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Former Tottenham player urges club to not sack Ange Postecoglou
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Louis Saha believes Ange Postecoglou should be retained as manager of Tottenham Hotspur for at least the remainder of the season.
Postecoglou's job security has come into question as the second-year Spurs manager has led the side to 14th place in the Premier League after 24 matches, with the North London club closer to the relegation zone than the top four.
The Australian enjoyed a moderately successful first year in charge by guiding Tottenham to a fifth-place finish and a Europa League berth last season, but the club's stark drop-off has thrown Postecoglou's future in doubt.
For Saha, who played a half-season for Spurs in the 2010s, Postecoglou deserves a chance to turn things around as injuries have hampered his ability to field a competitive side for much of the current campaign.
"I'm concerned about Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham future, but I think that Mr. [Daniel] Levy should keep him as the manager for the rest of the season," Saha told spaceportsweden.com. "I still believe in him. He definitely needs to improve the results of the team. He needs to get some players back, because he hasn't been helped with all of the injuries.
"When you're not playing with your best players, it's always going to be tough."
Saha points to Tottenham's defence as an area that needs major improvement, but the retired striker believes Postecoglou can find the right formula of attack-minded football combined with defensive stoutness needed to be a consistent side.
"The issue with them this season is that they can disappear for 20 minutes and lose a game," Saha said. "I don't know why that keeps happening, but certainly in the Premier League that has been their story this season.
"The biggest challenge for the manager is to get them performing consistently. It's to find that formula that makes them really aggressive, hard to beat.
"Mentally, something has to change because there is too much potential in his squad for them to be where they are in the Premier League table. It's been a really strange and difficult season for them.
"They need to keep the faith with Postecoglou. If they sacked him, the next manager would inherit all of the same problems and Spurs then go back to that rinse and repeat strategy that has held the club back since Poch (Mauricio Pochettino) was there."
