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Thomas Frank believes he has earned the right to have more time in charge at Tottenham as the pressure continues to mount on the head coach.
Wednesday’s defeat to Bournemouth leaves Tottenham languishing 14th in the Premier League, with just one win in their last six in all competitions.
A poor night was compounded by more unrest from supporters and club captain Cristian Romero seemingly criticising the club’s hierarchy on social media.
Despite the turbulence, Frank believes he has done enough to deserve patience.
“No doubt about that. Put it this way, would we love to be higher in the table and have more points? 100 per cent,” Frank said in his pre-match press conference ahead of his side’s FA Cup third round tie against Aston Villa.
“We work hard every single day to make sure we perform well. We want to land in the best possible position at the end of the season.
“We need to look at the FA Cup game, a good opportunity against Villa, a team who is flying in this moment in time. The tournament is very important for the fans, we won it eight times in our history. This is a tough spell, we will get through this.
“We definitely want to do more [from an attacking point of view]. We have scored enough goals.”
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Thomas Frank explains why he used an Arsenal cup before Spurs’ match against Bournemouth.
Frank also conceded that the style of play under his tenure hadn’t matched that of the expectations of fans, but claimed that they were working hard to find a way to match the ‘ethos’ of Tottenham.
“It’s a fair question. We spoke about that frustration. It’s the ethos of the club, it’s something we’re working very hard on,” he said.
“I see myself as above average intelligence. I am very aware of that. My teams have always created chances and scored goals.
“This team will do the same. It’s fair to say we have been lacking in some of the tough, free-flowing offensive players that we’ve had in the last few seasons.
“That’s part of the challenge, and part of other bits we need to work hard on every day to improve it.”
Kudus out of action until March
Tottenham Hotspur’s Mohammed Kudus leaves the pitch after picking up an injury
To make matters worse for Frank and Tottenham, winger Mohammed Kudus is set for a spell on the sidelines as Frank revealed that the Ghanian is set to miss at least two months of action with a quad injury.
Kudus missed the trip to the Vitality Stadium, with Frank confirming that he is not expected to return until after the March international break, while also providing updates on Lucas Bergvall, Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski.
“Lucas Bergvall is being assessed today. We will know more later today with him,”…
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