Thomas Frank reveals good and bad news from Tottenham’s two friendly draws

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Thomas Frank liked what he saw from his side in one of their two friendlies on Saturday, but he admitted that their performance in the other game showed that Tottenham still have a lot of work to do.

In a rather unusual move, Tottenham played two pre-season friendlies on Saturday, first playing out a 2-2 draw against Wycombe at Hotspur Way before another team made the trip to Luton Town to play out a goalless draw.

Thomas Frank had explained that the idea was to get enough minutes into the legs of the whole squad, and he got what he wanted, with two evenly matched Spurs teams taking to the field in both matches.

However, the Dane has confessed that he saw a lot more positives in one game compared to the other.

Thomas Frank was delighted with Tottenham’s performance against Wycombe

The Spurs head coach revealed that he and his coaching staff took many positives from the earlier of the two friendlies, stating that he was pleased with his side’s pressing and ability to turn over possession.

He was also pleased with the threat that Tottenham Hotspur posed in attack against Wycombe and by how his defenders coped with the League One side’s runs in-behind.

When asked what he took from the 2-2 draw against Wycombe, Frank told Football.London: “With the Wycombe game, positives, I felt the high pressure and regaining of the ball was very successful in many ways throughout the game. We regained it, I don’t know how many times, but we created six, seven very dangerous situations where we should have done even more and scored a good second goal through Pape.

“Also, in the first minutes, Wycombe’s runs in behind were good, so we were really focused on that. The big focus is that we defend well, and we gave away two goals we shouldn’t have given away against Wycombe, scored two good goals from Pape, who is another positive in that game.”

Frank admits Spurs made mistakes against Luton Town

However, the 51-year-old confessed that he was not overly pleased with some aspects of Tottenham’s performance at Kenilworth Road.

While he was happy with the effort of his players, the new Spurs boss admitted that his team looked disjointed against the Championship outfit.

Frank added: “The Luton game, that was the game where I felt, ‘okay, there is a bit to be worked on’. That was two mixed teams, a little out of sync.

“The boys put everything into it, they were positive, heads down working hard, but those connections and relationships, they definitely weren’t fluent, but it’s good to have something to work on.”