Tottenham Hotspur supporter are far past the point of their patience being worn thin with manager Thomas Frank, whose coaching job this season has been so putrid that he is making the failed Spurs managers of yesteryear look like nostalgic options by comparison.
Spurs latest outright embarrassment came this weekend in the Premier League with a 2-1 loss to London rivals West Ham United, who came into the game in the relegation battle as one of the least competent teams in the Premier League.
Well, just as Spurs gifted Bournemouth their first win in 11 games, so, too, did the Lilywhites manage to make the Hammers look like world beaters on Saturday afternoon in front of their own fans. The boos continually rained down on Frank during and after the game, and there was an inflection point of jeers at around the hour mark when the dreadful Danish coach hooked off left winger Mathys Tel for striker Dominic Solanke.
Tottenham keep screwing over Mathys Tel
Bringing Solanke into the game was not the problem, and most Spurs fans expected the England international to get additional minutes in this one after finally returning from injury last week in the FA Cup vs. Aston Villa.
No, the issue was WHO Frank took off. Because once again, Tel was the biggest attacking threat in the front three, and it was not even close. Tel was delivering real attacking threat and intent on a team lacking any bit of that outside of him, and the minute he left the game, Spurs, to nobody's surprise, were totally doomed to lose with zero attacking output.
The Tel snub came at an even worse time, too, as the Frenchman is outright begging for a transfer out so that he does not have to deal with Thomas Frank senselessly benching him. Tel needs minutes for his development and knows it.
Meanwhile, Spurs kept on Randal Kolo Muani, a loanee with no future at the club whom fans now despise because his body language, effort, and overall lack of threat are that of a No. 9 who clearly does not want to be there.
Frank, as always, had another laughable excuse and so called justification for his brainless decision making. He told reporters after the latest Tottenham defeat, via Football.London's Alasdair Gold, âI need to take decisions, of course. So I had to take one offensive player off. And I feel Wilson is a bit better to the right and wanted two strikers on the pitch. So that was the decision. There was nothing wrong with Mathys' performance."
What on earth is he talking about? Every single Tottenham Hotspurs supporter knows that Mathys Tel can play striker and has actually done so better than every other woeful No. 9 on this football team this season. He could have easily kept Tel in and played Solanke at striker for Kolo Muani, utilizing Tel as a striker himself. It's not even a question, and Frank's quote pretty much seals, yet again, the fact that he has no idea what he is doing - much less what he is talking about.