Is Postecoglou's style to blame for all Tottenham's injuries?

There is soundlessness from Tottenham connected the aboriginal of manager Ange Postecoglou, but that's not antithetic for the nine and president Daniel Levy.

With an injury-ravaged squad – and with Levy besides successful the firing enactment from disgruntled fans - determination is simply a large determination to marque connected backing Postecoglou successful the January transportation window, which would talk much loudly than immoderate 'vote of confidence'.

Spurs request reinforcements. Yet again they apical the Premier League 'injury' array for the astir players presently unavailable, with 11, aft Dominic Solanke, Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson joined the raft of defenders already missing.

Postecoglou - who volition astatine slightest beryllium successful complaint for Thursday's Europa League travel to Hoffenheim - said aft Sunday's decision to Everton that determination "will beryllium urgency" successful the transportation market. He added: "These players request help... the nine are trying hard."

But wherefore bash Spurs get truthful galore injuries? Is it down to Postecoglou's benignant of play? And what is helium similar to enactment for?

BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club spoke to sports idiosyncratic Anton McElhone, who worked for Postecoglou astatine Celtic and for Tottenham nether Mauricio Pochettino.

McElhone was the caput of sports subject astatine Celtic betwixt 2021 and 2023 portion Postecoglou was manager.

"Ange is precise wide 'This is however I bash it astatine each club.'

"The players volition accommodate to it implicit the months. It was a collaboration. He wanted america delivering the doctrine of 'football first' - everything indispensable commencement and extremity with the ball.

"Ange is precise bully astatine giving players clip off, clip to reflect. The grooming measurement is good.

"Ange has been noted for his tactical style, and he's a precise beardown person connected however helium gets things connected to the pitch. How helium does it astatine antithetic clubs without the aforesaid unit is incredible."

McElhone was a fittingness manager astatine Tottenham betwixt 2011 and 2017.

"We cognize the Premier League is the astir dynamic league successful the world," helium said. "It has 20 teams astatine each the aforesaid level and physicality - it's the champion league successful the satellite for that.

"Mauricio Pochettino brought successful front-foot shot astatine Spurs. But to get that style, it astir apt took six to 12 months. The strength was done the roof.

"It's endurance of the fittest for players. You request to beryllium young, you request to beryllium healthy, you request to person a definite physicality astir you, and a mentality to get done that.

"To get that successful the Premier League, you bash person to bid rather extensively for it. But you request the close tools, by that I mean the close players. They request to beryllium robust enough, and I don't cognize astatine the infinitesimal astatine Tottenham if they've got these players. They've got a precise young squad down the elder squad arsenic well.

"With Ange, what we saw past year, that was against the grain. That's usually play two, that peak. I deliberation that's the trouble they're having astatine Tottenham. They've had truthful galore non-contact injuries [and] it tin beryllium precise difficult."

Some Spurs fans person criticised Postecoglou for not resting players and came nether scrutiny erstwhile archetypal prime centre-backs Christian Romero and Micky Van de Ven some started against Chelsea connected 9 December, returning earlier than anticipated from injury. Both players were substituted – and stay injured - with Romero coming disconnected aft 20 minutes of the 4-3 defeat.

"Ange is each astir the numbers, [he'll say] 'Give maine the facts'. Top managers volition marque the decisions," said McElhone. "It's not up to america to dictate, our occupation is to support, springiness the information.

"In twelvemonth 1 astatine Celtic, Kyogo Furuhashi was injured going into the Scottish Cup final: a people 2B hamstring injury. The manager asked 'Can we get the subordinate disposable for the game? Is it a large risk?'

"The subordinate wanted to play, we took the risk, we did the close strategies to effort and get the subordinate there, but it was the manager's choice.

"Ange is his ain man, he's an exceptional person and precise beardown and understanding, and has a bully inheritance successful sports subject and acquisition from Australia."

PremierInjuries.com ranked Tottenham arsenic having the 3rd highest measurement of abstracted injuries (21) up to 15 January, with the 2nd highest days mislaid to wounded (655) this season. Brighton were archetypal with 23 injuries costing 914 days.

"At Celtic aft six months Postecoglou could rotate the beforehand 5 astatine 65 oregon 65 minutes to support the freshness for the 60-game season," reflected McElhone.

"At Tottenham he's astir apt recovered that a batch much hard due to the fact that I don't deliberation the spot successful extent is the aforesaid arsenic different Premier League clubs similar Manchester City and Chelsea.

"Look astatine the improvement astatine Celtic nether Postecoglou, we had a three-month play of sustaining injuries each week, mostly hamstring injuries. We had to get to the wintertime interruption to reset."

"As the players adapted to the demands of the system, the crippled fluctuation changed alternatively than that changeless 'basketball' up and down the pitch, the squad was capable to power 1 fractional of the transportation more. So that stopped the centre-backs having to tally successful down arsenic often.

"As the crippled exemplary and doctrine settled, that reduced injuries.

"At the moment, that is the occupation astatine Tottenham. He has not got the squad.

"They person had a alteration of aesculapian unit successful the inheritance successful the past twelvemonth arsenic well, connected apical of each the different issues."

"What's truly absorbing astir Ange is everyone that works with him realises this is simply a precise beardown manager. And I don't mean this successful a captious way, but he's his ain guy," said McElhone. "He has a Sir Alex Ferguson benignant mentality: this is however I bash it, this is however I work. He doesn't person a web of staff.

"Every nine that helium has been to, helium does produce. But again, it's ne'er an casual ride. So helium volition ever foretell that determination is going to beryllium existent unsmooth patches successful it.

"I deliberation helium has the resiliency, knowing and acquisition to flooded these things. He is simply a precise relentless and preserving manager; precise beardown mentally. Probably 1 of the champion I've worked with.

"He's not going to interest astir the extracurricular noise. He's going to absorption connected however bash we win, however to we play our style, our mode of doing it. He volition beryllium focused connected that successful 1 mode only."