{"id":53386,"date":"2025-10-31T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=53386"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:05:08","slug":"thomas-frank-on-chelsea-its-going-to-be-a-special-one-im-really-looking-forward-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=53386","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank on Chelsea: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a special one \u2014 I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Frank has called on his players to make their home ground a fortress as they continue their push for success this season. Reflecting on his team\u2019s recent performances, the Tottenham boss stressed the importance of balance between home and away results if the club is to reach its full potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear to me that if you want to achieve something big in football, you need to have both a good home form and a good away form,\u201d Frank explained. \u201cOur away form has been very impressive so far, showing the strength, discipline, and mentality we\u2019ve developed as a group. However, to truly compete at the highest level, you also need to make your home ground a place where opponents find it difficult to get anything from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dane admitted that his team\u2019s home record hasn\u2019t yet reached the same standard as their performances on the road, but he believes that will change with time and focus. \u201cRight now, three home games in the Premier League is a very small sample to judge anything by,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s still early in the season, and what really matters is how we build consistency and confidence in front of our own fans. I\u2019m quite convinced that by the end of the season, we\u2019ll look back and see that our home form has become a real strength for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank went on to emphasize that improvement starts with belief and determination, especially heading into their next fixture. \u201cIt\u2019s up to us to make that shift happen,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe have a fantastic group of players who are hungry to perform, and we\u2019ve shown already that we can match anyone when we play with energy and intensity. I\u2019m convinced we\u2019ll have a very good chance to show that again tomorrow. We know how important it is to give our supporters something to be proud of \u2014 to make them feel that every time they come here, they\u2019re watching a team that fights for everything and refuses to give anything away easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Confident and optimistic, Frank concluded by reaffirming his belief that momentum at home will come naturally as the team continues to grow together. \u201cWe\u2019ve built a strong foundation away from home, and now it\u2019s about bringing that same edge, aggression, and confidence into our home performances. When we do that, I\u2019ve no doubt this place will become the kind of fortress that every team fears visiting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Frank has called on his players to make their home ground a fortress as they continue their push for success this season. Reflecting on his team\u2019s recent performances, the Tottenham boss stressed the importance of balance between home and away results if the club is to reach its full potential. \u201cIt\u2019s clear to me &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":53387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tf-31oct11.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53388,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53386\/revisions\/53388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}