Jamie Carragher believes Tottenham will sack Ange Postecoglou unless he becomes more pragmatic.
The Australian has come under increasing pressure as Spurs continue to slide down the Premier League table. Tottenham have also been heavily criticised for giving up leads after losing twice from 2-0 up this season.
Postecoglou's team lost 3-2 at Brighton in October before Sunday's 4-3 defeat at home to London rivals Chelsea. The collapse in both games, along with several other defeats, has led to calls for the former Celtic boss to become more adaptable to how his opponents play.
Former Liverpool centre-back Carragher has expressed his frustration at watching Postecoglou's Spurs play after commentating on their surrender to Enzo Maresca's team this weekend.
"Ange said how well they played. I can’t imagine any Liverpool manager I played for and we conceded four in a game would say in the interview we played well," he told Sky Sports.
"If you play this way you’ll get the result like at Manchester City but you’d also get results like this one where you’re 2-0 up. I’ve never got my head around managers saying we play a ‘certain way and we will never change’ – I think it started with Pep Guardiola at Barcelona.
"This idea that wherever they play, they will play their way. But that was the best team I’ve ever seen. Pep Guardiola then had to change his Man City team who were winning the leagues every season, putting centre-backs at full-back. This idea that you can’t change is alien to me.
"The game-state dictates how you play, not all the time but if you go away to a tough away ground you shouldn’t play the same way as you do against a team at the bottom. There’s this idea of playing a pure game and the Tottenham fans singing ‘we’ve got our Tottenham back’ but you won’t win anything, you won’t challenge.
"I wake up every morning hoping the sun is shining, so I can put some shorts and a t-shirt on but if it’s raining, you put your coat on. You can’t have this idea about playing one way, it won’t work. If it doesn’t change, he won’t be here next season."