Tottenham Hotspur are heading into a crucial summer, with Ange Postecoglou’s future suddenly uncertain.
We spoke to Spurs expert James Trembath to explore where things went wrong, what’s next for Postecoglou, and why this summer could shape the club’s direction for years to come.
We spoke to Spurs expert James Trembath to explore where things went wrong, what’s next for Postecoglou, and why this summer could shape the club’s direction for years to come.
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00:00Now Tottenham Hotspur are heading into a crucial summer
00:05with Ange Postacoglu's future suddenly uncertain.
00:09What began with so much promise has started to unravel
00:12and the club now faces a major decision
00:14on whether he remains the man to lead them forward.
00:18Postacoglu brought energy, identity and early success
00:21but inconsistency, defensive issues and a refusal to adapt tactically
00:26has raised questions.
00:27A top four finish is now completely out of the fold
00:32and the momentum that defied the early part of the season
00:35has certainly faded.
00:37There's a growing feeling that something isn't quite clicking
00:40and major change needs to occur.
00:43Postacoglu stays, he'll need serious investment and support.
00:47If not, Spurs are staring at another rebuild.
00:50We spoke to James Trembath, the Spurs expert,
00:53to explore where things went wrong.
00:55What's next for Ange Postacoglu and why this summer could shape
00:59the club's direction for years to come?
01:04James, looking at Spurs and in terms of Ange Postacoglu,
01:07now we've mentioned multiple times that this is probably likely
01:12to be his final season at Spurs.
01:13You know, it's just clearly not been good enough.
01:15There's been some overwhelming factors that we've gone through as well
01:18to suggest, you know, his tenure could be coming to an end.
01:21We've also looked at replacements.
01:24Just let's go over it again a little bit in finer detail
01:27in terms of maybe where he went wrong.
01:30And, you know, Ange is coming out now and sort of saying how,
01:34you know, things have gone wrong and things were wrong
01:37from the very start of this season.
01:39And he's also sort of, you know, quoted towards the possible candidates
01:43to replace him, which is quite remarkable, really,
01:45at the end of the day.
01:47And, you know, it's an interesting situation for Spurs.
01:49It leaves them looking for another refresh.
01:52You know, the bigger picture is it's likely there will be a new manager
01:55in terms of a new season, you know, coming up in the future.
01:59But, you know, where does it leave Spurs at the moment
02:01and Ange Postacoglu's time at the club?
02:05Yeah, I think that it's interesting this week in particular, isn't it,
02:08that the sort of tone is starting to shift a little bit.
02:11I think that's the first time we've sort of seen Postacoglu talk about,
02:15you know, a future away from Spurs, or certainly alluding to that fact.
02:19And really interesting interview during the week as well
02:22around this business of, you know, we didn't get the preparations right
02:25at the start of the season.
02:26And that's kind of been where the problems began.
02:28And he's been chasing his tail ever since,
02:30which I think is very, very interesting as well.
02:33And I mean, you know, on one hand, you think about that as a,
02:36you know, an admission and quite refreshing that he's come out
02:40and admitted that and he's trying to lift the lid
02:41and give a little bit of insight into what's really been going on
02:43behind the scenes.
02:45But in the other half, you know, we knew players were coming back
02:48off a major tournament.
02:50Lots of very, very short, truncated pre-seasons.
02:54You know, we invested in youth rather than experience for the main,
02:57albeit some really talented youth.
03:00Every Spurs fan, I think, in the country and probably worldwide
03:03knew we were undercooked in terms of the squad going into the season
03:06with, you know, a limited squad with four competitions in store.
03:11And we've gone deep into Carabao Cup,
03:13we've gone deep into the Europa League.
03:15And obviously the injuries have just, you know,
03:17curtailed us really in terms of where we've gone this season
03:20and hindered our development, as we all know.
03:23So that's really, really interesting, I think.
03:26And, you know, you just wonder how have we allowed that to happen?
03:30I mean, every Spurs fan, like I said, knew that we only went into the season
03:33with one recognised left-back.
03:34We were short at centre-back.
03:35We were short of experience, probably midfield.
03:38Probably could have done with another front man.
03:39So, you know, it just begs the question, really, doesn't it?
03:43How on earth has that been allowed to happen?
03:44And Posse Coglu's got to shoulder part of that blame.
03:47And we need a big summer.
03:49You know, we say this every single year at the moment,
03:52it feels like it's like a broken record, deja vu job.
03:54But, you know, we need, if a new manager is to come in,
03:58should, I suppose, you know, not do the impossible
04:00and win the Europa League, which, as I say,
04:02I still don't think that would be enough to save Posse Coglu.
04:06We need, you know, we need that investment.
04:08We need a commitment from the chairman, you know,
04:10to really back the manager.
04:12We need the director of football to go out
04:14and, you know, buy players early
04:16because there's a full summer this year,
04:17which is a rarity.
04:19You know, there's no international tournaments.
04:20We've just got the Club World Cup.
04:21I suppose we'll be involved in that, as we know.
04:24So we can really have a good go at this pre-season,
04:27but we need to get players in early.
04:28We need to identify those targets, you know,
04:30and also we need to see who's going to be left
04:32in terms of players that leave the exit door
04:34through the summer.
04:35So, you know, it's not all doom and gloom,
04:38which, again, bizarre to say, I think.
04:40But we need the right appointment for the next manager.