Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton
Spurs have picked up only five points from nine games in the Premier League
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The oldest managers in the Premier League will meet on Merseyside with Ange Postecoglou braced to fight for his Tottenham future.
Postecoglou's injury-depleted team have collected only five points from nine league games since the start of December.
They are languishing in 14th and he admits results must improve but fiercely refutes any notion he might not be up for the challenge.
'I understand how it may look,' said the Spurs boss. 'I understand externally there are people probably going, "God, he must be living a nightmare". But it's not my existence.
'It's a big challenge, I get it. The responsibility weighs heavily on me. I feel it, I feel the pain of it. I feel the disappointment of it. But I'm a fighter and this is where I want to be.
'I want to find a way to get us out of this so we can reap the rewards of the tough battles we've had, and because of that context, it doesn't affect me in the way that people may assume.
'And I always reflect on the alternative, which is not being involved. Maybe I'd look a bit younger and more handsome, but I'd be pretty bored.'
Postecoglou was happy to see David Moyes back in the Premier League eight months after leaving West Ham, returning to Goodison Park for a second spell and charged with easing Everton's relegation fears.
'I'm delighted to see him back because it means I'm not the oldest in the Premier League anymore,' he quipped. 'If we can get Roy Hodgson off a beach somewhere I'll be even happier.'
At 61 and 59 both have years of work ahead, but they have been stress-tested and have the experience to help cope with the pressure.
'I'm better equipped to handle this at my age than when I was younger,' said Postecoglou. 'I feel like I have the energy still definitely to do the task. It's not like I'm weighed down by it. It helps me in these kinds of situation.
'For younger managers that is the challenge. There is such a short-term outlook on most things in life and particularly football these days. How do you withstand all these assertions on how you're supposed to be doing your job, which is a constant now.
'You're never given any breathing room to say, 'oh well, let's just see how this pans out', it's kind of more like, 'no, this is not working there's got to be change'. Again, it comes down to individuals and upbringing.
'David is probably in a similar mould to me and our upbringing was that if you're going through a tough time roll your sleeves up and work hard. There's a basic premise there that's still quite effective.'