Ange Postecoglou makes worrying Tottenham sack admission after hitting new low

Ambushed by lowly Leicester City, Leicester supporters turned on chairman Daniel Levy – but Ange Postecoglou admitted “a fair chunk” of people have run out of patience with him

Ange Postecoglou admitted Tottenham’s season has hit a low ebb after a dismal defeat- and conceded he may not be given time to halt the slide.

Ambushed by lowly Leicester, Spurs supporters turned on chairman Daniel Levy – but Postecoglou admitted “a fair chunk” of people have run out of patience with him. Bookies have now installed the Tottenham boss as 1-6 favourite to become the next Premier League managerial casualty.

Postecoglou’s side are still in contention for three cups, but their league form (one win in 11 games) has fallen off a cliff and he admitted: “This is as low as we’ve been so far this year. But I still think that in these last three months (of the season) we can do something really special and these players believe that.”

Asked if he will get another two weeks until key players return from injury, the big Aussie shrugged: “Who knows? I reckon there is probably a fair chunk that will say no. When you are the manager of a football club ,you can be very vulnerable and isolated but I don’t feel that. I feel like this group of players are giving everything for the club and I have a group of staff that is really committed. I focus on that.

“But is there anything I can say that is going to change anything that I need to do tomorrow morning? Nothing. Where we are in the league is nowhere near good enough. That’s a reflection on me and my coaching, but we still have some fantastic opportunities to make an impact in the second half of the season.

“I have been around long enough to know that some will just judge us on where we are at at the moment, and rightly so in some respects. It’s not good enough. But I’m still very much stuck on the fact that the players are just giving everything they can. They did on Thursday night, they did again today.

“There are at least two who probably shouldn’t be out there but they were desperate to try and turn our fortunes around. Hopefully, over the next 10 days or two weeks, we should get some significant players back which will help this group a lot. It will give them the boost they need.”

Although the fans’ anger was directed at Levy rather than Postecoglou and the players, the Spurs boss observed: “Certainly something I wanted to try and do when I took on this role is to try to unify the club and create an environment here where we are all focused on the one thing.

“Obviously it hasn’t worked out that way. It’s understandable, the fans are not happy with our current situation. It is a difficult one to navigate because we need them right now, especially at home to create an atmosphere.”

Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy was relieved to stop the rot and climb out of the drop zone after seven consecutive league defeats, saying: “I held the players accountable after last week’s performance but they reacted in a great way.

“Even when we went 1-0 behind, they were not affected mentally and they were calm. After seven losses, and all the work that’s been put in, that win was needed and very welcome.

“We are not going to waste energy on all the noise around us apart from getting better as a team and we are not looking at the table now. It’s where we are at the end of the season that matters.”

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