could be made, how much control we could...
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    I actually think we supported Frank fine. We got him Palinha, supposedly perfect for his system. We got him RKM even though we already had Solanke and Richy because we knew Solanke was out and we wanted proper depth. We had such a full squad we couldn’t register Tel for the CL. He was able to...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I personally just find the lack of emotion he stirs in people when he is one of the biggest reasons we almost got relegated to be a little odd, that’s all. ‘He very nearly caused the biggest sporting embarrassment in history. It didn’t work. We move on’. Just doesn’t feel like the right...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Honestly I don’t want him to be hated, but I do just find it odd how, compared to a heck of a lot of other managers who have not performed anywhere near as badly, he gets off EXTREMELY lightly. And again, I don’t need fans to hate the guy personally, but I would like to see a more honest...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I guess in Levy’s mind he will say - and may be right to say - that because the buck stops with him, he deserves the credit for getting us there. And that it will have proved that if only he keeps cycling through, he can find the right manager who can work under his constraints and achieve crazy...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    Vinai did a video talking about the 30 different candidates interviewed at pace with 10 key criteria. He then also says he didn’t sack Frank because of worries about the interim market, the fact that results would probably turn, that it might put off signings in January etc. Vinai has to...
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    I can actually see Frank being more of a Levy hire, with Lange strongly advocating for it and Vinai not wanting to rock the boat too much in his first few months so going along with it. Last summer Levy would have seen Frank as well regarded and up and coming. And I think Levy’s understanding...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    Yeah I agree with this. I don’t think we can say Levy is more than 50% responsible for 17th, because he would have acted a lot sooner. I think the fact that we went through the transition itself is the reason. Because we make the bad hire and don’t then have the person around who would be...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    Agreed. They’re sort of shifting the Levy era into ‘great infrastructure but bad football’ and again that only relates to the last few years. It glosses over the reality that we became part of a new Big 6 under him, were consistently in Europe, challenged for the title etc. It’s unfair to not...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    Yep, the whole thing is a complete mystery to me. I can only deduce that it is actually Frank who convinced people he was a football messiah because it’s the only explanation that makes sense - everyone with a decision veto seemed very convinced he was doing at minimum an ok job and it would...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    Well now I absolutely want to hear more of the details! 😂 On the wage structure, was Simons not brought in on higher wages than most other previous signings? It certainly felt like we were moving with more intent last summer, trying to do things earlier and playing in a field with clubs we...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I can appreciate why the fans would want to move on. I just want someone, anyone in the media to say ‘oh my GHod that appointment was absolutely terrible! He was so poorly suited and nearly relegated them!’ but it’s just not gonna happen. Very weird.
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Vinai Venkatesham - CEO

    I agree that the Levy bashing is distasteful. My overall view is that piecing together these interviews I do think they have the right diagnosis of the problems and how to solve them - Vinai calls out the last 5 years specifically as a poor period and I think that’s right. Boosting the wage...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Well Amorim left than in 5th, it’s no where near the level of disaster that Frank was. And I think that’s my point…for Frank to even be compared to Amorim shows how differently he is treated relative to how bad he actually was for us.
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ENIC

    I just listened to today’s VFTL. They talk about how sources told them that Levy didn’t get Eze done because he wasn’t willing to pay the money. I know ENIC are now briefing against Levy, but this makes sense to me. I always thought that last summer we were operating a bit differently, we had...
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Not directed at you as such but it bugs me that Frank is described as pragmatic. He wasn’t, by any definition of the word. He was completely risk averse. De Zerbi inverting Palinha and the left full back’s positions so we have an out ball from the back, with the better receiver and passer...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    There’s like a really weird code of silence with Frank. In the media especially. It’s like everyone is unwilling to front up and acknowledge what an absolutely disastrous appointment it was. And you can do that without attacking the man so personally, but I see no one really doing it. There’s...
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Transfer thread

    I’d be happy with Senesi, Robertson and Savinho. Various levels of proven experience and quality. I’m also not concerned about RDZ not wanting them. I think at this level, a player deciding to move to a club, and a club showing consistent interest, is a good thing that encourages the deal to...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    Agreed. I also feel bad for Tudor. He’s now seen as a bit of a weird laughing stock. Clearly his approach wasn’t right for a squad whose confidence was completely shot. But if he came in earlier there’s every chance he could have had more of a galvanising effect. It was just too late. And I...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Johan Lange - Sporting Director

    I actually feel a bit bad for him because I don’t think things like the January transfer window were entirely his fault, and in general he was put in a position he shouldn’t have been put in. That said, if he had a hand in advocating that patience be shown to Frank, then it’s kind of...
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