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  1. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    *** CL MD4 OMT Tottenham Hotspur v FC Copenhagen ***

    Was the Johnson red really deserved? Was watching with the sound low while bouncing a baby on my knee…it looked like the Copenhagen player’s second step got into the space where Johnson had already made his tackle, so it seemed harsh?
  2. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    *** CL MD4 OMT Tottenham Hotspur v FC Copenhagen ***

    Genuinely we could have had 8. Really really encouraging. It felt like the players were liberated. Hope we can continue this momentum against the better players we’ll be facing in the coming weeks. My hope was that Chelsea ends up being a performance that brings clarity to the players about what...
  3. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    *** CL MD4 OMT Tottenham Hotspur v FC Copenhagen ***

    Interesting that Porro is inverting and a back 3 in possession. Should see us move through the middle a lot better.
  4. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    *** CL MD4 OMT Tottenham Hotspur v FC Copenhagen ***

    A proactive system that isn’t functioning will look poor going both ways, as will a reactive one. There’s going to be moments where Frank’s Tottenham cut teams open at pace and it’s going to look brilliant. There were obviously moments where Ange’s team couldn’t string two passes together. But...
  5. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Last season there were some really bad games where we looked clueless. I’m thinking (at home) Palace loss and Bournemouth draw specifically. The Forest loss at home was a chaotic and unorganised start to go two down but we actually played really good football for the majority of that game and...
  6. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Yeah, I think the bull case for Frank is that the players have over rotated on caution and it’s just going to take a few more games for them to understand what he’s asking for in specific situations. But if the message that has been internalised is defence first, solidity, then when the pressure...
  7. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Enzo Maresca has said plenty at Leicester and Chelsea defending his style, talking about why the fans should not be impatient with a pass back, how possession helps them rest with the ball etc. Again I’m not saying Frank should have gone into a long detailed defence or that he did anything...
  8. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I’ll say something in Frank’s favour having watched Carragher on MNF. I thought his analysis was really interesting. There’s a good chance the issue is confidence in the approach, and so while the general approach likely isn’t going to drastically change under Frank, the players confidence and...
  9. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    There’s no point to any of it other than to churn out content, but it does give an insight into how these guys think. I’m really not saying I ‘wanted’ something super in depth, I’m just saying that he actually did give an answer, and that answer tells us something about his instincts. Other...
  10. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I massively agree with all of this. I’m all about giving a manager time. I wanted to give Ange time. And I’m very happy to give Frank time. I’m not really talking about whether Frank is good or not, or whether he can be successful at the top level, I’m talking about his instincts and how that...
  11. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I think this is just an overly negative view of the capabilities of our squad, which is filled with internationals that have played the highest level of European competition. Bournemouth play a more interesting game in possession. Brighton. Fulham. It’s just not credible to say our players are...
  12. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I really just want him to answer the question that was asked. There’s plenty of coaches that actually have more of a possession game that are willing and able to expand on their thoughts around the system in these pressers. I don’t think it’s some secret that Frank is hiding from the...
  13. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    There's a narrative, that you're a defensive coach, a pragmatist who can tweak things but maybe not such a front foot kind of coach. Are you surprised by that, given your record with Brentford in your career? I think it depends on whose narrative that is. The journalists? A few fans? I guess we...
  14. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    It’s why I called their possession game good, rather than excellent. But they are world class at set pieces. Where as so far I’d say we’re very good at set pieces and have nothing else offensively.
  15. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    The idea that our squad of international footballers cannot play a more progressive possession game than what we saw on Saturday is completely mad, I’m sorry. Even accounting for the injuries.
  16. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    I think Arteta can rightfully claim that they have a good possssikn game, but have unlocked set pieces as a way to break teams down. Right now we can’t claim the same. It’s bad in possession and set pieces are the only thing we have.
  17. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Absolutely. It makes me raise a wry eyebrow when I see things like ‘once we get Madders and Kulu back things will be better’ because a stat like this one, FOUR through balls all season…that clearly is not the players. That is very blatantly a result of the instruction they’ve been given. I...
  18. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    Thomas Frank - Head Coach

    Just saw something on Reddit saying that we have played 4 through balls this season, and one at home. That can’t be right? Supposedly league average is 18, with top teams doing 30+. I’m begging it to be the case that I’ve fallen for some really subtle satire.
  19. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea***, Premier League, Nov 1st 2025 at White Hart Lane

    There’s a strange thing among the fanbase of talking our players down and talking players of other club’s up way beyond what they deserve. In really simple terms, the players we have are more than capable of playing a more fluid game in possession than what we saw yesterday. It doesn’t need to...
  20. SissokoWasGood (BoL)

    ***Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea***, Premier League, Nov 1st 2025 at White Hart Lane

    I think the root cause is that Frank chooses to set us up in the shape that he does. It’s very deliberate in the first phase of play.
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