THOMAS FRANK is the worst permanent Big Six manager in the history of the Premier League.
The boss holds the lowest points per game and win percentage of any ‘Big Six’ head coach with 10 or more Premier League matches to their name.
Thomas Frank is rock bottom for points per game for permanent Big Six bossesCredit: Reuters
The Tottenham manager is performing even worse than Ruben Amorim did at Manchester UnitedCredit: Alamy
That rules out interim/caretakers as well as those at Manchester City before the Abu Dhabi takeover and with Tottenham pre-Harry Redknapp.
When it comes to Prem spells for , , , City, Tottenham, and , Frank is rock bottom.
From his 25 matches in charge – all this season – Frank has accumulated just 29 points.
That leaves his side firmly in the bottom half with 18th-place in the relegation zone, only six points off.
with , , and .
They could go below Palace on Sunday at .
That is the seventh game in a row without a win for Frank – a run that extends to one victory in 10 and just two in 16.
After could only muster a 17th place finish last term, Frank is actually doing worse than his predecessor overall.
Postecoglou won the in his second season, sacrificing the Prem as he focused on mid-week matches.
The Aussie had come fifth in his first year in the job but dropped off after a brilliant start.
Frank ranks terribly for top six Prem bosses
Even Graham Potter’s ill-fated 22 game spell at Chelsea was somehow betterCredit: PA
He is also fifth on this list with an average of 1.37 points per game (PPG) from his 76, winning 40 per cent of those.
Frank has won 28 per cent, which is also the lowest number, below that of even at Manchester United.
as results but still only managed a 23 per cent win rate and 1.23 PPG.
The Portuguese boss did come above Spurs last year but that was not much to shout about.
‘s 20-game spell at Liverpool is third with just 1.25 PPG and 35 per cent wins.
at Chelsea (22 matches) was marginally better at 1.27 PPG but worse on 31 per cent winning rate.
Postecoglou rounds out the top (or bottom) five with behind him.
The former City man is perhaps harshly done by the list .
They haven’t dropped out of it since and missed out to Redknapp’s Spurs in Hughes’ last season, 2009-10.
He was sacked after 18 months in charge, straddling the 2008 takeover.
proved the decision to be right, winning the title in 2011-12.
Things could get worse for Tottenham before they get better
It is then back to Spurs and for his barely qualifying 10-match stint.
He got 1.50 PPG but still got the can quickly after failing to impress.
is eighth with 1.51 PPG at Liverpool before .
The Coventry boss is another slightly hard done by with one win in 11 games as interim at in 2023 post-Potter bringing his numbers down.
before being sacked in January 2021.
Rounding off the top 10 is Ralph Rangnick at Manchester United after was shown the door.
He managed 1.54 PPG for the following years.
To come below some of these guys might say it all for Frank.
He is wildly unpopular in North London (at least with the Tottenham fans) and things don’t get any easier.
It is the visit of Newcastle up next, followed by rivals Arsenal.
and Palace come after that with Liverpool and Forest before the end of March.
His record could somehow get even worse.
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