From injury hell to ending trophy drought, why Tottenham are refusing to sack Ange Postecoglou despite crisis campaign

FAIR to accidental Tottenham fans are conflicted astir Ange Postecoglou close now.

Alarmed by the team’s descent down the league and past week’s exit from the cups, immoderate are opening to question whether helium is the close antheral for the job.

Most recognize that his crippling crock situation has decimated his season, and galore consciousness it is lone just to justice him decently erstwhile helium has his cardinal men back.

Numbers crunched by SunSport person shown Spurs person had it acold worse with injuries this word than any English nine competing successful Europe.

Though others consciousness it is not capable to explicate distant the atrocious league signifier and person superior reservations astir however unfastened the squad tin be, peculiarly successful midfield.

Ultimately, the lone person’s opinion that truly matters is that of the antheral who does the hiring and firing - president Daniel Levy.

The supremo, who turned 63 connected Saturday, has ne'er had a occupation dismissing bosses before, having axed 12 imperishable managers antecedently successful his 25-year tenure.

Yet helium has resisted the impulse to marque a alteration this play contempt Spurs plummeting to 14th and exiting the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

Levy himself is believed to person sympathy for the severity of the wounded situation, with ELEVEN first-team players sidelined against Aston Villa connected Sunday.

It is simply a large origin arsenic to wherefore Postecoglou is inactive successful a occupation and expected to stay truthful going into Manchester United astatine location connected Sunday.

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But determination is simply a bully statement to beryllium had to judge Spurs volition apt support religion with Postecoglou for the remainder of the run astatine the precise slightest - barring an implicit disaster.

Beyond the hierarchy’s knowing regarding injuries, determination is the information that the nine are inactive successful the Europa League, which, erstwhile they person their stars back, they person a genuine accidental of winning.

That would not lone supply them a way backmost into the Champions League but besides extremity their 17-year trophy drought.

Victory past play astatine Brentford has allayed immoderate fears of being sucked into a relegation fight.

The spread to the driblet portion is 10 points and fixed the big-hitters are returning, it is just to expect the dire league signifier lone to amended from here.

Crucially, Postecoglou is believed inactive to person the players down him.

Star subordinate Dejan Kulusevski was emphatic successful his effect arsenic to wherefore the 59-year-old was inactive the close antheral for Spurs erstwhile speaking to the media a fortnight ago.

The Swede replied: “Because we had games erstwhile we showed cleanable football.

“Football that not galore teams tin play successful the world. We played beauteous games against United, against City 4-0 truthful I deliberation helium is the close man.

“We play for him. We privation to triumph for him and to beryllium honorable we person akin ideas.

“I americium precise affirmative arsenic a feline and I ever privation to play that football helium wants.

“I person to combat for him due to the fact that I judge successful that football too. Yes, I deliberation he’s the close man.”

As hard arsenic the past 10 days person been, victories implicit Elfsborg and Brentford proved Postecoglou tin inactive get results adjacent with his absentee database being successful treble figures.

Making a alteration earlier the extremity of the play would apt effect successful the embarrassing script of a caretaker having to beryllium enactment successful complaint again.

That perchance could beryllium Ryan Mason for a 3rd time, aft abbreviated stints pursuing Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte’s exits.

That is due to the fact that to lure a imperishable successor, specified arsenic Andoni Iraola astatine Bournemouth oregon Kieran McKenna from Ipswich, 2 bosses understood to beryllium appreciated by the Spurs’ higher-ups, mid-season is viewed arsenic precise hard to propulsion off.

There would besides beryllium the origin of having to wage disconnected yet different manager, with Postecoglou contracted until 2027 and believed to beryllium connected £6million a year.

Levy successful peculiar has recovered himself to beryllium Public Enemy No1 successful caller weeks with fans relentlessly calling for him to spell during the Villa game.

The vigor is already chiefly connected him but it would beryllium connected him and him unsocial if helium axes yet different manager.

All of this is not to accidental that Postecoglou is bullet-proof betwixt present and the extremity of the season, by immoderate stretch.

Lose the players oregon spot his narration with Levy interruption down and it would apt beryllium terminal for the Aussie.

While the unit to present volition crank up erstwhile his players instrumentality and absentees tin nary longer beryllium an excuse, arsenic morganatic a 1 arsenic it has been these past fewer months.

But determination has been a tendency from the Spurs’ hierarchy to springiness Postecoglou time - possibly much clip than his predecessors - to beryllium helium is the antheral for the task.

So for the Spurs fans who person had capable already and are calling for alteration earlier the play is out, Levy’s uncharacteristic resoluteness truthful acold would suggest they should not slope connected it happening.