Thomas Frank - Head Coach

[Mrs Vert]

Wirtz must be rubbing his hands together as we are the team that keep giving gifts out and Christmas is just around the corner.

Ive Put Ekitike in for fantasy......think we know how this goes.
What has Eze done since our game??

 

[Pandy]

I listened to The Extra Inch today and heard them comparing stats between Bentancur, Phalinha and other central midfielders - basically describing Bentancur as "coward" as he always chooses the safe option, he basically never progresses the ball either by foot or by pass. Same with Phalinha, but he's meant to be a destroyer, of course, and does that job well. It's baffling that we have started so many games with those two on the pitch together (or with Bentancur in particular).

I think we need to get a midfielder able to pass and progress the ball, as well as withstand pressure, in for Bentancur - should be a main priority in Jan, if we can get one in.

Bentancur isn't the main problem, it's the system, he has no options because we are set up so conservatively when we have the ball.

 

[Welshspur60]

But there is no risk in any of our passing, it's all safe. We're never going to progress that way. While our midfield isn't world class it's also not that bad that it can't play forward. It's also about getting a system embedded into the team. Even if it's not going to work 100% with the players we have now, at least the whole team won't have to learn a new system when we get the type of midfielder that Frank wants in order to be more brave.

Without Madders and Kulusevski our midfield is woeful at the moment.. Only Bergvall and Simons can break foreward and beat a man to create space, but the latter is still a work in progress while Simons is coming to terms with the speed and time you have in the PL.
Id try and get Scott McTominay. He was criminally underated at Manure.

 

[Welshspur60]

Without Madders and Kulusevski our midfield is woeful at the moment.. Only Bergvall and Simons can break foreward and beat a man to create space, but the latter is still a work in progress while Simons is coming to terms with the speed and time you have in the PL.
Id try and get Scott McTominay. He was criminally underated at Manure.

Sorry Bergvall= former

 

[Bullet]

Bentancur isn't the main problem, it's the system, he has no options because we are set up so conservatively when we have the ball.

Bentancur will only make a pass if it is 99% certain to reach its target. Thus he nearly always plays a VERY safe, short pass backwards.
Bentancur hides, he deliberately cowers in the shadow of the opposition pressing, rather than trying to be the spare man.

He didn't used to be like this.

Spurs are like a boxer that never jabs, never throws a punch, never looks dangerous. So after a few minutes the opponent realises he can just pummel us until we break, as we will never throw a punch back.