Louis Saha believes Ange Postecoglou has proved he can be the man to end Tottenham’s drought, but the Frenchman insisted the Australian needs time and resources to challenge the best teams in the Premier League.
If you had told Spurs fans before the start of the season that they would be within touching distance of fourth place with 13 games to go, most of you would have bitten your hand off.
Such was the confusion last summer after a tumultuous season that saw the club’s record goalscorer Harry Kane leave the club.
Given all this, Postecoglou has exceeded expectations, but there is a sense of disappointment among Tottenham supporters at some of the recent results, especially given how promising the start to the campaign has been, which has even led some to dream of a possible title challenge.
Postecoglou can win trophies, but he needs time to do so:
However, Saha stressed that the Spurs coach needs time to put together the kind of squad he wants before he is expected to take on the likes of Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal.
Asked if Postecoglou is the man to lead the North London club to silverware, the former Tottenham striker told Betting Odds: “I think so. If you look at the way things were going when we lost Harry Kane, a lot of people didn’t know what he was going to bring. I think what we’ve seen in the first couple of months is that he’s definitely introduced a style of play that’s really good, fast, strong.
“They did miss a few players that have an enormous impact on the team, Son has been repositioned, Richarlison was sometimes good, sometimes not, that is a part of the game and that’s why I am saying if this team click they can really do anything because there are good players in there. But if you are missing some of the links, you are in trouble.
“I do think that he’s the man, he’s proven that he can do an amazing job at Tottenham. I do think that there’s still a problem with the squad to get there at the very very top.
“As I said with Arsenal, as I said with Chelsea, getting 10-15 players, you can’t do that stuff, you have to get 11 together or something close to 11 players who you know that are very reliable and that’s not easy when you are in transition.
“With the club losing a player like Harry Kane who was top scorer for many many years you have to rebuild so it couldn’t be easy and I think he’s done a tremendous job.”
Most fans acknowledged at the start of the season that this would be a transitional campaign for the team, which would be good for some fans to remember. Ange seems to be a victim of his own early success, which may have led to unrealistic expectations among some fans.