Our expert panel takes a look at Spurs and wonders why things are going awry under Ange Postecoglou, and whether the manager or chairman should shoulder the blame.
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00:00I mean, John, when you look at the way Pastercoglou manages his style of play,
00:04and then you look at the current Spurs squad,
00:06what does he need to get the best out of this team?
00:08What's missing? What does Daniel Levy need to give him on the pitch?
00:14Well, I think Angelo know better than anyone.
00:16As you said, they're looking for a step forward, two defenders, a winger,
00:20but he has always been very hands-on in recruitment,
00:24in understanding what he needs and what he wants.
00:28And, again, when I was down in Melbourne,
00:31chatting to everyone who knew him, it seemed like, for a while,
00:34one of his old teammates, who's still very close to him,
00:37after football went into the world of recruitment,
00:39works for a huge global company, Blue Chip,
00:42they hunt chief executives and commercial directors and all that,
00:45and he still uses Ange's advice on recruitment.
00:49He said that, he said, and sometimes when he's delivering a seminar or something,
00:52he'll drop in some quotes from Ange that he's had over the years
00:55about what he's looking for,
00:56and it all comes down to fitting into the culture, first of all.
00:59Yeah, you've got to have the ability,
01:00you've got to be able to play at the tempo that he wants to play at,
01:03but he goes for a player he knows he's going to fit into the culture
01:06that he's building, who's going to be a little bit fearless,
01:09who's going to have all those qualities that he needs.
01:11So, I think everyone can see where the needs are.
01:15I mean, you just have to look at Gray and Dragison.
01:18I mean, Dragison, forgive me, but just not a Premier League centre-half.
01:22Just not.
01:25And I think the question for Spurs is,
01:27sometimes you get the feeling they're like one of these teams
01:30that want to be seen to be going,
01:32oh, we're going all in, we're throwing everything at this,
01:34you know, to sell tickets and to build up the brand and everything.
01:38Look at us, we're really going for it, but they're not.
01:41They're doing enough to make it look like they're going all in,
01:44but they're not going all in in pursuit of a Premier League title
01:47or, you know, lots of trophies, a couple of trophies in a season.
01:50They're just not doing it.
01:51And I think at some point you have to look and say,
01:54well, if this manager, that manager, that manager, that manager,
01:57none of them could deliver on it.
01:59What's the common denominator?