Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou believes the job of a Premier League manager is harder than being Prime Minister, claiming coaches face “an election every weekend and either get voted in or out”.
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The London club have failed to win any silverware since 2008 and sit 10th in the Premier League.
Last weekend their 5-0 rout of rock-bottom Southampton saw Saints boss Russell Martin sacked just hours after Gary O’Neil was axed by fellow top-flight strugglers Wolves.
When Postecoglou was asked if his job was harder than being Prime Minister, he insisted: “Oh yeah, how many times does he have an election? I have one every weekend, mate. We have an election every weekend and either get voted in or out.”
On Friday, Postecoglou’s Tottenham face Manchester United for a place in the English League Cup semi-finals.
The Australian admits that defeat will again put his position in the spotlight.
“We have lost all sort of modes of respect in our society where guys are in jobs and they are putting up names of who is going to replace them while they are still working,” said Postecoglou.
“As a society, we are so quick to just throw people in the trash and move on really quickly with no thought or any care around it.”
He added: “I get people who say, ‘managers have always been sacked’. I just think now it has gone beyond that now where we forget there is a human being involved.
“This job is the hardest job now in any walk of life. You can say politics, but this is harder than any job. The tenure and longevity of this role now means that you go in to it and very few are going to come out of it without any scars.”
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Postecoglou’s comments came after both Gary O’Neil and Russell Martin were fired by Wolves and Southampton respectively, with the Australian telling reporters “from now on managers are going to have about 20 clubs on their CV”.
“You don’t even get sacked in the morning now, you’ve got to change your song,” Postecoglou said.
“It’s crazy. I don’t get it. I don’t know what the average tenure of a Premier League manager is these days. This notion that clubs want to bring managers in and build stuff doesn’t exist because we all understand everyone of us in our positions at the moment is that the moment there is a bit of a wobble there will be coming from all areas.
“I think Gary and Russell are both outstanding young managers who have long careers ahead of them. Unfortunately I think for them at the beginning of their careers that’s what a manager’s career is going to look like.
“I think you’ll find that from now on managers are going to have about 20 clubs on their CV, even the successful ones because the ability for clubs to just stick with one person just doesn’t seem like it’s feasible anymore.
“I’ve no doubt both those guys will bounce back, they will have learnt from their experience for sure like we all do and hopefully in the not too distant future they are back doing what they love.”
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