Gab & Juls Show: Are Spurs in a relegation fight?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hello, welcome to the Gab and Jules show. No Gab today. So look who's come down from Manchester.
I'm back Jules, I'm back Jules.
So good to have you back my brother. Nedo Manoa is with us for this packed show because we've had not just one, but two Premier League managers sacked in the last 48 hours. We'll talk about that. Obviously, there's a few There's a big Premier League midweek round as well that we'll talk about, City winning, Liverpool winning as well, and Cups all around Europe. But we have to start at Spurs because really this is the biggest story of the week. Thomas Frank gone, some would say finally or eventually, others say that maybe they didn't see it coming.
What led to the sacking of Thomas Frank at Spurs?
Where do you stand in them deciding to let go?
um that's a good question i think in some ways i'm a bit mixed with it just because you know with managers people say give them time give them time give them time i think it's fair to say the team wasn't doing as well as they would have hoped for the fact that they're in the same position they were in a year ago when we were saying that was probably one of their worst ever premier league seasons yeah you know in some ways is alarming but then it also runs parallel to them being in knockout stages in europe yeah exactly it's exactly the same as last year but it just never felt like the uh well not never but in recent times not felt like the fans and others around it have been almost trusting of him to be able to do a good enough job for them to find better form i agree you know i think in the in the last 10 games that they've played they've amassed seven points which is the same as wolves i know who most people say are doomed and the only team with the worst record is crystal palace yeah so you
I think having watched that last game that they played against Newcastle, Sad, who had no away record, Newcastle come in and essentially dominate for long periods in that game. It did raise the question, well, how long can this go on for? And in some ways, I guess they've seen that gap between this game and the next one against Arsenal to think, well, maybe it's time for a change.
Yeah, I was a bit surprised because I thought they would give him until the end of the season. Not because they believed in him, because he would have been sacked eventually in the summer anyway. But just because now you need an interim coach for three months, whether that's Ryan Mason or Johnny Heitinga or whoever you want. And then you go through the process again in the summer. it just for me looked like that step up from a small club to a bigger club in the premier league is very difficult and not everybody can do it for me that's in what sense though how do you mean you talk about footballing wise or just like status a bit of both i think he kept the same methods and the same ideas from brentford to spurs thinking very naively no problem i'm gonna do the same thing
as Spurs and it would work the same way. It doesn't. I think Spurs fans, Spurs players, probably Spurs direction as in like top of the people expect something different from you as a manager than doing what you did at Brentford. I also think that the players in the dressing room expect somebody different than the guy that was at Brentford. And for me, the lack of authority that he had on his team, which is clearly, for everybody clearly to see, was also a problem. If you come to a bigger dressing room of a bigger club with bigger egos, bigger names, bigger players who've won more than you because you haven't won anything, by the way, you have to be strong. And if you're a bit too weak and open that weakness door, they go and smash you.
When you say strong, what does that mean to you? I think in authority, I think. In terms of what? Are you talking, for example, about, say, Christian Romero? So what do you think, for example, in this last week when he received the red card and he said what he said, what do you think a stronger manager would have done in that instance?
I think they would have publicly called him out.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–0:40
2
What led to the sacking of Thomas Frank at Spurs?
0:40–3:47
3
How have Spurs' recent performances affected their league standing?
3:47–5:29
4
What challenges did Thomas Frank face as Spurs' manager?
5:29–20:25
5
How do injuries impact Spurs' current season?
20:25–25:19
6
What are the implications of Spurs' home form on their season?
25:19–30:48
7
What factors contributed to the decision to sack Frank early?
30:48–49:06
8
Who are the potential candidates to replace Thomas Frank?
49:06–52:32
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