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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Seeing as none of them (especially Jol and Poch) were managers but head coaches and we saw Poch's ability to spot players with purchases of Ndombele and Lo Celso... maybe one could also say... Who knew?.... Good managers look good when they have/find good players
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    But the Frank out crowd is not asking for "decent football"... they are expecting WINS through attractive expansive football and at the same time keeping a solidity at the back...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Though I guess it doesn't do much harm to have the likes of Berbatov, Keane, Modric, Bale, VDV, King, and a whole team of stars under Poch led by one the very best strikers in the history of the premiership...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    It may not be different but I suspect (or at least hope) that it will be better since - at least at the moment - Gallagher is a massive improvement miles on both Bergvall and Sarr... Obviously the utopia will be a defensive midfielder with excellent distribution ala Hjulmand... but we don't...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    So let us look at this... These are last season's EPL statistics when either, both or none of Romero and Micky played: You would expect that our best defensive performance would be when both played, followed by when one and worst with none. It does not follow that pattern. The only...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Precisely! maybe I was not clear... but hopefully playing Gallagher next to Paulinha will still retain a decent level of defensive solidity (reasonably similar to what Bentancur has provided) but - critically - improve our progressive ability.
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I guess last season answered that question!! At the end of the day it comes back to..... the players available. Pretty sure if we had a Rodri or a Kante or a Busquets we could afford to have just one "pure" DM. Problem is that we our recruiting has made sure we have basement sale equivalents...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Ohhhh - I see now..... When our best players are available and we get good results.... it is because of the players; not the coach When our best players are not available and we get poor results.... it is not because we are missing the players; but solely because of the coach. And having the...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Actually, seeing our xGA is so much better than last year, I guess you could say it shows that when he has good players available, he gets good outcomes... by the same logic. if he had Madders and Kulu since the start of the season.....
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    Souza

    Is he signed yet?
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    Conor Gallagher

    That's really classy... especially for a player who practically played for just a year...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    All of a sudden?? all of a sudden? Did you see this "Missing brick passes F**** sloppy, f***** slow Passing back instead of in front No intensity" Sound familiar...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Sorry mate but that is hogwash. If you are talking systems and progression I would agree, But if a player has the ability, nothing the coach does or says should make him misplace a routine 10 yard pass - let alone do it every 3 minutes!!! And no amount of fancy videos can convince otherwise...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Just so I can understand... exactly which confusing manager orders are responsible for these guys to "miss **** passes"? To be unable to put a 10 yard pass at the feet of a teammate? To make an unforced passing error every 3 minutes?
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    Souza

    Apparently he has not played for a month since Brazilian league is over... he will need a week or two to get back up to scratch. Hopefully we have enough Elastoplast to patch Destiny during that time...
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    Conor Gallagher

    It was a loan with the obligation to buy - as we had done with Romero. For Atletico, it would have been identical.... so hardly a reason. Apparently Gallagher did not want to be a brummie....
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    The key sentence...
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    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Sorry mate, but if you think having the players who were responsible fpr 78% of our goal involvements last season - that's 78% - unavailable for the whole of this season - is not "much of an injury problem", then I guess there is little to discuss rationally...
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    Randal Kolo Muani

    Exactly - he always played on the left last year
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