The daunting difference between Postecoglou and his predecessors

Tottenham's defeat by Leicester on Sunday was Ange Postecoglou's 61st game in charge of the club - and the latest in a long line of frustrating results.

The Australian is the fourth permanent manager since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019 but how does he compare to two of his predecessors?

This current Spurs side has been entertaining for the neutral - as a result of plenty of goals at both ends - but actually Antonio Conte's team were slightly more free-scoring than Postecoglou's, averaging two goals a game, compared with 1.97.

Conte did at least have goal machine Harry Kane to rely on whereas Postecoglou's team spreads their threat around.

However, if it is generally positive going forward, it is at the other end of the pitch where Spurs have really come unstuck.

Postecoglou's side have lost more games, conceded more goals and kept fewer clean sheets than they did under either Conte or Jose Mourinho.

In fact, Bilal El Khannouss' winner for Leicester City on Sunday was the 98th goal Postecoglou's Tottenham have conceded in the Premier League in 61 games - an average of 1.6 a game. That is unsustainable, especially compared with the more pragmatic Conte (1.1) and Mourinho (1.2).

They have also kept only 11 clean sheets during his tenure.

For balance, the current Spurs boss would argue being robbed of his first-choice defence (and goalkeeper) are a large reason for that - and he has a point.

However, given Tottenham are 15th in a desperate-looking Premier League table, it is also fair to question what is happening.

After all, Mourinho departed with Spurs seventh and Conte in sixth, both of which would be guaranteed places in Europe next season should Tottenham somehow recover in the remaining 15 games.

Sixteen points behind the top seven is a daunting - and damning - reality.