Igor Tudor has lost his opening two games as Tottenham Hotspur’s interim head coach.
Tottenham Hotspur have turned to Igor Tudor as an interim replacement for Thomas Frank, though any hopes the club had of a new manager bounce have been firmly doused after two defeats from his first two games. Spurs were thrashed 4-1 by North London rivals Arsenal in Igor Tudor’s first game, before Fulham prevailed 2-1 at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
And after the 2-1 defeat at Fulham, which left the Lilywhites without a win in 10 Premier League games, a run stretching back to 28 December, the club remains just four points clear of the relegation zone. Thankfully, their relegation rivals Nottingham Forest and West Ham United lost their respective games at the weekend, leading to no real movement in the table.
Having built a reputation as a firefighter manager in his career, Tudor will be raring to prove that he’s the right man for the interim role in N17 and save the club from getting relegated. However, after back-to-back defeats, the Croatian tactician has been warned by famous podcaster Ricky Sacks that he faces the sack if results don’t improve quickly.
Reputable journalist raises questions over Igor Tudor’s future at Tottenham
Now, The Daily Mail journalist, Ian Ladyman, has raised questions over Tudor’s future and hit out at him for “making the team worse”. He feels the team has shown no signs of moving forward under the Croat, and a defeat to Crystal Palace in midweek could prove another “damaging mistake” at White Hart Lane.
After Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Fulham, Ian Ladyman describes Tottenham’s season in three words: “Directionless, hopeless and lost.”
“It was bad under Thomas Frank and he did have to go as Spurs drifted towards the bottom three. But Tottenham have undoubtedly got worse in two games under Tudor, and one wonders now whether the club will have a decision to make if they crash and burn again at home to Crystal Palace on Thursday,” he added.
Fans wondering whether Tudor was the right appointment
Questions were already raised by several pundits and media outlets over Tudor’s interim appointment by Spurs. It looks like they could be proven right after all, with the 47-year-old’s lack of experience managing in England working against him. The former Marseille boss has perhaps been shaken by the magnitude of the job handed to him by the Tottenham board.
Now, Tottenham fans are starting to doubt whether Tudor is the man to steer the club away from the dreaded drop zone. Should the Lilywhites slip up again, this time against an out-of-form Crystal Palace side at home, it might be curtains for the interim head coach.