Thomas Frank must get his ideas across quickly to the Tottenham Hotspur players otherwise the pressure will quickly build reckons former Spurs and England striker Teddy Sheringham.
Frank took over this month after Ange Postecoglou was sacked following last month's Europa League victory in Bilbao. The Dane made a name for himself with his six years in charge of Brentford, taking them into the Premier League and then turning them into an established side in the English top flight.
Now he has swapped the security of his long-term role with the Bees for the pressure at Tottenham, a club with an average managerial shelf life somewhere between 18 months and two years.
Former Spurs captain Sheringham believes it's going to be a big step into the unknown for Frank and the 51-year-old needs to get the players playing his way very quickly before the Spurs crowd turns.
"I’m okay with the appointment of Thomas Frank. I know he’s done very well with Brentford, but it’s a whole new ballgame from Brentford to Tottenham. You’ve got to be a different type of manager and experience different expectations," Sheringham told SkyBet.
"Thomas has done very well at Brentford but it’s a big difference managing at Tottenham and it will be interesting to see how that materialises. He’s going to want to get his players in, install a new way of playing football which he has to get across very quickly because if he doesn’t, he’ll start getting under pressure."
Sheringham does not believe Postecoglou deserved to depart the north London club after landing them their first trophy in 17 years, even if Spurs ended the season 17th in the Premier League.
"I think when you win a European trophy, any trophy, you deserve to carry on. I know Erik ten Hag has been mentioned, that Manchester United had to get rid of him after 15 games but it’s a different football club," he said. "I understand that Ange Postecoglou did some things wrong in the football club, but when you win a European trophy, some things have to be overlooked, and he should have been given time.
"We’re not talking about any other club, we’ve been ridiculed at Tottenham for not winning anything for years and he’s won something, so give the man a chance.
"He told us he was going to win something in his second year, and he did it, so he should have gone on from there. I was very surprised – I understand where people are coming from, looking at the league position, but he didn’t care about the league position, it was all about winning something. His remit at the start of the two years was to win something at Tottenham and he won but got the sack at the end of that conversation.
"I think it’s been a harsh realisation for everyone concerned with Tottenham and I’m still devastated for Ange, that he’s lost his job in that manner when you look back at the deeper effects of what’s gone on in the season."