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    *** OMT UCL Tottenham Hotspur vs Villarreal ***

    Interesting. I saw it quite differently. Thought Villareal stood off us more in the first half, allowed our centre backs including Romero to be on the ball. Perhaps tried to funnel us down our left to some extent, but not as aggressively as Bournemouth. Then I thought they pressed us higher...
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    American politics

    I'm sure the people who go on and on about cancel culture and free speech and how these things are supposedly big issues with the left will now be in a real uproar against Trump, MAGA and Republicans. All the centrist and right wingers who can't stop criticising the illiberal nature of the left...
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    *** OMT UCL Tottenham Hotspur vs Villarreal ***

    Definitively don't expect us to be polished or consistently at/near our best. Compared to our best under Frank this performance wasn't up there, but it also wasn't anywhere near as poor as against Bournemouth.
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    *** OMT UCL Tottenham Hotspur vs Villarreal ***

    I think there's multiple valid and useful perspectives to this. On one hand what you say, what matters is winning and players and staff reaacting with frustration/anger/fuming and determined when they lose can be good and useful. I also think that there's something to being able to grind out...
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    Richarlison

    More a case that we've struggled with chance creation particularly in open play? He's good in the air, but he's not our biggest threat from set pieces.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I'm optimistic too. Get the defending sorted first was the default until Klopp and Pep did it differently imo. Football seems a bit cyclical and reactive. A systems coach or two does really well so that's the way, a more flexible coach or two does well and that's the way to do it. Both have...
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    Mohammed Kudus

    Simons in, Berg picking up where he left off last season should put us in a good position to do just that. Don't think many opposition teams will be happy about leaving players like that in extra space. Kudus for sure is a baller. Just give him the ball, good things will happen.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Think there's some improvements that can happen fairly naturally, no need for that much in terms of changes or extra work on the training ground. Simons and Kolo Muani settling in, Udogie returning to match fitness giving us a left footed LB option, Solanke returning. On the flip side there...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    Those kind of lists are typically cherry picked. Pr 90 or total, find a handful + out of the very many individual stats that makes the player look particularly good. Can only do that if a player is doing well enough. So it tells us he's done well, we already knew that though.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Same to you mate. I think for the shorter term it will be more about individual brilliance, particularly Kudus and Simons (assuming he settles in and steps up quickly), as well as Bergvall and a few others not quite at that Kudus/Simons level (yet). I think we will remain somewhat hampered by...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Yeah, many different and useful ways of categorising these things. For me there's a difference with what Bournemouth do (high press, look to get those high turnovers) and City/Guardiola as another example (also pressing, but looking to dominate possession overall). Guess the difference is in...
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    Lucas Bergvall

    Quite the week. First PL goal too? Two starts in quick succession under Frank. And most importantly two important wins.
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    Lucas Bergvall

    Quite the week. First PL goal too? Two starts in quick succession under Frank. And most importantly two important wins.
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    *** OMT UCL Tottenham Hotspur vs Villarreal ***

    Didn't read your post as hating on him. Just curious about how you see it. No player has perfect decision making, so was just wondering if you saw any patterns in his decision making leading to mistakes.
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    Mohammed Kudus

    Love a bit of showboating. Made a stellar start here and looks a perfect signing so far. Based on how West Ham looked in the game against us only makes it look more likely that his inconsistency last season was a result of playing for a brick team rather than something with him. Hopefully he'll...
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    *** OMT UCL Tottenham Hotspur vs Villarreal ***

    When would that risk taking be more and less acceptable/wanted in your opinion?
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    João Palhinha

    Yeah, helped calm things down and imposed himself on the game. Would be interesting to know why he didn't start. Just rotation for fitness, something with the specific opponent or a combination of the two, or something else. Either way good to see Frank use him in this way.
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    Pedro Porro

    Prevented as in blocking an attempted cross, or prevented by winning the ball, not giving space for the opponent to cross etc?
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    Xavi Simons

    Definitely. No doubting his quality, will be interesting to see how he can express that over the coming months as he settles in. Particularly with Kulusevski and Maddison out already looking a key figure for us. Really hope he settles in quickly. This is true. But it's also true that when...
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    *** OMT UCL Tottenham Hotspur vs Villarreal ***

    Said before the game this is where the season at it mostly actually is starts. Two games a week, quick turnaround, less time on the training ground and more pressure. That also requires more rotation which can cause other problems. Then those games like now on Saturday where Brighton had the...
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