Before the beginning of the 2024/25 Premier League season, there was a feeling of optimism for Spurs, both within the team and the fans. After a hard-fought previous season, the first without their world-class striker, Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur believed they had the pieces to show off what a new era for Spurs looked like. Unfortunately, it seems this new era is a bit of the same old.

This season’s struggles can be attributed to one of the most brutal injury crises’ Tottenham have suffered in years. With the likes of our first choice Goalkeeper, Guglielmo Vicario being injured in November with an ankle injury, our two key centre-backs, Cristian Romero & Mickey Van De Ven both being sidelined with hamstring injuries early into the season, Spurs’ back line fell apart as if it was hit with a curse. More injuries lined up at Hotspur Way, with other first team players such as Richarlison, Destiny Udogie, Radu Dragusin and just recently, star player of the squad, Dejan Kulusevski being hit with a foot injury.

Manager Ange Postecoglu has hit back against reporters ignoring the crisis of first team injuries this season. In a press conference, Ange was asked what was causing this performance this season and as blunt as Ange could put it, he said “Just injuries, you can walk outside and say ‘Jeez, it’s really bright’ and look at the sun and think ‘Maybe it’s not the sun.’ But it’s the sun, mate. We’ve just got injuries”.

But Ange himself has been in the hot seat recently with fans beginning to question his position as head coach of Spurs with the crowd beginning the question if he is the one to lead the team forward. Ange’s tactics have been heavily criticised since his arrival, some calling it unrealistic to near suicidal with his high lines pushing up the pitch against squads who have seemed to figure out his game. His attacking philosophy has been deemed by some pundits such as Jamie Carragher as nonsensical, quoting after the brutal 6-3 loss at home to Liverpool that “nobody has ever won anything playing like that”. Just recently last week after a draw to Bournemouth, son of former manager of Spurs, Jamie Redknapp claims his style of play “drives me insane,” and with Ange himself saying that a majority of the squad is still hesitant to adapt to his style of play, it leaves the question: is the sack inevitable for Postecoglu?

For Ange’s defence, it seems the problems are way deeper than it seems going back to the business of Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs have had to rely heavily this season on its younger talent, with this season having the youngest average age we’ve ever seen in a Spurs squad. Due to the club’s injury crisis, this was inevitable but so was the clear level inexperience compared to other teams. Ange has asked owner of the club, Daniel Levy for help at the beginning of the January transfer window but fans were left dumbfounded with the hesitancy to invest in the club’s squad.

The fans have made themselves known, they want Daniel Levy out. With protests taking place in and out of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, fans are sick to death with their club being treated as a business first and football club second –  with an iconic banner of the phrase “24 years, 16 managers, one trophy-time for a change” being hung from the stands signalling to Levy, it is time to go. Whether that happens is up to himself. Former Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given went on record on Match of the Day saying, “I would question what are Daniel Levy’s thoughts. Why haven’t they given Ange Postecoglu money?” as Carragher slammed the board saying, “someone else needs to be in charge of this football club”.

Currently as of writing, Spurs sit at 13th in the Premier League, out of the domestic cups they are sitting on a loss in the first leg of their round of 16 bout in the Europa League. In their lowest league position since 2002/2003 season, all Tottenham fans can do at this moment is carry on and chant as always, come on you spurs.

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