Should Thomas Frank be sacked? + Seb Stafford-Bloor on Dortmund

The View From The Lane: The Athletic FC's Spurs show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,, Spurs, Tottenham, Tottenham Hotspur

4.6 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Host Danny Kelly is joined by The Athletic's James Maw and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss two key questions. Should Thomas Frank be sacked? And WILL Thomas Frank be sacked? They also pick apart Spurs' boardroom and ask where the leadership is coming from, who is making the decisions and do we ultimately trust them to get this right.

We also hear from Seb Stafford-Bloor, who gives an in depth analysis on Borussia Dortmund...the team Spurs play in the champions league tomorrow night in what could possibly be Thomas Frank's last game in charge.

HOST: Danny Kelly

WITH: James Maw, Jack Pitt-Brooke

PRODUCER: Tom Fuller

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0:00.0	The Athletic FFC.
0:07.3	Hello, everybody, and welcome once again to The View from the Lane, the Athletics
0:27.0	Tottenham Hotspur podcast. I'm Danny Kelly with me this morning, James Moore and Jack
0:32.4	Pitt Brook, morning both. Look, we're in a funny place here. For instance, we did a podcast a few days ago.
0:40.4	Within hours of that, and in the subsequent three days, the following things happened.
0:45.0	Spurs announced a new top football director, whatever his phony-blowny title is.
0:50.5	They announced a new assistant manager of a first-team coach, calling what you want,
0:54.0	Johnny Hightinger.
0:55.4	They confirmed that the club's leading goal score will be out for the two months of the
0:59.5	rest of the season.
1:01.3	They confirmed that Fabio Pamparitchi will leave at the end of the transfer window.
1:06.8	They confirmed the purchase of Conor Gallagher.
1:09.6	They had a message from Vinay Van Keteshem in the program.
1:14.2	They faced a protest. They got beaten the last minute at West Ham and they've had at least one,
1:21.7	perhaps two, board meetings. You can't keep up with a drama at this club. So I guess we should wade straight in
1:29.7	with two questions as it stands, Jack, Pitt Brook. And I think you allude to this in your
1:36.7	multifarious appearances on TV, cinema and hologram yesterday and today, they don't look look like they're going to get rid of him,
1:45.6	at least not before the Dortmund game.
1:47.7	It's just insane.
1:49.7	Well, I think we will find out this afternoon, Monday afternoon.
1:53.9	He's scheduled to do a press conference
1:55.7	to preview the home game against Bristley Dortmund,
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