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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I think Levy has done some good things. Eg appointing Poch, it seemed like at the time the whole thing was ‘we need to think more long term, we need a season to reset, we need to hire someone excellent at developing young players and building a system to make the whole greater than the sum of...
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Agreed on all counts. I think I genuinely bought into this idea that Frank was adaptable and only played that way because he had to at Brentford, and of course he would change with better players at Spurs. This is before you get into the points about motivation and what he demands. I think the...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Ok mate, I’m sorry I said you were offended. It was a slightly facetious comment but I didn’t mean to come across like a dingdong. If I have done so, I am genuinely sorry. I can’t quite find the words to express what I mean. I’m not trying to claim I had some massive advance insight, I’m trying to...
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    To add, I thought that a Mason for example wouldn’t be right, because I think the situation we’re in requires a bigger personality. So on that basis as well as his interim record I’m glad we’ve made the appointment and I’m praying it works!
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Good interim appointment with a good interim record. Don’t know much more than that.
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    You said you can’t be having that I claimed some knowledge upfront, I tried to explain in detail why that wasn’t really what I was saying. I can’t believe that you can seriously argue at this point that hiring Frank has not been a terrible decision, especially with that we knew at the time...
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    1. I’m not saying ‘I knew it was wrong from the start’. With the best will in the world, I trusted the people in position to make the decisions that they had done their diligence. 2. But I did raise concerns and I think those concerns have been proven out, and I’m annoyed that the people in...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Ok but I think I can be angry as a fan. As I say, my main concern when sacking Ange and appointing Frank was ‘are they trying rectify the wrong things?’ and I think it’s been proved out that they were. The people making the decisions have more information than we do. They can speak to the...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Mate, just read my posts. If I said ‘we will be good under Frank, I have no doubt’ it was because I thought he would at minimum have us back in 6-8th. I was not expecting this! And I’m not running the club! For all I know, they had information that I didn’t that suggested Ange was a laughing...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Let’s be clear here. It’s not like they’ve made the wrong appointment and we’ve slipped from CL to conference league. That’s a ‘well you can’t win em all’ kind of situation with respect to managerial appointments. We are literally in a relegation battle with 12 games to go. We sacked a trophy...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I have been one of the people trying to defend Frank as much as possible but I think if you look at my posts at the time he was appointed I was saying that Frank’s approach wasn’t the cheat code, that I wasn’t convinced it was what the squad needed because they never actually lost faith in Ange...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    And sorry, to make a more succinct point, the reasons Frank failed were entirely predictable at the time of the appointment, that’s why I’m angry. And I’d be less angry if we were hovering in mid table. But we’re in a very real relegation battle. It has been a monumentally bad decision. And...
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I don’t take away Frank being good as a manager, and good for certain situations. I think he might also do ok in Italy where his game structure is more common. But…the point is that we was just so utterly the wrong fit for us, and the squad. Taking away that there are literally zero examples...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I have to say, after catching up on this week’s podcasts, it does make me more angry that the club appointed Frank and wasted this season, and put us into a very real thread of relegation. I really tried to see the logic in it, but it’s clearly been a disastrous decision. Really interesting...
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Next Manager Thread (2026 Edition)

    I think the context is really important. He had us as CL regulars while building a new stadium and not spending anywhere near as much as competitors. He was clearly told that consistent league finishes and CL money would be more valuable to the club so that is what he did. If he had the luxury...
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Interim Manager Discussion - Igor Tudor joined until end of season

    I don’t know anything about Robbie Keane’s playing style but if he was willing to be an interim, that kind of personality could be a lift to the players and be exactly what is needed. Equally if he doesn’t get immediate results the moment could look like it overwhelms him. For the same reason...
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Honestly, how Vinai confidently proclaimed they ran a thorough process at pace and landed on Frank as the stand out candidate when there were such obvious flaws apparent in the fit…it genuinely amazes me. Whatever else his strengths around longevity and building a culture, his football was way...
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    I think it’s more that we are quite a unique proposition as a club, in that we have expectations from the fans and board to try and be CL regulars, but we will never be the 4th or 5th highest wage bill. We are also treated by oppositions like a top club who they cede possession to, but we...
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

    Agreed! When the links appeared a couple of summers ago I woke up my wife excited (we were in Texas at the time) and I really thought it was going to happen. My wife still reminds me of it to this day. It’s one of the strangest things I’ve done with her because she has no interest in football...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Next Manager Thread (2026 Edition)

    Other than there being plenty of examples of returning managers doing well, what is the context behind the ones that don’t? It’s never just ‘the manager didn’t work’. What changed about the club? The players? The situation they were in? I think Poch is perfect for us in the way that Zidane or...
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