Ange Postecoglou has claimed his job is harder than Sir Keir Starmer‘s and that running a Premier League team is harder than running the country.
‘How man many times does he have an election?’ said the Tottenham boss ahead of a Carabao Cup quarter-final at home against Manchester United. ‘I have one every weekend. An election every weekend and either get voted in or out.
‘People will say managers have always been sacked. I just think it has gone beyond that now where we forget there’s a human being involved.
‘This job is the hardest job now in any walk of life. You can say politics, but this is harder than any job. The tenure and longevity of this role now means that you go into it and very few are going to come out of it without any scars.’
On Sunday, Southampton sacked Russell Martin and Wolves sacked Gary O’Neil. Martin was gone little more than an hour after losing 5-0 at home to Spurs on a night when thousands of angry Saints fans chanted for him to go.
‘You don’t even get sacked in the morning now,’ said Postecoglou. ‘You’ve got to change the song. It’s crazy, I don’t get it. This notion that clubs want to bring managers in and build stuff doesn’t exist because we all understand there’s a bit of a wobble and they’ll be coming from all areas.
Ange Postecoglou claimed football management ‘is the hardest job now in any walk of life’
The Tottenham boss also insisted that he has a harder job than Prime Minister Keir StarmerÂ
Postecoglou’s Spurs side are gearing up for a crucial clash against Man United on Thursday
‘We have lost all sort of respect in our society, where guys are in jobs and they’re putting up names of who is going to replace them while they are still working. We have crossed that line now and it is pretty much open season.
‘We are so quick to just throw people in the trash and move with no thought or care.’
Victory at Southampton eased the pressure on Postecoglou, but he knows scrutiny will intensify if his depleted team are dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Manchester United, after his comments about always winning trophy in his second season.
Spurs have not won anything since this competition in 2008 and desperate to end the wait, but rejected the notion that a piece of silverware will solve everything.
‘If I go on the general sentiment since I’ve been in this job, it feels like a trophy will just make this place transform into something,’ said Posteocglou. ‘Me personally, I want more than that. I don’t think it’s just about getting a trophy.
‘When you want to build a successful, sustainable club in terms of competing for trophies every year, it’s more than that.
‘I may be a dinosaur in that, but I still believe in legacy coaching. I still believe in doing things that last and make a difference. It goes in the face of everything else that is happening in the world of football.’