Tottenham Hotspur fans have been fed up for months with the work of Thomas Frank as manager, and while there was some resistance to wanting to fully declare him out due to the nature of the nearly annual managerial upheaval at the N17, the lack of any sort of progress slowly eroded at the last remaining shreds of hope for improvement.
Spurs are materially worse than they were to start the season when the club still had the remnants of Ange Postecoglou's ideology sticking to them. As Frank has implemented what is nothing short of cowardly, defensive football that is as much of an eye sore as it is ineffective, so, too, have Spurs results gone down the gutter.
Losses to arch rivals Arsenal and Chelsea were bad enough, but the last straw for many was the 2-1 defeat to West Ham United at home, representing a clear down turn in performances since last season under Postecoglou and even earlier this season when Mohammed Kudus spearheaded a vengeful blowout of the Hammers.
Thomas Frank's days are numbered
Thomas Frank may be days away from the sack, and there are many fans who do not want him to even survive the upcoming Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund, as is rumored. And while Spurs supporters are discouraged by how quiet the club has been about Frank - they literally chanted they wanted him fired the next day during Spurs 2-1 loss to West Ham on Saturday - a new report from David Ornstein may reassure angered supporters.
Speaking on the NBC Sports Premier League broadcast to Rebecca Lowe, The Athletic's chief transfer insider stated that "it is a matter of when, not if" Tottenham fire Frank. He even added that not only have the fans and the "hierarchy" turned on Frank, but also "many players" are upset with the direction of the club and "understandably dissatisfied" with the job the manager is doing.
That sentiment is echoed by everyone. Ornstein further states that there is a sense within the club that while Frank is not a bad manager, he was not the right fit for Spurs. And that seems to be something all the fans who want him out can get behind.
Frank's style of football suits a small club like Brentford better than Tottenham, and the laughable way he puts in players just for long throws as an end of game strategy pretty much typifies it. Ornstein's full report to Lowe is well worth listening to and pretty much hammers home all the issues at the club, including the overall leadership. But based on what he is saying, it is only a matter of time Frank is fired; Spurs fans will hope it is sooner than later.