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Welcome to the Athletic FC podcast with me, Ayo Akimwalere.

Topnam are out of both domestic cups and are struggling in the league.

So how much longer does Thomas Frank have to turn this ship around?

Right, in with us in the studio right now.

We've got Jack Pitt Brook.

We've also got Danny Kelly, two of the stars from The View from the Lane podcast.

Right, Jens, I'm going to read out a couple of stats here.

Regarding Thomas Frank's start at Spurs.

Let's get into it. 31 matches, 12 wins,

eight draws and 12 losses. That's a points per game average of 1.32, which is a lower average than that of Juan de Ramos, who was unceremoniously sacked by Spurs after a year in charge in 2008.

Can we just sum up, Danny?

We'll start with you.

How bad a start Thomas Frank has had?

Because it wasn't so bad at the beginning, but it seems to us sort of withered away.

I mean, it's calamitous really, isn't it?

Let's be honest. The figures you've just read out there tell you that for, and I always say this, a club that is one of the nine or ten richest in the world, that doesn't guarantee success, but it ought to guarantee at least a flaw through which you do not fall, a safety net through which you do not plummet.

And Spurs are showing signs

this season of being as poor as they were last and given up with just seven months away from

a third of a million people gathering in the streets of North London to celebrate the Europa League win.

That is a terrible, terrible look. Now look, I won't go into it here because I want to

get, I know you want to get Jack's view on as well. Thomas Franks, the chaos on the pitch is,

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