Thomas Frank has been speaking after taking charge of two Tottenham pre-season matches on Saturday.
Spurs had a double header of games starting with a 2-2 draw against Wycombe Wanderers in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Hotspur Way in the morning. Two goals fromPape Matar Sarrand a brace from Wycombe's Armando Quitirna ensured the spoils were shared at the training ground.
Then in the second game against another League One opponent in Luton Town, another Tottenham starting XI huffed and puffed with little quality in a dull 0-0 draw at Kenilworth Road.
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While there was no press conference after the game, Frank did take part in a club interview and here's every word he said on various topics, including injuries to Dominic Solanke and Destiny Udogie which kept the duo out of the game at Luton, with the latter named in the team sheet only to be replaced by academy product Jamie Donley before kick-off.
What did you make of the day?
Overall, okay, happy. I would say the big take away on the positive side is that we got more or less 75 minutes into most of the players – that was the reason why we played two mixed teams and subbed on all the youngsters at the end of both games. So, the physical, minute-wise – box ticked. I’m happy with that.
What can you take from the Wycombe game?
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.
What did you make of the performance against Luton?
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.
What's the latest on Dominic Solanke?
Dom has a minor ankle issue, nothing we’re worried about, just a precaution for today.
And Destiny Udogie?
Destiny felt something in the warm up, so, again, just a precaution, we just want to be on top of that.
And the tour up next?
Of course we're looking forward to going on the tour. It was a good day today, now home and a good night's sleep for everyone and then we're ready to go on tour and of course a fantastic game against Arsenal on Thursday.
How important is it to have this time away together?
I think it's extremely important [these eight days away together]. One thing is at the training ground where of course we get to know each other with meetings and double sessions, but now we'll have just a tiny bit more time where we can interact with the staff and players and the players and staff.
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