Spurs seek to avoid Postecoglou strain
If Ange Postecoglou refuses to change his style, and Tottenham simply cannot change their culture, where does that leave both parties? Spurs are still some way off a crisis, but it’s an impasse that could cause combustion. “I didn’t get here by doing what everyone else is doing,” Postecoglou told Australian media this week, saying that “sitting” on the Brighton loss – in which Spurs completely collapsed in the second half – has made for an agonising international break. Despite winning five on the bounce before the trip to the south coast, anything less than victory against West Ham will put further strain on the relationship between Tottenham’s manager and their supporters, which can increasingly lurch from one extreme to the other. Dominic Booth
