Deflated Postecoglou unsure about his future as Spurs manager as he admits his fate is out of his hands post Leicester defeat.
Deflated Postecoglou claims that his fate as Spurs manager is not in his hands anymore after his side slumped to a defeat against relegation-threatened Leicester.
Postecoglou has to be realistic because his team has only won one of their last 11 league games, putting them eight points above the bottom three. Spurs had the lead at halftime, but goals from Jamie Vardy and Bilal El Khannouss helped Leicester escape the relegation zone.
The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium experienced mutiny in response to the turnaround. Constant anti-Levy chanting weakened Postecoglou’s sense of solidarity. While pointing out that Spurs are doing well in Europe, are still in the FA Cup, and lead 1-0 on aggregate before the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool, the manager expressed optimism that things will improve once injured players return. However, when asked if he fears losing his job, he remained stoic.
“Who knows?” the Australian said. “When you are the manager of a football club you can be very vulnerable and isolated. I don’t feel that. I feel like this group of players are giving everything for the club. I have a group of staff that is really committed. I focus on that. My role within that is to try and support these players.
“When the guys who are coming back come back it is going to give everybody a lift. There is a fantastic opportunity this season to make an impact and I know we can. But in terms of your question, is there anything I can say about that that is going to change anything that I need to do tomorrow morning? Nothing.”
Postecoglou added: “I have felt all along that the players are still very committed to what we’re doing. That’s important to me, because I firmly believe in it and I really believe that this is as low as we’ve been so far this year but I still think that in these last three months we can do something really special.”