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

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

- BY ALASDAIR GOLD

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.