Tottenham urged to sack Ange Postecoglou and replace him with Premier League rival
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Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara has called on Spurs to appoint Thomas Frank if Ange Postecoglou is sacked.
Tottenham have registered just one win in their last seven games and currently sit 11th in the Premier League, seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
Spurs travel to Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday night and a win would push them into an automatic qualification spot for the next round.
Postecoglou, meanwhile, has faced repeated calls to improve his game-management after seeing his sides squander two-goal leads against both Brighton and Chelsea this season.
O’Hara believes Spurs will be left with little option if Postecoglou does not change his approach and feels Brentford manager Frank is the best replacement.
‘If Ange Postecoglou keeps playing in the same way, then I'm afraid he'll have to go, I'm sorry but Daniel Levy will have to get rid of him,’ O'Hara told Grosvenor Sport.
‘You can't go on with that football and style of defending any longer.’
‘I love Thomas Frank and I'd have him at Spurs every day of the week if Ange left. I think he'd be a great fit as Tottenham's manager if we could get him out of Brentford. He's been brilliant there and if Ange does leave – he'd be someone I'd look at.’
O’Hara also feels that Nuno Espirito Santo, who Tottenham sacked after just four months in charge, is showing the in-game management at Nottingham Forest, who sit fifth in the table.
‘Spurs went to the extreme with Jose Mourinho. His football was tough to watch—defensive and rigid—but they did win games,’ O’Hara said.
‘Then Antonio Conte came in, similar story: some good stuff but still all about defence. Now they've swung completely the other way with Ange Postecoglou, and it's all attack, no cohesion in the defensive structure. You need a balance—good football but also the ability to keep clean sheets.
‘Nuno Espirito Santo, who Spurs binned off because his football wasn't great, but he showed over the weekend why he's still top-notch. Look at Forest against Man United—they played some great stuff bopping it about. But when it got to 3-2, he made changes. Straight away, subbed on defenders, switched to a 5-4-1, and said, 'Try and break us!' United couldn't. That's in-game management. Result? Three points for Forest.
‘It's not always pretty, but that's the difference between a manager and one who knows how to adapt mid-game. Take Spurs against Chelsea—2-0 up, game should've been dead and buried.
‘Instead of being horrible to watch and shutting it down, they fell apart and lost 4-3. That's the gap between top managers. Nuno knows how to see a game out, understands his team's strengths, and gets the job done.’
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