Tottenham’s 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest has left supporters furious with Thomas Frank.
Callum Hudson-Odoi’s brace and Ibrahim Sangare’s brilliant strike inflicted a sixth defeat of the Premier League season on Tottenham.
Sunday’s result leaves the Lilywhites sitting 11th in the Premier League, and there is a growing amount of discontent among fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Spurs lacked creativity from open play, while their defensive issues were laid bare as Sean Dyche’s side dominated proceedings throughout the match.
Frank finds himself under pressure at Tottenham, and bringing on defensive substitutions when chasing the game did not help his case.
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Thomas Frank got his substitutions completely wrong
Tottenham’s away form has been impressive this season, but Sunday’s match once again highlighted the team’s weak mentality when they go behind in games.
Having said that, Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist believe Frank isn’t helping himself much.
Speaking on talkSPORT on 15 December, Stelling said: “They are losing 2-0 to Forest after an hour, and he chooses to bring on Ben Davies, Joao Palhinha, and Lucas Bergvall in place of Djed Spence, Rodrigo Bentancur, and Archie Gray.
“He’s got Mathys Tel, Brennan Johnson, and Wilson Odobert on the bench, and none of those attacking players came on.”
McCoist added: “Tottenham fans definitely have the right to be angry.”
Not only are Spurs shooting themselves in the foot by conceding some very sloppy goals, but fans have had enough of Frank’s inability to make successful changes in a match.
Losing to a team that started the day just two points off the relegation zone in that manner is not acceptable at Tottenham, and the stats clearly show that Frank needed attacking reinforcements.
Leaving the trio of attackers on the bench until it was 3-0 is a completely foolish thing to do, and those Tottenham players may feel hard done by under Frank.
Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert deserved bigger chance
The French duo have certainly been starved of minutes, although they have looked very promising at different moments in the season.
Odobert was influential against Man United, providing an assist for Richarlison’s 90th-minute header, but he didn’t even come off the bench.
Meanwhile, Tel scored in the win against Leeds on 4 October, but has only made three starts in the top flight all season.
Both players have an incredibly high ceiling, but if they want to play consistently, they may have to leave Spurs as long as Frank remains in charge.