Spurs boss Frank understands fans frustration after boring chants

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Soccer Football - Premier League - Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur - GTech Community Stadium, London, Britain - January 1, 2026 Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank applauds fans after the match REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Jan 2 - Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank was booed by his own fans after Thursdays drab scoreless draw at his former club Brentford, and while the coach understands the supporters frustration he believes that success will change their attitude.

There were chants of boring, boring Tottenham from the fans who also sang the names of former Spurs players, and when Frank went to applaud the travelling supporters at the end of the 0-0 game he was greeted with a chorus of boos.

Its not perfect, we want to be a free-flowing team, Frank told a press conference on Friday ahead of Sundays game with Sunderland.

I think a couple of things I want to reinforce positively is the last two away performances. I think we were very good defensively.

Were working very hard on the offensive part of our game and understand the frustrations. I share them too.

Franks side are 12th in the standings after one win in their last four league games, and the manager gave his reasons for their disappointing form, including the absence of Dominic Solanke, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski to injury.

Yesterday we lost the ball with unforced errors 25 times, he said.

All that can be adjusted. The next bit is the patterns and the structure