Super Frank Thread

[Jase 43,479]

Assuming we played defensively in the last 2 games because they were against Sevilla and Man United, then there's no excuse not to be more offensive in the next 6 games before facing another big side (Spurs)...

Krasnodar (a)
Burnley (a)
Rennes (h)
Sheffield United (h)
Newcastle (a)
Rennes (a)

[Fulham Broadway 16,939]

Frank is right   -''United are miles ahead in Europe in getting penalties at Old Trafford, yet Azpi in a headlock isnt worth 20 seconds of monitor scrutiny, when often they stop for three minutes to look at it''

[milka 3,357]

Chelsea fans are so used to instant success that it’s impossible for a manager to build a team at Chelsea. Lampard was brought in for the long term project & not for overnight success & just to be sacked. Did Klopp produce his PL & UCL winning Liverpool overnight? No. Back him.

[Fernando 6,489]

I thought it was good. 

We need to improve defense first and he is doing that the last two games. 

[Laylabelle 9,393]

14 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Frank is right   -''United are miles ahead in Europe in getting penalties at Old Trafford, yet Azpi in a headlock isnt worth 20 seconds of monitor scrutiny, when often they stop for three minutes to look at it''

That's it. We kept being shown the other incident..takes seconds to check but sillier moments happy to check

[Fulham Broadway 16,939]

3 minutes ago, Fernando said:

I thought it was good. 

We need to improve defense first and he is doing that the last two games. 

Exactly. Mourinhos mantra  -start from the back, and two for every position (though he did have the luxury of a blank chequebook)

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Fernando said:

I thought it was good. 

We need to improve defense first and he is doing that the last two games. 

Yeah but our attacking play was sacrificed for it. 0.4 and 0.21 xG against Sevilla and Man United say it all.

All good playing defensively against those 2 to get a point but can we maintain the balance - good offensively and defensively - against the lesser teams? The next 6 games will tell us a lot. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Exactly. Mourinhos mantra  -start from the back, and two for every position (though he did have the luxury of a blank chequebook)

@Tomo will be having fits over this... 

[Fulham Broadway 16,939]

Just now, Jason said:

@Tomo will be having fits over this... 

Yes he loves my posts

[Special Juan 27,440]

Two 0-0's in a row, bet Frank is fucking buzzing, and wrongly so.

Two average performances and toothless with it.

[whats happening 1,534]

for me it's funny how some people are happy with two 0-0 draws like thats an improvement after those 3-3 and 4-1 4-0 and such games. why cant we have both sides of the coin. it's like its an unrealistic expectation, and we should be happy with what we have. like we are fucking palace or something. 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

 

Lets bring up the mourinho and conte games then and see if we were as piss poor in attack in them too.

CL knockout and massive title deciding games aside, jose parked the bus but never looked to draw.

You wanna see the tactical masterclass? Conte vs barca at the bridge. Sat back, have them possession but should have won 3-0. Willian should have scored twice as should have hazard. We made chances, we were urgent when space opened up.



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[Tomo 21,733]

15 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Two 0-0's in a row, bet Frank is fucking buzzing, and wrongly so.

Two average performances and toothless with it.

I said on the match thread that the next games will show how good these results were.

Krasandor, Burnley and SHU there's no excuse for anything other than 9 points (unless we get denied by a keeper masterclass) and if we're still looking shaky attacking then questions will be asked and rightly so.

[killer1257 3,282]

Lets bring up the mourinho and conte games then and see if we were as piss poor in attack in them too.

CL knockout and massive title deciding games aside, jose parked the bus but never looked to draw.

You wanna see the tactical masterclass? Conte vs barca at the bridge. Sat back, have them possession but should have won 3-0. Willian should have scored twice as should have hazard. We made chances, we were urgent when space opened up.



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We don't have Hazard or Cesc no more

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[Jase 43,479]

2 minutes ago, Supermonkey92 said:

CL knockout and massive title deciding games aside, jose parked the bus but never looked to draw.

Man United away in 2013/14.

Man City away in 2014/15 and 2015/16.

Same manager who also went and parked the bus at Basel! 

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

We don't have Hazard or Cesc no more

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United didn't park the bus, did they?

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[Supermonkey92 1,428]

Man United away in 2013/14.
Man City away in 2014/15 and 2015/16.
Same manager who also went and parked the bus at Basel! 

In cant remember the United match. The city matches are good counterexamples but that's because they were CLEARLY better.

Yaya, silva, Aguero all in their prime.

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[Superblue 6,372]

I'd rather Lampard get the defensive base and organisation sorted out now early in the season then it remaining a huge issue for us all season.

People need some patience with this. Lampard is finally starting to show some tactical discipline and shape to our game that fans have been crying out for the last year. It's obviously affected our attack over the past two games and we need to find the right balance but I firmly believe this base is better to build from than the base we were showing in the earlier weeks (i.e. full of goals but looking like conceding just as many). 

Nobody is pulling away at present in the league, and if we can get these points to our game right it'll stand us in good stead throughout the season.

We are much more likely to be able to grind some results out through the season 1-0 than we are winning 4-3 in a game of pinball. And the way this season is progressing that could seriously put us in a position to be able to mount a title challenge this year.