Tottenham returned to winning ways in the Premier League last weekend with a victory over Brentford.
This stalled the growing concern regarding the Lilywhites’ stop-and-go start of the season.
After the game, Spurs correspondent Alasdair Gold felt the need to address the importance of the club sticking to Ange Postecoglou in the long term.
“Tottenham need to be patient with Ange Postecoglou,” says Alasdair Gold
In his latest appearance on Football London’s Spurs podcast, Gold addressed the need for the club playing the long game with Postecoglou.
“Postecoglou said that’s exactly who we want to be, and this is why I can understand why people can get impatient because quite frankly Spurs have been starved of success for so long. I get it.
“The club have made loads of mistakes over the years, managers they’ve appointed, decisions they’ve made, sometimes the players they go for, but the whole Postecoglou rebuild is building towards creating a team that does things like that.
“It’s exactly what we’ve been craving for in years of recent years. In the lean years, we were just hoping for any breakaway goal that looked quite nice. He’s the first manager to last a full season at Spurs in half a decade. It’s crazy how many rebuilds Spurs have had to endure because they keep messing it up, ripping it up, and starting again.
“Postecoglou is a project manager who knows how to win, and that’s what Spurs need—a manager for a project club that’s willing to give him the time to succeed.”
Tottenham’s tricky start to the season has already seen questions starting to emerge regarding Postecoglou’s time at the club, especially given how last season ended.
Gold, in fact, reminded the Tottenham manager that he was the first one in five years who had lasted in the job for one full season.
Up next for Tottenham is a home game against Qarabağ as they kick off their Europa League campaign later this week.
Patience is a currency few can afford
Football at the highest level is becoming even more cutthroat. All the talk of “long-term” projects is just bells and whistles. No manager will be allowed to continue on of some degree of results do not arrive right away in their quest for achieving their long-term goals.
Tottenham should have made the Champions League last season, many have argued, especially given Villa’s waning form towards the back end of the season. If Spurs played with a little less intensity week after week, targetting the bigger picture, maybe they could have pipped the Villains; this is not an outrageous shout by any means.
For Spurs, this season needs to result in qualification for the Champions League at the very least. Even repeating last season’s exploits may not be enough for Postecoglou to keep his job…
