LET'S BE FRANK...IT'S NOT WORKING

Pressure piling up on boss as loss feels like end of season

- BY ALASDAIR GOLD

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IN TERMS of dreaming of silverware, for many Tottenham fans the season is already over.

A protest is being planned by fan group Change for Tottenham ahead of the West Ham game next week, marking the first protest of the post-Daniel Levy era.

The group are calling on the club to be bold in this transfer window and, like the Supporters Trust, are looking for some semblance of long-term football strategy.

There is still time for both to happen, but once again it feels like a season at Spurs has been wasted while everyone works "very, very, very hard" in Thomas Frank's words.

It is the first time since the 2013-14 campaign that Tottenham have not reached the fourth round after this defeat by Aston Villa.

In the Premier League, Frank's side are 14th place exactly where they sat at this stage last season - and they are out of the Carabao Cup.

If anything, they have gone backwards this season across the competitions as a whole, barring in the Champions League which will require a miracle to end the season with another trophy.