{"id":67577,"date":"2025-08-14T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67577\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:11:08","slug":"thomas-frank-gets-a-new-nickname-after-what-he-did-during-tottenhams-uefa-super-cup-loss-to-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67577\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank gets a new nickname after what he did during Tottenham&#8217;s UEFA Super Cup loss to PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thomas Frank suffered a defeat in his first competitive game at Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p>The Dane replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/ange-postecoglou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ange Postecoglou<\/a> just 16 days after the latter won them the Europa League title. That victory gave them an opportunity to win another trophy \u2013 the UEFA Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> faced Paris Saint-Germain in Udine on Wednesday night, and the North Londoners were on their way to winning the game. <\/p>\n<p>However, their 2-0 lead was cancelled out in the last nine minutes, and Frank\u2019s side ended up losing the penalty shootout. <\/p>\n<p>Jason Cundy has a new nickname for Thomas Frank after PSG beat Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham were the better side against PSG in the UEFA Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs contained the French champions without any trouble for large parts of the game, and were even leading 2-0 in the 48th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Both goals came from set-pieces, and the Europa League winners troubled PSG with impressive long throws from <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/kevin-danso\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Danso<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On talkSPORT after the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/jason-cundy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Cundy<\/a> tried to wind up an angry Tottenham supporter by sarcastically praising Danso\u2019s throws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I ask you a question? One thing I thought was really good with Spurs, I mean excellent, were Danso\u2019s long throws, mate, they were good! They\u2019re good throws, mate, come on, give Danso some credit. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2230015184-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Danso reacts during a game between Tottenham and PSG in the UEFA SUper Cup\" class=\"wp-image-975615\" \/>Photo by Jonathan Moscrop\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on. Those long throws, you can see the effort he has put in during pre-season. Danso, with those big, strong arms, good throws Danso put in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, Cundy decided to give Frank a new nickname for using set-pieces so effectively \u2013 \u201cThomas Pulis\u201d \u2013 comparing him to former Stoke City boss <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/tony-pulis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Pulis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the show, when <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/jamie-ohara\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie O\u2019Hara<\/a> argued against Cundy mocking Spurs\u2019 throws, the latter replied: \u201cThe hypocrisy from you, right? Honestly! <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll you were doing last year was having a pop at Arsenal, calling them Set-piece FC. Now, all of a sudden, you\u2019re boasting about long throws and you scored two goals from set-pieces. You were basically saying that\u2019s all they are. It\u2019s okay now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Frank may have fixed a major problem Tottenham had under Ange Postecoglou<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham had a number of problems when Postecoglou was at the helm. <\/p>\n<p>The North Londoners were definitely exciting to watch, but they were really easy to score against \u2013 from open play but especially in set-pieces. <\/p>\n<p>Spurs were so bad in both boxes during corners and free-kicks, but that seems to have changed now since Frank\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham dealt with the <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/english-premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League\u2019s<\/a> set-piece kings, Arsenal, comfortably in Hong Kong, and they caused PSG all sorts of problems on Wednesday as well. <\/p>\n<p>Andreas Georgsen, who is the new set-piece coach, seems to have fixed the problem Tottenham had with set-pieces last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank suffered a defeat in his first competitive game at Tottenham Hotspur. 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