Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Bodo/Glimt

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Thinking about the game a bit more, Bergvall was perhaps a bit wasted trying to play close to Richy. One of his big strengths is progressing the ball through midfield by carrying it - maybe Sarr might have made more of his ability to press high if they’d been swapped. Some of the inability to hold onto the ball was Frank’s tactics (and Bodo) but Bentancur went missing a bit and it’s not always Sarr’s game.
 
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The Huddlefro said:
Thinking about the game a bit more, Bergvall was perhaps a bit wasted trying to play close to Richy. One of his big strengths is progressing the ball through midfield by carrying it - maybe Sarr might have made more of his ability to press high if they’d been swapped. Some of the inability to hold onto the ball was Frank’s tactics (and Bodo) but Bentancur went missing a bit and it’s not always Sarr’s game.
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I think I said last night having Palhinha & Bergvall as the deeper midfield options would have definitely improved our control of any part of the pitch outside the six yard box
 
Also, better to have got this game done and
dusted now than have it late november
(dunno if UEFA would have scheduled it
for dec/jan) .
 
The RDBD said:
There appear to be players in the squad
who do not have the discipline/respect to play
well, whatever regime the manager wants
on-pitch

All clubs have to be brave in clearing them out ASAP.

Other than that, I expect to an accurate
measure of a new manager to emerge at
least by the midway point of the first season.
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agreed. So what do we feel is “fair” when assessing Frank at that point?

for me, I want to see:

- Players that are talented but were under performing previously beginning to flourish under his coaching, consistently.
- The new signings to be bedded in and regularly performing.
- Some/the majority of our unnecessary 2024/25 defeats turned into draws and/or wins.
- New ideas from the training ground being evidenced on the pitch. - corner/free kick routines, patterns of play etc.

If the majority of that is evident from week to week, it’ll show quite a lot of progress IMO. Especially with some much weaker squad members that are passengers!
 
Roo said:
agreed. So what do we feel is “fair” when assessing Frank at that point?

for me, I want to see:

- Players that are talented but were under performing previously beginning to flourish under his coaching, consistently.
- The new signings to be bedded in and regularly performing.
- Some/the majority of our unnecessary 2024/25 defeats turned into draws and/or wins.
- New ideas from the training ground being evidenced on the pitch. - corner/free kick routines, patterns of play etc.

If the majority of that is evident from week to week, it’ll show quite a lot of progress IMO. Especially with some much weaker squad members that are passengers!
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The pts/GF/GA, and how the results are
distributed over the games played, would
be a coarse objective measure at that date
(you could also compare it to the stats for
his predecessors) .

You will also have played 6 CL games,
2-3 League cup games, and each PL
opponent once.
 
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**** match, **** performance, **** ref, **** pitch. ****.
Not a terrible result, though. Nicked an undeserved draw and could've actually won it.
Foul by van de Ven but somehow not a foul on van de Ven? Bollocks.

We need to sort out the attacking midfield role and do it quickly.
I'll largely ignore this game, as most of the players looked like they were trying to avoid injury.
It was the same issues as we've had in other poor ones, though.
Archie Gray is looking surprisingly bright in his cameos, to pick a plus.

Leeds next and then another international break. Oh dear...
 
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The RDBD said:
The pts/GF/GA, and how the results are
distributed over the games played, would
be a coarse objective measure at that date
(you could also compare it to the stats for
his predecessors) .

You will also have played 6 CL games,
2-3 League cup games, and each PL
opponent once.
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are you doing a season compass this season? :laugh:
 
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