Thomas Frank's had a few howlers in the manager's chair over the past couple of weeks, but he silver lining about three straight draws is that Tottenham Hotspur and their beloved manager can learn an awful lot from these mistakes and the unsuccessful iterations of experimentation that have gone on during these games.
Tottenham already knew coming into the 2025/26 season that new signing Mohammed Kudus from "rivals" West Ham United would be pivotal to their success under Frank, and Kudus has immediately been one of the best signings in European football and a clear focal point of the attack.
Whenever possible, Spurs have gotten Kudus involved, and he has made the right wing his home. But because of his dominance on the right side, Tottenham have found it hard to get Brennan Johnson involved. The previous right winger, who led Spurs in goals last season, actually got a chance to spread his wings on the left side of the attack against Bournemouth, but he was a total failure in that position.
So, naturally, Frank decided to do the opposite. With Spurs searching for a goal in the second half against Wolves, he brought on the Europa League Final hero Johnson as a substitute in the 62nd minute. But in order to accommodate Johnson, Frank shipped out Kudus to the left wing, and the result was predictably disastrous.
Thomas Frank saw what we already knew
Now, you'd expect Frank to have known, as a successful Premier League manager, that Kudus and the left wing don't mix. West Ham already went there and tried that last season, and Kudus was horrible on the left. Johnson isn't much better, but the drop off between Kudus on the right and left is much bigger than Johnson from the right to the left, simply because Kudus is so much more effective at baseline in his preferred position.
Frank learned something important by experimenting and seeing it for himself. Kudus isn't an option on the left wing, and in case he had any illusions about solving his post-Son Heung-min problem on the left by starting him there and then bringing in Johnson as a starting right winger, then that was all mooted in mere minutes vs. Wolves.
It's much better for Tottenham to play their best attacking player right now, Kudus, in his best attacking position and then to let Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel (preferably Tel right now) hash it out for starting minutes on the left.