Australian media destroyed Tottenham's decision on Saturday to dismiss home Held Ange Postecoglou as a “big mistake” and said that he had consistently shown a winner.
The Australian, one of the most successful management export in the country, sent Spurs to their first European prize in 41 years and provided a place in the Champions League of next season.
But he also supervised their worst domestic season, because they were relegated from the top flight in 1976-77, which eventually cost him his work.
The decision of the Sydney Morning Herald Branded chairman Daniel Levy's decision “Coldhart” and one of the club “will almost certainly live to regret whether his replacement is a success or not”.
“There will now always be an unanswered 'what if' are about the possibilities that were at Spurs for Postecoglou within a third season,” said it.
“And there seems to be no hope that the person who comes next will get what he needs to satisfy Levy, who prioritizes higher finishes on the Premier League table than the idea of ​​actually winning things.”
In a column for the Australian newspaper, the former Socceroo and West Ham star Robbie Slater Postecoglou's “A Big Fisure” burned.
“Levy has now left himself in a very, very difficult position. He is not already fun because of the Spurs fans and now he is taking a huge gamble here,” he wrote.
“Ange had promised that 'season three is always better than season two'. Good luck with those traces.”
Former Australia and Celtic Boss Postecoglou was the fifth manager who has been fired by Levy for the past six years.
The Australian National Omroep ABC was measured more in his criticism and noted that “in the cold light of the day postecoglou it would always be difficult to press his job”.
But it also wondered why Spurs would come a man who delivered what he said he would do – winning a trophy in his second season that was in charge.
“He has shown that he is a winner in every competition in which he has had an extensive run, whether it is Scotland, Australia, Japan and now England,” said it.
“Defendering Postecoglou fits with Tottenham's recent reputation to throw away promising situations and make life uncomfortable – or even torturing – for his supporters.”