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Thomas Frank - Former Head Coach

Bishop said:
What they say doesn't matter, it's what they do that does.

What the new man says in public matters little, it's what he says through players in private and the instructions he gives them on the training field that matters.
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Actions will always speak louder than words, of course.
However, taking the action of speaking positive words is a massive step towards getting real actions/reactions from a dressing room.
That is a proven fact in football (and, indeed, life).

I absolutely disagree with the second bit bold-faced, especially in the modern era where initial perception is (almost sadly) everything. It is absolutely vital that whoever comes in says the 'right' things in public, if only to warm the stands up and get people believing. Obviously the second part stands as fact, but it is not seperable from the first bit. ALL of it is important, it all forms the overall temperature and attitude.
 
"Frank had arrived at Tottenham with a “no d---heads” policy that he cultivated at Brentford, but implementing that in north London was not as easy as he might have anticipated or liked."

:tearsofjoy: Tell me we've got a squad full of dingdongheads without telling me we have a squad full of dingdongheads. Unbelievable...
 
Kane said:
I hear you. Such is our need then, and with apparently such very limited viable options, we'd best hope that he doesn't stay where he's at, or get his head turned by someone else, that he doesn't move back to South America, or that he simply just retires, etc.
Of course, our current Board saw fit to interview more than 30 candidates last time so maybe they see it differently:)
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Just the fact that we had as many as 30 candidates tells me how badly run we are. The fact that we thought it was a good thing to actually publicise the fact that we had absolutely no idea of who should take over from Ange and no immediate shortlist just highlights that fact even more.

An absolute shambles. The opposite of how well run clubs like Brighton or Bournemouth or, dare I say it, the Woolwich Wanderers are run.

I suspect we also have no idea who we’ll bring in now either, despite the fact that we’ve had a 3 month run up of seeing how appalling Frank was.
 
Mr Gogolak said:
"Frank had arrived at Tottenham with a “no d---heads” policy that he cultivated at Brentford, but implementing that in north London was not as easy as he might have anticipated or liked."

:tearsofjoy:Tell me we've got a squad full of dingdongheads without telling me we have a squad full of dingdongheads. Unbelievable...
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Find it completely believable myself.
 
Mr Gogolak said:
"Frank had arrived at Tottenham with a “no d---heads” policy that he cultivated at Brentford, but implementing that in north London was not as easy as he might have anticipated or liked."

:tearsofjoy:Tell me we've got a squad full of dingdongheads without telling me we have a squad full of dingdongheads. Unbelievable...
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If only they were “intelligent kuntz” at least but clearly most of ours remain of the stupid variety!
 
thfcsteff said:
Actions will always speak louder than words, of course.
However, taking the action of speaking positive words is a massive step towards getting real actions/reactions from a dressing room.
That is a proven fact in football (and, indeed, life).

I absolutely disagree with the second bit bold-faced, especially in the modern era where initial perception is (almost sadly) everything. It is absolutely vital that whoever comes in says the 'right' things in public, if only to warm the stands up and get people believing. Obviously the second part stands as fact, but it is not seperable from the first bit. ALL of it is important, it all forms the overall temperature and attitude.
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I've heard or read somewhere yesterday that during his first press conference, Frank said something along the lines of 'one thing I can guarantee is that we will be losing games'. If he did (can't be bothered to check) that's a rookie mistake particularly when coming after someone like Postecoglou, who used to say the exact opposite.

Turns out they were both right, but there's things people want to hear and there's things people don't want to hear - regardless of whether they're true or not. For instance, I'm not sure telling someone who's been diagnosed with cancer, 'well, you've got a 66% of dying but hey, you never know what might happen' is a very good idea...
 
Mr Gogolak said:
I've heard or read somewhere yesterday that during his first press conference, Frank said something along the lines of 'one thing I can guarantee is that we will be losing games'. If he did (can't be bothered to check) that's a rookie mistake particularly when coming after someone like Postecoglou, who used to say the exact opposite.

Turns out they were both right, but there's things people want to hear and there's things people don't want to hear - regardless of whether they're true or not. For instance, I'm not sure telling someone who's been diagnosed with cancer, 'well, you've got a 66% of dying but hey, you never know what might happen' is a very good idea...
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I’d always rather honesty myself.

We only have to look at the state of the world to see where baseless boosterism gets you.
 
Mr Gogolak said:
I've heard or read somewhere yesterday that during his first press conference, Frank said something along the lines of 'one thing I can guarantee is that we will be losing games'. If he did (can't be bothered to check) that's a rookie mistake particularly when coming after someone like Postecoglou, who used to say the exact opposite.

Turns out they were both right, but there's things people want to hear and there's things people don't want to hear - regardless of whether they're true or not. For instance, I'm not sure telling someone who's been diagnosed with cancer, 'well, you've got a 66% of dying but hey, you never know what might happen' is a very good idea...
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He did say that, I remember it. Personally didn't have a problem with that, but as is always the way in today's world every little thing said and done by the manager gets dissected and turned into something bigger than it really is....
 
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