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Tottenham showed off the results of a pre-season with new manager, Thomas Frank, in the UEFA Super Cup, with an impressive showing against one of the world's strongest club sides that ended in penalty heartbreak - and fans in football.london'scomments' section are telling club chairman Daniel Levy that he must back Frank to solve the squad's remaining issues.
Spurs led for 85 minutes against Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain - owing to goals from Micky van de Ven and new captain, Cristian Romero. Frank's back-three formation also included Kevin Danso, a tactic to keep out PSG's fearsome attack.
The French heavyweights were able to drag themselves back from the brink in the final five minutes of regular time, and would go on to win the penalty shootout.
Frank was proud of the encouraging display, saying: "I think the players gave everything while playing against one of the best team in the world, maybe the best, at the moment, and I think we were 75, 80 minutes perfect, almost giving nothing away against, they had four players with unbelievable individual quality on the pitch.
"So very, very proud of them."
And our readers reckon that Spurs are definitely on to something - and are demanding that Levy give Frank the final pieces of the puzzle.
Reader ABorg says: "If Frank had had the signings in that he should have had, we'd have seen the game out. The lack of quality in the squad showed when we had to make substitutions. Palhinha for [Archie] Gray is a massive drop in quality, Gray's still young and too lightweight for me to play there. And [Mathys] Tel coming on for Kudus another massive drop in quality.
"Also it just pointed out the lack of quality we have on the left wing and in the middle striker position. Richarlison has to go, and [Dominic] Solanke even when fit, runs a lot, but he's not good enough for Spurs I'm afraid. Levy has an awful lot of work to do still.
"I don't hold much hope that he will come good, as he always leaves the squad short somewhere, which has held the team back."
Commenter Halestrap agrees: "Superb for 80 mins. Ultimately, it was the subs that cost us the game. It's a difficult one as we clearly needed to take off Richy (with his injury issues) and Palhinha hasn't played much but the shape went. Tel had a poor pre-season and he's going to get a lot of stick after that performance. Think we all knew he'd miss. Hopefully he can get his confidence up. COYS!"
Thistooshallpass writes: "For a Spurs team that looked completely lost and disoriented for most of last season, I thought they looked very disciplined and well-organised - and that was against the best team in the world. PSG barely created a chance. It's amazing what Frank has achieved in such a short time.
"The only concern now is squad depth. Tel and Gray were noticeable steps down in quality. [Lucas] Bergvall only played four minutes, so it's hard to pin anything on him. We need a midfielder, a winger, and a striker. I just hope Levy won't let yet another manager down."
ZiggySiggy says: "To play with youngsters is something Frank can't afford to do if he wants to be successful with Tottenham. Unfortunately the game was lost when Palhinha and [Pape Matar] Sarr went off.
"Spurs need 3-4 new senior players if they are to be successful this season. I won't mention names, it's obvious for everyone to see, but you need senior players to achieve any success in the PL and in the UCL. Send the kids out on loan for couple of seasons, and bring in more senior players."
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