Mainly as he never appeared in training, as he was too busy filming adverts for anyone who waved money under his nose
Match Day Thread Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth
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he wouldn’t be doing any better than Frank is.
Brentford know what they are and are a settled club on and off the field.
Agreed. Frank is a symptom, not the disease.
It’s not good to see VdV arguing with our fans.
I think TF is done now if we lose this weekend.
I think TF is done now if we lose this weekend.
It's also amazing how the board have gone very silent of late. You do wonder if there is any plan in place at all?
Right at the end when they went over I think he took exception to something being said and was dragged away.
Watching Richarlison pretending to be a footballer on the day of Martin Chivers' death feels like an act of gross disrespect.
The season before that we finished 5th with a similar core of players, and then won a trophy.
Don’t get me wrong there’s plenty I would like to change about the squad but Frank just appears clueless. Bournemouth were winless in 11, we should be playing to dominate them on the ball, we’re physically bigger across the pitch, put them under pressure and move them into positions they’re uncomfortable with. Instead we give the ball away consistently and look to rely on isolated players winning 1v1s and doing something magical.
The passing is bad but it has been all season and wasn’t with a similar group of players in the past - it’s a coaching issue. There’s no patterns of play so they can’t predict where each other will be, and they’re usually positioned too far apart to play off the cuff. We’ve got deep midfielders (Bergvall) trying to fill in on the RW and somehow also play in midfield.
It’s a mess and Frank ain’t getting us out of it.
Hardly irrelevant, as he accepted a cushy office job over actual management, so he's cashing in on his name value to plug booking apps and whatnot
Any reinforcements that happen in this window will be “club” signings now, I feel.
The hierarchy must be beginning to think like the large majority of the fan base. I’d be amazed if Thomas Frank is given money in this window for players he wants. It’s too much of a risk with the situation we’re in
Sacking him now solves nothing imo. Needs at least 2 seasons before you review things unless something extraordinary happens and despite what many think, Spurs sitting in 14th isn’t extraordinary these days.
don't disagree but even with lesser players you can still provide some entertaining football.
There was no excuse not to play Scarlett for example.
I actually struggle to remember enjoying watching us play...possibly Burnley on the first game of the season.
Our best X1 hasn't started a single game in that period though.
If two or three of Solanke, Maddison, Kulesevski and Udogie had actually played I suspect we would have got a few more points.
You’ve missed my point. I was saying a top manager (Klopp is one of the best around) wouldn’t dramatically do much better than Spurs have this season because of the lack of quality in the squad
Spurs haven’t been enjoyable to watch for years though. Agree this isn’t great football but we knew this was coming after his years at Brentford.
For me it was this, and at a higher level, can he adapt from being a more reactionary coach to being at a club where you are expected to be the protagonist. You can justifiably say that the club aren’t set up to back him in the way he was used to, but I think he’s absolutely failing to implement anything close to an effective and recognisable style of play. Without that there’s no hope. Frank isn’t coming out with the players and thinking about how we’ll impose ourself on a game, he’s thinking more about nullifying the opposition than playing to our strengths.
Our inability to pass to our teammates seems to be a routine issue at this point, since it was a regular complaint when the wheels fell off the ubermensch's bus five years ago
While a sizeable chunk of that can be pinned on our players being almost completely devoid of any form of press resistance, the amount of times we have the makings of a good counter disappear into thin air because one of our players somehow failed to see an opposition player between themselves and the teammate they were trying to pass to has absolutely nothing to do with press resistance and an awful lot to do with either their decision making or basic technique training
Plus the question of can he cope with the pressure and scrutiny at a much bigger club.
No disrespect, but if Brentford fans boo their team after a game, it isn't newsworthy. If Spurs fans do, it is front page news, discussed by pundits and then asked by every journalist in the next press conference.
Frank has said quite a few things that suggest to me he massively underestimated just how heavy that pressure can be to carry.