DARREN ANDERTON does not find Thomas Frank’s football Gross to watch — and has urged supporters to give the Dane time.
New boss Frank has copped some flak from supporters for his pragmatic style after a series of disappointing home performances.
But he has also masterminded the best away form in the division as Tottenham prepare to head into enemy territory with tomorrow’s trip to Arsenal.
Anderton, who featured in plenty of North London derbies, played under a long-ball merchant in Christian Gross — but sees no comparison to Frank.
Swiss boss Gross lasted less than a year at Spurs, after just ten wins in 30 games.
The former England star, 53, told SunSport: “In my time, we had Christian Gross, who was so long ball and stats and everything else.
“It was awful. It definitely wasn’t going to work and it wasn’t the Tottenham way.
“With Thomas Frank, we’re not playing bad football. We’re just finding it very difficult to break down teams at home.
“That’s frustrating for players and fans.
“They’re missing certain players, like James Maddison, a player that can unlock defences.
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“Mauricio Pochettino had Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Mousa Dembele.
“No disrespect to the players that we have now, but they’re not as gifted.
“They don’t have that guile to break teams down like those boys used to.
“The way we’re playing, I’m pretty happy with that as we’re winning without playing well.
“It takes time. I would definitely urge the fans to be patient.”
Former winger Anderton is a big fan of Spurs’ £55million summer signing Mohammed Kudus but wants more out of fellow wide man Brennan Johnson.
Daz added: “I like Brennan. I’m just trying to figure out why he’s not just destroying teams with the pace and the quality that he’s got.
“He’s happy just to get in the box and nick a goal, but in general, I just don’t think he’s positive enough for his attributes in terms of his pace and getting to the byline.
“I think he’s just got to go out and play that way.
“Kudus is a great player. He’s strong, brave, does a bit of everything. He’s the sort of player you want on your team.
“You know he won’t let you down. You know he’s not going to have that disaster of a performance that maybe Johnson will.”
Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven were criticised after appearing to blank Frank after the 1-0 home defeat to Chelsea early this month.
They apologised to their boss the following day.
But Anderton weighed in: “I didn’t like that at all. We’re all frustrated after losing a game.
“But you’ve got to deal with that in a different manner. You haven’t performed well.
“You don’t start mugging off the manager. If you’ve got something to say to him, you say it to him in the changing room when you’re having a conversation.”
Frank’s Spurs tenure would have lift-off if he can deliver a win against the Prem leaders.
Anderton added: “I don’t think there’s any reason why the Spurs boys should go there not thinking that they can go and win.
“There’s enough quality, enough results away from home this season to give them a belief that they can do that.
“The games we used to play, even when they were with Arsene Wenger and we were playing with a Christian Gross, you always thought you had a chance in the derby.
“It was such a good game to play in. It was such a leveller.”