Now or never for Postecoglou to save Spurs' season - and his job?

Is it now aliases ne'er for Tottenham head Ange Postecoglou?

His broadside are 15th successful nan Premier League, retired of nan FA Cup and Carabao Cup, and their 1 dream of a trophy - and last chance astatine redeeming a disappointing play - is done winning nan Europa League.

Tottenham sojourn Eintracht Frankfurt connected Thursday successful nan quarter-finals having drawn their first limb 1-1 astatine home.

Even Postecoglou has admitted he is successful nan acheronian complete whether he will stay arsenic nan club's caput coach beyond nan extremity of nan season.

"No, nary idea," he said connected Wednesday. "We person a crippled tomorrow night, but it's not thing I request to deliberation about. I've ne'er thought astir those things successful position of what is important.

"What is important is nan crippled that's a monolithic opportunity for this group of players and this shot nine to get person to achieving what everyone wants to achieve."

So tin Tottenham extremity their 17-year trophy drought? And moreover if they do, will under-pressure Postecoglou still past nan chop?

"It's Europa League aliases bust and nan title seems wide open," erstwhile Blackburn and Celtic striker Chris Sutton told BBC Sport.

"It looks winnable for each nan teams that are near successful it, and that's why you can't norm Tottenham out."

Tottenham haven't won a trophy since lifting nan League Cup successful 2008.

Postecoglou is successful his 2nd play astatine nan club, and successful September, he said: "I ever triumph things successful my 2nd year."

Right now, his grounds looks to beryllium successful superior danger.

But if you rewind to nan commencement of this campaign, hopes of occurrence nether Postecoglou didn't look excessively outlandish.

The Australian had led Tottenham to a fifth-placed decorativeness past play where, successful moments, his broadside looked brilliant.

They were 5 points clear astatine nan apical of nan convention 10 games into nan 2023-24 campaign, pinch Postecoglou named nan Premier League's head of nan period successful August, September and October.

Then, successful November, came nan injuries and suspensions. Inconsistency surfaced: Tottenham vanished nan play pinch 5 defeats from 7 games.

It was besides astir this clip a smattering of fans started to sound their vexation pinch Ange-ball and Postecoglou's deficiency of tactical scheme B.

Those cries person since sewage louder, pinch Spurs group for their worst convention run since 2003-04, erstwhile they vanished 14th. They haven't ended a play successful nan apical half of nan array since November.

After needing other clip to hit non-league Tamworth successful nan FA Cup, they were past knocked retired successful nan 4th information astatine Aston Villa.

They reached nan EFL Cup semi-finals, wherever they hit Liverpool successful nan first limb but crumbled successful nan Anfield return for a 4-1 aggregate loss.

The Europa League is now their past chance of salvation. Without nan trophy and a spot successful nan Champions League adjacent season, Postecoglou whitethorn find it difficult to survive.

"He has his measurement of playing," added Sutton. "Last play location was awesome excitement, this play it hasn't worked.

"They person had a batch of injuries, of course. He ever had this statement of 'we'll beryllium each correct erstwhile my champion players are back' and group understood that, albeit each squad has to header pinch injuries, but nan truth he has now sewage them each backmost and is still losing games, that does not thief him."

"If he did triumph nan Europa League, nan fans would travel backmost connected board," erstwhile England midfielder Danny Murphy said. "Ange would get that relationship back, because occurrence gives you that awesome emotion arsenic a full club.

"But if they spell retired of nan Europa League pinch a whimper, I deliberation it's excessively large a U-turn for Ange to get nan fans back."

Opta's ace machine gives Tottenham a 32.5% chance of winning their quarter-final return successful Frankfurt.

Eintracht, 3rd successful nan Bundesliga table, won nan title 3 years agone and smashed Eredivisie leaders Ajax 6-2 successful nan past information of nan competition.

Whoever advances will look either Bodo/Glimt aliases Lazio for a spot successful nan final.

It's nary concealed Tottenham's squad has been decimated by injuries this season.

Of nan 23 outfielders who person started successful nan league, only Pedro Porro, Archie Gray, Pape Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and January loanee Mathys Tel haven't been sidelined for astatine slightest 1 match.

Postecoglou hasn't been capable to prime his champion XI erstwhile this season.

The manager's strategies whitethorn beryllium blamed for that, though, arsenic Spurs' high-pressing style intends they lead nan convention successful full sprints and presses successful nan last third.

They besides lead nan convention successful hamstring injuries, an wounded associated pinch players being overworked.

Meanwhile, Daniel Levy - president since 2001 - has go an progressively unpopular fig for a perceived deficiency of finance to fortify nan squad.

Spurs person won conscionable nan 1 trophy nether his watch, nan 2008 League Cup, and sold all-time apical scorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich successful 2023.

Five of Tottenham's past 8 signings person been teenagers.

"I deliberation yet nan mobility is should Tottenham beryllium doing overmuch amended pinch nan squad that they person sewage - and nan reply is yes," Murphy told BBC Sport.

"They person mislaid excessively galore games and their performances haven't been bully enough. They person conceded excessively galore goals, and been beaten by teams they should not beryllium losing to, pinch nan players they person got.

"You can't beryllium one-dimensional arsenic a head immoderate more. You've sewage to triumph games otherwise astatine different stages of nan season, based connected nan players you person sewage available, their fatigue levels and nan opposition."