{"id":350537,"date":"2025-12-15T18:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350537\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T18:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:17:07","slug":"thomas-frank-what-fans-insiders-and-stats-say-about-embattled-spurs-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350537\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank: What fans, insiders and stats say about embattled Spurs manager"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is unlikely to be a knee-jerk reaction at Tottenham to Sunday’s disappointing loss at Nottingham Forest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thomas Frank’s future has been thrust back into the spotlight once again following the 3-0 loss at the City Ground that, not for the first time this season, sparked anger from Spurs supporters towards their head coach.<\/p>\n

But for the time being, there is no sense that the Dane’s future is under any immediate threat despite the lacklustre level of performance against Forest.<\/p>\n

For context, Tottenham were on the back of a three-match unbeaten run ahead of Sunday’s loss \u2013 a credible 2-2 draw at Newcastle was followed by two straight victories over Brentford<\/a> and Slavia Prague.<\/p>\n

Prior to the loss to Sean Dyche’s side there had been shoots of improvement, so with that said Sunday’s loss is unlikely to prompt an immediate change of tact.<\/p>\n

That’s not to say that the backing for Frank is entirely universal behind the scenes at the north London club.<\/p>\n

Following the home loss to Fulham<\/a> on November 29, which extended a worrying run of just one victory in eight matches, well-placed sources told BBC Sport at the time that Frank’s performance had come increasing internal scrutiny.<\/p>\n

The apparent disdain from sections of supporters towards Frank during the opening half of the season is also an unsavoury dynamic that has not gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n

Spurs, though, are yet to reach a point so far this season whereby they have given serious consideration to dispensing with Frank.<\/p>\n

There is an acknowledgement that there will be bumps in the road, though you can imagine Frank can ill-afford many days like Sunday if those aforementioned doubts aren’t to resurface more prominently in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

It is also key to point out that chief executive Vinai Venkatesham was integral to Arsenal<\/a>‘s decision to stick with Mikel Arteta during some of the lowest depths of the Spaniard’s stewardship at the Emirates.<\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> are now widely viewed as one of the strongest teams in European football.<\/p>\n

Frank has some way to go emulate Arteta – but there is currently a willingness to give him an opportunity to lay foundations towards a similar path to success.<\/p>\n

Results, though, will be key towards that continued support. Further disappointments like the one suffered on Sunday and Frank’s backing will wane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is unlikely to be a knee-jerk reaction at Tottenham to Sunday’s disappointing loss at Nottingham Forest. Thomas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-350537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}