Ange Postecoglou admitted he’s at nighttime about his future as Tottenham Hotspur head coach and described the as his lowest level of the season.
Second-half objectives from Jamie Vardy and Bilal El Khannouss secured a primary win in 9 league video games for and piled extra strain on to the shoulders of Postecoglou.
have now misplaced 13 league video games this season and suffered back-to-back defeats in opposition to relegation-threatened Everton and Leicester.
Postecoglou stated that a few of Tottenham’s key gamers ought to return from harm within the subsequent 10 days to 2 weeks. However requested if he’ll nonetheless be in cost then, the Australian stated: “Who is aware of. I reckon there may be most likely a good chunk that may say no.
“When you’re the supervisor of a soccer membership, you may be very weak and remoted. I don’t really feel that. I really feel like this group of gamers, not for me, are giving the whole lot for the membership.
“I’ve a gaggle of employees that’s actually dedicated. I give attention to that. My position inside that’s to attempt to assist these gamers. I may even see in coaching when the fellows who’re coming again come again in, it’s going to give all people a carry.
“As I maintain saying to the gamers, there’s a unbelievable alternative this season to actually make an influence and I do know we are able to. However by way of your query, is there something I can say about that that’s going to vary something that I have to do tomorrow morning? Nothing.”
Tottenham are fifteenth within the league desk, however are nonetheless within the Carabao Cup, FA Cup and Europa League, and Postecoglou added: “I actually consider that that is as little as we’ve been thus far this 12 months, however I nonetheless suppose that in these final three months we are able to do one thing actually particular and these gamers consider that.”
‘It’s a troublesome one to navigate’
Tottenham’s supporters directed their anger at chairman Daniel Levy, who was contained in the stadium, and Postecoglou stated: “Definitely one thing I needed to attempt to do after I took on this position is to attempt to unify the membership and create an atmosphere right here the place we’re all centered on the one factor. Clearly, it hasn’t labored out that approach.
“It’s comprehensible, such as you stated, the followers should not proud of our present scenario. It’s a troublesome one to navigate as a result of we’d like them proper now, particularly at residence, to create an environment.
“It wasn’t that way back we performed Liverpool right here and it was a terrific evening. Everybody was centered on one factor. Like I stated, the one factor I maintain saying and I feel you will need to acknowledge, the gamers are giving the whole lot for this membership and I feel that’s one thing that must be acknowledged by everybody.”
Tottenham are but to signal an outfield participant throughout the January switch window and have solely every week left to take action. Postecoglou, who couldn’t title a full substitutes’ bench in opposition to Leicester, admitted that even one new face might make a huge impact for him.
Postecoglou stated: “I’ve stated all alongside, the gamers need assistance and I’ve additionally stated the membership are working exhausting in that space to attempt to alleviate a few of these issues, as a result of Pape Sarr shouldn’t have performed right now. He clearly wasn’t match.
“Even another participant coming in, simply within the quick time period, will give us a chance, a minimum of to navigate these final 10 days, two weeks, of what’s been a very exhausting slog for this group of gamers.”
Leicester Metropolis head coach Ruud van Nistelrooy was the topic of anger from his membership’s followers within the defeat to Fulham and was concerned in a heated post-game change with a few of his gamers.
Van Nistelrooy hailed his squad’s response in opposition to Spurs, which lifted them out of the relegation zone, by saying: “I reacted on accountability on final week’s efficiency. I’m there to carry gamers accountable. Right this moment, they reacted in an effective way. Enjoying very well on and off the ball.”
However requested if he thought the victory would silence the noise round Leicester, Van Nistelrooy added: “No, after all it’s not going to vanish with the wind. We’re not placing power into the noise round us aside from getting higher as a workforce. A draw or win won’t change the atmosphere.”
