Thomas Frank is under mounting pressure after an inconsistent run of results.
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Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Frank has faced questions over his job security following a poor start to the season that has seen Spurs slip into the bottom half of the Premier League table. The Dane is under mounting pressure after an inconsistent run of results, with some pundits describing Saturday’s clash against Liverpool as a “must-win” game for the Tottenham head coach.
Spurs suffered a disappointing 3-0 away loss at Nottingham Forest last weekend, a defeat that further intensified the scrutiny on Frank as his side dropped to 11th in the league standings. An increasingly unhappy fanbase, coupled with toothless performances and inconsistent results, has only added to the pressure on the former Brentford manager.
However, ahead of Saturday’s home fixture against Liverpool, Frank has insisted that he remains the right man to lead the club forward. Asked whether he felt supported by the board, he said: “I feel supported. I have done the whole time. And as I said also after the game, that hasn’t changed my mind – this is not a quick fix. This will take time. That’s not to say that we’re not going to do everything we can to beat Liverpool. I believe we have a good chance of doing that. But this is something where we are building. First and foremost, I’m the most critical of myself, so that’s one thing. But I think it’s fair to say that we have a lot of people in it that need to perform well together, with me in charge of course and taking the right decisions.”
The 52-year-old added: “I’m very comfortable and confident that I will fix it. Just to make sure it’s not me. When this club is coming out on top, there will be a lot of good people working together, aligned at the same time through years. I just know one thing I’m pretty good at – I’m good at analysing things. I also know what good looks like and I know where we should get.
“One thing is I’m 1,000 per cent sure you haven’t seen any club be successful unless they had key people in the right positions for a long time. I would back myself to be one of those key people, to be in that position. I just know that if you want to have success, you need to have the right people aligned and go forward together. “There will be good times and there will be bad times, but that’s part of it.”
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