Ange Postecoglou claimed the “foundations” at Tottenham Hotspur have been “pretty fragile” within the aftermath of the 2-0 loss at residence to Manchester Metropolis.
The Greek-Australian has largely unified Spurs throughout his first season as head coach, however has threatened to ignite a feud inside the fanbase with feedback made after the loss.
Tottenham followers have been cut up on whether or not they needed to lose the sport to Metropolis to cease rivals Arsenal from successful the league, although Postecoglou didn’t explicitly say this was the rationale by his anger, He did counsel, nevertheless, that Tuesday’s environment was ‘completely different’ and beforehand the gang had helped propel the crew to late wins.
This is not the primary time {that a} Tottenham supervisor has dug out the membership for inside discrepancies. Antonio Conte departed after an explosive press convention criticising the membership’s current historical past and gamers, whereas Jose Mourinho regularly brings up how Daniel Levy sacked him days earlier than a cup ultimate and the coronavirus pandemic meant he by no means had an genuine reference to the membership.
Are all three rants linked? Are Tottenham actually the widespread downside?
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Tottenham’s trophy drought, which is able to final not less than 17 years, has magnified their supposed failures throughout their time as a ‘massive six’ membership. They’ve been caught in an odd place the place they’re persistently adequate to compete with the very best, however by no means fairly topple them all of sudden.
That stated, it might probably’t simply be luck that this drought has lasted so lengthy – even the likes of Portsmouth and Wigan Athletic have gained main trophies extra not too long ago than Spurs. Since successful the 2008 League Cup, Tottenham have been crushed in 4 finals and 6 semi-finals.
Mauricio Pochettino, now of Chelsea, revealed earlier this season that his remit at Tottenham was to make them a constant Champions League crew so the membership may finance their new stadium. Such an ambition made sense on the time however now’s the second to vary mentality.
The leap from contenders to serial winners when already overachieving to an extent is hard, significantly when a Premier League membership. In some unspecified time in the future, they may declare silverware once more, and they’re well-positioned with a supervisor like Postecoglou – a adorned coach with progressionist rules that match Spurs’ stature.
After biking via Mourinho and Conte, it is time for Tottenham to let Postecoglou have their approach. If he says there’s an issue, that the foundations are pretty fragile, he needs to be allowed to try to give you and enact the options.
