Ange Postecoglou Should’ve Been Given Time – Fans Furious!

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North London erupted when the Spurs ended their trophy drought, as Ange Postecoglou brought home their first-ever silverware in decades. 

But the fans with Tottenham tickets joy faded when the club announced that they would not continue with the Australian manager. 

It was heartbreak. 

Under Postecoglou, Tottenham won a European trophy but was lacklustre in the Premier League. They barely escaped relegation and finished the season at rock bottom. 

It was a season filled with mixed performances. The side fumbled in the league but did well in the Europa League. 

Fans with Tottenham tickets are furious with the club’s ownership and cannot avoid comparing Arteta’s progress at Arsenal to Postecoglou’s treatment. 

Should He Have Been Sacked? 

The reasons for getting rid of Postecoglou are based on the simple assertion that the team has moved backwards under him. There has been little evidence that he is capable of building a Tottenham side that can compete—as they did consistently under Mauricio Pochettino—at the top end of the Premier League.

His football succeeded in Australia, Japan, and Scotland, but flaws have been exposed in England’s harsh world of top-flight football. Tottenham scored many goals under him—64 in the Premier League this season, as many as fourth-placed Chelsea and more than 12 teams—but they shipped goals and chances far too easily.

Only the three relegated teams and Wolves conceded more goals in the Premier League this season than Spurs (63). At the same time, only the bottom three allowed their opponents a higher expected goal total than them (64.4 xG). 

Based on their defensive displays, they fully deserved to finish 17th.

Much of what Postecoglou has espoused throughout his time at Tottenham has centred around the idea that football should be enjoyable to watch. “Are you not entertained?” he asked Sky Sports following his side’s 4-3 League Cup quarter-final win over United in December, a game in which Spurs had led 3-0 but very nearly threw away.

But when opponents figured Postecoglou’s Spurs out and the gung-ho tactics led to nosedived results, he still stuck to his guns, refusing to change how his side played, whatever the circumstances. His doing so and then saying things like “it’s just who we are” became a stick to beat him with, and rightly so.

Spurs remained entertaining through his two seasons in the Premier League, but in 2024-25, they were fun to watch for the wrong reasons. They continued to score reliably but were just as consistently outscored, and the damning numbers speak for themselves.

They suffered more defeats (22) than any other team that has ever avoided relegation from the Premier League. Their total of 38 points was Tottenham’s lowest in the Premier League era and would have been low enough to see them relegated in four other seasons. In three more, they would have been saved only on goal difference.

In its simplest terms, the case for sacking him is that Tottenham Hotspur cannot continue with a manager who has just overseen such a terrible season. 

If 2025-26 is even half as bad, it will still be a long way off acceptable.

But fans with Spurs tickets still believed that the Australian had a fighting spirit and hoped that the next season would be a turnaround—odds that the Spurs management didn’t want to take on. 

The Case of Mikel Arteta

In December 2019, Arsenal fans felt like they’d been resurrected when Mikel Arteta took on the role of manager. A former Gunner and Pep Guardiola’s then assistant, Arteta was seen as the individual who could take the club back to glory. 

The first few years of his tenure felt like a lifetime—Arsenal were struggling to make ground, and it felt like nothing had changed. 

But Arteta received reassurance when he won the FA Cup in 2020, defeating Chelsea 2-1. 

Since then, Arteta has rallied the board to build the side he wants and gone on a spending spree. During his time in charge, Arsenal spent roughly £680 million on new players. 

And it took the club until 2023 to witness results flowing their way. 

The 2023/24 season was Arsenal’s reawakening, during which they actually started playing like a title contender. But two seasons have passed, and Arsenal just has an overamplified second place to boast about.

Arsenal on the field showed great composure, reflecting on their status as a top-tier side, but they were lacking. 

Lacking the willpower to get over the line. Lacking the winning momentum. And it showed. 

The club hasn’t won anything since the 2020 FA Cup triumph. 

And this is where the fans with Tottenham tickets have shown comparisons. Tottenham is known for being very aggressive with their manager’s expectations. 

They sacked Jose Mourinho days before a vital semifinal a few years ago. 

Now, Ange Postecoglou is sacked after winning their only title in years. The contrasting differences in how the management has handled the case have probably upset everyone with Tottenham tickets. 

The Australian gaffer was not privileged to a bigger spending budget as Arteta. In his time, he’s spent roughly £348 million in signings and was often sidelined in terms of signing the big names. 

At that time, he also lost his best player, Harry Kane, who opted to leave the club for Bayern Muncih. 

This does not justify the bottom-of-the-table finish, but  understand that a little more time as a manager would’ve been the ideal fit. 

Usually, managers take at least two seasons to introduce their style of play into the club, adjust their playing patterns, and actually change. 

In the experiment with ‘Big-Ange’, it didn’t make it to the third season. 

New Manager In 

Tottenham Hotspur are closing in on the appointment of Thomas Frank as their new manager, with Spurs technical director Johan Lange’s role instrumental in the move.

Frank’s current deal at Brentford runs until the summer of 2027 and contains a release clause reported to be around £10million.

Brentford are expected to hold out for Frank’s release clause, but while Tottenham has yet to officially approach them, the Danish coach is expected to move across London.

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