Tottenham have struggled for consistency under Ange Postecoglou this season.
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Tottenham are tenth in the Premier League under Ange Postecoglou (Image: Getty)
Ange Postecoglou has overwhelming support at Tottenham despite a tricky start to the 2024-25 season. A huge majority of Express Sport readers have voted in favour of the Premier League side keeping the 59-year-old.
Pressure has mounted on Postecoglou due to Spurs’ inconsistent results this season. They have beaten the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United, but lost games against Ipswich, Crystal Palace and Brighton.
Postecoglou oversaw a bright first season last term but has struggled to build on his side’s success. The north Londoners are tenth in the Premier League nearly halfway through the season.
However, Express Sport readers are keen to see Postecoglou remain in his job. A whopping majority of 74 per cent said no to the question of whether Spurs should sack the former Celtic boss.
But if they do choose to axe the Australian, readers believe that Gareth Southgate is the best replacement. Twenty-six per cent picked the former England boss, who has said he would like to take at least a year out of work.
Thomas Frank and Graham Potter are also well-liked by Spurs fans, earning 24 and 22 per cent of the vote, respectively.
It comes after Postecoglou admitted that he believes being a football manager is harder than being prime minister. He pointed out that each game feels like a general election where fans can either vote their boss in or out.
“This job is the hardest job now in any walk of life,” Postecoglou said. “You can say politics but this is harder than any job. The tenure and longevity of this role means very few are going to come out of it without any scars. How many times does [Keir Starmer] have an election? I have one every weekend. We have an election every weekend and either get voted in or out.”
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Ange Postecoglou was unhappy with Southampton's treatment of Russell Martin (Image: Getty)
Postecoglou was furious that Southampton manager Russell Martin was put up for his post-match media duties after their 5-0 thumping by Spurs, only to get sacked within the hour.
“You don’t even get sacked in the morning now, you’ve got to change your song,” the Australian continued. “We have lost all sort of modes of respect in our society where guys are in jobs and they are putting up names of who is going to replace them while they are still working.
“This notion that clubs want to bring managers in and build stuff doesn’t exist. The moment there is a bit of a wobble there will be flak coming from all areas.
“Gary and Russell are both outstanding young managers who have long careers ahead of them. Unfortunately, for them at the beginning of their careers, that’s what a manager’s career is going to look like. You’ll find that from now on managers are going to have about 20 clubs on their CV. Even the successful ones.”
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