It was never going to work. Thomas Frank is a brilliant pragmatist, but you cannot bring 'Brentford Ball' to North London and expect applause. Spurs fans demand 'To Dare Is To Do,' not 'To Sit Deep and Counter.'. The fact that fans were chanting 'Boring, Boring Tottenham' during a home game says it all. He tried to turn a Ferrari into a tractor. 2 wins in 17 games is relegation form, and frankly, the football was so dour that nobody even wanted to defend him.