Frank insists it will take time to turn things around at Spurs after dreadful defeat to Nottingham Forest | OneFootball

Thomas Frank says he is optimistic that he will get the time to turn things around at Spurs.

His side were beaten 3-0 by Nottingham Forest on Sunday for their sixth league defeat of the season and sit 11th in the table.

And Frank was left frustrated with his side’s poor performance.

“If you’re a little bit out of sync, then you see things like this,” he said. “When you are on track and in sync, you see the last three performances.

“So that’s very simple. If you perform, you keep doing the right things, then it makes it easier, of course. And then I just think the little, small thing that is difficult, we win together, we lose together, but I can’t pass the ball on the pitch. So if you lose the ball 25 times, I think it’s fair to say that it’s pretty difficult to create something.

“After the first goal, I think we lost structure and were more disjointed. And then the 2-0 goal killed the game off. Basically not in the game after that, in my opinion. And that’s part of (needing to) keep the structure, keep the game plan, keep going, keep doing the right things.

“So that’s definitely, it’s not the first time we’ve seen that. This year, last year, whatever. That’s something that’s an ongoing work in progress before we’re more consistent in that.

“Of course, it doesn’t help that we made two mistakes with the first two goals. But again, that can happen in football. So we just need to keep doing the right things.”

Frank also stressed that it will take some time for Spurs to become more consistent.

“I can’t see why not,” he replied when asked if he would get the time to fix his team’s problems. “I think it’s pretty evident that if no-one gets the time, no-one can turn this around. This is not a quick fix.”