{"id":421261,"date":"2026-01-18T13:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421261\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:26:11","slug":"alan-shearer-spotted-one-worrying-detail-about-thomas-frank-during-tottenhams-defeat-to-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/421261\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Shearer spotted one worrying detail about Thomas Frank during Tottenham&#8217;s defeat to West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Alan Shearer noticed that Thomas Frank looked \u2018very, very tired\u2019 during Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s shock defeat at home to West Ham United.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespurs.news\/match-coverage\/tim-sherwood-issues-thomas-frank-sack-verdict-as-tottenham-lose-to-west-ham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frank is under huge pressure at Tottenham<\/a> to turn things around, but a home defeat to a side sitting in the bottom three will only crank up his chances of being sacked.<\/p>\n<p> Change our mind: Tottenham must pay whatever it takes to SACK Thomas Frank\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Thomas-Franks-Tottenham-contract-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Thomas Frank's Tottenham contract\" class=\"wp-image-24420\" \/>Credit: Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Callum Wilson netted a stoppage-time winner for the Hammers to give them their first Premier League win in 11 matches, which is just unforgivable from a Spurs perspective.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespurs.news\/news\/thomas-frank-sack-update-emerges-after-spurs-lose-2-1-to-west-ham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham are now assessing Frank\u2019s future<\/a>, and it feels unlikely that he will be in charge of the Champions League game against Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n<p>Alan Shearer thinks Thomas Frank looks \u2018very tired\u2019 at Tottenham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespurs.news\/tag\/thomas-frank\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Frank<\/a> looked completely shattered on the sidelines of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespurs.news\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham Hotspur Stadium<\/a> as his team lost to West Ham, claims Alan Shearer.<\/p>\n<p>The Danish head coach will have never faced scrutiny like he is now with his job on the line in North London.<\/p>\n<p>Frank and the Spurs team were jeered at half-time and full-time over the weekend, which usually points towards one outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Frank\u2019s future after the game, Shearer told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/m002q89x\/match-of-the-day-202526-17012026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC Match of the Day<\/a>: \u201cI look at Tottenham, and I don\u2019t really see a plan, I don\u2019t really see a system. At times, I\u2019m seeing players who perhaps look lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, he knows the laws of football; if you don\u2019t win games, you\u2019re going to get sacked. He looked like a very, very tired man towards the end of that game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Fill in the blank: My number one choice to replace Thomas Frank at Tottenham is ________________ <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Thomas-Frank-replacements-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Tottenham's Thomas Frank replacements\" class=\"wp-image-24815\" \/>Credit: Eric Alonso\/Getty Images \u2013 John Dorton\/ISI Photos\/USSF\/Getty Images \u2013 Fadel SENNA \/ AFP via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>The North London club are now facing a key decision on Frank\u2019s future at the club, but everything suggests that a change is coming.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs may need to appoint an interim manager for now, similar to Manchester United, ahead of a new full-time coach coming in next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s stance on returning to Tottenham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespurs.news\/tag\/mauricio-pochettino\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mauricio Pochettino<\/a> is believed to be open to making a return to Tottenham following next summer\u2019s World Cup, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3912972\/thomas-frank-tottenham-future-mauricio-pochettino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TalkSPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the Argentine is fully committed to the United States national team, but once their campaign is over, a move to Spurs could be on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>At Spurs, there feels like unfinished business for the 53-year-old, and he could be the perfect man to come in at the club to give supporters a real lift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alan Shearer noticed that Thomas Frank looked \u2018very, very tired\u2019 during Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s shock defeat at home to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48684,43,44,29761,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-421261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-alan-shearer","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-thomas-frank","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}