Tottenham are in limbo as Ange Postecoglou must ponder what comes next Spurs crashed out the Carabao Cup with a limp second-leg defeat to Liverpool and Postecoglou needs to quickly turn their season around.
Postecoglou’s references to injuries have been so frequent that one of the odder aspects of his week was receiving an apology from the Leyton Orient manager; “I’m not going to make excuses, I’m not Ange Postecoglou,” said Richie Wellens, before claiming he was “embarrassed” by what may have been a throwaway remark.
Given chairman Daniel Levy’s apparent lack of interest in honours and focus on the bottom line, the more damning and damaging detail is the Premier League table, showing Tottenham in 14th, on course for their lowest finish in 21 years.
Of the three managers most fixated with their own philosophies, Russell Martin left Southampton when on course for perhaps the worst season in Premier League history and Ruben Amorim declared this might be the worst Manchester United team ever.
A glimpse at Villa now shows the alternative reality for Tottenham: beating Bayern Munich, going top of the Champions League, if only briefly, securing a direct route into the last 16 and looking potential quarter-finalists.
