Tottenham Hotspur supervisor Thomas Frank was booed by his personal followers after Thursday’s drab scoreless draw at his former membership Brentford, and whereas the coach understands the supporters’ frustration, he believes that success will change their angle.
There have been chants of ‘boring, boring Tottenham’ from the followers who additionally sang the names of former Spurs gamers, and when Frank went to applaud the touring supporters on the finish of the 0-0 recreation, he was greeted with a refrain of boos.
“It is not good, we need to be a free-flowing staff,” Frank advised a press convention on Friday forward of Sunday’s recreation with Sunderland.
“I believe a few issues I need to reinforce positively is the final two away performances. I believe we had been superb defensively.
“We’re working very onerous on the offensive a part of our recreation and perceive the frustrations. I share them too.”
Frank’s aspect are twelfth within the standings after one win of their final 4 league video games, and the supervisor gave his causes for his or her disappointing kind, together with the absence of Dominic Solanke, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski to harm.
“Yesterday we misplaced the ball with unforced errors 25 instances,” he stated.
“All that may be adjusted. The following bit is the patterns and the construction, and getting in the correct positions. The third factor, I believe it is okay to say that we nonetheless lack some crucial offensive gamers.
“I do not need to point out it once more. I am getting a bit of bit bored, very bored, and sick and bored with naming them.”
Frank, in his first season on the membership, was requested if he might be profitable at Spurs with out the backing of the followers.
“I’ll attempt to possibly flip that query round to say that if you’re profitable, the Tottenham followers will likely be behind you,” Frank replied.
“The followers will get behind us and I’m fairly positive that sure, I’m booed final night time however I’m fairly positive there are loads of followers behind us.”
Spurs host a Sunderland aspect who’ve defied the chances after their promotion, at present in seventh place and who held Manchester Metropolis to a scoreless draw on Thursday.
“We have to do all the pieces we are able to to place an attacking, intense, front-footed efficiency out in opposition to Sunderland in two days’ time,” Frank stated.
“I am going to do all the pieces I can to ensure we do this. And if we do this and get three factors, it is seven from three, which might be an excellent output.”
