Tottenham fans are growing increasingly frustrated by their poor home form and lack of goals since Thomas Frank took over.
Prior to Tottenham’s 2-2 draw with Man United on 8 November, unrest had been brewing in the Spurs dressing room.
Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven ignored Frank in the Lilywhites’ 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on 1 November, reflecting the growing frustrations in north London over the manager’s mixed start.
The home form, in particular, has been a major concern for Spurs and the draw with the Red Devils only makes matters worse.
Tottenham ‘fully behind’ Frank despite lack of goals and poor home form
As I revealed on the latest edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the Lilywhites are committed to giving the Dane sufficient time to embed his footballing philosophy, despite the underwhelming results at home.
Premier League legend Alan Shearer pointed out Tottenham’s bad home form as a factor that could hold back the club from excelling this season.
Speaking on the Inside Track podcast over the fans’ annoyance with their dismal home record, I explained: “Still early days in the tenure of Thomas Frank and Tottenham, it will take time for him to get his ideas across and obviously they are missing the likes of Solanke as well up front.
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“So, they’ve struggled for goals, but obviously they showed that they can get goals from all over the pitch in that midweek Champions League win against Copenhagen [4 November].
“To be fair to Spurs, fifth in the table, have been in the Champions League, it’s not been the worst start to a season.
“I think there’s still a lot of time for Thomas Frank to improve things and I’m sure he’ll be looking to improve the goal scoring output in the team as well.
“I’m sure it’ll be alarming for Thomas Frank, the lack of goals and lack of creativity. Obviously, it’s coming from a bit of criticism from some pundits as well for the style of football in recent weeks.
“I don’t think there’ll be any panic from the Tottenham board or anything like that. They’re still fully behind Thomas Frank to get things right there at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.”
“Probably the worry has been the home form. They’ve been good away from home. They’ve been hard to break down, clean sheets and everything else, but it’s probably been their home form, which has been the biggest disappointment.
“That’s maybe why you get the fans’ frustration, they’re going to pay the money towards their home and maybe not feeling that they’re getting rewarded with the performances and the results.”
Tottenham monitoring explosive progress of Igor Thiago
To fix their goalscoring woes, the Lilywhites will certainly be considering a new striker when the transfer window opens in January.
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness exclusively told Football Insider that Tottenham are interested in Brentford’s Igor Thiago.
The Brazilian is having a wonderful start to the 2025-26 campaign, notching a brace in the Bees’ 3-1 victory over Newcastle on 9 November.
Whilst the west London outfit look unlikely to part with the ex-Club Brugge frontman, Spurs will continue to monitor him as they seek a ruthless finisher in the upcoming transfer window.