Ange Postecoglou: No strain on Tottenham boss regardless of Spurs' current poor outcomes | Soccer information

Ange Postecoglou isn’t underneath strain at Tottenham regardless of the current poor run of outcomes.

Spurs suffered back-to-back defeats following Sunday's 4-3 dwelling loss to Chelsea, and have gained simply one in all their final 5 Premier League video games since beating Aston Villa 4-1 earlier than final worldwide truce.

Nevertheless, head coach Postecoglou, who enjoys working relationship with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, can have time in a busy Christmas interval to show his facet's fortunes round.

Jamie Carragher stated on Nice Sunday that Postecoglou can be out of labor by the top of the season if he continues enjoying the identical sort of soccer he has championed to this point, however though the membership acknowledges the current run has been poor, the accidents sustained by many first-choice gamers, together with central defenders Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero, have had a big affect.

Regardless of their poor league type, Spurs face Manchester United subsequent week within the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, whereas a win in opposition to Rangers on Thursday will put them in a powerful place within the Europa League desk.

Postecoglou additionally took half in conferences with technical director Johan Lange over the potential for doing enterprise within the January switch window to assist enhance the membership's fortunes.

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Carra: If Ange doesn't change, he won't remain Spurs boss

Carragher believes Postecoglou should adapt his fashion if he’s to stay Tottenham boss after struggling back-to-back defeats.

“Ange stated how properly they performed [against Chelsea]. I can't think about a Liverpool supervisor who I performed for – and we conceded 4 in a sport – saying within the interview that we performed properly. When you play that means you'll get the consequence like Manchester Metropolis, however you'll additionally get outcomes like this the place you're up 2-0. I by no means considered managers saying we performed “a sure means and we might by no means change” – I believe it began with Pep Guardiola at Barcelona.

“This concept that wherever they play, they may play their means. But it surely was the perfect workforce I’ve ever seen. Pep Guardiola then needed to change his Man Metropolis workforce which was successful championships each season, placing the defenders -back. This concept you can't change is overseas to me. The state of the sport dictates the way you play, not on a regular basis, however for those who begin on tough terrain, you shouldn't play. the identical means you do in opposition to one. workforce down.

“There's this concept of ​​enjoying a pure sport and the Tottenham followers chant 'We've received our Tottenham again' however you gained't win something, you gained't problem.

“I get up each morning hoping the solar is shining so I can placed on shorts and a t-shirt but when it's raining you set your coat on. You possibly can't have this concept of ​​enjoying a technique, it's okay win' It gained't work. If it doesn't change, he gained't be right here subsequent season.

Redknapp: Spurs ought to prioritize Carabao Cup

Spurs are nonetheless within the hunt for a trophy underneath Postecoglou, together with his facet doing properly within the Europa League and searching ahead to a Carabao Cup quarter-final this month at dwelling to Manchester United, dwell. Aerial sports activities.

They can even absolutely count on to characteristic within the FA Cup fourth spherical after being drawn in opposition to non-League Tamworth subsequent month.

Postecoglou stated after the Chelsea sport: “There's nonetheless quite a bit to play for us between now and January, simply to ensure we proceed to carry out.

“I nonetheless really feel that inside this workforce there’s a actual type of perception in what we’re doing, and if we keep that, then we’re going to flip our season round and hopefully in some unspecified time in the future we are going to attain calmer waters simply by way of a number of the issues which might be taking place proper now. A few of these issues are self-inflicted, however hopefully we are able to get extra consistency.

Postecoglou claimed earlier this season that he’s “nonetheless successful issues” in his second yr in cost and Jamie Redknapp believes ending the membership's 16-year trophy drought will probably be his precedence amid a disappointing championship marketing campaign.

Redknapp stated Aerial sports activities: “They should win a trophy – that's the stick they’re crushed with. In the event that they win a trophy this yr it is going to give them confidence and perception that they will make the highest 4.

“They should change the historical past of this membership. For too lengthy they’ve had an angle of not succeeding and letting folks down. Whereas in the event that they win a trophy it is going to give Ange a little bit of a break.

“They’ve Manchester United within the Carabao Cup, they will win it. When you take a look at the winners of that trophy just lately, it's both Man Metropolis, Man Utd or Liverpool. Profitable that’s extra vital than ending within the high 4.

“The homeowners may not agree, however it could be nice for the followers and the gamers.”

The previous Spurs midfielder added: “For a Tottenham fan, they’d [Antonio] Conte, who was pragmatic; they’d [Jose] Mourinho – didn’t work; they’d Nuno [Espirito Santo] – it didn't work right here.

“Now you're the exact opposite [end of the] on an enormous scale and for Tottenham followers for 10, 15 video games final season, they had been like, 'That's it, we discovered it.' This man will make us play stunning, expansive soccer, we are going to win.

“You've gone from one excessive to the opposite and it's like we've been saying the identical factor for the final 10 years watching Tottenham.

“I don’t actually know what course they’re going to go subsequent as a result of for those who hearth him, the place else are you going to go?”

Postecoglou's Spurs flatter to deceive again

Adam Bate from Sky Sports activities:

Postecoglou pointed to positive margins as his Tottenham facet got here out on the mistaken finish of a seven-goal thriller in opposition to Chelsea and a beneficiant interpretation of occasions may conclude he was proper. The identical could possibly be stated of Spurs' season.

Six extra factors and they’d simply transfer into fifth, one level behind Manchester Metropolis. A number of wins in opposition to Crystal Palace, Ipswich and Bournemouth would have been sufficient. Or how about sustaining that two-goal lead at Brighton?

However the actuality is that Postecoglou's Tottenham continues to lose that two-goal lead and drop factors. It's not dangerous luck. That is beginning to really feel like an outgrowth of the coach's mantra, which prioritizes enjoying fashion over navigating the nuances of the sport.

There was no hint of management, even when Marc Cucurella scored two early objectives. The result’s that, as positive as these margins are, Spurs now sit within the backside half of the Premier League desk after 15 video games. They misplaced greater than they gained.

Actually, of the 17 groups within the Premier League this season and final, solely two have misplaced extra video games within the competitors than Tottenham since Christmas. Dominic Solanke arrived in the summertime however the different additions had been younger prospects.

So are indicators of progress imminent? Regardless of all of the speak about season two trophies, possibly this East his Spurs. “Tottenham are so near being workforce,” Carragher stated in his co-commentary for Aerial sports activities. “However they at all times allow you to down.

Tottenham's next meetings

• Rangers (A) – Europa League – Thursday December 12, kick-off at 8:00 p.m.
• Southampton (A) – Premier League – Sunday December 15, kick-off 7:00 p.m.
• Man Utd (H) – Carabao Cup – Thursday 19 December, kick-off 8:00 p.m. – dwell Aerial sports activities
• Liverpool (H) – Premier League – Sunday December 22, kick-off 4:30 p.m. – dwell Aerial sports activities
• Nottingham Forest (A) – Premier League – Thursday December 26, kick-off 3 p.m.
• Wolves (M) – Premier League – Sunday December 29, kick-off at 3 p.m.