Manager barracked by fans after late 2-1 defeat
‘We need to get our head down and do the right thing’
Thomas Frank believes he retains the faith of the Tottenham hierarchy and can turn around what he described as a “supertanker” of a club – despite being barracked by the home crowd after a last-gasp 2-1 loss to West Ham.
The fans in the South Stand chanted Frank should be “sacked in the morning” after a defeat that kept them 14th in the Premier League. Spurs have won three of their past 15 matches in the competition.
Frank did not sugar-coat the heartbreak after Callum Wilson, on as an 90th-minute substitute, scored the winner for West Ham in stoppage time. But the manager said he had taken heart from an open letter from the Spurs chief executive, Vinai Venkatesham, in the morning, the tone of which was supportive, the overriding message being a call for patience during a period of transition. Spurs have made an unprecedented number of leadership position changes in the past year or so.
