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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Oh, for sure mate. Fundamentally, this squad is a Frankenstein's mess of mediocrity and false dawns, assembled because no one higher up understands the idea that trying to cheap out on something generally means you pay more money down the line for worse outcomes. For years we've seen a steady...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Fair enough mate, but I'd say you're in the minority. My take is that most football fans don't think like you do - likewise for most voters, tbh.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I agree entirely, but I think expecting any differently is fundamentally not understanding the nature of sport writ large. I think Frank generally says the right things - even with his supposed 'jibes' against the fans, like you, I saw where he was coming from. I even see where's coming from...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    It isn't just a placebo - belief does generate miracles, and the worst part of the board decision made last summer was that we had a manager who had belief in himself, a set of players who believed in him and bought into his vision of football, and a fanbase that, by and large (with exceptions)...
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    ****Tottenham Hotspur v BVB********* OMT Official

    The tactical system was interesting - the three at the back system seemed to give our forward players a lot of license to press at will in that first 20-25m, even before the red card. It was a similar experience the last time Frank used it too, at PSG in the Super Cup. Wonder why he hasn't used...
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    ENIC

    Also, here's one interpretation of the chronology at play here - 1) Ange heads into the summer of 2024 asking for reinforcements after finishing 5th in his first season - not bad without Kane. He gets one senior player in Solanke, and a bunch of raw kids. 2) We head into January 2025 ravaged...
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    Transfer thread

    Yep, that one too. And we got Porro the following January, who hasn't been bad all things considered.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    For sure mate. I caveated my assessment with that bit about it being rare that a player compares to his 16-17 equivalent - because Romero and Van de Ven, in my eyes, come reasonably close to Toby-Verts, even if they're not at that level on the whole. But on Udogie, I think he's an illustration...
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    ENIC

    So am I mate. I think a lot of the faults the club built up over literal decades are coming to a boil, and not much of it has to do with him personally. The high ticket prices driving out the more vocal (younger/poorer) home crowd, The promises of the stadium being transformational, the years...
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    Cristian Romero

    Might be mate. But as @demotw says, might be ENIC too - he did say they've been lying for years, and Lange has really only been here for two. Romero's been here since summer 2021 - in that time he's seen the team around him devolve in quality, losing Kane, Son et al, and going from a world...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I'm here mate, though I mainly lurk these days. Fact is, Frank isn't the problem. Give him enough time and he'll look better, only because nearly any coach looks better once he's given time. And he's a good bloke - humble and truthful, which always counts for something in my book. Whether...
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    Cristian Romero

    At least five players seem to have liked his post, some commented on it too - Porro and Richarlison among them. The entire squad seems sick to the back gills of...someone upstairs. Can't be Frank, he's the one fronting up after all these losses and trying to sow a reasonable-quality purse out...
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Palace **. 28.12.25 4.30pm

    No argument there. Hopefully the return of Kulusevski will help (I have zero hope Solanke and Maddison return before season's end), and we also get a quality left-winger and left-back in January. All of those will help bolster our attack, and we can then conduct major surgery come the summer.
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    OMT ** Tottenham Hotspur v Palace **. 28.12.25 4.30pm

    Tough game, and not one that will give a lot of ammunition to either Frank's defenders or his detractors, tbh. On the plus side, we ground out a win. On the negative, we looked pretty toothless doing it until Palace tired right at the end, which is natural given this is their third game in a...
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    Cristian Romero

    Very, very on-brand for him to get sent off the way he did. It's amusing because he spent a couple of seasons being careful about red cards and it felt like his reputation as an unstable nutcase was fading. Then he gets sent off the way he did today, letting everyone down, and you realise that...
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