Ange Postecoglou defiant as Tottenham job rests on two key fixtures | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou refused to write off the remainder of the 2024/25 season despite his side's dire form, remaining defiant in the face of reports regarding his perilous future.

Spurs were held to a 2-2 draw at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday. After falling behind once again in front of their own fans, Tottenham fought back to take a 2-1 lead heading into the final three minutes only to ship a dramatic equaliser from Jorgen Strand Larsen.

At the halfway point of the season, Postecoglou's side are languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table, with a double-digit point-gap up to the top four.

Before this year-ending setback, the Daily Mail reported that Postecoglou's position was safe but only until the upcoming two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final with Liverpool. Tottenham's wait for a major piece of silverware stretches back to 2008, when Juande Ramos lifted the League Cup thanks to an extra-time winner from Jonathan Woodgate.

Spurs are also on course to qualify for the Europa League knockout stages and begin their FA Cup campaign with a third-round tie against fifth-tier Tamworth FC. Postecoglou's future ultimately rests on these cup ties.

Son Heung-min had a penalty saved for Tottenham during the draw with Wolves / Shaun Botterill/GettyImages

Despite the mounting pressure regarding his increasingly precarious position, Postecoglou struck a largely optimistic tone on Sunday. "It's still fairly tight," the Australian insisted after Spurs extended their wait for a home league win to two months.

"I just feel that at some point we'll get a relatively healthy squad and when we do that, we'll be able to perform at a high level consistently. We've already shown this year we can beat anyone. There's a chance there you can go on a run, but at the moment that’s secondary to the first bit. I can see how hard they're trying."

Postecoglou was lumbered with a defensive injury crisis ahead of Wolves' visit. Without another senior centre-back option, a half-fit Radu Dragusin was forced into Tottenham's backline. The experienced manager responded to Sunday's disappointing result by handing his players two days of much-needed rest.

"I mean we were inches away at times from getting the goal we needed and I think we're just lacking a little bit of that dynamic movement that we need," Postecoglou noted. "A lot of these guys, they're finding some form of energy to still be out there trying, but you know we're certainly not as sharp as we can be.

"It's been fairly intense for a real small core group of players, particularly over the last four or five weeks and I think it'll do them good to have a couple of days to themselves, with their families, and give them a chance to recover mentally as much as physically.

"I'll just keep going. We've got work to do and try to get some help for these players. Our role is to try and give them everything we can, the support we can to perform at their best."