Thomas Frank’s honeymoon period at Tottenham Hotspur is over following a poor run of performances and results, with Leeds United away up next.
Tottenham Hotspur have seen three of their last four games end up as draws, and some of the performances have looked rather disjointed.
The Lilywhites have also been forced to come from behind against Bodo/Glimt, Wolves and Brighton to salvage points in all three matches.
Ahead of Spurs’ trip to Elland Road, Leeds United manager Daniel Farke has been assessing the new Tottenham boss’s first ten games in charge.
Thomas Frank’s Tottenham tactics praised by Daniel Farke
During his press conference on Thursday afternoon, Farke spoke about how impressed he’s been with Tottenham’s defensive organisation under Thomas Frank.
Van de Ven and Romero are key for Tottenham and have looked much improved under their new Danish head coach.
Giving his thoughts on Frank, Farke told the media: “His mentality, also the intensity the team plays with, is always well structured, strong, and also against the ball, they play and press with intensity.”
Tottenham have picked up quite substantially in terms of set-pieces, and this was another strong area the German manager highlighted.
Farke added: “They always threaten the depth with many, many runners in behind. Also, of course, the detail set pieces, attention to throw-ins. All these topics are, of course, important for Thomas.”
Daniel Farke hails Thomas Frank’s Tottenham mentality
Farke revealed that he’s also been so impressed by Tottenham’s ability to grind out results under Frank.
The North London club have been forced to come from behind in their last two matches to take points, producing late goals.
Despite performances not being particularly eye-catching, the Leeds boss admitted that his team will need to be cautious of Spurs always being a threat.
“For me, also the mentality to grind out results, because if you play three days every week, of course, you have to rotate a bit more than you would do if you just have one game per week,” said the Leeds manager.
“But they’re playing in Europe, and they have, of course, to rotate a bit more. Of course, they also have the squad and the quality players to do this.
“So sometimes it’s also a bit difficult to produce a perfect performance. But even when it’s a bit more difficult and they rotate, they will still find a way in the last games to dig in and to grind out a result.
“Also, the mentality that Thomas brings to his team is pretty effective, and he also finds pragmatic solutions to grind out results.
“For that, we always have to be aware, even if you’re on top of the game, they can always come back and deliver a late goal. He has a good mentality, it shows the good spirit, and this is why it’s always so difficult to get a result against his side.”