Tottenham Hotspur supporters think a decision Ange postecoglou in the 2-1 loss against Ipswich made proves he is “waiting to be sacked”
After the horrific 2-1 loss at home to Ipswich on Sunday,Hotspur made a superb start to the game at Hotspur.
Spurs only flew back into the UK in the early hours of Friday morning from Istanbul after an intense match at Galatasaray, where they played the final half hour of the 3-2 defeat with 10 men after Will Lankshear’s red card, which followed the 19-year-old’s first goal for the club.
Postecoglou brought back seven players into the side to face Ipswich that he had left out of his line-up for the game in Turkey with Cristian Romero back in the team following his foot injury suffered in the Villa win and Djed Spence was back on the bench after missing out in recent weeks.
Ipswich took the lead on the half hour mark. Brennan Johnson didn’t challenge for an aerial ball and that gave Sammie Szmodics time to hit an overhead effort into the bottom right corner.
The visitors were gifted a second goal before the break. Spurs could not convert a break at one end and the visitors swept up the other end where Szmodics’ low cross was palmed out by Guglielmo Vicario against Radu Dragusin and the ball rolled back towards the goal line where Liam Delap smashed it in.
Spurs grabbed one goal back on 69 minutes when Rodrigo Bentancur powered home a header from Pedro Porro’s corner.
Tottenham huffed and puffed but could not find another goal as Ipswich claimed their first win of the Premier League season.
The 59-year-old and his players were booed after the full-time whistle at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with fans lamenting the lack of consistency that has plagued the team since the Australian’s appointment in June 2023.
Defensive concerns
Spurs’ defeat against Ipswich was their fifth of the Premier League season and was also the second time they had lost against a winless opponent having been beaten 1-0 by Crystal Palace in late October.
One area of concern in regard to Tottenham in recent seasons has been their defensive frailty, with the club having five clean sheets in their last 40 top-flight matches.
The Australian has also come in for criticism after his comments in the aftermath of his side’s 1-0 loss against rivals Arsenal in September, saying that he always wins trophies in his second season in charge.
“I’ll correct myself – I don’t usually win things, I always win things in my second year. Nothing’s changed,” he told reporters in the after the North London derby defeat when asked if he stood by his claims.
While his claims highlighted his immense self-belief, some found his remarks to be off-putting considering Spurs have not won a trophy since beating Chelsea in the EFL Cup final in 2008 and other managers such as the legendary Jose Mourinho have failed to bring silverware to the club.
If he were to be sacked, Postecoglou would become the fifth manager to have been dismissed from the Tottenham bench in the last five years, but the list of potential replacements looks increasingly thin given the likes of Ruben Amorim and Thomas Tuchel are off the table.
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