Igor the Interim

billyiddo · Wednesday at 9:42 PM

fernadez said:
The stats showed that we had played the same amount of through balls under Frank as we did last season

Says it all to me

Same amount of crosses too

Baleforce · Wednesday at 9:48 PM

I really don't get the turning on Tudor already, he's been here a fortnight, these players have phoned it in for 3 years*. What did people expect.

*not all of them, but most

fernadez · Wednesday at 9:59 PM

Baleforce said:
I really don't get the turning on Tudor already, he's been here a fortnight, these players have phoned it in for 3 years*. What did people expect.

*not all of them, but most

Players going to thier tried and tested method when put under scrutiny.

As with everything this ethos comes from the very top, any time the board comes under pressure they try divert it somewhere else

P.D. · Wednesday at 10:29 PM

I'm staggered he's still in a job, can't understand what they're waiting for.

Mikey10 · Wednesday at 10:55 PM

Baleforce said:
I really don't get the turning on Tudor already, he's been here a fortnight, these players have phoned it in for 3 years*. What did people expect.

*not all of them, but most

He’s (allegedly) a short-term specialist who has lost his first four games. It’s not a new manager bounce, it’s a new manager car crash.

We may fare no better under someone else but this bloke has zero chance of keeping us up and we have to try something else.

And if I hear one more person refer to the Liverpool game as a write-off (you haven’t!) I am going to seriously lose my s hit.

Baleforce · Wednesday at 10:58 PM

Mikey10 said:
He’s (allegedly) a short-term specialist who has lost his first four games. It’s not a new manager bounce, it’s a new manager car crash.

We may fare no better under someone else but this bloke has zero chance of keeping us up and we have to try something else.

And if I hear one more person refer to the Liverpool game as a write-off (you haven’t!) I am going to seriously lose my s hit.

what if he's actually getting the best out of what is available...

if there is one thing we have learned in the last 2 weeks, its that the problem wasn't Thomas Frank

shd · Wednesday at 11:28 PM

Perspective is so funny. We got the same result as City or Chelsea and Tudor actually gave the kid a CL playoff chance (and got the worst performance in history in return) but that game and the manager performance is seen as the biggest implosion of all time.

SissokoWasGood (BoL) · 2026-03-12T01:31:42+0000

shd said:
Perspective is so funny. We got the same result as City or Chelsea and Tudor actually gave the kid a CL playoff chance (and got the worst performance in history in return) but that game and the manager performance is seen as the biggest implosion of all time.

I do think this is true, people just love to laugh at Spurs.

But also for good reason. It’s not the results only, but the calamitous way we manage to arrive at them. Everything can be fine and then BANG needless sending off. BANG 3 injuries in one half. BANG two players concussed injury time. BANG our keeper making his first start for month mis kicks on a pass out.

We are uniquely suited to allow the absolutely ridiculous to keep happening to us. It’s cosmic at this point.

afsoc4life · 2026-03-12T04:48:08+0000

shd said:
Perspective is so funny. We got the same result as City or Chelsea and Tudor actually gave the kid a CL playoff chance (and got the worst performance in history in return) but that game and the manager performance is seen as the biggest implosion of all time.

Indeed. Strange how the media reporting affects our perception.

afsoc4life · 2026-03-12T04:49:00+0000

Baleforce said:
what if he's actually getting the best out of what is available...

if there is one thing we have learned in the last 2 weeks, its that the problem wasn't Thomas Frank

More like the problem wasn't Ange. Thomas Frank didn't help.

braineclipse · 2026-03-12T07:03:13+0000

Baleforce said:
what if he's actually getting the best out of what is available...

if there is one thing we have learned in the last 2 weeks, its that the problem wasn't Thomas Frank

Tudor has failed to to fix the mess Thomas Frank got us into. Not Frank alone, but for sure partly him.

braineclipse · 2026-03-12T07:12:37+0000

SissokoWasGood (BoL) said:
I do think this is true, people just love to laugh at Spurs.

But also for good reason. It’s not the results only, but the calamitous way we manage to arrive at them. Everything can be fine and then BANG needless sending off. BANG 3 injuries in one half. BANG two players concussed injury time. BANG our keeper making his first start for month mis kicks on a pass out.

We are uniquely suited to allow the absolutely ridiculous to keep happening to us. It’s cosmic at this point.

Yeah. Astonishing just how many ways we find to lose, shot ourselves in the foot, get unlucky etc.

SteveAWOL · 2026-03-12T07:16:05+0000

Mikey10 · 2026-03-12T07:35:09+0000

Baleforce said:
what if he's actually getting the best out of what is available...

if there is one thing we have learned in the last 2 weeks, its that the problem wasn't Thomas Frank

He may well be and, as you know, I completely agree on Frank.

As it stands, though, we are heading to the Championship with a manager who can’t seem to settle on a team, is playing too many of the squad he does have available out of position, and who appears to have very quickly lost a considerable number of the players (although, tbf, what’s new there…?).

My feeling is that we have to try something else - otherwise we all simply stand by and watch the ship sink.

Baleforce · 2026-03-12T07:35:55+0000

afsoc4life said:
More like the problem wasn't Ange. Thomas Frank didn't help.

I think Ange was a massive problem too.

Baleforce · 2026-03-12T07:38:48+0000

braineclipse said:
Tudor has failed to to fix the mess Thomas Frank got us into. Not Frank alone, but for sure partly him.

Our problems were never going to be fixed in a fortnight, they were never going to be fixed in 6 months.

We have to stop blaming the managers for lack of fight from players.

elyid · 2026-03-12T08:31:30+0000

afsoc4life said:
Indeed. Strange how the media reporting affects our perception.

Read on the BBC this morning that Chelsea were “defeated”, whereas we were “humiliated”. All of this bs does effect even our perspective.

thfcsteff · 2026-03-12T08:55:52+0000

fernadez said:
The stats showed that we had played the same amount of through balls under Frank as we did last season

Says it all to me

Interested in your source?

Here are some from squawka:

<<Tottenham have attempted just 11 through balls in 21 league games in 2025/26, the fewest of any side in the Premier League this season.

Nine players have attempted more through balls than Tottenham in the Premier League so far this campaign:

◉ 18 - Bruno Fernandes
◉ 16 - Bruno Guimarães
◉ 15 - Rayan Cherki
◉ 15 - Martin Ødegaard
◉ 14 - Morgan Rogers
◉ 13 - Jérémy Doku
◉ 12 - Bryan Mbeumo
◉ 12 - Adam Wharton
◉ 12 - Yéremy Pino

While here's how many through balls the Big Six have attempted in the league this season:

◎ 77 - Emirates Marketing Project
◎ 76 - Arsenal
◎ 62 - Man Utd
◎ 52 - Chelsea
◎ 50 - Liverpool
◉ 11 - Tottenham>>

The same source said that during Frank's tenure, the average through balls attempted was 0.52.
Postecoglu's was 1.9

Frank's total addiction to caution meant we went sideways and up either wing for crosses. He was absolutely not interested in risking anything through the middle.

thfcsteff · 2026-03-12T08:59:35+0000

Bishop said:
I'm more so referring to the earlier part of the season when we picked up more points. At some point that changed. Frank was far from perfect but I think we might have picked up a couple more points than we have since he was removed.

We were also looking a little better and more cohesive just at the point when he was sacked. The results weren't going our way but you could see some improved performances. I do think the Odobert Injury is what finally killed him off.

The Saudi Sportswashing Machine game was one of the worst performances I have seen in many, many years. Shocking!!!

Trixster · 2026-03-12T09:00:40+0000

elyid said:
Read on the BBC this morning that Chelsea were “defeated”, whereas we were “humiliated”. All of this bs does effect even our perspective.

Heh they have given us our own little banner such is their joy at our position..

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