Thomas Frank - Head Coach

[Bedfordspurs]

If the stories about Frank not wanting our players to shoot from outside the box because it’s low xG returns are true, then the fact we keep conceding these types of goals is quite funny.

I need to find humour in these types of ironies in order to cope

Teams maybe know we don’t practice them so assume, correctly it seem, we don’t know how to defend them

 

[billyiddo]

Sure, but bringing the term ‘mathematically safe’ into the discussion was a device to distract from the original terms of the debate, which were whether or not we were ever in serious danger of getting relegated. And we were not ever in serious danger of getting relegated. If we were, we would have made different selection decisions.

I don't think pointing out the correct date on which we were actually safe from relegation is all that questionable when it was being stated that we were "factually safe" as far back as January. It was simply providing the correct information and no comment was made regarding how 'close' we actually were.

 

[carl]

So we were "mathematically" safe in January because we somehow knew at the time how the rest of the results would go for all teams below us?

Ive heard it all now.

 

[parj]

Balanced football works if you have the players. Poch did, Harry did. No one else has.

But every manager in between didn't want balance. It was either more defensive or not attacking. That's not the managers fault, that's the hiring committees fault for not sticking to a philosophy, and hiring a manager that fits it

 

[parj]

Someone has made the effort to put together all the long range strikes that have gone whistling in against Spurs this season.

Maybe, just maybe, we need to bite into challenges and make sure nobody has a free shot from 23 yards? (*cough Palhinha*)

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What a depressing watch... But some cracking goals. However, this highlights one thing to me... Wtf is the midfield job? Is to press and close these opportunities, it is it create a wall in the defence at all times?

We seem to be happy to lose the midfield battle, such makes me wonder why don't we just play defensive 4-2-4 formation. At least we can play long ball then

 

[parj]

So we were "mathematically" safe in January because we somehow knew at the time how the rest of the results would go for all teams below us?

Ive heard it all now.

This is one of the arguments that really tinkled me off last season. It doesn't matter if people thought we were safe or not, the standard of the performances was so far below unacceptable. We cannot accept that ever again. We don't sacrifice the league in the hope of winning a cup. At a minimum we should have enough players to handle 2 tournaments