So far, it's been a positive start to the Thomas Frank Era at Tottenham Hotspur, as the club have not lost a game yet in the Champions League and a run of draws is now what is akin to a crisis, as opposed to the "everything is fine" attitude some fans had to cope with Ange Postecoglou driving the team into weekly embarrassments and a historically putrid finish in the Premier League.
Frank is a very calm, diplomatic figure in press conferences, but when you read between the lines of what he is really saying, it's also abundantly clear that Frank understands where the issues for Spurs lie and is realistic about tacitly acknowledging them - you know, without yelling aimlessly like Postecoglou or Antonio Conte.
Every Tottenham fan knows that the left side of the attack is nowhere near good enough. Even with Son Heung-min still around and leading the team in Premier League goal contributions last season, it still honestly wasn't adequate, and now without the South Korean footballing legend, the Spurs left side is almost an abyss.
At least Mohammed Kudus is looking good
While praising the right side of the attack, which has been a point of strength after the signing of Mohammed Kudus, Frank was more measured in his comments about the left side during his press conference ahead of Tottenham's tricky road matchup against a stingy Leeds United:
“One side is creating chances, the other side is finishing them. That is not too bad when you look at the stats. Mo and Pedro's relationship is really good and there is that consistency. (On the other side) there are different left-backs and wingers, so it is about finding that consistency and flow.”
Although it's hard to tell what Frank means by the left side finishing chances created by the right, the fact that he's implying that the left side is inconsistent, not flowing well, and has unknown starting personnel is pretty much all Spurs fans need to hear.
It's hardly a ringing endorsement of the unit from a normally upbeat Frank, who has been trialing - and mostly erroring - a bunch of options on the left-hand side. So far, only Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel have been anything remotely passable on the left wing, as Kudus and Brennan Johnson quite obviously cannot play in this position.
The left wing situation is an issue that will likely persist until a new signing comes in, or someone like Odobert or Tel clicks and puts it all together mentally. That's not out of the realm of possibilities over the next few months, though left wing is right at the top of the list of Spurs transfer targets at this very moment in time.