Tottenham has just suffered their 4th consecutive defeat after 4 matches Igor Tudor coached. The 2-5 defeat at Atletico Madrid's stadium is not as worrying as Spurs losing. If this momentum continues, Tottenham having to play in the Championship next season is an imagined scenario.
Right now, the question of whether to sack Igor Tudor or not is being debated a lot in North London. If we blame someone at this time, it is the club's leadership that brought in an inappropriate coach in the current period. Tudor is doing everything to help Tottenham overcome the crisis, but his way of doing things and ability are proving inappropriate.
Recruiting a coach and then immediately sacking him after only 4 matches is the way small teams do it, not the plan Tottenham should follow. If anyone comes to replace Tudor right now, everything will be even more chaotic because it is already the sprint stage of the season, any incident that happens on the coaching bench will leave unpredictable consequences.
However, if asked in reverse, is Tottenham still a big team at this time? Many people will answer "Yes!" because the ranking and form in the Premier League are clearly showing that. If they continue to lose, the only thing to do is to change the coach, but who to find in the market at this time is an unsolved question.
Some names that were scheduled to replace Thomas Frank before such as Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth), Oliver Glasner (Crystal Palace) and Marco Silva (Fulham) all have to wait until the end of the season for their contracts to expire. Those with a bit of fame such as Xabi Alonso, Roberto De Zerbi and Marco Rose are all free but do they accept sitting in the hot seat of a team that is declining in all aspects like Tottenham?
Everything is now out of Igor Tudor's control. The tactical intentions he is building are not concretized by a good performance on the field. Players disobey the direction, the starting lineup is just drawn up on paper, but in reality it is a mess. Tudor is not the one who created this chaos, but perhaps he is not capable of erasing it.
Tottenham has waited too long to sack Thomas Frank and they need to make a decision with Igor Tudor right now. If they continue to use it, everyone needs to bet on the fate of the team in the relegation race. If a replacement is needed, they must do it this week so that the new coach has just enough matches in hand to make capital. In theory, Tottenham has not yet fallen to the relegation group in the Premier League table, the right to self-determination is still in their hands.
What Tottenham fans want most at this time is that the injury list will be shortened soon. Whether Ange Postecoglou, Thomas Frank or Igor Tudor are equally helpless if they see that there are always about 10 names in the first team who have to be friends with the hospital bed.
No team, even powerful names like Real Madrid, can cope with that situation. From now until the end of the season, there are more than 2 months left, whatever miracle happens, it must come from the feet that have become pillars of Tottenham Stadium.
