Jamie O'Hara makes prediction over Ange Postecoglou's future as Tottenham slump to Everton defeat
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Former Tottenham star Jamie O’Hara said he would be ‘surprised’ if Ange Postecoglou managed to survive the sack as the club collapsed to a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Everton.
Postecoglou was already facing intense scrutiny after a wretched run of just two wins in seven games and the situation went from bad to worse at Goodison Park this afternoon.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin netted for the first time in 17 Premier League games to break the deadlock in the 13th minute and Iliman Ndiaye doubled the hosts’ advantage with a solo wonder strike on the half-hour mark.
An Archie Gray own goal piled yet more misery on Spurs in the dying embers of a one-sided first half, with Postecoglou cutting an increasingly frustrated figure on the touchline as the Merseyside contest wore on.
Goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison set up a nervy finish for Everton’s home support but the Toffees held firm to ensure Tottenham remain stranded in 15th place.
Analysing Tottenham’s spectacular first-half capitulation on Sky Sports News, O’Hara suggested Postecoglou’s days were numbered and blasted the Australian’s inability to ‘play a different style of football’.
‘What a bad day this is turning into. I tell you what, I’d be surprised if he survives, Ange’ the former Tottenham midfielder said.
‘Regardless of the injuries and regardless of what we’ve got in terms of being in cup competitions, the Premier League is bread and butter.
‘It’s not good enough. You can’t be 15th in the table and 3-0 down against Everton.
‘I know there’s injuries but Bournemouth have got injuries and they went to Newcastle and won 4-1.
‘Put a bit of respect into the fact that you have to play a different style of football.
‘We can’t keep playing the way we’re playing and just expecting it to continue.’
Ex-Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher echoed O’Hara’s comments on Sky Sports’ commentary of the match, saying it was like watching men against boys.
‘It’s like watching a kids academy team,’ Carragher said after Vitaliy Mykolenko squandered a chance to make it four midway through the second half.
‘They just keep playing the same way and the coach keeps telling them: “Don’t worry, keep doing it, results don’t matter!”
‘They’re playing against a team who couldn’t score a goal before this game.’
More to follow.