Ange Postecoglou is the only manager in Tottenham Hotspur history who could endure their current run of form and not be sacked.
That’s according to the club’s former midfielder Jamie O’Hara, who believes the Australian is very lucky to still be in his job.
Spurs suffered their 12th Premier League defeat of the season against Everton on Sunday, with a second-half comeback not enough to overturn a 3-0 half-time deficit in their last-ever trip to Goodison Park.
As a result, the Lilywhites are now 15th in the Premier League table, just eight points clear of the relegation zone and a massive 14 points adrift of the Champions League spots.
Ange Postecoglou: Jamie O’Hara questions Spurs manager
Postecoglou pointed out in his post-match press conference that Spurs are still going strong in three cup competitions, sitting ninth in the Europa League table and into the third round of the FA Cup, while they lead 1-0 after the first leg of their EFL Cup semi-final against Liverpool.
But O’Hara believes it’s the ‘bread and butter’ of the Premier League that counts the most and that Postecoglou should lose his job before Spurs are dragged into a relegation scrap.
“Spurs are 15th in the table and if it carries on, they are in a relegation fight and you can’t keep a manager in charge of a football club just because you beat Liverpool 1-0 in the first leg of the Carabao Cup,” O’Hara told Sky Sports (via TBR).
“You’ve still got to go to Anfield. Do you wait until then and see if we go through to the final because he says he wins trophies in his second season?
“Premier League’s bread and butter, you have to perform week in, week out in the Premier League and Spurs are not doing that. It’s the 12th defeat out of 22 games, that is unacceptable. Any other Spurs manager in their history would have got the sack.”
O’Hara then claimed the only reason Daniel Levy hasn’t already sacked Postecoglou is a 10-game Premier League unbeaten run Spurs enjoyed at the start of last season — which must feel like a different lifetime for the club’s supporters.
“I don’t understand why Ange [Postecoglou] has got so much credit in the bank,” said O’Hara. “I think fans and I think Daniel Levy and I think some of the players are clinging on to the fact that last year, at the start of the season, they went 10 games unbeaten and everyone was talking about, Spurs can win the league, how we’re playing this great football.”
He added: “Since then, 2024, if you look at the results until now, awful, there’s hardly any wins.
“They’re clinging on to 10 games of last season. It’s not acceptable to carry on doing this. I think he’s on the edge, I think he’s on the brink. I think they’re going to have to have a serious look at what they do going forward.”