Is Tudor’s Spurs reign almost up?published at 11:35 GMT
11:35 GMT
Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer
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If Igor Tudor’s jaw-dropping removal of goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was a brutal example of a mistake being rectified swiftly, then is it time for Tottenham’s hierarchy to consider doing the same?
The interim head coach delivered a time-honoured blunt “no comment” when asked whether he deserved to keep his job after the 5-2 loss at Atletico Madrid, his fourth straight defeat.
This situation, like Spurs’ season, seems out of his control even after only 26 days in charge.
His position is looking increasingly untenable, with every scrap of evidence produced since he succeeded Thomas Frank suggesting he is the wrong man in the wrong place.
Tudor’s unique selling point in a chequered, nomadic coaching career was supposedly his ability to provide an instant spark of impact. At Spurs, this has been The Midas Touch in reverse – The Minus Touch.
Four defeats from four games is the worst start by anyone in charge at Spurs, with each one more damaging and demoralising than the last. He is not arresting the Spurs crisis, he is accelerating it.
Tudor has demonstrated he is not afraid to make the big calls. The snag is, he is getting them wrong when Spurs can ill-afford it. And, as yet, he has not fulfilled his part of the bargain.
His days may now be measured in very small numbers.