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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Haven't seen enough of Joao Gomes, but from what I've seen and heard he seems like a good option at the very least. Neves was really good, but yeah that train has passed I think. Dynamic quick give and go passing that progresses the ball is great, doesn't have to be longer range passing for me...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    You need several good players there, it is about coaching and it is about the set up. But for me the balance remains off in midfield. We don't have a natural 6. We don't have a natural deep playmaker unless Bergvall or Gray becomes that with consistency. Bergvall looking closer. I have very...
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    Cristian Romero

    Alternatively a more structured and disciplined defensive setup could make Romero look even better. For a replacement to be an upgrade or even at a similar level for us would have to be excellent on the ball and particularly with his passing. Of the players that play deep or drop deep we have...
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    The "DM" thread

    Yeah, good example. Different profile, but Fabinho before him was also excellent and imo underrated on the ball. But more of that role suiting Gravenberch in addition to him adapting imo. They're rare, particularly at a very good level, but a natural 6 makes a huge difference. Particularly if...
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    Mathys Tel

    Yeah, if we're keeping all those players it will be a negative stockpiling. I'm assuming we won't. And it remains to be seen when Son leaves. The difference between 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 isn't that great in terms of number of players for those roles. Apart from when Ange played Maddison and Deki in...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Think the involvement of Damsgaard too is worth a mention, though not strictly in the front line. I think he has shown flexibility and a good ability to coach good attacking play. As importantly ability to further develop already good and talented attacking players. How that translates to a...
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    Mathys Tel

    "Stockpiling" top young talents seems to be very much what we want to do. Can get to a point where that's too much as well, but don't think we're there yet.
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    Mathys Tel

    Will suit a different style much better imo. More of the old fashioned Son role than the wide winger role I think suits him way better. Would be more concerned about signing him had Ange stayed. If Frank ever wants to play two up front that probably makes a striker role significantly easier for...
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    The "DM" thread

    Still think we'd struggle with balance in midfield personally. Even in a double pivot a more natural "6" is a good thing. Neither Bentancur or Sarr are that (so far). If it's those two we'd probably still struggle with ball progression against a high press. Bergvall may be enough to fix that...
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    Bryan Mbeumo

    I think the distinction is between direct (run in behind, get on the end of things) vs creative/indirect (good in tight spaces, dribbly, combination play). Direct better in counter attacking play (open space) and getting the final involvement. Indirect better when teams sit back and you need...
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    Cristian Romero

    I agree he had underperfermoed at times in the league. Mostly to do with individual moments, lapses of concentration. I guess part of the question is did we lose however many games we did with him in the team (fewer than 22) in part because he wasn't demanding enough of himself or others. I'm...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    You bring up a good point. I don't understand finances in general or our specific situation well enough to have a strong opinion on this. What I do know is that Levy has never put us in a situation where we weren't able to spend money going into the next season since the stadium was built...
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    Cristian Romero

    Can totally get Romero being unhappy about how a lot of things have gone since he came here. He's by now a serial winner and imo good enough to play at any club in the world. He's obviously not the type to just keep his mouth shut when things aren't going well. I don't mind that. Shows...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Fully agreed on managing expectations. And with our still fairly young squad letting Frank do his thing with developing players and getting the most out of what he has and gets. I could see a player like Odobert absolutely thrive and grow under Frank. Different player, but similar to Mbuemo at...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Agreed. Whereas Maddison can play at different speeds and even help set the tempo. Kulusevski needs someone to act as a deeper playmaker behind him. Maddison can drop into that role. Kulusevski obviously has more of a physical presence that we've sometimes missed without him and an absolute...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Fully agree. A fair bit of the criticism of our wage budget and wages to turnover ratio doesn't accept your premise that the money comes from the same pot. It's a "spend more money" / "spend more of your own money" argument.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    So far I think this is the most unified positive reaction to a managerial hire I can remember in a long time. Or somewhere between moderately to highly positive about him. Very few real negative reactions. Perhaps says a bit about Frank, but I also think it's partially because we just won the...
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    If Frank can translate overperforming on a smaller budget to overperforming on a bigger budget we'll be in for a good time. That's part of what Pochettino did and what actually is fairly rare.
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    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Good to have it official. And good to see him get some of his highest thought of coaches with him. Will be interesting to see what he can do here.
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    Mikey Moore

    Disagree that this is the whole point of a loan. It's one of the points, but far from the only one.
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