You don't like him then?
Generally I find him pleasant, I didn't expect him to say he's bored of answering questions about a players return to fitness.
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Generally I find him pleasant, I didn't expect him to say he's bored of answering questions about a players return to fitness.
He say's some of us aren't proper.
Brave for a Danish ex Brentford coach.
With two league home wins.
Poorly chosen words but he had to be seen to support his player that was being booed because of a mistake that cost a goal, otherwise if he'd had said nothing it would seem like he agreed with the booing of Vicario.
That's a point of view I don't share.
The customer is always right and maybe the staff need to be made to understand that.
Supporters are here forever.
Players and managers are just passing through.
Clock is ticking for Frank for his ill chosen words.
It will be a recurring theme now every time he needs our support.
He's done.
I didn't like it when Vicario was being booed, just like I didn't like it when Sanchez was being booed a few seasons ago when he came on as a substitute, and was then subbed back off.
As for the customer always being right, do you boo the waiter at a restaurant if he drops a plate?
No, but you’d probably laugh or cheer. I would.
I *would* complain if my order was wrong. Or cold. Or the service was shit or slow.
So would I but I wouldn't find the particular culprit and have a go at them, I'd just complain about the establishment as a whole.
I didn't boo Sanchez or Vicario and I wouldn't boo the waiter at your restaurant either.
The issue is that Vicario and Sanchez were not fit for purpose and both players would never have got the amount of game time they have at Spurs at another top club in England or in Europe.
Playing for Spurs will be the best either of these two will ever achieve.
Vicario and Sanchez have been exposed to this level of hostility because the football operation at Spurs has not been run like a top club for nearly 40 years.
Other clubs would have pulled the plug on them a lot sooner.
Not at Spurs.
Not under Levy or Sugar before him.
The supporters are all Spurs have left.
We are quality.
All the quality on the pitch has been sold.
So you support the supporters because we are quality and are all the club has left, but you don't support the team because there's no quality left in it.
To be fair to Vicario he has made some wonderful saves, and he was the highest or one of the highest rated players in the forum's matches player rating thread for a number of matches this season. So I do find it a bit rich when supporters boo him for a mistake.
If I were in Frank's shoe's I'd have pointed out some of Vicario's other performances, to present some context against the booing, rather than saying some of the supporters aren't proper.
Supporting the team means not creating a toxic atmosphere, in the middle of a fucking game, where the boys need to pick their heads up.
booing other fucking human beings because they made a mistake is scum behaviour - absolute sucm
Maybe the next time Vicario makes one of his wonder saves he should cup his ear.
The trouble with Vic is that he will pull off an absolute worldie, but then let something in he should have saved. And come out after and moan about the fans.
Perfect Spurs player then, fits like a glove. Beat City away and lose to Fulham at home.The trouble with Vic is that he will pull off an absolute worldie, but then let something in he should have saved. And come out after and moan about the fans.
I would not summarise my views the way you have.
I would put it like this.
Spurs supporters are, in general, not as shit or unrelible as some members of the current squad.
We are magnificent in comparrison.
The most animated players, who have also had the most to say, in respect of their feelings regarding the THFC support at home, represent a hill that Thomas Frank was unwise to set himself up to die on.
We are Tottenham.
They are temporary.
I will always come down on the side of those who chose to boo.
They were all well within their rights to feel frustrated, let down and angry about the results, performances, mistakes, and lack of application, from many of the current squad, during the period covering the 3 home wins in 21 attempts.
The negative reaction was long overdue and deserved if we are being honest about these matters.
Some of these players will never be good enough if we sing their names all day, all night and give them a cuddle after every shite, half hearted attempt to win a home game.
They're just not good enough and the faux outrage just adds insult to injury.
It's their problem; not the THFC supporters.
They need to show some pride, man up and own their own shortcomings.
Unfortunately for you, by you making it a toxic atmosphere the players are unlikely to improve therefore creating more of a problem for yourselves.
Then they are weak.
I'm old enough to remember John Pratt getting similar / worse treatment.
However; I do agree they are unlikely to improve.
I personally have never booed a player during a game but I have been at games where Spurs players with more character and ability than the current cry babies have been mercilessly booed by large sections of the home support.
I find it quite pathetic that some of the players in this group have chosen to react the way they have to well deserved criticism.
I'd be lying if I said I was suprised by it or the attempts to defend it in 2025.
Men are thin on the ground these days.
Then they are weak.
I'm old enough to remember John Pratt getting similar / worse treatment.
However; I do agree they are unlikely to approve.
I personally have never booed a player during a game but I have been at games where Spurs players with more character and ability than the current cry babies have been mercilessly booed by large sections of the home support.
I find it quite pathetic that some of the players in this group have chosen to react the way they have to well deserved criticism.
I'd be lying if I said I was suprised by it or the attempts to defend it in 2025.
Men are thin on the ground these days.
It's 2025, times have changed, new generation aren't as resilient as the players back in the day, it's what it is.
Your behaviour as a fan just needs to reflect that, times have moved on and therefore the fans need to as well.