00:00Thomas Frank's excellent work at Brentford landed him the top job at Tottenham Hotspur.
00:05A chance to prove himself at a bigger club.
00:08Frank swapped stability and structure for the pressure cooker environment at Spurs,
00:13stepping out of his comfort zone after seven years at the B's.
00:17I like to challenge myself. I've been that privileged. I've never been sacked before.
00:21So that's one of the reasons why I took the job.
00:22So I can get a little bit more risk into my daily life.
00:28You know, coming to a big club, there's pressures.
00:32Unfortunately for Frank, he lasted less than eight months in the Tottenham hot seat,
00:37enduring a miserable spell in North London.
00:41Given the team's dire results and the toxicity that has engulfed the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,
00:47Frank's sacking should hardly have come as a surprise.
00:50However, the man himself expected to be in charge for the club's next game.
00:54The North London derby against Arsenal on February 22.
00:59Who used to be in charge for the Arsenal game, do you think?
01:03Yeah, I'm convinced there will be.
01:06We all, and I think it's, I understand the question.
01:10I understand it's easy to point on me, but I also think it's not, it's never only the head coach.
01:19But a slide down the table prompted by a shocking home record proved too difficult to ignore for the Spurs
01:26hierarchy.
01:30We have been determined to give him the time and support needed to build for the future together.
01:35However, results and performances have led the board to conclude that a change at this point in the season is
01:41necessary.
01:46All up, Frank won a paltry 27% of his Premier League games, the worst record of any Tottenham manager
01:54since 2008.
01:57Like his predecessor, Ange Postacoglu, he fared much better in Europe.
02:01But just seven wins in 26 league games has dragged Spurs closer to the relegation zone.
02:08The Danes' relationship with the club's fans grew strained, as calls for his dismissal grew louder and louder after every
02:14loss.
02:16If we perform badly, and on top of them lost the game, more than fair enough, they blew us.
02:21But during the game, we need a little bit of help.
02:23And, and, and especially when it's not going the right way, they can be the turning point.
02:28The writing was on the wall for Thomas Frank after a run of just two wins in 17 Premier League
02:34matches against a backdrop of growing discontent from Tottenham supporters.
02:39With Spurs just five points above the relegation zone, Frank was an increasingly unpopular figure, enduring a miserable spell in
02:48North London.
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