What’s Next For Spurs?

After suffering yet another loss in the Premier League on Sunday to Leicester in a disappointing 2-1 result, the answer to Spurs’s problems are still in question as pressure begins to build on Postecoglou and Levy.

Tottenham boss, Ange Postecoglou said their loss to Leicester ‘hurt a lot’ after a 2-1 defeat, making that seven games without a win in the Premier League, as pressure and under confidence begins to build with the Australian. He also praised his team on their effort, and stated he couldn't have asked anything more of them in the game, and once again the just fell short in a game they were leading. But with tensions building, and fans beginning to turn on Ange, the solution is yet to be clear as to how Tottenham can improve, and get back up to the top six.

Spurs fans and the ownership are notorious for turning quickly on managers, and are often extremely impatient when a manager begins to spiral in the wrong direction, but do their fans really have the right to expect top six finishes every year? Spurs have rapidly declined in the last 10 years as being know as one of the Premier League’s ‘Big 6’, but in reality, Spurs fans don't particularly have the right to demand the best from their manager in tough times, and don't have enough history or status to expect a manager to fulfill impossible tasks. Spurs fans who have often stated their desires for managers like Zidane and Ancelotti amongst other world class managers shouldn't have the right to demand such things as they aren't an attractive team. Postecoglou has been one of Spurs’s most successful managers in recent history in terms of what he has done with the team, and also managed to improve the season after Harry Kane left, a task most thought was impossible. But with a stretching run of defeats, and a worrying lack of form for Spurs in the table, it was only a matter of time for Spurs fans to turn on him, and begin to once again window shop some of the biggest managers in the world to come and manage the ‘Mighty Spurs’.

Despite not winning a game in the Premier League for seven games, Postecoglou has still managed to keep the club in the FA Cup, the Europa League, and in the semi finals of the Carabao Cup with a 1-0 lead over league leaders Liverpool, and all with 10 first team players missing. Micky Van De Ven, Destiny Udogie, and Dominic Solanke are only three of the names Spurs are missing, not forgetting their first team keeper Vicario, and first team centre back Romero who are out for a long time, and Ange has still managed to keep some sort of success and philosophy in his team. This is where the fingers pointing in Ange’s direction, should be turned to owner Daniel Levy. Levy is probably one of the owners in the league who has consistently received the most stick from the fans regarding his business-like approach to their football club, and he should be the person the fingers are pointed at this time as well. With 10 first team players missing for a long term of time, Levy has had no interest in expanding the squad, and would rather let the bad times simmer over than give Postecoglou what he reality needs, players. When a team begins to spiral like this, any fan will point fingers at the players, the manager, the staff, but in this case for Spurs its the owner. With seven different managers in charge of the team since 2019 (including interim) it's no secret that Levy can often be trigger happy when it comes to dumping managers at a rough patch, but in this case he should think more wisely. With Postecoglou being a one of a kind boss, with a clear philosophy and collective respect amongst the players, Levy should start thinking about how he can allow Ange to make his football  club better, instead of how he can make the most money going forward.