Thomas Frank may have shown more attacking verve with his tactical plan against PSG in the Champions League mid week, but the overall response from Tottenham Hotspur after their loss to Arsenal last weekend was nothing short of shameful.
Spurs lost 2-1 to Fulham on Saturday night, getting off to the wrong start by falling behind 2-0 within 10 minutes. At no point in the subsequent 80 did Spurs look like turning it around, and both the lineup selection and overall tactical game plan from Frank were horrid.
As the boos rained down on Frank, nothing was done to adjust the proceedings. And after the game, all Frank could do was get all high and mighty about who is and who isn't a "true" Tottenham fan. Frank seems to vastly underestimate just how many Spurs supporters are turning against them, and the rumor mill continues to swirl with indications that the players are beginning to turn on him, too.
Thomas Frank is losing the plot
It's no wonder why, too. Frank just doesn't get it, and every time he opens his mouth, it sounds more and more like he still thinks he's at Brentford where being in the mid table and drawing teams is good enough for Tottenham. Well, it's not.
After the loss to Fulham, Frank made inane remarks again, almost celebrating the fact that his team could have drawn the inferior side, via Last Word on Spurs, ”I think we was more cool, created more, scored a good goal, created opportunities and we could have got a 2-2 draw.”
Although this may seem like a small thing to pick on that Thomas Frank said after the game, it's not as much of a throw away line as it seems. Frank is basically saying that he thought Tottenham played better, that the level they showed was acceptable, and that potentially getting a draw out of this game would have been good enough for him.
That's atrocious. Every single time Spurs play poorly and lose or draw a team that is worse than them, Frank acts as if everything is OK and Spurs were just unlucky. But you can't be unlucky if you are getting outplayed and not winning almost every single time you are out there.
After the reaction from the fans and, most importantly, after how poorly Tottenham played in their biggest game of the season against Arsenal at the Emirates, you'd expect to see more urgency and accountability from Frank. Instead, he's yammering on about feeling good about coming close to drawing Fulham when he was nowhere close. At this point, Frank is trending closer and closer towards a sack, because he just doesn't understand how dire his results are. He's got no clue.