When you have appointed eight managers during your 13 years as chairman winning only one League Cup, it is understandable that the fans view you with a certain cynicism.

One Spurs supporter called Mauricio Pochettino "Tottenham's eighth ex-manager under Daniel Levy." Another said: "Make Levy the manager, then he can sack himself."

Sympathy for Levy is holding at a steady 0 percent. None of Levy's previous managers, who had different styles and approaches to football, has been able to fashion a team to his liking with the possible exception of Harry Redknapp, who was still fired despite Spurs' fourth-place finish.