Every single Tottenham Hotspur supporter is rooting for Thomas Frank to succeed. After ripping through well known manager after well known manager, Spurs are reaching a point where they have to look back at the controversial dismissal of Mauricio Pochettino a handful of years ago and wonder how they went from being Champions League Finalists to a team that is coming off a 17th placed finish in the Premier League - and performing even worse than that after hiring a new coach and spending around 150 million pounds on the summer transfer window.
The 4-1 loss to Arsenal in the North London Derby was a last straw for many Spurs supporters, as the club turned in an apathetic and, really, cowardly performance. They were set up to fail by Frank, whose early tenure at the club looked promising but has now raised major concerns about his competency as manager.
And what Frank has done to respond to his horrid rivalry losses to Arsenal and Chelsea in which he set up his team for the worst statistical attacking performances of the entire Premier League season is simply unacceptable to Spurs fans.
Thomas Frank just doesn't get it
I'll let Frank take it from here. This is what he told reporters as his message to the Tottenham fan base after soiling his pants on Sunday against Arsenal, via The Spurs Watch:
"Performances can always be a bit up and down. In a 60-game season, there will be 10-12 perfect games, 30 or so (in the middle) and then the rest below that. You can be defeated (Chelsea and Arsenal) but the others we were still competitive... we will keep working at it."
What on earth is he talking about? He is saying that in 60 games as Tottenham manager, it is acceptable and normal for there to be more below average performances than perfect ones and that Spurs should be average in half of their games. Do the math. 60 minus 10 is 50. Minus another 30 is 20. So Frank thinks 20 below average performances in a season is acceptable.
Frank is basically saying that, in his mind, Spurs are a mid table club, just like Brentford. Because for a mid table club, being average in half the games and below average in more games than being great is indeed acceptable. For a team like Tottenham that has ambitions of competing for titles, that outcome is absolutely disastrous.
Tottenham fans have to be very concerned with Frank as the right fit for them as manager when hearing him talk like this, because if he thinks he's still at Brentford and this standard is in any way acceptable at Spurs, his days may unfortunately be numbered.