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BEN DAVIES UNDERGOES SURGERY AS THOMAS FRANK FIGHTS FOR HIS TOTTENHAM CAREER
Ben Davies faces surgery for a broken ankle. Discover how this blow impacts Thomas Frank’s fight to save his job at Tottenham.
Tottenham confirmed that Ben Davies needs surgery after breaking his ankle in the 2-1 loss to West Ham. It’s another blow for Spurs boss Thomas Frank, who’s under serious pressure after dropping points at home to a team fighting to avoid relegation. To make things worse, Davies picked up his injury during that derby defeat, and now he’s set for a long spell on the sidelines.
Another home defeat for Spurs
Callum Wilson’s late goal on Saturday handed Tottenham yet another home loss. Their record at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this season? Eleven games, six losses, just two wins. Not great. Now, two days later, Frank looks like he’s hanging on to his job by a thread. The club’s still backing him for now, but Tottenham sits 14th in the table and hasn’t won any of its last four games. The boos at full time pretty much said it all—fans aren’t happy.
Frank spoke about those boos after the match. “It’s not a nice feeling, but I get it,” he said. “We lost to a big London rival, and there’s nothing worse than that. We pushed hard to win at home, but it didn’t happen. I hope the fans can see the effort the boys are putting in. We did everything we could in the second half.”
Davies out after ankle fracture
On Monday, Tottenham announced that Davies will have surgery later today for the left ankle fracture he picked up early against West Ham. The club didn’t say exactly how long he’ll be out, but they’ve wished him a quick recovery.
Frank’s future in doubt
After sacking Ange Postecoglou last May—even though he’d won them the Europa League—Tottenham brought in Frank for what they hoped would be a safer approach. But after finishing 17th last season, Spurs find themselves in a similar spot, just with less excitement on the pitch. Frank’s more cautious style hasn’t really worked out. Still, he insists the board is behind him.
“I feel the backing from everyone. We all want the same thing—long-term success. A lot is going right behind the scenes, but we’re just not getting the results, and that’s what matters,” Frank said Saturday.
He knows, though, that losing to West Ham wasn’t good enough. He even admitted the team’s set-piece defending has hit rock bottom.
“It feels like déjà vu,” he said. “We did well in the second half, got the equaliser, pushed for a winner, created chances, but didn’t finish the job. Then, stretched at the end, we lost 2-1. We started bright but went behind and got sloppy; halftime helped, and then we fought back. Scored, created more chances. It’s just brutal to concede so late. If we can't win, we need to get a draw.
“Honestly, it was our worst game defending set pieces all year. Usually, we’re great at that, but we didn’t have the same height or physicality as West Ham. We’ve got to compete better.”
What’s next for Spurs?
Tottenham have a shot to turn things around right away—they host Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday. Then it’s Burnley away in the league at the weekend. Frank needs a win in one of those games. Otherwise, he might not be in the dugout next week.
SCATHING VERDICT: ANGE POSTECOGLOU CLAIMS TOTTENHAM ARE "NOT A BIG CLUB" TODAY
Ange Postecoglou claims Tottenham "isn't a big club" in a scathing review of their transfer policy following Thomas Frank's sacking.
Ange Postecoglou didn’t mince words about why Tottenham keep falling short. He says the club’s refusal to really compete with the Premier League’s top spenders holds them back, simple as that.
Postecoglou got the boot last June, right after he delivered a Europa League trophy and ended a 17-year wait for silverware. Now his replacement, Thomas Frank, is out too. Tottenham sit 16th in the league, just five points clear of relegation, and they’ve got league leaders Arsenal up next. Not exactly a fun place to be.
After Frank’s sacking, Postecoglou went on The Overlap’s Stick to Football podcast and pretty much called out Tottenham’s whole approach. “If you look at what they spend and how they structure wages, they’re just not a big club,” he said. He saw it firsthand while trying to sign players; Tottenham just weren’t in the race for the big names.
In his first season, Postecoglou managed to get Tottenham up to fifth. But things went downhill. The next year, even with that Europa League win, they slipped to 17th. He’s convinced the club just doesn’t get what it takes to win, you have to take some risks, and they just won’t.
“I felt like the club was saying, ‘We’re one of the big boys,’ but honestly, they’re not,” he said.
Frank was Tottenham’s fifth full-time manager since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019, even though Pochettino took them to a Champions League final. Fans are frustrated. Tottenham keep missing out on their transfer targets. Frank wanted Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest last summer, but that didn’t happen. Arsenal snatched up Eberechi Eze instead.
Postecoglou, who later had a short, rocky stint at Forest himself, thinks Frank might not have realised what he was getting into. “There’s no guarantee with any manager. They’ve had some world-class people in that job and still no real success. Why is that?” he asked. “What’s the real objective here? Did Thomas even know what he was walking into? Who knows?
136-YEAR CURSE: BURNLEY AVOID MATCHING 1890 RECORD WITH A SENSATIONAL COMEBACK CRYSTAL PALACE 3-2 WIN
Burnley escaped a historic 136-year record! Read how Scott Parker’s men scored three in six minutes to stun Crystal Palace 3-2.
Burnley looked finished. Down 2-0 after just half an hour, with Jørgen Strand Larsen scoring his first goals for Crystal Palace, it pretty much felt like Scott Parker’s team were about to tie their old record: 17 top-flight games without a win, a streak that’s haunted them since 1890. For Burnley fans, the past three months have been brutal. Then, out of nowhere, everything flipped in six wild minutes right before halftime.
Hannibal Mejbri pulled one back. Jaidon Anthony levelled it. Then Jefferson Lerma, of all people, knocked in an own goal. Just like that, Burnley snatched only their second away win since promotion. It keeps their survival hopes alive, barely, but Parker knows they’ll need a few more miracles like this to actually stay up.
For Palace, this was a harsh wake-up call. Their big win over Brighton had just snapped a 12-game winless spell, and for a while, it looked like Oliver Glasner’s side were cruising to only their third home victory of the season, something that would’ve eased their relegation fears. But sloppy defending let Burnley right back in.
Burnley’s luck before kickoff didn’t exactly scream “comeback”. Parker had never won a league game in London as an away manager, and the team bus got stuck in traffic, pushing kick-off back by ten minutes. Palace, for their part, hadn’t lost at home to a promoted side since Sunderland thrashed them 4-0 back in 2017.
When Strand Larsen smashed in a gorgeous ball from Adam Wharton and then dived to head in Lerma’s cross after Kyle Walker messed up, it just seemed like Burnley were doomed.
But then Mejbri gave the visitors a lifeline, beating Dean Henderson with a sharp finish. Suddenly, Burnley were level. There was some debate about whether Lesley Ugochukwu handled the ball before setting up Anthony to score, but nobody could argue with the bottom corner finish – no chance for the keeper.
Then came the third: Bashir Humphreys’ header was stopped by Henderson, but Lerma could only turn the rebound into his own net. Palace trudged off at halftime to boos. Glasner sent them back out early, probably after some choice words in the dressing room.
Even with £35 million man Brennan Johnson on the pitch, Palace couldn’t break down Burnley’s defence. Daichi Kamada missed a decent chance, and Martin Dubravka’s save in stoppage time kept out Ismaïla Sarr. In the end, it was Burnley’s small but loud travelling support celebrating. Somehow, their team had pulled off a rare and badly needed win.
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