Ange Postecoglou’s tenure nearing the end at Spurs?

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A look at the manager’s situation at Spurs.

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00:00Let's just touch on Ange Postacoglou and his tenure. Obviously, it's not gone to plan

00:08and you mentioned the game remaining. The huge game in the Europa League is one where

00:14they have to start getting the bums off seats again. When he first came in, that was the

00:18case. They were playing exciting football, this really relentless stuff where he was

00:25so stubborn with wanting to attack. You saw it against Chelsea very early on in his tenure

00:31where the pundits were raving about that and suddenly over time, they're changing their

00:36opinions to say it hasn't worked at all and he should have changed and adapted to the

00:40Premier League. He probably hasn't done that really. Just looking at his best and worst

00:45moments, is there any standouts in terms of best moments under Ange where you felt really

00:51confident? Because there have been some spells where he has done fairly well.

00:57Yes, I think, sadly, I don't see a situation now regardless whether he's in the dugout

01:04in August. I really don't. I think he's sadly going to be let go in the summer. I can just

01:10see that happening now. Maybe we get it together, we win the Europa League by a miracle. You must

01:16say on current form, the way we're playing, we don't look anything like Europa League winners

01:20at the moment. Obviously, that could all change. Football is a funny game. But I don't see a

01:24situation where he's in charge of the dugout come August. Actually, should the worst happen

01:29in the second leg against AZ, I do wonder whether that might be it. He might be giving his marching

01:36orders and we start the rebuild now ahead of next season, look to bring a manager in, ready to come

01:41in, first of July type approach and we really start the painful rebuild again. That's not what

01:48I want to see happen. We've had some highs with Andy when he came in. He was a breath of fresh

01:53air. He talks well. Everybody wants him to succeed. You asked me there about best moments.

01:59We've had some terrific last-guess wins. The Sheffield United game stands out with the carry

02:05to the Liverpool game in his first season when we got it right at the end. The crowd was rocking,

02:10the place was really united and we were re-energised as a club, as a group, as a fan base.

02:17Even this season, we got to the Etihad and beat Manchester City 4-0. It was a terrific performance.

02:23But there's been too many lows. Even despite all the injuries, you think to the games against

02:28Ipswich at home, Leicester at home, one win in 10 in the Premier League at home, five wins in the

02:35Premier League at home all season and it looks like we're going to finish outside the top eight

02:39for the first time in 15 years. It's just not good enough and I think the problem is it's the

02:45same mistakes week after week after week. It's the same errors. We're so up in the midfield that

02:52the balance is just all wrong and I think at the moment it looks like certain players are starting

02:57to lose a little bit of belief. That's how it feels looking from the outside in. I could be

03:01totally wrong on that. That's just an opinion but it does look like one or two players are starting

03:07to now question what's going on. Sadly, when that starts happening, there's only one way

03:15and one ending and one outcome, unfortunately. But as I say, it could all turn around and

03:20hopefully that will be the case. We beat AZ, that gives us a bit of feel-good factor.

03:24The Premier League form actually isn't too bad on paper. I think it's three wins and a draw

03:28in the last four with that defeat against Manchester City either side. So actually,

03:33the league form's not too bad but the league position's abysmal and some of the defeats

03:39we've had this season have just been terrible. There's just no happy medium. I think that's

03:43the problem. We either play very, very well. You look at West Ham, Aston Villa, Everton,

03:48going to the Etihad, going to Old Trafford and then we've had some horrendous defeats. I think

03:54we've only lost one by more than one goal and I think that tells you everything but quite often

03:59in games we're so open. We could get the 3-4, we ride our luck and then we come good and we

04:05could nick it and we just can't carry on like that. It reminds me of Aussie ideal as back in

04:09the 90s and that didn't last very long. I think if we carry on like that, there's only one way

04:14it's going to end.

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