As the points continue to drop and Tottenham Hotspur fall further outside the top half of the Premier League table, fans are growing increasingly frustrated with new manager Thomas Frank, who is essentially bringing in the same results as predecessor Ange Postecoglou in the league with the exact opposite in terms of charisma and excitement on the pitch.
Frank has turned Spurs into a boring, plodding unit that does not trust or develop young stars, and his comments at press conferences are absolutely mind numbing for Spurs fans to hear. This is a guy who leaves players like Xavi Simons, Mathys Tel, and Wilson Odobert to rot on the bench despite being stars of the future for the club and already the best options at their positions for Spurs.
Tottenham 100 percent miss Son Heung-min's presence on the left flank, and when Frank was asked about whether or not Spurs miss him, he gave one of the worst responses possible ahead of this weekend's clash against Brentford. Frank said, via The Spurs Express, “I don’t know, I would say he’s not here, so others need to step up.”
Thomas Frank is being laughable again
That is laughable on a few levels. Firstly, why is Frank even bothering with the "I don't know" cheekiness. It's one of this most annoying passive aggressive traits. Just emphatically say, "Yes, we miss Son Heung-min," because it is 100 percent obvious to every single person who follows Tottenham that Spurs miss the greatest icon in the history of the club.
But then here's the part that is infuriating and honestly quite hypocritical from Frank. He is out there trying to demand that young players like Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert step up on the left wing to play like a living legend in Son, yet he pretty much sabotages them from having any chance of doing just that and stepping up at all.
Frank is benching his only possible left wing options who would even have a prayer at replacing Son. And obviously, young, raw players like Odobert and Tel aren't going to be capable of replacing a literal Premier League icon any time soon.
So it is quite a gutsy statement for Frank to come out and tell the young players that they need to step up and be more like Son, who he coyly tries to say he isn't sure Spurs miss, all the while Frank is the one holding them back from having a chance.