Should Ange Postecoglou get another chance at Tottenham?

The next few weeks at Tottenham will be interesting. The board finally decided (before they were forced to do so) to fire Thomas Frank, and now we are forced to imagine what the next car crash under ENIC will look like. One suggestion currently making the rounds is Ange Postecoglou.

Positives for rehiring Ange:

Australians love him; his support was global, but the Australian became a real poster boy for a continent.

His first season (2023/24) was solid, finishing fifth in the Premier League and playing entertaining, attacking football that reinvigorated parts of the fanbase.
Second season (2024/25): Achieved the club’s first major trophy in 17 years by winning the Europa League (beating Manchester United in the final), securing qualification for the Champions League. That’s a real achievement and something he promised repeatedly (“I always win things in my second year”).

The negatives are numerous:

But things collapsed domestically: Tottenham finished 17th in the Premier League with a host of defeats (including 22 in 38 games at one point), massive injury problems, heavy rotation and an inability to balance cup success with league form. The club fired him just weeks after the Europa League win, prioritizing league performance over the trophy.

The gaffer’s CV took another blow after Nottingham Forest booted him out of town after just 39 days following a winless run.

He denies that Spurs are a big club

“They have built an incredible stadium, incredible training facilities, but when you look at their expenditure, especially their wage structure, they are not a big club.”

He contrasted this with rivals such as Arsenal, who spent more than £100 million on Declan Rice, for example, and said Spurs are not in that market when targeting players.

After finishing fifth in his first season, he wanted to encourage established players ready for the Premier League to challenge higher. He specifically mentioned four targets rejected by the club in the 2024 summer window: Pedro Neto, Bryan Mbeumo, Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi.

Instead, Spurs signed Dominic Solanke plus three teenagers (e.g. Lucas Bergvall, Archie Gray). Postecoglou said: “Those three teenagers are excellent young players… but they’re not going to take you from fifth to fourth and third.”

He felt the signings did not match the club’s public message about competing on all fronts.

So it is unlikely that the THFC board wants him back on the field.

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