Tottenham’s gamers seem like they’re now hiding behind Ange Postecoglou and chairman Daniel Levy after their “shocking” midweek show towards Liverpool within the Carabao Cup, says Paul Merson.
Spurs, who journey to Aston Villa within the FA Cup on Sunday, took a one-goal result in Anfield on Thursday evening however have been thrashed 4-0 as they missed out on the prospect to tackle Newcastle in subsequent month’s Carabao Cup remaining.
In the meantime, Tottenham’s Premier League factors tally leaves them nearer to the relegation zone than a spot in Europe subsequent season, and Merson says Postecoglou’s aspect are “horrible” to observe proper now.
“Everybody is hiding behind the manager and Levy now, that’s what I feel,” he mentioned.
“There have been some skilled gamers on the market [against Liverpool]. There have been a whole lot of caps on the market and for me it wasn’t ok. It was like ‘if we get beat it will be all the way down to Ange and it is going to be all the way down to Levy’.
“I assumed it was surprising.
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Highlights from the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur
“There are methods of shedding. All people loses soccer matches, whoever chances are you’ll be you [can] lose a soccer match, however there are methods, it is a semi-final, dig in.
“I feel Ange is caught in between [the Devil and] the Deep Blue Sea now.
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Jamie Carragher explains why he wasn’t stunned by Tottenham Hotspur’s 4-0 defeat to Liverpool within the Carabao Cup semi-final
“They neither attack nor defend. At least before it was gung-ho, it was like we’ll have a load of shots and we might get well beat.
“However now it is like they don’t seem to be actually defending however they don’t seem to be attacking neither It is a horrible watch. It is a horrible watch for the time being.”
Ange: Discuss over future ‘does not enter my head’
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Ange Postecoglou reacted to the damning views of the Sky Sports activities pundits’ evaluation of Spurs’ efficiency throughout the 4-1 defeat to Liverpool, saying he does not care and isn’t bothered about individuals’s views
Postecoglou says will shut out speak about his future and concentrate on making an attempt to salvage Tottenham’s season after they journey to Villa within the FA Cup.
Postecoglou is aware of hypothesis over his job will intensify if an FA Cup exits follows the heavy Carabao Cup defeat to Liverpool.
Requested if he would nonetheless be in cost in the event that they misplaced at Villa, Postecoglou replied: “That does not enter my head.
“I get that’s obviously a massive topic of discussion because when things aren’t going well you look at the person who’s largely responsible for that and that’s me.
“You have to get on with it. It does not change the selections I make, how I really feel, how I work in the present day or how decided I’m to proceed on this path.
“Proper now the main target is on getting this group of gamers recovered for Sunday. It is a massive sport and hopefully a constructive consequence after which over the subsequent couple of weeks we’ll get some vital gamers again, which I feel will assist.
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Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou stood his floor following their Carabao Cup semi-final loss to Liverpool and says he is not listening to outdoors opinions
“We’re an easy mark at the moment. There’s inconsistency in our play, everyone is saying I’m making excuses about injuries and it’s kind of easy, with the club not having won a trophy in a long time, for people to pile on.
“It does really feel like there’s very a lot an eagerness to take the membership down for one motive or one other when the chance exists.
“At the moment we’re giving them the opportunity but that can’t chart our way forward. That can’t be our motivation to change people’s opinions.”
