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Darren Anderton has compared Tottenham’s spell under Christian Gross to their current spell under Thomas Frank and has given his verdict on whose football is worse
Tottenham Hotspur supporters want to see their side play front-foot football, and Thomas Frank is very well aware of that.
The Dane has received flak for his pragmatic style of football, with Spurs supporters booing him off against Chelsea in the Premier League, while his substitution of Xavi Simons for Mathys Tel was also met with boos in the league against United.
Frank undoubtedly has to improve on this, but one former player believes that football under the Dane is far from awful, comparing it to another Spurs boss.
Darren Anderton compares Tottenham spell under Christian Gross to Thomas Frank
The Sun shared comments from Darren Anderton, and he drew a clear comparison between what he experienced under Christian Gross and what Spurs are seeing now under Thomas Frank.
The former Tottenham boss endured a short spell in the dugout in north London, lasting for less than a year, having won ten of his thirty games.
Anderton explained how the long-ball and numbers-heavy approach used during that spell did not align with what Tottenham traditionally represent, and he then contrasted that with what he feels Spurs are doing now.
He said: “In my time, we had Christian Gross, who was so long ball and stats and everything else. It was awful. It definitely was not going to work and it was not the Tottenham way.”
“With Thomas Frank, we are not playing bad football. We are just finding it very difficult to break down teams at home. That is frustrating for players and fans.”
“They are missing certain players, like James Maddison, a player that can unlock defences. Mauricio Pochettino had Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Mousa Dembele. No disrespect to the players that we have now, but they are not as gifted.
“They do not have that guile to break teams down like those boys used to. The way we are playing, I am pretty happy with that as we are winning without playing well. It takes time. I would definitely urge the fans to be patient.”
Why Spurs fans need to be patient with Franl
Thomas Frank believes that he needs time to build this Tottenham squad in his image, having spent a little over five months as Spurs boss.
The Dane, during his time at Brentford, was able to mix things up, playing front-foot football alongside being pragmatic in certain games.
We have glimpses of how good football can be under Frank, especially in the Super Cup tie against PSG, where Tottenham took the game to the Parisians.
However, consistency is the problem with his team, but should injured players return, this could definitely improve.
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