The debate around Ange Postecoglou’s future is gathering pace. Spurs started the season brightly under the Australian boss, but things have unravelled—and now, most fans are questioning whether he’s the right man to take the club forward.
We’ve spoken to James Trembath of LondonWorld insiders to get a sense of how the situation is being viewed behind the scenes—and what the club’s next steps might look like.
We’ve spoken to James Trembath of LondonWorld insiders to get a sense of how the situation is being viewed behind the scenes—and what the club’s next steps might look like.
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00:00The debate around Ange Postokoglu's future is gathering pace.
00:07Spurs started the season brightly under the Australian boss, but things have unravelled.
00:12And now some fans are questioning whether he's the right man to take the club forward.
00:18We've spoken to James Trembath of London World to get a sense of how the situation is being viewed behind the scenes
00:26and what the club's next steps might look like. If a change is coming, the method matters.
00:32A Messi sacking risk, fracturing the dressing room and alienating fans.
00:36A mutual parting of ways could allow both sides to save face.
00:41But above all, Tottenham must ask, is now the time to act or does Ange deserve one more season to prove his vision can work?
00:48James, looking at Spurs and in terms of Ange Postokoglu, obviously he's been going on for a few weeks,
00:57maybe even the last month or so, saying he's pretty certain that his job's coming to an end at Spurs.
01:03What's the sort of situation, what's the stance of Spurs fans in terms of his tenure now,
01:10in terms of this summer rebuild that's probably going to have to happen again after such an abysmal season,
01:16especially in the league?
01:17Yeah, well, I mean, I think the writing's on the wall.
01:21I think it's fair to say, isn't it, regardless of whether we get over the line in the Europa League
01:24and end up winning the final.
01:26I think Ange Postokoglu's days at Spurs are certainly numbered.
01:30And, you know, I think that sort of the temperature now from the majority of fans,
01:34certainly the fans I speak to and are sort of in the circles with our, you know, it's time.
01:39You know, it's time. 18 league defeats, you know, eight defeats at home,
01:42which is the worst in a 38-game season.
01:44And I actually think there's merit personally now in announcing his departure, you know, imminently.
01:50You know, now keep him on to the end of the season.
01:53But I just think that gives everybody a bit of clarity over, you know, in terms of the fans for the future.
01:59We know that we're going to be looking at another change.
02:01It gives the club time to start planning and start thinking about a replacement,
02:05albeit, you know, they may be doing that behind the scenes without our knowledge.
02:07And should we pull off the miracle and end up winning in Bilbao in a couple of weeks' time?
02:13You know, Ange Postokoglu lives a hero.
02:15I mean, if he does deliver a trophy, and don't forget we got in the semi-final of the League Cup as well,
02:20you know, he'd be sort of forever in a lot of Spurs fans' hearts.
02:24But certainly the league form, you know, it's been abysmal, embarrassing, you know,
02:29running out with sort of adjectives to describe how bad it's been.
02:32And, you know, it was the same against Nottingham Forest on Monday, you know, largely, you know, a poor performance.
02:38You know, Ange came out and said it was a good performance.
02:42You know, that's been a little bit divisive among the fan base.
02:45You know, he says a lot of the same things every week.
02:47He's not fixing the problems.
02:48The players are not concentrating.
02:50To me, a lot of the players look like they've lost belief outside the Europa League.
02:54You know, they look like they've given the league up now.
02:56And, you know, it's just not good enough for a club of Tottenham's size and standing.
03:00So, you know, we certainly need, in my eyes, to make a change.
03:03I think we should probably make it sooner rather than later and, you know, give that clarity to everybody going forward.
03:09Yeah, you feel it's probably one of the most bizarre situations because of Spurs' sort of trophy drought that they,
03:15you know, this whole stigma around them that you need to return a trophy.
03:19An awkward situation in terms of, you know, Ange's standpoint, the league form has been terrible.
03:25But they are in a Europa League semi-final.
03:28That's something that they could be proud of any other season as long as the league form wasn't as bad as this.
03:33What's your thoughts on the Europa League in terms of, you know, we've mentioned it's all eggs in that basket now.
03:38And you can probably tell the players are on that same ship as well.
03:41But it becomes a strange situation.
03:44If he does go and return the trophy for the club, then, you know, where do the fans sort of stand on that?
03:51And Levy as well and Ange as well, you know, he can leave, you know, most likely leave knowing that he has returned that trophy and ended that drought.
03:59Yeah, I mean, it's kind of bizarre, isn't it?
04:02Because I think we always joke at the start of the season and say Spurs finish 17th and win a trophy.
04:07You know, a lot of Spurs fans would take that.
04:09And that's kind of the situation that we're in at the moment.
04:12I mean, as you say, the league form has been beyond abysmal.
04:16Mitigating factors throughout the season with the injuries.
04:18But sadly, Ange was able to hide behind the excuse of the injuries.
04:21Now all the players are back.
04:23The performances might have improved marginally, but the results are largely the same.
04:27And, you know, we're on a dreadful, dreadful run in the Premier League.
04:30And, you know, ultimately, we're very, very lucky that there's three worst teams in the division.
04:34You know, sadly, the wheels have come off one by one.
04:37And it's been a bit of a car crash ever since.
04:40And, you know, he'll go down as one of the worst managers in Spurs' history.