Spurs fans turn on Thomas after the latest setback

HOW does a Spurs manager come back from 17,500 of his own fans singing, 'You're getting sacked in the morning' from the South Stand of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?

- BY ALASDAIR GOLD

The club's hierarchy and the Lewis family behind them have wanted to buck the trend at Tottenham and end the biennial cycle of doom that exists within its walls with sacked managers, new players, rebuilds and frustration every other year in N17.

The powers-that-be have been desperate to give Thomas Frank every possible bit of time to stop the revolving door of managers at Hotspur Way.

But it was noticeable in CEO Vinai Venkatesham's long and detailed open letter to the disgruntled Spurs fans ahead of Saturday's game that he mentioned everything but the head coach he had employed.