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The irony of this sacking is that Brentford is currently sitting comfortably in the top half while Spurs are fighting relegation. The £6.7m Spurs paid to steal him looks like the worst business deal of the year. The big question now: Does he go back? We’ve seen it happen with Moyes at West Ham. Brentford fans loved him, and he clearly misses the lack of ego there. A 'Return of the King' arc at the Gtech Community Stadium would be the only heartwarming ending to this disaster.

Thomas Frank isn't the failure; Tottenham is. This club has now chewed up and spit out Pochettino, Mourinho, Conte, Postecoglou, and now Frank in less than a decade. At what point do we stop blaming the manager? Frank was a miracle worker at Brentford. He didn't suddenly become a bad coach overnight; he walked into a dressing room that is fundamentally broken. Sacking him won't fix the lack of leadership in that squad. Whoever comes next—Robbie Keane? Marco Silva?—is doomed too.

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.