Frank fronts up after the 2-1 defeat to West Ham : Picture by @capitalfootball Pressure? What pressure? Thomas Frank was in fine straight-bat mode as he played down the feeling of mutiny at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after his side flopped on home soil yet again. Supporters in the massed South Stand were in an unforgiving mood after seeing their side slump to a 2-1 defeat to rivals West Ham - their sixth home defeat of the campaign. And chants were less than supportive of

High Road hosts : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (0 1 Romero 64 West Ham United (1) 2 Summerville 15, Wilson 90+3 Can they take much more of this? Spurs fans did not hold back at the final whistle. The boos and catcalls underlined the derision. It's now six home defeats in the league and still only two home wins. And all this against a West Ham side apparently marooned in the bottom three and certs for relegation. The Irons were well worth their win an

History boys. The match programme cover today : Picture by @YTJourno FA Cup Third Round Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 Odobert 54 Aston Villa (2) 2 Buendia 22, Rogers 48 Villa made off with the spoils, with the same 2-1 scoreline they achieved here in the league no so long - surviving a furious second-half Spurs fightback that was in stark contrast to the poverty of the hosts' first 45 minutes. After an insipid display in which Unai Emery's men breezed into a 2-0 lead, Spurs redisco

Picture by @capitalfootball With five midweek Premier League games taking place in the capital this week, it has felt as though something is going on just about everywhere. And ahead of Wednesday's three games at Brentford, Fulham and Crystal Palace there was the little matter of the latest calamity at the London Stadium for West Ham United where distress signals are peppering the sky. You can read about that 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest for the ailing Irons and the impl

Brentford 0 v Tottenham Hotspur 0 Premier League Matchweek 19 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Brentford Community Stadium There may not have been much to watch in Brentford’s goalless draw with Tottenham Hotspur, but there was plenty nevertheless for the two head coaches, Keith Andrews and Thomas Frank, to talk about over a beer after the match. Friendly from their work together for the Bees before Frank’s move to Spurs in the summer, they still live close to each oth

Baby it's cold outside. The Gtech hosts a chilly New Year's Day clash : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Brentford 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 It's a mere 78 years since the Bees last beat Spurs at home. That's one that must remain on the bucket list for now after the drabbest of New Year's Day encounters. This Thomas Frank derby will not live long in the memory, with the freezing conditions further sapping the life from a hopeless contest. Brentford had the better of it but wer

Crystal Palace (0) 0 v Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Premier League Matchweek 18 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at Selhurst Park “S**t happened again.” The articulate and eloquent Crystal Palace manager, Oliver Glasner, could not have expressed in any better phrasing the frustration felt by his team after yet another narrow and probably undeserved defeat against Tottenham Hotspur. It was an inauspicious result to end the best ever year for the club, with a first major prize in Pa

Eyes down for another capital clash : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Crystal Palace (0) 0 Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Gray 42 Archie Gray claimed his first senior goal after 112 appearances as Spurs made light of being second best for most of the game to plunder a vital away win. They had to soak up up a ton of pressure from the Eagles whose drip-drip feed of crosses could not quite carve out the opening they desperately needed. In the end the on-target count was edged by S

Picture: @capitalfootball Thomas Frank has refused to condemn the lack of self-control that saw two Spurs players sent off in Saturday night's 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Xavi Simons was red carded after 30 minutes for recklessly raking the calf of Virgil van Dijk and skipper Cristian Romero once again showed that he can be a liability at times when he petulantly kicked out at Ibrahima Konate to earn a second yellow. It was not a great night for

Seasonal offering : Picture by @YTJourno Premier League Tottenham Hotspur (0) 1 Richarlison 83 Simons s/o 32, Romero s/o 93 Liverpool (0) 2 Isak 56, Ekitike 66 Spurs crashed to a fifth home loss in nine home league games as they paid the price for a first-half red card for Xavi Simons. It piles the pressure on Thomas Frank, who was booked protesting Liverpool's second goal, which arrived 10 minutes after the opening goal had further taken the wind out of Tottenham's sails. T