{"id":394821,"date":"2026-01-08T08:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/394821\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:50:07","slug":"thomas-frank-spurs-boss-under-more-pressure-and-scrutiny-after-holding-arsenal-branded-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/394821\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank: Spurs boss under more pressure and scrutiny after holding Arsenal-branded cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham<\/a> fans have made their frustrations clear on multiple occasions this season. <\/p>\n

They chanted “boring, boring Tottenham<\/a>” during the goalless draw against Frank’s former side Brentford<\/a> last week, while the players were also booed off after the Sunderland<\/a> draw. <\/p>\n

And after the final whistle at Bournemouth<\/a>, Palhinha and defender Micky van de Ven exchanged words with the travelling Tottenham<\/a> faithful, following further jeers and comments aimed at the team. <\/p>\n

Full-back Pedro Porro also had to be talked into stopping an argument with the supporters by goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario. <\/p>\n

“I think the travelling fans were amazing and they supported us throughout the game,” said Frank. <\/p>\n

“The players are frustrated, I’m frustrated. <\/p>\n

“We are all hurt, the fans are hurt. That’s absolutely natural. That’s why football is emotional. It’s just very painful for everyone involved with Tottenham<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Midfielder Palhinha, who is on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich and scored a stunning overhead kick against the Cherries, added: “The fans are showing their frustration and we understand that. <\/p>\n

“We are trying to get victories we should deserve in my opinion. It’s tough to speak a lot about momentum because when you lose it just sounds like words.<\/p>\n

“I just want to say keep supporting because the victories will come. It’s frustration as I said. I felt we were the best team on the pitch.”<\/p>\n

Richarlison hit the woodwork and Van de Ven was denied by a brilliant Djordje Petrovic stop, but the fact is Spurs are generally having fewer shots than ever under Frank.<\/p>\n

Their 16 chances against the Cherries took their season average for shots per Premier League game up to 10.2 – but that is still their lowest average than in any season on record from 1997-98. <\/p>\n

Despite finishing just outside the relegation zone in the previous campaign, their average was 13.<\/p>\n

“We were the only team on the pitch that wanted to win the game,” said Palhinha. <\/p>\n

“Football is like that. Tomorrow is another day. We need to keep pushing. We have been working hard to get wins.<\/p>\n

“Today and tomorrow probably the hangover is going to be really tough, but in football we cannot think too much about what happened.”<\/p>\n

“To lose in the last minute like they did, they will feel hard done by,” former England midfielder Danny Murphy told BBC Sport. <\/p>\n

“There are games Tottenham<\/a> have lost this season where they’ve played poorly and deserved to lose. Today was much better, but I don’t know what solace that is for the Tottenham<\/a> supporters at the moment.”<\/p>\n

It will not get easier for Frank or Spurs, with an FA Cup third-round tie against in-form Aston Villa<\/a> on Saturday before a home derby against relegation-threatened West Ham<\/a> in the league on 17 January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham fans have made their frustrations clear on multiple occasions this season. They chanted “boring, boring Tottenham” during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-394821","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\/394821","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=394821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}