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    Cristian Romero

    Enjoying the conversation. I think we both know we will neither prove or disprove theories as Ange has left the building and we don't get to find out next season. We ended up putting so many lines on the Ange's bug tracking spreadsheet and every single one of them had their own story. I've...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Great post. I think what we've learnt from other successful clubs is that you need several good players for that engine room. It's then how the manager coaches them into a number of different combinations and keeps them all fresh with rotation. It's about seamless switching of them during the...
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    Cristian Romero

    People get so tetchy even now when Ange is questioned about his defensive tactics. It really is quite simple. Ange's teams, regardless of players choice, conceded over 60 goals in 2 consecutive seasons. To use an Ange word, that was unprecedented. Now we can blame players, and they are certainly...
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    Cristian Romero

    Somewhat true. It will always be easier with a stable defence but you have to be able to switch defenders. That's football. Also, Davies was labelled our most intelligent defender and he was culpable for not getting the offside instruction multiple times. The Bowen Hammers goal was a great...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    It's the reason I've always been impressed with Joao Gomes. He has that blend of close touch, passing, tackling, athleticism that you need in the middle of the park. Way more football smarts and leadership than our current players as well. I doubt he's great at anything, but he seems to make a...
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    Cristian Romero

    I still genuinely believe people need to start looking at the defensive errors, not just Romero's, but in the context of how Ange was asking these guys to play the offside. Naturally, Romero would want to sweep and he want to go with his man and back himself to win a one-on-one battle. It's...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    My biggest curiosity with Frank is centre midfield. Ours has been nothing write home about even though we have good players on paper. When I look around I see players like Ramsey at Villa, Gomes at Wolves and other unsung heroes across the PL. The 2 lads I mention have had great games against us...
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    Expectations for 25/26

    I think the age profile of Villa's squad might count against them eventually especially if they lose Ramsey and Rodgers. They will have to churn quite a few in the next couple of years to refresh these players.
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    Mathys Tel

    Here's the problem. You can play a 4-2-3-1 where the 3 hold their left, central and right positions and you get so far with it. Then you can enhance the system and get 2 of the 3 interchanging like we did with Dele and Eriksen. Optimally, you interchange all 3 with players building that...
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    Mathys Tel

    I think it's OK to identify some of the weaknesses in Tel's game whilst he is still developing. It's a completely different thing to spot an alternative player in this market that has the attributes and is available for transfer this summer. So the loan fee was already done and to think we...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I think this observation is so important. Working hard is so different than working smart. I also think when you play with a double pivot in midfield all the other cogs fit around it easier in the way they work. At times, we didn't have a single number 6 in the normal zone under Ange. I'm...
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    Expectations for 25/26

    With Ange, I think I would have insisted on minimum 5th place in the league. Season 3 with significant investment and loads of time to embed a system across his entire squad meant that expectation should have been high in his case. What I'm looking for with Frank is slightly different. It's...
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    So, what happened today?

    I've done a million air-miles and would say that it's the minority of people that just can't get their heads around travelling that are the biggest pain in the arse. It's really not that difficult.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Such a great observation. Bentancur and Kulu are high up the pitch on a promising attack and we lose possession. Could you trust Dele, Eriksen or even Rafa VVD to be the 6 and drop back in as nearest man? Absolutely. No doubt in my mind. Can you trust Madds to make that 50 yard sprint and be...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I'm no accountant, but a better way to think of it is what would have happened if we hadn't have won the EL. That way you get to think about the EL win as well. Sorry wrong thread. :-)
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I expected the following important facts to come up in the above conversation. Unless I missed it, it hasn't. The reality is that we are currently £337m in transfer payables based on our prior spending. I know each transfer is different but normally the payment terms we negotiate are...
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    ENIC

    There's an irony that the CL teams not dropping into the EL worked massively in our favour. Next season, I would have probably settled for dropping into the EL and winning it again. As you say though, the FA Cup would be special. Our history is so much about that competition which is currently...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Ain't it nice to have a football conversation again? 8-) It's gonna be so interesting to see Frank's take on this squad that we've been building for a fair few years. There has been heavy investment into it and will be more. I'll be happy to see the double pivot midfield back again at Spurs...
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    ENIC

    The challenge is that they're not equally weighted in fan time and headspace. A football season is 9 months and we played 60 games across that time period. Whilst Bilbao was euphoric, scraping a draw at Ibrox was incredibly frustrating. Whilst the Utd league games were soothing, the Palace home...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Definitely. Just by removing Werner, Reggie and Forster has just removed another £15-20m in salaries. That creates space for further optimisation whether that's new players or new contracts for existing, especially for the younger players. One thought is that we need to make sure that our best...
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