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Thomas Frank - Head Coach

Bedfordspurs said:
Spurs fans generally revel in doom
But I do think other clubs have their fair share too.. we just don’t know them

The fan base has been split for most of my life. Pochs biggest achievement was that unity
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The 90s was fine in many respects, I spent the large portion of my life then travelling with my dad and it was bliss compared.

We no have fans protesting and judging people for buying shirts from the club shop, social media has done nothing to unify
 
Grays_1890 said:
The 90s was fine in many respects, I spent the large portion of my life then travelling with my dad and it was bliss compared.

We no have fans protesting and judging people for buying shirts from the club shop, social media has done nothing to unify
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It’s anti social
Bad news sells better than good news
 
Thomas Frank since he came to Tottenham:

- Used 5 different formations (4-2-2-2; 3-5-2; 3-4-2-1; 4-2-3-1; 4-3-3)
- Never played the same midfield twice in a row in the last 8 games
- Never played the same forwards twice in a row

That’s good and that’s bad

Bad because it means he doesn’t know what works (yet)
Good because it shows he is trying different things
Bad because it shows he probably doesn’t trust some players yet
Good because he is giving everyone a chance

I personally would welcome him saying this more publicly. He is happy to say what I consider the wrong things but if he explained things and his thinking more he would get more breathing space
 
billyiddo said:
I suspect a lot of these fan groups on facebook and the like are run by non-spurs fans for clicks and as you say bad news sells better so that's what gets pushed
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Possibly
Nothing would surprise me with it
Let’s be honest, forums are a thing of the past now but this one still exists and is self governing and honest
That’s rare
 
Grays_1890 said:
The 90s was fine in many respects, I spent the large portion of my life then travelling with my dad and it was bliss compared.

We no have fans protesting and judging people for buying shirts from the club shop, social media has done nothing to unify
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I'll keep saying it, social media has bought more negatives than positives IMO (in general not just football). And I was quite happy looking at Teletext in the 90s :D....
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Thomas Frank since he came to Tottenham:

- Used 5 different formations (4-2-2-2; 3-5-2; 3-4-2-1; 4-2-3-1; 4-3-3)
- Never played the same midfield twice in a row in the last 8 games
- Never played the same forwards twice in a row

That’s good and that’s bad

Bad because it means he doesn’t know what works (yet)
Good because it shows he is trying different things
Bad because it shows he probably doesn’t trust some players yet
Good because he is giving everyone a chance

I personally would welcome him saying this more publicly. He is happy to say what I consider the wrong things but if he explained things and his thinking more he would get more breathing space
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I agree with most of what you write but a manager will be misquoted or out of context by media particularly the social media sites, simply saying some players aren't up to speed will start "Frank blames players" or "Frank loses dressing room" etc.
 
Bedfordspurs said:
Thomas Frank since he came to Tottenham:

- Used 5 different formations (4-2-2-2; 3-5-2; 3-4-2-1; 4-2-3-1; 4-3-3)
- Never played the same midfield twice in a row in the last 8 games
- Never played the same forwards twice in a row

That’s good and that’s bad

Bad because it means he doesn’t know what works (yet)
Good because it shows he is trying different things
Bad because it shows he probably doesn’t trust some players yet
Good because he is giving everyone a chance

I personally would welcome him saying this more publicly. He is happy to say what I consider the wrong things but if he explained things and his thinking more he would get more breathing space
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It says what I think most of us know. Over the last 5 years we've a mish mash of players designed for various setups and systems for a ever increasing variety of manager.

It's simply difficult to corral all of that into a cohesive system, especially just 5 months in. Despite the positives of yesterday this squad stills needs loads of work imo if we do want to build towards being a top team.

You can sometimes outmatch a better team via tactics or hustle but truthfully there was a gulf in on the ball quality yesterday and on the weekend. That's what we need to work on to get back up to that Top 4 standard.
 
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Bishop said:
It says what I think most of us know. Over the last 5 years we've a mish mash of players designed for various setups and system for a ever increasing variety of manager.

It's simply difficult to corral all of that into a cohesive system, especially just 5 months in. Despite the positive s of yesterday this squad stills needs loads of work imo if we do want to build towards being a top team.

You can sometimes outmatch team via tactics or hustle but truthfully there was a gulf in on the ball quality yesterday and on the weekend. That's what we need to work on to get back up to that Top 4 standard.
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I do think there is a gamble too with focussing on players with the ball
It’s the balance that you need and we have been lacking for sometimes
It takes time, consistency and focus on doing the right things
 
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