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  1. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    What I would say though is that you could see the flaws easier. As an example in the 4-3-3 Ange had his 3 midfielders on the high press splitting left, right and centre. They would all end up in advanced areas and all be behind the ball as we were chasing back. You could see the full-backs...
  2. Muttley

    What would YOUR priority signing be in the Jan transfer window?

    I think you nailed it. I guess you have to trust the process. Perhaps we see some intent from other camps like Wharton, Andersen, Rogers, MGW etc and are hedging our bets based on our budget. If Gomes is in that list then we get to find out eventually and see where he moves. Obviously, when...
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    ***OFFICIAL***SPURS***L'arse***OMT***

    He also had them in a period where they could carry 2-3 seasons of high intensity and then he burnt them out. Not blaming him, but he had no squad depth but wanted high press, high intensity football. Poch operated with 15 / 16 players max. Eriksen was world class in the early days. The Eriksen...
  4. Muttley

    What would YOUR priority signing be in the Jan transfer window?

    Yeah, could be that. Arsenal bought Frank's old mainstay from Brentford and Zubimendi. They actually bought 2 of Gomes's stamp. Liverpool bought Wirtz for their midfield. Slightly more attacking I guess. Pep bought Reijnders and Cherki to bolster his midfield. Again, not quite the stamp of...
  5. Muttley

    ***OFFICIAL***SPURS***L'arse***OMT***

    Think we said it earlier. Poch had players in attacking areas that had extreme defensive smarts. When you have Eriksen, Dele and Kane in your line-up it makes it so much easier for the guys behind them to get forward. That was even with a defensive dumbass like Sonny along side them. I lost...
  6. Muttley

    What would YOUR priority signing be in the Jan transfer window?

    Gomes confuses me. He has owned our midfield several times when we've played against them. However, he's not been snaffled up by a big club and wasn't even on anyone's radar this summer just gone. What do the big clubs see that we don't?
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    ***OFFICIAL***SPURS***L'arse***OMT***

    You mean beating the Aussies at cricket, the Kiwi's at rugby and winning the NLD all within the same week. Even Meatloaf had 2 out of 3 :cool:
  8. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I get it. Our collective nowadays is the following Solanke (inj) Richi Tel Johnson Muani Odobert Kudus Xavi Madds (inj) Kulu (inj) Scarlett When you add back the natural attacking intent of Bergval and Sarr, when does Frank get more optimisation from the group? We have 8-10 fit players for 4...
  9. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Love the guy, but he was on the decline in a very tough PL. When I think about it more, our biggest strength should be the collective of attackers keeping the intensity going for 95 mins in every match. That was what was missing with Ange because he lost Odobert and Richi early season and then...
  10. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I don't quite see the Sonny thing as a comparative to last season. His super powers had waned that much and most of the season he was highly ineffective. The other 3 spot on though. Getting Dom and Deki back will be like 2 new signings. Nothing we can do about Madds. We may never see that same...
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    ***OFFICIAL***SPURS***L'arse***OMT***

    lol - I just wrote on the other thread that the most entertaining match I've watched all season was Eng vs Kiwis at Twickers last weekend
  12. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I guess I would have to ask that same question about all of the top clubs in England. Where is the Emirates Marketing Project style that won the league 5-7 years ago? Where is Arteta's stylish football of 3-5 years ago? I think we might be doubly suffering as Spurs fans because our own philosophy has changed in...
  13. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I thought we had hired Andy Scoulding to be the bridge between our loan players and the club, working with Lange and our first team manager to get the whole model working. Isn't it like the role Frank had a few years ago. I agree with you. Something is not working. Apart from a missing left...
  14. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Wasn't he operating as a 10 in those games ahead of 2 centre mids?
  15. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Exactly. Our benchmark partnership in the last 20 years has been the brief Wanyama / Dembele partnership. On paper, it was quite simple. Wanyama was the destroying, holding midfielder and Dembele was the classy, ball player that could progress the ball through the thirds. In reality it was...
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    ***OFFICIAL***SPURS***L'arse***OMT***

    I think Richy naturally wants to be in a position to show for the ball rather than be next to his marker. You've seen him live a lot. I haven't. On the couple of occasions I have watched him live, I noticed how he was constantly speculating to receive a pass. He just keeps constantly moving to...
  17. Muttley

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I think the Palhinha signing has been the most intriguing when it comes to tactics. We bought a specialist holding midfielder surely knowing that he offers less to his game in an attacking game. So when you're at BM, Palhinha is extremely useful as you bring him off the bench and you close games...
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    ***OFFICIAL***SPURS***L'arse***OMT***

    It will be interesting to see how Kudus and Odobert adapt into that narrower space and give Pal / Bents some physical support in the midfield battle.
  19. Muttley

    What would YOUR priority signing be in the Jan transfer window?

    Yeah, agree with that. I do have a couple of 60 year old Sikh golf mates born in Ealing and Bedford. They do constantly remind me that they support India in the cricket even though they are English when it suits them :)
  20. Muttley

    What would YOUR priority signing be in the Jan transfer window?

    Yeah, I guess I was trying to come at it from the original point about why black people have swayed towards Arsenal. I still think if a player had origins from a tribe or town then it is quite natural that a player with heritage there would get a following. Of course, there are thousands of...
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