Tottenham are 11th in the Premier League after their 4-3 defeat by Chelsea
Pressure is building on Ange Postecoglou but he retains the hierarchy's faith
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By DANIEL DAVIS
Published: 15:47 EST, 9 December 2024 | Updated: 15:47 EST, 9 December 2024
Jamie Carragher has insisted Ange Postecoglou will be sacked if he fails to adapt Tottenham's style of play after their poor start to the season.
Spurs' punishing 4-3 defeat by Chelsea on Sunday, which saw them collapse despite taking a two-goal lead in the opening 11 minutes, left them 11th in the Premier League table and seven points adrift of the Champions League spots.
Mail Sport understands that Postecoglou maintains the immediate backing of chairman Daniel Levy but there is an acknowledgement that recent results, barring the 4-0 victory at Manchester City, have been disappointing.
Indeed, the head coach's reign is expected to come under more internal scrutiny if he is unable to arrest their slump and Carragher believes Postecoglou must be more flexible with his tactical approach if he is to remain in charge.
'I love Ange Postecoglou since he's come into the Premier League, in terms of the football they play,' Carragher said on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.
'It's exciting. They are the most entertaining team in the last 18 months that I've seen.
Ange Postecoglou has been warned he will be sacked if he doesn't alter his approach
Tottenham are 11th in the Premier League in the wake of their punishing 4-3 defeat by Chelsea
Jamie Carragher praised Postecoglou's work but insisted he must be more flexible
'I know a lot of supporters wanted their Tottenham back and in a way, he has given them their Tottenham back. They're exciting to watch. They're almost everyone's second team. But you don't ever think they'll go on and win something.
'Now, is that a little unfair of me to say because do Tottenham ever win anything? That's the point. Is this a team set up to win big things? I said yesterday, if certain things don't change then he'll be out of a job. I don't want him to be.
'I enjoy watching them play, a lot more than previous managers. It has to be better than that for Spurs. No one's expecting Spurs to win the title but if he doesn't bow to certain things we're talking about, then eventually... That's what happens.
'You go to Man City and you win a game 4-0. But then you'll get battered by another team. You don't ever get that consistency you need to be a Champions League club.
'That's what Tottenham want.'
A second loss in four days after the limp 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth on Thursday consigned Spurs to a bitter run of just one win in their last seven games.
However, Carragher has claimed that the blame for the slump does not lie solely with the manager, with the pundit even calling for Levy to step aside.
'It's probably time for somebody else to come in because to not win a trophy in that period of time with the managers they have had, they've never really gone out of their way in the transfer market,' Carragher said on Sky Sports.
'They've spent decent money without blowing other teams out of the water, their wage bill is always one of the smallest and you're never going to get the best players.
'So it might be time for Daniel Levy - who I've been a supporter of because you look at the actual work that he's done - but now that works done in terms of a stadium and a training ground, someone else needs to be in charge of this football club.'